5 Places to Visit in Beppu Onsen City

Obladi oblada! Mr. Wada back on duty. I would like to share one of the best places on earth for enjoying freezing winter. That shall be Beppu Onsen city in Kyushu! There are so many places you can’t visit in a single trip, so I picked 5 cool places this time.

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About Beppu City

Beppu City is in Oita Prefecture where the annual yield of hot springs is the biggest in Japan. On top of that, compare to other onsen cities it is a lot more entertaining.

beppu onsen view

You would see steam rising everywhere in the city like this.

 

5 Places to Visit in Beppu Onsen City

Yukemuri Observation Platform

This is one great spot for taking very Beppu-ish pictures. See the entire city with steam? Here’s a live camera. Quite amazing even through camera. Perfect for starters.

beppu onsen observation platform

Access

Catch a No. 20 bus (Kannawa Line via Beppu University) at JR Beppu Station (it takes 30 minutes) and get off at Yunokawa, OR catch a 16, 16A, 26, or 26A bus (loop route) and get off at Kifunejo.

 

8 kumi, East Kannawa, Beppu City, Oita

Admission

Free

Business Hours (parking)

April – October
8:00-22:00

November – March
8:00-21:00

Contact

Phone: 0977-21-1128

 

Chinoike Jigoku (Red)

There are two famous hot springs that are blue and red! This color of Chinoike Jigoku comes from magnesium oxide and some other stuff in the soil. Apparently it used to explode once in a while.

beppu onsen chinoike jigoku

Access

Catch a No. 26 Kamenoi bus (to Kannawa) at JR Beppu Station and get off at Chinoike Jigoku Mae.  It takes 40 minutes.

778 Noda, Bepu City, Oita

Admission

AdultHigh SchoolJunior HighElementary
400 yen300 yen250 yen200 yen

Business Hours

8:00-17:00 (open everyday)

Contact

Phone: 0120-459-554

Email: info@chinoike.com

 

Umi Jigoku (Blue)

Here’s another ‘hell’ called Umi Jigoku but blue. This color is from iron sulfate. Doesn’t look hot? Watch out, it’s like 90 degrees (boiling). Freaking hot.

beppu onsen umiike jigoku

Access

Catch a No. 2, 5, 41, or 43 Kamenoi Bus (to Kannawa) at JR Beppu Station and get off at Umi Jigoku Mae. It takes 20 minutes.

 

559 Kannawa, Beppu City, Oita

Admission

AdultHigh SchoolJunior HighElementary
400 yen300 yen250 yen200 yen

Business Hours

8:00-17:00 (open everyday)

Contact

Phone: 0977-66-0121

 

Beppu Onsen Hoyo Land (Mud Bath)

This one’s quite unforgettable. It was very nice and I got too excited that I spread the mud over my body and face over and over. However, the mud and the very strong smell of sulfur remained into my nose for days really. Better wash out face and body well before leaving. FYI, men and women bath are very close in it (divided just by a thin rope). Stay alert.

beppu onsen mud bath

Access

Catch a No. 41 or 5 Kamenoi Bus (to APU/Safari) at JR Beppu Station and get off at Konya Jigoku-Mae. It takes 25 minutes.

 

5 Myoban, Beppu City, Oita

Admission

AdultElementaryUnder 5
11,00 yen600 yen350 yen

Business Hours

9:00-20:00

Contact

Phone: 0977-66-2221

Email: hoyo-land@feel.ocn.ne.jp

 

Beppu Tower

It’s a landmark of Beppu City. Though compact, you could see cool city lights.

beppu onsen beppu tower

Access

10 minutes by walk from JR Beppu Station.

 

3-10-2 Kita Hama, Beppu City, Oita

Admission

Admission fee for the observation area.

Upper high schoolerJr. High and ElementaryUnder Elementary
200 yen100 yenFree

 

Business Hours

9:00-22:00 (closed on Wednesdays (except holidays) and New Year’s Eve)

Contact

0977-21-3939

 

Extra: Local Onsen

This is just another local onsen place. There are like bunch of them out there run by local community with super cheap admission fee. This one costs only 100 yen! It isn’t as entertaining as some places but still nice to experience a regular onsen as well with locals, don’t you think?

 

beppu onsen local onsen

Access

5 minutes by walk from JR Beppu Station.

 

2-3-2 Kita Hama, Beppu City, Oita

Admission

100 yen

Business Hours

6:30-22:30

Contact

Phone: 0977-22-3625

Email: hsp-te@city.beppu.oita.jp

Lastly

How do you find it? We hope to visit this beautiful city again some other time. I am wondering how it looks like in different seasons (we know only winter there).

See you around!

Reference
Paradice Hell Beppu
http://www.beppu-jigoku.com/
http://www.beppu-jigoku.com/chinoike/
http://bepputower.co.jp/en/



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2 Responses

  1. ᐃᓄᒃ ᑭᕙᑖ says:

    So most of these places have steam rooms, saunas, hot pools, etc?

  1. 2017年7月7日

    […] could smell very strong sulfur already. I kinda like this boiled-egg smell though. It reminds me of Beppu City in Kyushu really. Amazing. Now what? Here are things to do that I […]

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