Beppu travel guide
Beppu is one of the most famous Onsen resort in Japan.
Beppu Onsen resort is located on a slope from mount Tsurumi to facing Beppu Bay
where onsen steam rising from any places.
Boasting more than 2,800 hot spring sources and flowing rate of nearly 137,000
kiloliters per day, Beppu is considered a paradise of hot springs famous for
high therapeutic effects.
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The most recommended experiences are go up to Mount Tsurumi and Hell tour.
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The town is divided into eight major hot spring areas collectively called “Beppu Hatto”, which
offer beautiful scenery and various type of water of different qualities.
The most famous sights are Jigoku Meguri or (Burning Hell) tour. A collection of hot springs
where the water bubbles forth from underground, often with unusual result. Seven of the hells
are located in the Kannawa district where over 4 km northwest of Beppu station, and two in
the more remote Shibaseki district.
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Have you tried Foot bath before? Foot bath is called Ashiyu in
Japanese and is a public bath in which people can bath their feet.
Ashiyu in Beppu set up at Kannawa Onsen near the Hell
tour spot.
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The most popular public bath in Beppu. You can enjoy various type of Onsen including the sand bath. |
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The Onsen resort town where the Yunohana or Alum have been collected since more than 200 years ago. Myoban means Alum in Japanese. Myoban is a geothermal area located at an altitude of 400 metre at the middle Garan mountain and a little away from the centre of Beppu. |
Jigoku Mushi kobo
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Jigoku Mushi, literally “hell-steaming” is a unique cooking method found in Beppu. The ingredients such as vegetables, seafood and meals are cooked using the steam from natural hot spring You can operate the steam cookers all by yourself and you can cook whatever you want. |
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Soaring 1375 metres into the sky, Mount Tsurumi is a breath taking mountain overlooking Beppu that offers some decent hiking, rare flora and outstanding vistas. Visitors can take a ropeway 800 metres up and revel in being surrounded by acres of rolling greenery. |
| Address | City hall : 1-15 Kaminoguchi-cho, Beppu-city, Oita-prefecture |
| Access |
20 minutes by a vehicle from Yufuin-city 100 minutes by a vehicle from Aso-city 160 minutes by a vehicle from Kumamoto-city 120 minutes by a vehicle from Fukuoka-city 100 minutes by a vehicle from Kitakyushu-city |
| Population | 119,000 Population density 950 / km2 |
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