Beppu Hells (Kannawa)別府地獄めぐり（鉄輪）
A tour of "hells": springs of boiling water and mud, for viewing only. Five of them, including the blue Umi Jigoku, are walkable in Kannawa.
- Nature
- Hot springs
- about 1.5 hr
- Paid entry
- Wheelchair & stroller friendly
Bus · About 35 min from Beppu ・ Bus to Umi Jigoku-mae or Kannawa
What you can do here
Tour the seven hells
Umi, Oniishi Bozu, Kamado, Oniyama, Shiraike, Chinoike and Tatsumaki. A combined ticket is sold at every hell and is valid on the day of purchase and the next day.
Rest your feet in a footbath
Umi, Chinoike, Oniishi Bozu and Kamado have free footbaths. The one at Umi Jigoku is roofed and fitted with handrails.
Food cooked by the springs
Try eggs boiled in the spring and steam-cooked Gokuraku manju at Umi Jigoku, or steamed eggs and soy-sauce pudding at Kamado Jigoku.
Hands-on corner at Kamado Jigoku
Taste the 80°C drinking spring and try the steam bath for hands and feet. The pools are numbered from 1-chome to 6-chome.
Beppu and Yufuin guide
A hot-spring city with steam rising all over town. See the colorful "hells", then soak in public baths or a sand bath. Over the mountain lies Yufuin, a quiet resort below Mt. Yufu.
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Beppu Hells (Umi Jigoku and others)
A tour of "hells": springs of boiling water and mud, for viewing only. Five of them, including the blue Umi Jigoku, are walkable in Kannawa.
- Nature
- Hot springs
about 1.5 hrPaid entryWheelchair & stroller friendly
Bus · About 35 min from Beppu ・ Bus to Umi Jigoku-mae or Kannawa ・ 100m from here
- 2
Chinoike Jigoku and Tatsumaki Jigoku
A pond of hot red mud and a geyser that erupts at regular intervals. They are a little apart from Kannawa, about 5 minutes by bus.
- Nature
- Hot springs
about 45 minPaid entryWheelchair & stroller friendly
Bus · About 45 min from Beppu ・ Bus to Kannawa, then change for Chinoike Jigoku-mae ・ 1.5km from here
- 3
Kannawa Onsen
A hot-spring quarter of stone-paved lanes with steam rising everywhere. You can try "jigoku-mushi", food cooked in hot-spring steam.
- Hot springs
- Food & markets
about 60 minPartly paid
Bus · About 30 min from Beppu ・ Bus to Kannawa ・ 500m from here
- 4
Takegawara Onsen
A public bathhouse dating back to the Meiji era, in a grand-roofed building from the 1930s. It also has a sand bath heated by the spring.
- Hot springs
- History & buildings
about 60 minPaid entryFine on a rainy day
Walk · About 10 min from Beppu ・ 5.4km from here
- 5
Myoban Onsen
A hillside hot-spring village where bath salts are made in thatched huts. Known for milky-white water and pudding steamed over the springs.
- Hot springs
- Food & markets
- Views
about 45 minPartly paid
Bus · About 40 min from Beppu ・ 1.7km from here
- 6
Mt. Tsurumi (Beppu Ropeway)
A 1,375-meter mountain. The top looks over Beppu, its bay and Mt. Yufu. In winter the trees are sometimes coated in rime ice.
- Views
- Nature
about 1.5 hrPaid entryPartly step-free
Ropeway · About 50 min from Beppu ・ Bus to Beppu Ropeway, then about 10 minutes by ropeway ・ 5.0km from here
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