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The long call · Beppu

Hells + heights

Long calls — the circuit, the ropeway, the mineral hills. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~7.5h door to door5 stops8 hours or more ashore
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Door to door
~7.5h
From the gangway and back
Best for
8 hours or more
Long calls — the circuit, the ropeway, the mineral hills
What it costs
taxi legs ~¥3,000 pp; tickets as above — cash for the small vents
Transport spend: taxi legs ~¥3,000 pp; tickets as above — cash for the small vents.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Kannawa hells + steamed lunch (the half-day core)

    Same order as above, less hurry

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kannawa →
  2. +3:30
    Taxi up to Myoban — yunohana huts

    Thatched mineral farms, 300 years old

    What you will see here →
    Photo: 渡邉厚夫(たいちょ渡邉) / CC0
  3. +4:15
    Jigoku-steamed pudding at Okamotoya

    The caramel tastes faintly of sulfur — correctly

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kannawa →
    Photo: 松岡明芳 / CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. +5:00
    Mt. Tsurumi ropeway (weather permitting)

    The bay and a hundred plumes from 1,375m

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Wikimedia contributor / CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. +6:30
    Taxi down to the port

    ~60 min margin on a 9h call

The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Beppu, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

The turquoise water of Umi Jigoku, one of the hells of Beppu
The turquoise water of Umi Jigoku, one of the hells of BeppuPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Takegawara Onsen, the 1879 bathhouse in Beppu
Takegawara Onsen, the 1879 bathhouse in BeppuPhoto: kawanet / CC BY
Global Tower and B-Con Plaza in Beppu
Global Tower and B-Con Plaza in BeppuPhoto: 大分帰省中 / CC BY 3.0
Steam rising over a Japanese hot spring town
Steam rising over a Japanese hot spring townPhoto: Satoshi Hirayama / Pexels
Kannawa
KannawaPhoto: Japanexperterna / CC BY-SA 3.0
Takegawara bathhouse
Takegawara bathhousePhoto: Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Beppu

The rainy-day BeppuA wet day · ~4hWet weather — this is the most rain-proof port in JapanBathhouse & downtown2–3 hours · ~3hShort calls — the 1879 grand dame and a toriten lunchThe hells, efficiently4–6 hours · ~5hThe volcanic circuit plus the lunch the earth cooks
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