Photo: Simon Desmarais / CC BY-SA 2.0Door to door
5 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 7-hour call or longer
The volcanic circuit plus the lunch the earth cooks
Room to spare
None
Fits a 7-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
~¥2,000 pp
Taxis between clusters ~¥2,000 pp; hells combo ticket + sand bath fee on site.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated · Takumi Yamada
Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.
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.
- +0:00Taxi/bus to Kannawa (~20 min)
The steam plumes announce the district
What you will see hereFull guide: Kannawa - +0:25Umi Jigoku — the cobalt pond
The one unmissable hell
What you will see hereFull guide: The hells
Photo: 松岡明芳 / CC BY-SA 4.0 - +1:15Jigoku-mushi Kobo: steam your own lunch
Rent a vent, lower the basket, obey the timer. Opens 10:00; closed 3rd Wednesday
What you will see hereFull guide: Kannawa
Photo: 松岡明芳 / CC BY-SA 4.0 - +2:30
- +3:15Taxi or bus (routes 16A/26/26A) to Chinoike (blood-red) + Tatsumaki geyser
They sit together, about 3 km from Kannawa
What you will see hereFull guide: The hells - +4:15Taxi back to the port
About 20 minutes. Fits a 7-hour call, with the hour before all-aboard kept free
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.
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 & downtownNeeds a 5-hour call · ~3hShort calls — the 1879 grand dame and a toriten lunchHells + heightsNeeds a 9.5-hour call · ~7.5hCalls of 10 hours or more — the circuit, the ropeway, the mineral hills