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The standard call · Beppu

The hells, efficiently

The volcanic circuit plus the lunch the earth cooks. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~5h door to door6 stops4–6 hours ashore
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Door to door
~5h
From the gangway and back
Best for
4–6 hours
The volcanic circuit plus the lunch the earth cooks
What it costs
taxis between clusters ~¥2,000 pp; hells combo ticket + sand bath fee on site
Transport spend: taxis between clusters ~¥2,000 pp; hells combo ticket + sand bath fee on site.
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
    Taxi/bus to Kannawa (~20 min)

    The steam plumes announce the district

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kannawa →
  2. +0:25
    Umi Jigoku — the cobalt pond

    The one unmissable hell

    What you will see here →Full guide: The hells →
    Photo: 松岡明芳 / CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. +1:15
    Jigoku-mushi Kobo: steam your own lunch

    Rent a vent, lower the basket, obey the timer

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kannawa →
    Photo: Japanexperterna / CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. +2:30
    Kannawa steam lanes walk

    Every gutter exhales

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kannawa →
  5. +3:15
    Shuttle bus to Chinoike (blood-red) + Tatsumaki geyser

    They sit together, 10 min away

    Full guide: The hells →
  6. +4:15
    Taxi back to the port

    ~45 min margin on a 6h 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
Takegawara bathhouse
Takegawara bathhousePhoto: Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0
Toriten at the source
Toriten at the sourcePhoto: avlxyz / CC BY-SA
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 lunchHells + heights8 hours or more · ~7.5hLong calls — the circuit, the ropeway, the mineral hills
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