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The rainy-day Beppu

Wet weather — this is the most rain-proof port in Japan. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~4h door to door5 stopsA wet day ashore
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Door to door
~4h
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Wet weather — this is the most rain-proof port in Japan
What it costs
~¥800 pp
Transport spend: ~¥800 pp. Steam kitchen ~¥1,500.
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
    Bus or taxi up to Kannawa

    ~20 minutes; the steam is more visible in rain, not less

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kannawa →
  2. +0:30
    Steam-cook your own lunch at Jigoku Mushi Kobo

    Buy the ingredients, lower the basket, wait ten minutes

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kannawa →
    Photo: 松岡明芳 / CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. +1:45
    Walk the Kannawa steam lanes

    Foot baths and drain steam. Wet weather suits it

    What you will see here →Full guide: Kannawa →
    Photo: Japanexperterna / CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. +2:30
    Takegawara Onsen sand bath

    Indoors, in a wooden building from 1879. Ten minutes under the sand

    What you will see here →Full guide: Takegawara →
    Photo: Suicasmo / CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. +3:30
    Back to the pier
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
Toriten at the source
Toriten at the sourcePhoto: avlxyz / CC BY-SA
Mt. Tsurumi ropeway
Mt. Tsurumi ropewayPhoto: Wikimedia contributor / CC BY-SA 3.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Beppu

Bathhouse & 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 cooksHells + heights8 hours or more · ~7.5hLong calls — the circuit, the ropeway, the mineral hills
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