The rainy-day Beppu

Wet weather — this is the most rain-proof port in Japan. Timed from the gangway and back.

4 hr door to door5 stopsA wet day

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Door to door

4 hr

From the gangway and back

Best for

A wet day

Wet weather — this is the most rain-proof port in Japan

Room to spare

None

Fits a 6-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

~¥800 pp

Steam kitchen ~¥1,500.

Booking

Nothing

Every stop here takes walk-ups

Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated 6 November 2026 · 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.

+0:00
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
+0:30
Steam-cook your own lunch at Jigoku Mushi Kobo
Buy the ingredients, lower the basket, wait ten minutes. Opens 10:00; closed 3rd Wednesday. Early ship? Walk the steam lanes first
What you will see here Full guide: Kannawa
Photo: 松岡明芳 / CC BY-SA 4.0
+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: 松岡明芳 / CC BY-SA 4.0
+2:30
Takegawara Onsen sand bath
Indoors, in the 1938 wooden hall of a bathhouse founded in 1879. Ten minutes under the sand. Closed 3rd Wednesday
What you will see here Full guide: Takegawara
Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
+3:55
Taxi back to the pier
About 10 minutes and ¥1,100 from Takegawara; it is 35–40 minutes on foot
What you will see here
Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5