1 Day Beppu Itinerary: Best Places to Visit in Beppu

Day 1

Hells of Beppu

Opening Hours: Sun - Sat 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Ticket Price: 2000 JPY

Recommended Length of Stay: 1-1 Days

Location: 559-1 Kannawa, Beppu, Oita 874-0000, Japan

Beppu Hell is a famous hot spring in the Beppu area. It was voted by the Japanese as the No. 1 hot spring in Western Japan. The most popular one is the Eight Hells Hot Springs. The Eight Hells Hot Springs are the sea hell, the ghost stone Fangzhu hell, the mountain hell, the stove hell, the ghost mountain hell, the white pool hell, the blood pool hell and the tornado hell. The sea hell is the big one, and the distinctive one is the blood pool hell. It is famous for the "Red Hot Spring", the blood-red water that is believed by Japanese Buddhists to be a torrent from the underworld. "Blood Pond Ointment" made from the red clay of the blood pond can treat athlete's foot and is popular in Japan. Also unforgettable is the Ghost Mountain Hell, also known as the "Crocodile Hell". The crocodile farm in it now raises about a hundred crocodiles of three types. Keepers patrol every three hours on winter nights to watch for crocodiles crawling out of the hot springs. In addition, the piranhas kept in the Wade White Pool Hell Garden are also surprising, but what is attractive is the "color-changing water". The water sprayed from the hot springs turns from colorless and transparent to blue-white when it falls back into the pool. . Hell is the name given to hot springs in ancient Japan, and the name was reserved locally to highlight the long history of its hot spring town. The reason why the hot spring is called "hell" is because the place after the volcanic eruption is smoky and no grass grows, which makes people feel fearful, which is very similar to the hell scene depicted in Buddhism. In Beppu, hot spring water can be used to make canned drinking soda, and the free steam is used directly to cook rice. The locals use natural geothermal heat to make a famous local dish - hell steam. The cooking method is extremely simple, that is, steaming fresh seafood and vegetables with hot spring steam up to 100 degrees Celsius. Most of the nearby restaurants provide this kind of buffet. The hell steam of cooking.

Reviews from Real Guests:

Trip.com User: Participated in a three-hour local tour, there was a cute ghost bus transfer, a cute Japanese tour guide led us through seven hells, introduced the scenery along the way, and also cooperated with some special activities of hells, save time and convenience, very suitable for travelers

Trip.com User: Beppu Hell Hot Springs consist of seven places, individual entrance fees are 400 yen for adults. Two places are about 3 km away, so it may be difficult to use public transportation. I didn't rent it, so I stopped at 5 places. I think the sea hell was the best. I did.

* All reviews in the blog are machine-translated.