About this location: Beppu
Beppu boasts Japan's largest hot-spring output and number of sources. The seven 'Hells' — Blood Pond, Sea, Kamado, and others — are natural wonders. The steam-plumed townscape from the Yukemuri Observatory is unmatched worldwide.
Key features
- Umi Jigoku (Sea Hell) — cobalt-blue, 98 °C iron-sulfate-rich pool; the iconic image of Beppu
- Chinoike Jigoku (Blood Pond Hell) — colored deep red-brown by iron oxide, Japan's oldest natural hell
- Tatsumaki Jigoku (Geyser Hell) — erupts every 30–40 minutes with 150 °C steam and water bursting upward
- Kannawa Yukemuri Observatory — panoramic city-wide steam plumes, densest on winter mornings
- The Beppu Eight Hot Springs — Beppu, Kannawa, Kankaiji, Myoban, Hamawaki, Horita, Kamegawa, and Shibaseki, each with distinct water quality and townscape
