Day 18/26
Beppu → Aso
Car
Nissan Rent a Car — Yufuin
3729-1 Kawakami, Yufuin-cho, Yufu, Oita 879-5102
Pick up 10am
Look at Lake Kinrin in Yufuin, then pick up the car from Nissan Rent a Car by the station and drive to Beppu (30 mins).
The Seven Hells of Beppu
- Common Admission Pass£12 — buy it at any of the hells
- 5 are clustered and walkableThe other 2 need a drive
- Free parking at all the hellsOver 600 spaces
- Only open 8am–5pm
- Need to try the pudding
- Umi JigokuA milky blue pool with strong venting steam
- Oniishibozu JigokuA series of small bubbling grey mud pools surrounded by volcanic rocks
- Shiraike JigokuA well landscaped milky white pond with a smaller aquarium
- Kamado JigokuMultiple blue, green and red ponds with a large demon statue and stalls selling food cooked by the steam. Book here to get an onsen steam-cooked egg with entry.
- Oniyama JigokuA pond with very strong steam. Also home to a large number of caged crocodiles, which seems quite odd.
- Chinoike JigokuNamed for a dramatic red "blood pond", though it's more of a dull orange. Large gift shop and a full restaurant serving hell-steamed food.
- Tatsumaki JigokuThe only one with a spouting geyser — erupts every 30–40 minutes
Beppu Ropeway
Views over Beppu — one of the most beautiful sights in Japan in autumn.
Beppu Ropeway
10-7 Aza Kanbara, Oaza Minami Tateishi, Beppu, Oita 874-0000
£8 round trip · 250 parking spaces
Accommodation
1.5hr drive to the accommodation — leave Beppu by 4pm.
Stop for a food shop in Oguni, a 15 min drive from the onsen.
Kurasako Onsen Sakura
2849-1 Manganji, Minamioguni, Aso District, Kumamoto 869-2402
Check-in 3pm – 6pm