With more than 2,300 source springs discharging 80,000 liters of water every minute, the city of Beppu in Ōita Prefecture accounts for more than 8% of all the hot springs in Japan. One sight of the ...

Soak in the three-Michelin-starred baths of Hyotan Onsen. Learn more about the craft of traditional bamboo weaving by taking a class at the Bamboo Cultural Center. Take a thermal sand bath while ...

BEPPU, Oita Prefecture--People who bathe in a hot spring daily are less prone to developing depression, researchers found. A team from Kyushu University Beppu Hospital in Oita Prefecture speculated ...

The Oita Prefecture city of Beppu, well known as an onsen (hot springs) resort, turns 100 this year. While a century is an admirable milestone, in the case of Beppu, one has to do a double take. After ...

BEPPU, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Beppu City’s tourism economy was hit with an unprecedented shock as COVID-19 began to spread in April of this year. Never in our history have we seen visitors drop to ...

BEPPU, Oita Prefecture--In ancient times, a local record describes the water vapor and hot water gushing out of the ground in today's Beppu area as "hell." But residents who have lived here have ...

When you look up things to do in Beppu, you’ll quickly notice that “visit the seven hells of Beppu” usually gets listed as a single activity, as if it were something you can check off in under an hour ...

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Onsens are an incredible, relaxing and beneficial part of Japanese culture - and bathing in one is ...

“Come, I’m going to take you on a tour of hell,” my guide explained as we climbed into her van. With our hotel far behind us, the entire town of Beppu suddenly came into view through the windshield; ...

Japan is full of hot spring getaways, with the historic Beppu Onsen town in Oita prefecture being one of the country's most renowned onsen destinations. And it's about to get more popular as Hoshino ...

BEPPU, Oita -- Beppu Mayor Yasuhiro Nagano said on March 28 that his city will take advantage of its rich hot springs resources to launch an "onsen" amusement park featuring a hot spring ...