Beppu is one of the most famous and popular onsen (hot spring) in Japan. Beppu onsen boasts the largest number of hot spring in Japan! In this tour we take a limited train to go to Beppu from Fukuoka. We hire a professional local driver and he'll take you to spots you don't want to miss. For lunch we have healthy steamed food. At Bamboo crafts center you can try making a small bamboo craft for your souvenir of Beppu! If you prefer to see wild monkeys, we go to the mountain!
Hakata station
We meet at Hakata station to take a train to Beppu city.
One of the famous pond in Beppu.
Choose your ingredients and cook them with natural steam coming out from the ground!
Beautiful view of Beppu city!
You can see traditional huts where they keep Yunohana (mineral deposits). It is located in a high place the view you see from there is gorgeous as well!
Means shaven head hell. It is amazing to watch those mud ponds are boiling.
One of the most popular and famous hells.
We visit Bamboo crafts center, you can try making a small bamboo craft for your souvenir or we can go to Monkey mountain to see hundreds of wild cute monkeys!
We take a train to go back to Fukuoka city, we arrive at Hakata station at 18:50
Hakata station
guide fee
Taxi fee for 5 hours -approx.22,000yen
Entrance fee for 3 hells 1,350yen
Bamboo crafts center-890yen includes activity *close on Mondays
your lunch - about 1000-2000yen
Monkey mountain - 520yen, monorail - 110yen
Train fee for you and guide from Fukuoka to Beppu round trip 6300yen per person *For example, if you are 2 people, you will need to pay 18,900yen(@6300×3) with cash on the tour day.
I can guide you in Nagasaki, Oita and Miyazaki if you pay my transportation fee.
This tour is not available on Mondays and the 4th Thursday
Please come with comfortable shoes.
We need to hire a taxi or a van for this tour. Regular taxi for 5 hours - approx.22,000yen
It is possible, but there are not many buses running in the city so it will be difficult to visit all the sites.
Hitomi san is great, very friendly and helpful with very good English. The tour is just right, we enjoyed it. Hitomi even helped me with buying the train tickets for the next days. Love this trip.
Thank you for the review. I'm glad you enjoyed the day. It was nice to travel to Beppu and to spend a day with you and your daughter. Thank you for sharing your precious time with me!
We thoroughly enjoyed Hitomi. She went above and beyond what was expected of her. Her English is excellent and she was so nice and fun. I would highly recommend her to anyone else!
Thank you very much for having me 2days, I had a really great time talking with you two. I expect you to come back again in Kyushu and we'll do another tour!
We contacted Hitomi and asked for a customised tour of Ainoshima ‘cat island’. Not only did Hitomi create an itinerary for us, but she did a research trip of the island beforehand and planned a route for us that meant we had seats on the bus and avoided long queues and potentially missing our ferry. That level of consideration was apparent throughout our day with her - we had a great time and had a very happy cat-loving 12 year old at the end of it. Hitomi even found a great place for an early evening meal and kindly joined us. We enjoyed her company and thoroughly recommend her as a guide.
Thank you very much for your kind review. I'm glad you enjoyed the cat island, it was a fun relaxing day for me too. I appreciate you asked for this place, it was an interesting discovery for me. Please say hello to Dennis! =^_^=
Hitomi was the perfect choice for a private tour guide. Fluent in English and with a bubbling personality. Very knowledgeable of Beppu 7 Hells and Monkey mountain (she also had notes to double check). Too bad she was booked solid for the dates I wanted or I would have hired her for the Nagasaki and Fukuoka private tours.
Thank you for your kind review. It was nice spending time with you and your wife, it was a pleasure to guide you in Beppu. Please visit Kyushu again and next time I will be happy to guide you to different area!