Hells of Beppu
A set of hot spring pools in the onsen town of Beppu that are for looking at rather than bathing in, known in Japanese as jigoku, the hells. Each has its own character: a cobalt blue pond, a blood-red one, bubbling mud and a geyser.
- Where
- Beppu, Oita, Japan
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 33.3161, 131.4689
Get the Hells of Beppu stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Hells of Beppu. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Oita volume with your photos and a note.
Near Hells of Beppu
Mount Aso 59 km
The second largest active volcano in Japan after Mount Fuji, standing in a caldera about 120 km around in Aso Kuju National Park. Its tallest peak, Takadake, reaches 1,592 metres, and the steaming crater of Nakadake lies at its centre.
Dazaifu Tenmangu 90 km
A Shinto shrine built over the grave of the scholar Sugawara no Michizane, revered as Tenjin, the god of learning. Students come to pray for exam success among thousands of plum trees, and the approach is lined with shops selling umegae mochi, grilled rice cakes.
Kumamoto Castle 91 km
A large hilltop castle in Kumamoto, counted with Himeji and Matsumoto among the three premier castles of Japan. Its keep is a 1960 concrete reconstruction, but original wooden buildings remain on its steep, curving stone walls, and thirteen structures are Important Cultural Properties.
Mount Misen 133 km
The sacred mountain of Miyajima and the island's highest point at 535 metres, inside the World Heritage area of Itsukushima Shrine. A ropeway and forest trails lead up to the summit rocks, with wide views over the islands of the Seto Inland Sea.
Itsukushima Shrine 134 km
A Shinto shrine on Miyajima built out over the tidal flats, so that at high tide its halls and great vermilion torii seem to float on the sea. The complex is a World Heritage Site, and several of its buildings are National Treasures.
Dogo Onsen 136 km
One of the oldest hot springs in Japan, in the city of Matsuyama on Shikoku. Its main bathhouse, the wooden Honkan of 1894, rises in tiers of tiled roofs to a small drum tower, and the streets around it fill with bathers in cotton yukata.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum 150 km
A museum inside the Peace Memorial Park documenting the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and what it meant for the city and its people. Its main building, raised on pillars, was designed by Kenzo Tange and is an Important Cultural Property.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park 150 km
A park in central Hiroshima planned by the architect Kenzo Tange and dedicated to the memory of those lost in the 1945 atomic bombing. Its axis runs from the museum through the arched Cenotaph and the Peace Flame to the Atomic Bomb Dome, and over a million people come each year.
Questions
Where is Hells of Beppu?
Hells of Beppu is in Beppu, Oita, Japan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mount Aso (59 km), Dazaifu Tenmangu (90 km), Kumamoto Castle (91 km).
How do I get the Hells of Beppu stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Hells of Beppu and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Oita volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Hells of Beppu before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Oita volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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