Must-see hotels in Beppu

  • Yanagi-ya

    Beppu

    In a former Meiji-period curative spa, this intimate, dark-wood ryokan makes great use of Beppu's healing waters. Rooms (some with beds, others with…

  • Beppu Hotel Umine

    Beppu

    In-room onsen with water views, gorgeous common baths, savvy contemporary design, excellent restaurants and oodles of personal service make this Beppu's…

  • Yamada Bessou

    Beppu

    This sprawling, family-run 1930s inn has wonderfully preserved Japanese rooms and well-chosen art and furnishings evoking periods from art deco to today…

  • Cabosu House Beppu

    Beppu

    There's new-wave decor at this hostel, which is spread over two buildings about a two-minute walk from each other. There's an English-speaking staff, a…

  • Guest House Rojiura

    Beppu

    This spanking-new guesthouse sits on a quiet side street near Beppu Station. Spotless, bunk-bedded dorms are mixed and female only, and there are some…

  • Suginoi Hotel

    Beppu

    On a hillside above town, the sprawling, skycraping Suginoi offers the tiered rooftop Tanayu rotemburo (outdoor bath), the Aqua Garden onsen swimming pool…

  • Nishitetsu Resort Inn Beppu

    Beppu

    About the only 'resort'-y things about this red-brick tower are the indoor and outdoor onsen. Still, despite the small room sizes it's worth a try for the…

  • Beppu Guest House

    Beppu

    The big kitchen and living rooms are great places to hang out with fellow travellers at this arty, funky and welcoming hostel. Other positives: ¥200…

  • Kokage International Minshuku

    Beppu

    Off an alley near Ekimae-dōri, this pleasantly creaky 10-room inn (c 1964) is cosy, friendly and chock-full of atmospheric woodwork, antiques and curios…

  • Hotel Seawave Beppu

    Beppu

    This 13-storey hotel with small rooms is handy for late arrivals or early getaways: it's right across from the station. There are in-room baths and an in…

  • Nogami Honkan Ryokan

    Beppu

    In a boxy 1950s building near Takegawara Onsen, this ryokan has mostly Japanese-style rooms without private bathrooms. Three small baths can be reserved…