Japan Trip: Traditional Japanese Onsen at Takegawara Hot Springs Baths (Onsen) in Beppu, Oita009

Visitors from all over Japan and abroad come to Beppu, located in Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, for the wonderful hot springs bath, or onsen. This city is blessed by eight different springs: Beppu, Kannawa, Myoban, Kankaiji, Hamawaki, Kamegawa, Horita and Shibaseki. Visitors can enjoy these hot springs at ryokans (inns) or public baths. With these eight natural hot springs flowing in the city, it is no wonder that Beppu produces more hot springs water than any other onsen (hot springs) resort in Japan.

In addition to the springs, Beppu offers its visitors a large of baths. Conventional hot springs bath, indoor and outdoor, can be found here. In addition, sand baths, steam baths and mud baths can be experienced here. Sand bathers are buried in naturally warm, almost blackish sand. Steam baths are baths that are heated from the hot springs’ steam. Mud baths are baths which use hot springs water which contain fine qualities of ore mud.

Takegawara Spa is Beppu’s most famous bath house. Built in 1879, it is one of the oldest bathhouses. Though renovated a few times, its wooden roof is symbolic of a Beppu bathhouse. Visitors can experience conventional baths as well as sand baths here. Note: the water is hot here, so please proceed with care.

Daytime Hours: conventional hot springs bath 6:30 to 22:30
sand bath 8:00 to 22:30 (last entry at 21:30)
Admission Fee: conventional hot springs bath 100 yen
sand bath 1030 yen

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