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Enfers de Beppu

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Les « jigoku » de Beppu sont sept sources thermales volcaniques trop chaudes pour s'y baigner (jusqu'à 98 °C) : l'Umi Jigoku est bleu cobalt, le Chi-no-Ike rouge sang, l'Oniishibozu bouillonne comme de la boue et le Tatsumaki jaillit toutes les 30 minutes. La ville propose également des bains de sable chaud.

Our angle on Enfers de Beppu

Planning around the crowd

Its own posted hours are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. That gives you exactly two windows you can plan from published information rather than from luck: be at the entrance for 8:00 AM, or come late enough that 5:00 PM is your deadline. It lists 3–4 heures (circuit complet des 7 enfers) as a typical visit, so the first slot is long enough to finish before the middle of the day. Everything between those two depends on the day, and we would be making it up if we told you otherwise.

Nobody else is going here

Everyone within a mile of Enfers de Beppu is going to Enfers de Beppu. Here are 4 places within walking or one bus ride of it that almost nobody writes about — straight-line distances from our own catalogue, not travel times.

Informations essentielles

Horaires d'ouverture

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Fermé: Open year-round

Tarif d'entrée

Combined 7-hell ticket ¥2,200. Individual hell ¥450. Jigoku tamago (hell eggs) ¥300 for 5.

Meilleure saison

Year-round; morning (8:00–9:00) before tour buses; winter for most dramatic steam visibility

Durée de visite

3–4 heures (circuit complet des 7 enfers)

Comment s'y rendre

Informations d'accès

Bus depuis JR Beppu jusqu'à Umi Jigoku (20 min). Pass 7 enfers : ¥2 000. Horaires : 08h00–17h00.

Guide d'initié

**Optimal route:** Start at Umi Jigoku (largest, most photogenic) at opening time (8:00) before tour bus crowds. The seven-hell circuit takes 2.5 hours at a steady pace. Bring towel — the steam creates humidity that dampens clothing. **Oniishi Bozu Jigoku bonus:** This hell is included in the 7-hell ticket but often skipped. The bubbling gray mud creates 'monk head' formations (bozu = bald monk) as bubbles rise and burst — hypnotic to watch and uncrowded. **Jigoku tamago:** Eggs and vegetables boiled in the hell steam are sold at Umi Jigoku and Kamado Jigoku (¥300 for 5 eggs). The mineral water gives eggs a subtle sulfur flavor. Fresh pudding steamed in hell steam (jigoku mushi pudding, ¥350) is the signature dessert.

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