🏨Hotel Sansuikan(別府温泉 ホテル山水館)| Beppu City

🏨Hotel Sansuikan(別府温泉 ホテル山水館)| Beppu City

Price Range $$ Upscale — ¥27,000–¥39,000/night

Facilities, Dining & Access

A brief guide to hot springs, dining, and travel directions.

Facilities🎌・Hot Springs♨️

Located in one of the “Beppu Eight Hot Springs,” which boasts the world’s second-highest hot spring output. Centered around Kannawa Onsen, this atmospheric hot spring town features steam rising from over a hundred vents, a retro townscape, and many stops on the famous Beppu Jigoku Meguri (Hell Tour). Enjoy 100% free-flowing Kannawa Onsen waters—a chloride-sulfate spring said to be effective for joint pain, skin conditions, and burns.

1F: “Yume Senryo” & “Ukifune” Open-Air Baths

Rustic open-air baths on the first floor surrounded by lush greenery, featuring twin waterwheels in motion—a serene, nature-immersive bathing experience.

6F: “Tenku no Mori” Panoramic Bath

A panoramic open-air bath on the sixth floor offering sweeping views of the steam rising from Beppu and Kannawa—a breathtaking sky-high bathing experience.

Dining🍣

Surrounded by mountains and the sea, Beppu boasts a rich culinary culture rooted in abundant, naturally grown regional ingredients. For rice, the hotel exclusively uses “Hinohikari,” a local Oita variety with exceptional flavor. All beef, chicken, and pork are domestic, primarily sourced from Oita Prefecture.

Saga-Seki Horse Mackerel & Bungo Pufferfish

Line-caught Saga-Seki horse mackerel and mackerel, live-slaughtered each morning and shipped directly. Winter-season Bungo pufferfish offers firm, mild, umami-rich flesh.

Oita Domestic Meats & Hinohikari Rice

Carefully selected domestic beef, chicken, and pork—primarily from Oita—paired with Hinohikari rice, a local variety prized for its exceptional flavor despite its small grain.

Access🚀

By Car

  • From Fukuoka (Dazaifu IC): Kyushu Expressway to Tosu JCT (10 min) → Oita Expressway to Beppu IC (1 hr 20 min) → 5-minute drive.
  • From Oita IC: Oita Expressway to Beppu IC (20 min) → 5-minute drive.

Parking: Limited (reservation required)

By Train / Plane / Ferry

From JR Hakata Station (Train)
  • Sonic Limited Express to Beppu Station (2 hr 10 min) → 15 minutes by taxi or bus.
From Oita Airport (Plane)
  • Air Liner bus to Beppu Kanko Port (40 min) → 10 minutes by taxi. (Haneda–Oita: approx. 1 hr 45 min.)
By Ferry
  • From Beppu International Tourist Port → 10 minutes by taxi.