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Onsen Prices by Region
Admission prices for hot-spring bathhouses in Japan's dedicated onsen towns — grouped by budget, mid-range, and premium tier.
Beppu
Japan's onsen capital by the numbers — more spring sources and more total hot-water discharge than anywhere else in the country — famous for its sightseeing tour of colorful geothermal "hells."
- •Beppu ranks #1 in Japan for both spring count (around 2,832 sources) and total hot-water discharge volume (80,000+ liters per minute), per Oita prefectural and national land-ministry data.
- •The Jigoku Meguri ("hell tour") visits 7 distinctly colored geothermal sites — a common ticket covers all 7 for ¥2,000 adult / ¥1,000 child, or ¥400 for a single site. Source: the tour's official site.
Budget
Takegawara Onsen
Beppu's most iconic public bathhouse, in a historic building dating to 1938 — the regular indoor bath, separate from its famous sand bath.
Regular bath: adult ¥300, child ¥100. Sand bath (separate, reservation-based): ¥1,500. Sources: Beppu city's official site and the facility's own site.
Kannawa Mushiyu
A traditional herbal steam-bath room using medicinal sekisho leaves, followed by a regular indoor bath; a free foot-steam bath sits outside.
¥700 entry (max 10 min in the steam room, ~75°C); yukata rental +¥220, towel +¥310. Source: Beppu city's official site.
Kiyosen
A modern public bathhouse (rebuilt 2016) in the Kamegawa district, with both hot and mild-temperature pools.
Adult ¥250, child (elementary) ¥100. Source: Beppu city's official fee schedule.
Yuto Pia Hamawaki
A modern, spa-style municipal bathhouse in the Hamawaki district, larger than a classic public bath.
Adult ¥700, child ¥350; training-room add-on ¥310. Source: Beppu city's official fee schedule.
Shibaseki Onsen — Shared Bath
A standard shared indoor bath in the quieter Shibaseki district.
Adult ¥300, child ¥100. Source: Beppu city's official fee schedule.
Myoban Yu no Sato — Large Open-Air Rock Bath
A large open-air rock bath in the Myoban district with milky-white sulfur water, facing Mt. Tsurumi.
Adult ¥600, child ¥300. Source: travel aggregators (also listed on the official prefectural tourism site) — cross-check recommended, no dedicated facility page found.
Mid-Range
Hyotan Onsen
General admission covers an indoor bath, sand bath, waterfall bath, open-air bath, and sauna all in one visit.
Adult (13+) ¥1,080, child (7–12) ¥400, infant (4–6) ¥280. Source: facility's official price page.
Beppu Onsen Hoyoland
A mud-bath and colloid-bath facility in the Myoban district, plus mineral/steam baths and a mixed-gender open-air bath.
Adult ¥1,500, junior high ¥1,100, elementary ¥600, under 5 ¥350. Source: facility's official site.
Shibaseki Onsen — Family Bath
A reservable private bath at the same facility as the Shibaseki shared bath, for up to 4 people.
¥2,000/hour for up to 4 people, +¥400/person/hour for additional people. Source: Beppu city's official fee schedule.
SHONIN PARK — Sand Bath
A beachfront sand-bath facility (successor to the former Beppu Kaihin Sunayu), including access to a general bath; sand-bath yukata and towel provided free.
Adult ¥2,500, child (6–12) ¥1,800. Source: facility's official site.
Myoban Yu no Sato — Private Family Baths
Thatched-roof private bath huts, walk-in only (no phone reservations).
¥2,000/hour for the "Yufu," "Tsurumi," and "Takasaki" huts; ¥2,500/hour for "Senzan." Source: travel aggregators — cross-check recommended, no dedicated official price page found.
Suginoi Hotel — Tanayu & Aqua Garden
A five-tiered terraced open-air bath overlooking Beppu Bay, adjoining a water-park-style bathing area.
Adult ¥2,000 weekday / ¥2,400 weekend-holiday; child ¥1,400/¥1,700. Source: hotel's official site (peak-season pricing can run higher per travel sites — not independently confirmed).
Premium
Hyotan Onsen — Private Family Bath
14 private rooms (8 with an indoor tub, 6 with a private open-air tub), booked by session length.
¥2,400 (60 min) / ¥3,000 (75 min) / ¥3,600 (90 min) base rate, +¥700 per extra adult. Source: facility's official price page.