Kannawa Onsen Travel Guide
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Kunisakiso
Overall, it was an okay stay. Everything felt pretty average for an onsen hotel... not bad, but nothing particularly memorable either. The room was decent, service was fine, and the location was convenient. The onsen itself worked well.. but that's all it's matter.. the natural hot spring..
Reviewed on 20 Feb 2026
Oniyama Hotel
Staffs was friendly and helpful. Room was gorgeous and awesome. Private onsen is amazing and definitely recommended. Location is convenient. Excellence overall
Reviewed on 26 Nov 2025
Tabist Nisseiya Beppu Kannawa
Hotel was centrally located near the Kanawa Bus Station/Hells Pools/food steam restaurant. 10min walk from the bus station. The hotel was clean & has an onsen! Tatami rooms w/a kitchen, tiny bathroom (ship size). It is an older hotel, but it was perfect for us. The young man running the hotel was ...
Reviewed on 14 Jan 2025
GRAND BASE Beppu Ekihigashi
GRAND BASE Beppu Ekimae
The play was amazing, my kids love it. It would better if you also put the maps to minimize the confusion. I hope you can add more kitchen tools instead of only one pot.
Reviewed on 18 Feb 2026
Popular places to visit
Hells of Beppu
Gaze at the menacing steam and bubbling mud pits around these otherworldly hot springs, where you’ll find crocodiles, steamed desserts and geyser eruptions.
Kijima Kogen Park
Take an exciting ride on Japan’s first wooden roller coaster and other traditional fairground rides at a theme park set in the foothills of Mount Tsurumi.
Takegawara Onsen
An elegant façade and gabled roof welcome you to a relaxing haven, where you can soak in a thermal tub and be covered in heated sand.
Beppu Tower
The third-oldest tower in Japan glows in bright colors at night, while its viewing platform offers unobstructed vistas of mountains and sea.
Beppu Park
Hike through the bamboo forest, marvel at the lanterns and enjoy a picnic beneath a cherry blossom tree in this hilly park in central Beppu.
Mount Tsurumi
Nature trails meander between a variety of bright pink native plants that decorate the undulating terrain on the way to the volcano summit.
- Kijima Kogen Park
- Takegawara Onsen
- Kinrin Lake
- Aso Kuju National Park
- Yufuin Motorcycle Museum
- Umitamago
- Beppu Tower
- Kyushu Yufuin Folk Village
- Yunohira Hot Spring
- Beppu Park
- Mount Yufu
- Mount Tsurumi
- Sea Hell Hot Springs
- Global Tower
- Kintetsu Beppu Ropeway
- Showa Retro Park
- Yufuin Stained Glass Museum
