Beppu & Yufuin · Nature

Best Nature & Hike in Beppu & Yufuin

9 places, each checked by our team.

• Kamado Jigoku (Cooking Pot Hell) かまど地獄Kannawa — The most fun of the Hells: six numbered ponds in different colours, a giant red-demon chef statue, smoke tricks that thicken the steam, drinkable…
• Kuju Highland 久住高原Kuju (Taketa) — Open grasslands in Aso-Kuju National Park beneath the Kuju volcanoes, with flower parks, farms and panoramic drives.
• Lake Kinrin 金鱗湖Yufuin (Kawakami) — Small spring-fed lake at the foot of Mt. Yufu where warm and cold springs meet, producing ethereal morning mist from autumn to early spring.…
• Mt. Yufu (Yufudake) 由布岳Yufuin (outskirts) — Twin-peaked 1,584 m volcano above Yufuin, nicknamed 'Bungo Fuji', with a grassland and forest trail to its summit.
• Oniishibozu Jigoku (Shaven Monk Hell) 鬼石坊主地獄Kannawa — Hell of boiling grey mud where bubbles swell and pop like the shaven heads of monks. Next door to Umi Jigoku, with its own day-bath, Oniishi no Yu.
• Oniyama Jigoku (Crocodile Hell) 鬼山地獄Kannawa — Steaming hell where dozens of crocodiles have been bred since 1923 using the spring's heat, lounging in concrete pens beside the boiling water.
• Shidaka Lake 志高湖Shidaka — Highland lake at 600 m below Mt. Tsurumi where Beppu families go to rent swan boats, feed swans and ducks, camp and picnic with Mt. Yufu on the…
• Shiraike Jigoku (White Pond Hell) 白池地獄Kannawa — Serene milky-white hot spring pond in a Japanese garden, a national Place of Scenic Beauty, with a small tropical fish aquarium heated by the spring.
• Tatsumaki Jigoku (Spout Hell) 龍巻地獄Shibaseki / Noda — A geyser that blasts boiling water skyward roughly every 30 to 40 minutes for 6 to 10 minutes, capped by a stone roof so it doesn't fly 50 m high.…