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The Beppu Jigoku Meguri (“Hells Tour”) combined ticket costs ¥2,400 for adults and ¥1,200 for children. It lets you into each of the 7 hells (jigoku, kept as sightseeing spots) once, and is valid on the day of purchase and the next day. If you print the discount coupon from the official site of the Beppu Jigoku Association or show it on your phone, the price is ¥2,200 for adults and ¥1,100 for children (up to 5 people, cash only).
In short
- Combined ticket: adults (high school and older) ¥2,400, children (elementary and junior high school) ¥1,200, valid 2 days (the day of purchase and the next day).
- With the official discount coupon: ¥2,200 and ¥1,100. Cash only, up to 5 people per coupon.
- Umi Jigoku alone: adults ¥500, children ¥250.
- All 7 hells are open 8:00–17:00 every day of the year. Parking is free (about 615 spaces in total).
Checked with official pages on October 22, 2026 (Japan time). Prices and hours may change.
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1. Fares: the combined ticket is ¥2,400 for adults
The combined ticket for all 7 hells is ¥2,400 for adults (high school and older) and ¥1,200 for children (elementary and junior high school). You can buy it at the ticket office of any hell. It is valid on the day of purchase and the next day, so you can split the tour over 2 days. Each hell can be entered once. (Official fee table, Japanese)
Groups of 20 or more pay ¥2,000 for adults and ¥1,000 for children, and group sales are handled only at Umi Jigoku or Chinoike Jigoku. With a disability certificate, an individual pays ¥1,200 (adult) or ¥600 (child), and a group of 20 or more pays ¥1,000 (adult) or ¥500 (child). School groups must reserve, and pay ¥1,200 for high school students, ¥800 for junior high school students and ¥700 for elementary school students.
To see just one place, there are single-hell tickets. At Umi Jigoku, a single ticket is ¥500 for adults and ¥250 for children (Umi Jigoku official fee page, Japanese).
2. The official discount coupon takes ¥200 off the combined ticket
Show the “combined ticket special discount” coupon from the Beppu Jigoku Association’s official site, and the combined ticket is ¥2,200 for adults (¥200 off) and ¥1,100 for children (¥100 off). You can print it or show it on your phone, and one coupon covers up to 5 people. It works at the ticket office of each hell. Payment is cash only, and the coupon cannot be combined with other discounts or used for a single-hell ticket. The current coupon is valid until March 31, 2027. (Official discount page, Japanese)
3. The 7 hells: 5 in Kannawa within walking distance, and 2 about 3 km away
The 7 hells are Umi Jigoku (Sea Hell), Chinoike Jigoku (Blood Pond Hell), Tatsumaki Jigoku (Geyser Hell), Shiraike Jigoku (White Pond Hell), Oniishi Bozu Jigoku (Monk’s Head Hell), Oniyama Jigoku (Demon Mountain Hell) and Kamado Jigoku (Cooking Pot Hell). Four of them, Umi, Chinoike, Tatsumaki and Shiraike, are designated national places of scenic beauty as “the hells of Beppu”.
The 5 hells in the Kannawa area (Umi, Oniishi Bozu, Kamado, Oniyama and Shiraike) can be visited on foot, while Chinoike and Tatsumaki are about 3 km away. You need a car or a bus between the two groups. At Oniyama Jigoku, staff feed the crocodiles at 10:00 every Saturday and Sunday. (Official access page, Japanese)
Photo source: Umi Jigoku Co., Ltd. press release, August 28, 2026 (about the night projection and lighting at Umi Jigoku; Japanese)
4. Hours are 8:00–17:00, open every day; the foot baths are free
All 7 hells are open from 8:00 to 17:00 every day of the year. Umi Jigoku, Chinoike Jigoku, Oniishi Bozu Jigoku and Kamado Jigoku have foot baths, free for people who have entered. Kamado Jigoku has 3 foot baths, including a sand-steam foot bath. “Oniishi-no-Yu” at Oniishi Bozu Jigoku is a separate bathing facility, ¥620 for adults. For questions, contact the Beppu Jigoku Association (tel. 0977-66-1577). (Official foot bath page, Japanese)
5. Free parking for about 615 cars; by bus or taxi
Each hell has a free car park, with about 615 spaces in total. Umi Jigoku has 230, Chinoike Jigoku 130, Tatsumaki Jigoku 80, Oniyama Jigoku 60, Shiraike Jigoku 45, and Oniishi Bozu Jigoku and Kamado Jigoku 35 each. By car, Umi Jigoku is about 3 km (about 5 minutes) from Beppu IC on the Higashi-Kyushu Expressway, along Prefectural Route 11 toward Kannawa Onsen.
By bus for Umi Jigoku, take Kamenoi Bus no. 2, 5, 24 or 41 bound for Kannawa from the west exit of JR Beppu Station (about 20 minutes) and get off at “Umi Jigoku-mae” or “Kannawa”. From Kannawa to Chinoike Jigoku, take bus no. 16 to “Chinoike Jigoku-mae”. To start at Chinoike and Tatsumaki, take Kamenoi Bus no. 26 from JR Kamegawa Station (about 7 minutes). A taxi from Beppu Station to Umi Jigoku takes about 15 minutes and about ¥1,900, and from Kamegawa Station to Chinoike and Tatsumaki about 7 minutes and ¥1,000.
Address: Beppu City, Oita (each hell has a different address) · Google Maps · Tel: 0977-66-1577
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Checked with official pages on October 22, 2026 (Japan time).
