Umitama and dolphin shows are excellent. Be there earlier than show time to get seats. Many others to have experience with sea animals.

Exceeded my expectations! One of the most interesting aquarium I’ve ever visited. Shows and animal performances were very entertaining and engaging. Audience can sit at the open theatre to get close to and get a glimpse at the performing animals, for example, a sea otter, a swarm of sea lions and a pelican, and their trainers! Animals are very smart and tame. After the show, audience can even touch the performing giant lion which has a rough skin like sand paper! Visitors can also touch and hold live sea stars and sea cucumbers for pictures, which is very educational and exciting. On top of this, there’re rays in the open tanks where visitors can touch and observe closely.

They have walruses! They were trained to perform! Quite amazing. Another great aquarium.

The aquarium is very small, has a beautiful view, and is not difficult to travel from Beppu City. There are interesting animal shows. But you should check the show times first. In order not to miss the cute souvenir show.

Umitamago is a wonderful aquarium with a lot of English help. Most signs are written in English and the staff is super helpful! The menus at the cafes (both the second floor and the first floor) have English options. The classical music that plays throughout the whole aquarium is very nice and calming and the whole building just makes me calm.

It s a very interesting place, the shows are excellant!

All of the shows were absolutely amazing! They were funny and full of surprises. There are shows throughout the day in various areas. Make sure you get a schedule of the shows and go early to the ones you want to see if you want to get a good seat and have a good view. The entrance is a little tricky because it shares an entrance with the monkey zoo which is the main sign. The sign for Umitamago is small so we double guessed Google Map’s instructions at first. We also found out last minute from the aquarium’s website that tickets are cheaper if bought in advance online. Saved money and time!🙌🏼

What a fun trip! There was so much to see in this aquarium and the walrus show was so entertaining. If you love aquariums this is one of the better ones I’ve been too in Japan. It’s right by the water and the view is amazing. They have pamphlets available on different languages such as English, Korean and Chinese as well. A lot of photo opportunities to be had and places to sit down and enjoy viewing the tanks. There is a parking fee, but not very expensive. There were 2 prices listed, but we only paid ¥420. A lot of souvenirs available in both buildings!

The sightseeing area is large, there are many kinds of marine life, the animal performances are great, the couple has a great day, and the tickets are cost-effective👍👍👍

A must visit if you come to Oita prefecture. There are a few shows per day like dolphin and walrus show.

Great place to enjoy and learn about sea creatures. There are also hourly shows with pelicans, walrus and dolphins. Feel the wet and rough skin of the walrus and the slimy stingray. Depending on how long you take to admire the fish and mammals, it takes around 1.5h to complete the tour. Amazing seeing all the fish, sea lions, penguins and eels. Remember to get the ticket 2840yen with transport + monkey mountain. Entry Price 2300yen

Unexpectedly large aquarium easily accessed by bus from Oita city or Beppu. Entry fee is 2600 yen for adults, and it is right next to the Takasakiyama monkey park, making for an easy 2 in 1 trip. Good range of animals on display, including walruses, sea lions, sharks, dolphins, and stingrays. Great place to take the family or go on a date. A cafe is also attached, along with a small children’s play area. Information is mainly displayed in Japanese.

Very fun! It was nice to go on a weekday when there were fewer people. Many fish to see, with information next to the tanks. I liked the big aquarium! There are shows for the mammals too. Cute cafe and gift shop. Friendly staff. A little expensive for its size, but very fun and cool!

Love the walrus show. Mi chang is so cute.

Amazing experience for the price. You could enjoy the view of those hot springs and relaxed with a feet bath inside. Recommended.

This is probably the most famous attraction in town and could be worth a visit if you have a day in the town. There are seven locations that you have to move between yourself. 5 are close together and the remaining 2 are a few km away so you need to drive or take public transportation to get there. A couple of the pools were impressive and a few less so. Especially the ones with animals were a bit sad due to the cramped cages.

No need to buy the ticket for all 7 sites…2 is enough, either main one, or with fish. Don’t spend time to travel from location to the other, whichever pair you go to is enough. If you have kids, go to one with fish. Crocodiles are sad…25 animals in one small concrete pond. Geyser one is boring-skip it. It’s just water shooting up for a few minutes. Nothing else to see there. The red one is also kind of lame and takes longer to get there then see the pond. All in all, it’s just pools of water that you look at. Nothing that great. Pleasant place to walk around, take a foot bath, and buy souvenirs if you need to kill time or take a break.

Credit cards accepted Free parking We completed the 7 hellls but there's another two that was not on the list. I wanna visit the other 2 when we come back. My kids enjoy completing the stamps. They feel like they're in treasure hunting missions for the stamps. Lots of walking so wear your comfy footwear

Couldn't visit all seven hells. But the place is very interesting. Hot spring foot spaa are also available at some places. Highly recommend for a relaxing time in these foot spas free of charge

We liked this place. It has a big gift shop and a foot bath. The cherry blossom tree was booming when we went on March 23, 2024. It was a Saturday, so it was a little crowded but not too bad. There are not many English speakers, but the important signs are in English. I used goggle translate to interpret the signs that we only in Japanese. One of the 7 hot springs we visited on this day.

Loved it! Absolutely a must when visiting beppu. Only ¥330 from Beppu station and ¥400 to get in. Had a free footbath and some awesome views. Small but still cool to see.

We weren’t going to visit all the locations so opted for the pay as you go. In order to make it worthwhile, you would have to visit 5 or more if you’re going to get the all access pass. We spent an hour on the first one and only had time to visit one more. This site was great. Large and had plenty of photo taking opportunities.

Super fun experience, highly recommend going to this one if you have time for only one hell. The parking is free and you can access five of the seven hells from this one parking lot. Umi is definitely my favorite of all the hells! Make sure to check out the lotus greenhouse as well!

Probably 5th time to come here, never getting bored of this Tiffany Blue and the dynamic white smoke chasing you around. They have cool souvenirs that you can buy only here like Blue Beer, and they have a glass house with blue water lilies and lilac ones, truly amazing. Then you can find the flowers of the season, picturesque red traditional Shrine doors ⛩️and they serve surprisingly cheap desert and coffee to sit down and watch the crowd. Really the best of all Hells! Bonus is the mini Blood Hell that you can see here and don't need to go all the way to the original one that is quite far.

If visiting Beppu, the hells tour is an incredibly enjoyable way to spend a few hours. The different hells all offer something different in terms of water colour, attractions and scenery; taken as a whole, they are thoroughly enjoyable. Buy the book of seven tickets at the first you visit in order to speed up entry to the remaining pools. Be aware that some of the hells showcase animals in less-than-ideal conditions; the white hell and the crocodile hell were quite upsetting to see large animals in very small and sparsely furnished areas.

Umi Jigoku ( Sea inferno) is one of the hot springs created when Mount Tsurumi erupted around 1200 years ago in February 867. It got is name from the color of its water, which looks cobalt blue like the sea

We found the Red Hells nicely done and interesting and worth a visit. The others Hells, not so much.

It is a nice place to visit but I think there are so many more genuine interesting places in Kyushu and Beppu hells is not in the top 5! The hells are nothing special, and it gets boring quite quickly. I think it could have been designed and planned way better.

We did all seven Hells and they were very good but also bad. The worst was Oniyama Jigoku which features crocodiles confined into small cages, and one larger which is so crowded that the poor animals lay on top of each other. The crocodiles, obviously, has nothing to do with the hot springs other than the fact that the water in which they live, is partially heated by hot spring water. A terrible experience.

Interesting,worth to visit. One should pay 2200 yen for all jigoku or hot spring. Japanese really develop all hot spring for public interest. It took about 1.30 to 2 hours to visit all springs.

We did all 7 hells and the first five were lovely to see. The last two are a few km away so most people bus it, which means waiting for a while to get the bus, with what feels like a hundred others. The hot springs were pretty to see, I loved the story for each. The steamed eggs were as egg-spected (giggle). The final hotspring (geyser) was a bit of anticlimactic and most people left after 30 seconds to get ahead of the crowds for the bus. Overall, I'm glad I did it but not sure I'd do it again.

Nice little lake to visit in suburban Japan. Visited on a local national holiday in winter. Weather is nice but take a lot of walk from station (takes probaly 15 to 20 min just walk without stopping. There are man pull taxi service on the road. But not sure how much they cahrge

It’s very touristy and in my opinion not really worth it unless maybe you’re already spending a night or two in Beppu. We only went to the first five as the last two required a bus trip (fare not included in ticket). I recommend just buying tickets for the first hell and the alligator farm and not buying the a ticket for all 7.

This is definitely a tourist trap. Lots of tour buses and hence very cramped experience. PS. Head to Yufuin please. There’s a Ghibli town and it’s free entrance

Amazed at this place, definitely worth a visit! The colours and displays are just amazing. Must check out the greenhouse area, never seen lily pads that HUGE. Respect, amazing, do visit.

Very good modern art museum, with warm and impressive collections. Permanent galleries on the first floor, free to enter. Special exhibition on the third floor, paid to enter, but very cheap. Currently showcasing Japanese and European art, including a Chagall and Picasso.

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Personally I have been to a lot of museums in Japan and all had Japanese translation. Or at least an app or QR codes. This one didn’t have translation in neither of the three exhibits. Staff was very friendly and helpful but personal I don’t like walking around a museum constantly using the google translation app, which is often wrong translated. A beautiful building though with a couple of free things you can see downstairs. Please add English translation to future exhibitions.

Nice hangout spot for a day trip with reasonable price. Recommend for those who appreciates obscure artworks and paintings.

Loved the architecture of the building and how spacious it felt! However the amount of actual exhibitions seemed to be lacking. Entrance to the museum itself is free though and you pay per exhibit. Parking was 200yen for about an hour or two. There’s a few nice restaurants on the second floor as well.

If you love architecture, and or art, etc, this is one of must visit art museum in the area. The museum entrance is free, so you can see the building as long as you want. But you have to pay entrance fee if you want to see the exhibition. There are small souvenir shop on the first floor, cafe on the second floor, and you can see beautiful wooden ceiling structure on the 3rd floor.

Love the architecture part of the museum. There was a calligraphy painting exhibition, really enjoyed it. Spacious inside, can easily spent an hour or 2 here.

Nice museum. Just lack of english in some case. Overall it is good to take experience there. Architecture design by Shigeru Ban

A Tate Modern of Oita. Allocate an hour or so to enjoy the ambience, and see some of the art pieces on display. The museum can be covered quickly as its not very big compared to other international art museums. The main area is free of charge but special exhibitions might cost you 400 to 600 Yen per visit. There is a cafe and a gift shop. Wheel chair access can be easily arranged.

Highly rated in google so we decided to come. It was worth it. The ambiance of retro Japan and the service is very fast. Like really fast! Drinks are well priced and the food is delicious. Too bad it makes you look weird to order rice with great food. All in all, this is an Izakaya so everyone is drinking. Just wish the table would be bigger It's better to get a reservation first. Another star for the staff! Excellent service. Outside the shop feels like a Spirited Away movie

Lively and welcoming izakaya a short walk from Oita station. The food and drinks selection was excellent and the serving staff were attentive and friendly. I recommend the fried chicken, the pork with shallots and the mushroom with fish paste. All were excellent.

Food was really good and they have various local sake. However, staffs weren't really kind.

One of the most favorite place in Oita. All fresh specialties which the local people recommend us tourists with great confidence are incredible!!! Tori tempura, Ryukyu sashimi and beef steaks we had here, mighty yummy.

Cute little spot with local Oita food. They have English menus. The dangojiru is good; you can ask for it without meat. Friends recommended the chicken nanban as well! Great place to take tourists to try Oita specialties.

Nice environment and great Oita cuisine. The course meal with sashimi and torigen is really good. Reservation in advance is recommended, the place gets fully booked after 7pm.

You should 100% try the Yaseuma for dessert

Recommended by the local. Really nice ramen. No English menu but they would do the best to assist.

Soup too rich it loses balance. Pork meat too rough. Egg too overcooked

Went here for lunch. Prices are fair, especially lunch menus.

This izakaya is great! They serve amazing fresh seafood and sushi. We had a sashimi platter, salmon roe sushi (いくら), with raw and cooked oysters. But there are other, non-seafood dishes as well, like tempura and fried egg (卵焼き). Also, there’s a huge selection of drinks: Japanese saké, shouchu, beer, and cocktails.

BEST SUSHI !!! come at noon there are so many people. waiting about 30mins. 11 pieces sushi are really fresh and delicious.

Ordered their ryuukyuu lunch set, grilled saba lunch set, and a mini chicken tempura add-on. Everything was scrumptious and the volume was satisfying. 😋

I tried their signature sashimi set on the box (the one with 10 types of sashimi). It was really good and fresh! They have a lot of other fried fish items and steamed or grilled fish items I’d love to try next time.

Really tasty and it's really worth it for the price ! We try the Toriten, the speciality of Oita for 700¥ and eal rice bowl for 1200¥. Both with the set menu. We went there twice. I really recommend this restaurant. The staff is also nice !

Lovely, fresh seafood and great sushi. The una tasted a little different from what I am used to. It's a loud, noisy, happening place with families and children, loved the lively atmosphere!

Everything we had was so good, especially the salad and rice ball. They didn't have English menu but luckily one of the waiters spoke Chinese who was so helpful and nice to help us to order.

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Nice restaurant.

This place is so cool, I highly recommend. The decorations are awesome. The food is all right, though. Better to visit for the experience.

(Translated by Google) We operate with a small group of people, so the wait staff is slow. The taste is not bad. (Original) 少人数での運営を行っているので給仕が遅いです。味は悪くない。

(Translated by Google) The sashimi dishes were plentiful and excellent. But no matter what, I can't eat squid sashimi. The clerk's charm is good. (Original) 刺身料理が豊富で最高でした。でもいつ言ってもイカ刺しが食べれない。店員の愛嬌は良いよ

(Translated by Google) Perfect for a solo meal. The mackerel sashimi is crunchy and fatty. (Original) 1人飯に最適。鯖の刺身がコリコリで脂乗り最高。