WANDER COMPASS is a tourist information center supported by the locals who play active roles as TOMODACHI GUIDE.
What's TOMODACHI GUIDE? →TOMODACHI means "friend" in Japanese. There are various members like workers and university students, but all of them enjoy interacting with people. They possess rich local knowledge and information which makes your trip more memorable.
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Beppu is home to many unique hot spring experiences. One of the most famous of these is Beppu Onsen Hoyoland!
Beppu Onsen Hoyoland is not just a regular onsen! In addition to a milky white onsen in the interior, there are also both an indoor separated mud bath and an outdoor mixed mud bath, along with a sauna. In this article, we will introduce this novel onsen, and how to navigate a traditional mixed gender hot spring.
Did you know that you can enter onsen even if you have tattoos? Beppu is one of the friendliest onsen towns for people with ink! In this article, you can find over 100 onsens that will welcome you! Click here to see Tatoo friendly 100 hot springs!
Beppu is home to some of the rarest onsen in Japan. One of these is the sunayu or sand bath. In particular, Beppu Kaihin Sunayu is a favorite for both visitors and locals alike. It sits on the beach of Beppu Bay, so as your relaxing underneath the onsen heated sand, you can gaze out over the ocean.
For more information and pictures, please visit here!
What is Beppu like?
Beppu is Japan’s “hot spring heaven,” famed for the outstanding range of hot springs it has to offer. Naturally, there are hot springs you can visit to look at and those you can enter, but hot springs are a part of life in Beppu.
However, Beppu is the only place to describe its hot springs as “hells,” from the cobalt-blue Sea Hell, the milky White Pond Hell, to the red Blood Pond Hell. Beppu is the only place in Japan where steam from many differently-colored hot springs rises up between old traditional streets with over a thousand years of history.
There are also many areas that have their own appeal even without entering a hot spring. If you stretch your legs and explore the city, you’ll across Japan’s famous landscapes and natural beauty, such as stunning rice terraces and lakes bustling with wildlife.
As you explore this city full of hot spring hells, you’ll find yourself moved by their unique beauty. And if you decide to go into the hot springs, you’ll be in heaven.
12-13 Ekimaecho, Beppu, Oita Prefecture Eki-Machi 1-chome Beppu BIS South Building
Wander Compass Beppu is located in the “BIS South Building Ekimachi 1-chome Beppu” facility inside of the JR Beppu Station.It is 1 minute walk from JR Beppu Station East Exit.
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EdLaine Ong
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It's simply the best tourist info hub I've ever been to in Japan. This is my 4th trip to Japan and I've visited a lot of tourist info centers. The staff are, informative, helpful, cheerful. Everything is so well organised. Thank you for all the help! 👍👍👍👍
Mischa Metz
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The team of Wander Compass is really great!
They have a variety of tourist information leaflets for sightseeing in and around Beppu.
You can store your luggage for 500 yen per piece (we did so until we could check-in to our hotel).
We also purchased the "Monkey Marine Ticket" there, which includes the Umitamago Aquarium, the Takasakiyama Monkey Park as well as the bus ride there and back.
They did also help us with bus routes and schedules.
Everyone we met at Wander Compass spoke english and was really nice and supportive.
Made our stay at Beppu a great experience.
Thank you!
T T
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別府での1日観光プランの相談で伺いました。高崎山のサルも見たい、地獄巡りをしながら温泉街の情緒も感じたい、と欲張った相談にもすごく丁寧に相談に乗って下さり、的確なアドバイスを頂きました。お陰様ですごく素敵な1日になり、妻も私も大満足。相談に乗って下さった女性スタッフの方、本当にありがとうございました。こちらのような観光案内所はなかなかないと思います。
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Wander Compass Beppu tourist information center is the best in the world. Staff there are informative, helpful, knowledgeable, cheerful, and friendly. They are passionate about helping you and service from the heart no matter what questions, queries, and difficulties. They made calls for us to make reservations for bus and taxi. They spoke excellent English. We bought 2 days pass, with maps and information, we had a wonderful experience in Beppu. Highly recommend tourists to visit this center and meet these awesome, kind, and professional staff, especially Yuriko. I love you all
Nick Chin
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Tomomi-san (Timo) and crew are amazing and you owe it to yourself to drop by! We stopped in with a general plan to visit some of Beppu's famed onsen. They directed us towards their onsen expert who gently probed our preferences like an onsen sommelier and then created an amazing list of places to visit.
We returned the next day with the first page of our onsen passports completed and Tomomi-san was so excited for us!
We told her that we wanted to get our onsen passports certified but were worried that might miss our bus to Fukuoka. She said "Follow me" like the protagonist in an action movie and swept out the door with us in her wake. She then led us on a 12-minute power walk through markets, narrow alleyways, and side streets until we arrived at the onsen passport building. She used her Japanese and fluent English to get our onsen passports expedited, immortalized it all with a celebratory photo, and then made sure we caught our bus with minutes to spare. 10/10 experience, highly recommended.
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