Central Beppu, Oita
Furousen Onsen
A renovated municipal bath near Beppu Station, with separate hotter and cooler pools. The source is simple spring water, and the bath closes completely for its afternoon cleaning break.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- 06:30–22:30. Closed to entry during cleaning from 14:00–15:00. Adult ¥250; child ¥100. About a five-minute walk from Beppu Station.
- Tattoo policy
- Beppu City's current tourism page explicitly says tattoos are accepted.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- 48.0°C in the analysis sampled June 27, 2024.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published; 48.0°C is the source temperature, not a fixed pool temperature.
- Spring source
- Furousen spring, according to Beppu City's current analysis.
- Spring classification
- Simple spring.
- pH
- 7.6.
- Flow rate
- Not published; the analysis did not measure it.
- Water handling
- Beppu City describes the bath as source-flowing. Separate hotter and cooler pools are available; fixed temperatures for the pools are not published.
Entry is not allowed during the 14:00–15:00 cleaning break. The current Beppu City Onsen Division listing and April 1, 2026 fee schedule set the adult rate at ¥250.
How to read a bath profile
Spring-source temperature and actual bathing temperature are kept separate. Each score is shown independently for comparison rather than collapsed into one overall score.
