Information as of 2026-08-20

This page is a relocation summary written by an advanced AI

It is not a personal opinion piece written by a human. An AI gathered official information published on the internet — municipal and national statistics, the Japan Meteorological Agency, railway companies, property portals — and rebuilt it into a form that someone considering a move can read and act on. Every figure carries a source link and the date it was checked, so please confirm anything that matters to you against the original document. Rules and prices change. Always check the latest information yourself before you sign anything.

Moving to Beppu

Q: Which part of Beppu City should I live in?

It divides into five. 🔴 What matters is not price but elevation. The median price runs 2.6× from ¥6,800,000 in the South (Hamawaki, Asami) to ¥17,980,000 in the centre, while the median elevation runs from 23.1 metres in the North (Kamegawa) to 172.9 metres on the hillside (Ogiyama, Tsurumi). The largest plots are in the South (322 square metres) and the most listings on the hillside (47).

Q: How long does it take from Beppu to Oita City?

🔴 14 minutes by JR local train (Beppu 8:15 → Oita 8:29), or 8 minutes by the Sonic limited express. For Fukuoka, the Sonic takes 1 hr 20 min to Kokura and 2 hr 16 min to Hakata, with 16 services a day to Hakata. The two-ticket set (reserved seat) for Fukuoka City–Beppu/Oita is ¥7,600 for two, or ¥3,800 each.

Q: What is the cheapest house you can buy in Beppu City?

SUUMO lists 132 homes, and all of them were retrieved. From ¥1,500,000 to ¥175,000,000, median ¥15,600,000, with 37 (28%) under ¥10,000,000 and 7 under ¥5,000,000. The median plot is 195 square metres. 🔴 The median year built is 1981, and 68 (52%) date from 1981 or earlier — half the stock comes from the era of the old seismic code. The akiya bank holds 20 more.

Q: Is the earthquake risk high in Beppu City?

At the city hall there is a 19.2% chance of intensity 6-lower or above, and 2.3% of 6-upper or above, within 30 years, with surface ground of AVS30 298.15 m/s and a micro-landform of volcanic piedmont, and the city is designated a Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area. 🔴 The 132 homes for sale have a median elevation of 70.5 metres, with 51 (39%) above 100 metres. High up it is landslides; low down (20 listings at 10 metres or below) it is tsunami and storm surge — the hazard map you need changes with the place.

Q: Are summers hot and winters cold in Beppu City?

🔴 The Beppu AMeDAS station has no normals, so we read the values of the Oita Local Meteorological Observatory about 12 kilometres south. There are 12.2 frost days, 0.0 days below freezing all day and 1 centimetre of snow a year, so snow barely settles on the flat. In summer there are 5.8 days above 35°C, about one more than Tokyo's 4.8. 🔴 Inland in the same prefecture, Hita has 22.0 days above 35°C and 53.2 frost days — quite unlike the coast.

Q: What are healthcare and schools like in Beppu City?

🔴 A town of 110,000 people has 24 hospitals, 114 clinics and 561 doctors. By this site's calculation that is 21.7 hospitals and 507.7 doctors per 100,000 people — exceptionally well provided. Schools: 19 municipal primary schools (4,957 pupils) and 12 lower-secondary schools (2,681 pupils), including special-needs schools. Mains water reaches 99.1% and wastewater treatment 86.1% of the population.

Q: What do water and sewerage cost in Beppu City?

For one household, 40 cubic metres over two months costs ¥12,132 (water ¥6,690 + sewerage ¥5,442, tax included), and 20 cubic metres ¥5,412. 🔴 The tariffs were revised on 1 April Reiwa 7. The rate card also carries a category for "municipal hot spring supply" and a sewerage charge of "¥18 per cubic metre of hot spring waste water" — hot water appears on the household bill here.

Q: Will the house I buy sell when I want to sell it?

🔴 Residential land in Beppu is up 2.7% on the year (¥45,400/m²). Commercial land is up 5.7%, a faster rise than commercial land in Oita City (+4.9%). The market is 132 SUUMO listings plus 20 in the akiya bank, one for every 837 people. But with 68 (52%) dating from 1981 or earlier, expect to be judged on land, view and hot spring rather than the building when you sell.

Q: What is happening to Beppu City's population?

110,494 people in 63,297 households (resident register, 31 July Reiwa 8), or 1.75 people per household — strikingly small even by this site's standards. 🔴 Of them 5,805 (5.3%) are foreign residents, 1.6× the national average of 3.26%, and 4,912 households consist only of foreign residents. At Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) in the city, 3,274 of 6,699 students (49%) are international.

A town where steam rises at the foot of Mt. Tsurumi. Population 110,494, area 125.34 square kilometres. 🔴 Oita Prefecture has 5,094 hot spring sources and a flow of 293,610 litres a minute — the highest in Japan on both counts, far ahead of second place (Kagoshima's 2,735 sources; Hokkaido's flow of 189,888). The city itself describes itself on its relocation page as "the town with the most hot water in Japan, and an international character". That international character is its other face. Of 110,494 residents, 5,805 (5.3%) are foreign — 1.6× the national average of 3.26%. At Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) in the city, 3,274 of the 6,699 students (49%) are international students. And it is a town of slopes. The median elevation of the 132 homes for sale is 70.5 metres, and 51 of them (39%) are above 100 metres. The micro-landform at the city hall is "volcanic piedmont" — the hot water and the slopes have the same volcano behind them.

Oita Sta.,

14 min

8 min by JR local or limited express

Hot spring sources in Oita Prefecture

5,094

1st in Japan, 18% of the national total

Share of foreign residents

5.3%

1.6× the national average of 3.26%

City area

125.34km²

Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, Reiwa 7

Homes for sale

132 listings

¥1,500,000– / median ¥15,600,000

Population

110,494 people

63,297 households, Reiwa 8 (2026), 7/31

Summer (August daily high)

32.2℃

Oita station, 0.9°C warmer than Tokyo

Winter (January daily low)

2.6℃

Oita station, 1.4°C warmer than Tokyo

⛰ National and quasi-national parks ♨ Hot springs & day baths44 🐕 Dog runs2 🚐 RV parks4

National and quasi-national parks: Aso-Kuju National Park / Hot springs & day baths: Hebin-Yu, Oniishi-no-Yu, Tsuru-no-Yu, Umi-Jigoku footbath, Tanoyu Onsen, Kojusen Beppu Nogami Honkan, Akiba-no-Yu, Yutopia Hamawaki, Hamawaki Onsen, Yuyama-no-Sato Onsen, footbath, Teruyu Onsen, Hotta Onsen, the "hand bath" monument on the square in front of Beppu Sta., Takegawara Onsen, Hoyo Land, Yamanami-no-Yu, Hidama / Dog runs: dog run / RV parks: RV Park Charlie's Lanai, RV Park Tsurumi, RV Park Beppu Minato Ichiba, RV Park Kamegawa Marina Terrace
Sources: national and quasi-national parks judged from Ministry of the Environment boundary data and the like (details in §17) (verified 2026-08-21) / hot springs & day baths from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) (verified 2026-08-20) / dog runs from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) (verified 2026-08-20) / RV parks from Japan RV Association, list of certified "Kuruma-tabi" RV parks (verified 2026-08-20). 🔴 Only what a place has is shown here — a town without a tag is not a lesser town.

Last verified 2026-08-20

CHAPTER 01First, what kind of place Beppu is

A town on the east coast of Oita Prefecture, where the skirts of Mt. Tsurumi and Mt. Garan fall into Beppu Bay. Population 110,494 in 63,297 households, area 125.34 square kilometres. Beppu has a national law written for this town alone: the Beppu International Tourism, Hot Spring and Culture City Construction Act (18 July Showa 25). The homes for sale run from 1.9 metres to 290.1 metres above sea level, with a median of 70.5 metres.

The volume of hot water is on another scaleIn the Ministry of the Environment's tally for FY Reiwa 6, Oita Prefecture has 5,094 hot spring sources (18.3% of the national 27,899), far ahead of Kagoshima's 2,735 and Hokkaido's 2,249. The flow is 293,610 litres a minute, also the highest in Japan (Hokkaido is second at 189,888). Beppu is at the centre of it. The city's relocation page calls it "the town with the most hot water in Japan, and an international character", and its utility tariffs carry a category for "municipal hot spring supply" and a sewerage charge of "¥18 per cubic metre of hot spring waste water", listed separately from mains water (§8). Hot water here is not a tourist attraction but a utility on the rate card — that is Beppu.

There is a national law for this town aloneThe Beppu International Tourism, Hot Spring and Culture City Construction Act (enacted 18 July Showa 25). The city sets out its purpose: "to raise international culture and achieve the ideal of lasting world peace, and at the same time to contribute to economic recovery through the development of tourism and hot spring resources, by building Beppu City as an international tourism, hot spring and culture city". It is one of the cases where, after the war, the national government wrote a law naming a single city. "International" and "hot spring" have been written into this city's blueprint for more than 70 years — today's 5.3% foreign residents (§10) sit on that same line.

It is the skirt of a volcano, so it is steepThe micro-landform at the city hall is "volcanic piedmont" (§5). The 132 homes for sale run from 1.9 to 290.1 metres above sea level, median 70.5, with 51 (39%) above 100 metres and 88 (67%) above 50. The flat land along the shore is very narrow; everything else climbs towards the mountain. So life near the sea and life up the hill are quite different, inside the same city (§2). The hot water and the slopes have the same cause, Mt. Tsurumi — start with elevation when you look at this town.

Sources: population, households and foreign residents fromBeppu City "Beppu City of Population" (resident register, as of 31 July Reiwa 8 / total population 110,494, 63,297 households, of whom 5,805 foreign residents, 4,912 households of foreign residents only) / area fromBeppu City, "Beppu City at a glance" (PDF) (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, Reiwa 7, national survey of municipal areas, 125.34 km²) / sources and flow fromMinistry of the Environment, "Hot spring use, FY Reiwa 6" (PDF) (Oita Prefecture: 5,094 sources, flow 293,610 L/min / national total 27,899 and 2,477,713 L/min / the comparisons with Kagoshima, Hokkaido and Shizuoka come from the same table) / "the town with the most hot water in Japan, and an international character" fromBeppu City, "Relocation support in Beppu City" / the construction act fromBeppu City, "Designations and declarations of Beppu City" (Beppu International Tourism, Hot Spring and Culture City Construction Act, 18 July Showa 25) / elevation from the coordinates of the same 132 SUUMO listings used in §2 / verified 2026-08-20

Map of Beppu City

You can zoom and pan. The marker is Beppu City Hall. The JR Nippo Main Line runs north–south along the shore, with four stations from the south: Higashi-Beppu, Beppu, Beppu Daigaku and Kamegawa. Climb west and you reach the steam belt of Kannawa and Myoban, with Mt. Tsurumi beyond.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors

What kind of town is Beppu City?

A hot spring town where steam rises at the foot of Mt. Tsurumi. Population 110,494, area 125.34 square kilometres. In the Ministry of the Environment's tally, Oita Prefecture has 5,094 hot spring sources and a flow of 293,610 litres a minute, the highest in Japan on both counts, and the city calls itself "the town with the most hot water in Japan, and an international character". 🔴 There is a national law written for this town alone, the Beppu International Tourism, Hot Spring and Culture City Construction Act (18 July Showa 25).

CHAPTER 02Five areas, and life in each

We divide the city into five areas, tallied from all 132 SUUMO listings. What matters here is not price but elevation. The median price runs 2.6× from ¥6,800,000 in the South (Hamawaki, Asami) to ¥17,980,000 in the centre, but the median elevation runs 7.5×, from 23.1 metres in the North to 172.9 metres on the hillside.

Areas	Listings	median	Median elevation	Most common nearby stations and bus stops
Hillside (Ogiyama, Tsurumi, Minamitateishi — the Kankaiji and Hotta side)	47 listings	¥15,800,000	172.9m	Beppu 19 listings, Beppu Daigaku 12 listings
North (Kamegawa, Sekinoe — the Kamegawa Onsen side)	40 listings	¥14,850,000	23.1m	Kamegawa 24 listings, Beppu Daigaku 10 listings
Central (Beppu Sta., Kitahama, Ishigaki)	27 listings	¥17,980,000	58.4m	Beppu Daigaku 17 listings, Beppu 8 listings
Kannawa & Myoban (the steaming hillside)	11 listings	¥14,800,000	130.6m	Beppu Daigaku 6 listings, Kamegawa 2 listings
South (Hamawaki, Asami)	7 listings	¥6,800,000	41.1m	Beppu 4 listings, Higashi-Beppu 3 listings

Hillside (Ogiyama, Tsurumi, Minamitateishi) — the most listings, and the highest ground47 listings (¥5,500,000 to ¥175,000,000, median ¥15,800,000, 10 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 77.1 to 290.1 metres (median 172.9), the highest belt in the city. Median plot 195 m², building 109 m², median year built 1984. Kankaiji Onsen and Hotta Onsen are here, and the view down over Beppu Bay is what this belt is worth. The city's dearest listing at ¥175,000,000 is here too.
Suits: anyone who puts the view first, or who takes a car for granted
Watch for: some listings are 290 metres up. Check the winter road surface and the daily climb in your own car when you view

North (Kamegawa, Sekinoe) — the flattest, with the biggest plots40 listings (¥1,500,000 to ¥37,700,000, median ¥14,850,000, 15 under ¥10,000,000 = 38%). Elevation 1.9 to 104.2 metres (median 23.1), the lowest of the five. A median plot of 214 m² and building of 120 m² are both on the generous side. The most common nearest station is Kamegawa, with 24 — a cluster within walking distance of JR Kamegawa Sta. Kamegawa Onsen is here, and so is the city's cheapest listing at ¥1,500,000.
Suits: anyone who wants to avoid slopes, commutes by JR, or wants a large plot
Watch for: some listings are 1.9 metres above sea level. For the belt near the sea, look at the tsunami and storm-surge hazard maps first (§5)

Central (Beppu Sta., Kitahama, Ishigaki) — the dearest and the tightest27 listings (¥4,800,000 to ¥54,000,000, median ¥17,980,000, the highest of the five, 6 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 3.4 to 79.7 metres (median 58.4). A median plot of 164 m² and building of 98 m² are both the smallest of the five. Median year built 1979, with 14 (52%) from 1981 or earlier. JR Beppu Sta., the Kitahama hot spring quarter and Takegawara Onsen are within walking distance. This is also where municipal and communal baths are densest.
Suits: anyone who wants to live without a car, or to walk to the baths
Watch for: plots are small and half the houses are old. Check the seismic standard and whether there is parking, first of all

Kannawa & Myoban (the steaming hillside) — few listings, and the oldest11 listings (¥5,330,000 to ¥34,000,000, median ¥14,800,000, 2 under ¥10,000,000). Elevation 65.8 to 228.4 metres (median 130.6). Median year built 1979, with 8 (73%) from 1981 or earlier, the oldest of the five. This is the belt you see in the photographs, where steam rises straight out of the ground. The "hells" are on this side too. You can live where the jigoku-mushi steaming pits stand in a residential street.
Suits: anyone who wants to live close to the hot springs and the steam
Watch for: there are only 11 listings, and 8 of them predate 1981. This is a market where you wait for something to come up. If you want a property with its own hot spring, know first that there are areas where new drilling is not permitted (§12)

South (Hamawaki, Asami) — the cheapest, with the largest plots7 listings (¥2,900,000 to ¥44,800,000, median ¥6,800,000, the lowest of the five, 4 under ¥10,000,000 = 57%). A median plot of 322 m² is the largest of the five, while the building at 85 m² is the smallest. Elevation 2.9 to 56.4 metres. Nearest stations: Beppu 4, Higashi-Beppu 3. Hamawaki Onsen is here, in what is held to be the belt where Beppu's hot springs began.
Suits: anyone after a large plot cheaply, or who often heads towards Oita City (Higashi-Beppu Sta. is the Oita side)
Watch for: 7 listings, and a median year built of 1971 — the oldest belt in the city. You will be buying land rather than a building

Prices, counts, elevation, year built and plot size come from the listings below,SUUMOlisted132 listings (all)sorted into five areas by place name and tallied. Elevation is the value obtained from each listing's map coordinates via the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan elevation API (all 132 have their own coordinates ) / retrieved 2026-08-20 / verified 2026-08-20

Which part of Beppu City should I live in?

It divides into five. 🔴 What matters is not price but elevation. The median price runs 2.6× from ¥6,800,000 in the South (Hamawaki, Asami) to ¥17,980,000 in the centre, while the median elevation runs from 23.1 metres in the North (Kamegawa) to 172.9 metres on the hillside (Ogiyama, Tsurumi). The largest plots are in the South (322 square metres) and the most listings on the hillside (47).

CHAPTER 03Trains and cars — how you get around

Beppu's single biggest advantage is that Oita City, the prefectural capital, is 14 minutes away. A JR local train leaves Beppu at 8:15 and arrives at Oita at 8:29. The Sonic limited express does it in 8 minutes, one stop. And 16 Sonic services a day run to Hakata, putting Kokura 1 hr 20 min and Hakata 2 hr 16 min away. 105 of the 132 listings (80%) have a station on the JR Nippo Main Line as their nearest.

JR (Beppu from )

Destination	Time	Ticket	Train and frequency
Oita	14 min	—	14 min by local train (measured on the 8:15 departure arriving 8:29; only Higashi-Beppu and Nishi-Oita in between). 8 min by the Sonic limited express, of which 15 a day run to Oita
Kokura	1 hr 20 min	¥3,450	Sonic limited express, no transfers (measured on the 5:21 departure arriving 6:41). The ticket is the online-only "Kyushu Net Ticket", ¥3,450 Kokura–Oita, or ¥2,900 with Hayatoku 3 booked three days ahead
Hakata	2 hr 16 min	¥3,800	Sonic limited express, no transfers, 16 a day (measured on the 5:21 departure arriving 7:37). The two-ticket set (reserved seat) for Fukuoka City–Beppu/Oita is ¥7,600 for two, or ¥3,800 each. The online-only "Kyushu Net Ticket" Hakata–Oita is ¥3,500, or ¥2,950 with Hayatoku 3
Miyazaki Airport	—	—	One Nichirin limited express a day runs from Beppu to Miyazaki Airport with no transfers

You can choose to commute into Oita City14 minutes by local train, 8 by limited express. Beppu has 110,494 people, but neighbouring Oita City has about 470,000, and the prefectural offices, the large employers and the big hospitals are there. Work in Oita, live in Beppu — at this distance that combination genuinely works. Land prices bear it out: residential land is ¥45,400/m² in Beppu against ¥67,400/m² in Oita City (§9). Commuting to Oita while living in a house with a hot spring is what these 14 minutes make possible.

Four stations, all of them inside the cityFrom the south: Higashi-Beppu, Beppu, Beppu Daigaku and Kamegawa. For nearest transport the listings give the JR Nippo Main Line 105 (80%), Kamenoi Bus 19, Oita Kotsu 4, Oita Bus 1. The bus stops are named after the baths: Ogiyama Onsen-shita, Kiyosen, Honbozu, Teruyu. Beppu is the only town on this site where the "nearest transport" field of a listing fills up with the names of hot springs. On the hillside and in Kannawa a bus is the assumption, so check the routes and frequencies on the ground.

Air and expresswayOita Airport is on the Kunisaki Peninsula, linked to Beppu by the Airliner airport express bus. For expressways the city has the Beppu interchange on the East Kyushu Expressway and the Beppu Bay service area on the Oita Expressway, and the Oita Expressway is the shortest way to Yufuin and Hita. Beppu to Yufuin is also the entrance to the Yamanami Highway. You can drive through to Aso and Kuju — access to the middle of Kyushu is a strength of this location. Please check times and fares with the operators.

Sources: times and frequencies fromJR Kyushu, "Timetable by station: Beppu Sta." (all services on Thursday 2026-08-20 tallied: 16 Sonic services to Hakata, 15 to Oita, 74 in all) and the detailed times of each train (Sonic 2, Beppu 5:21 → Kokura 6:41 → Hakata 7:37 / local 627M, Beppu 8:15 → Oita 8:29) / tickets fromJR Kyushu, "Fare revision guidebook" (PDF) (two-ticket set, Fukuoka City–Beppu/Oita ¥7,600 for two, ¥3,800 each / Kyushu Net Ticket Hakata–Oita ¥3,500, Kokura–Oita ¥3,450 / Kyushu Net Hayatoku 3 Hakata–Oita ¥2,950, Kokura–Oita ¥2,900. All for one adult, reserved ordinary seat) / land prices as in §9 / the breakdown of nearest transport from the tally of 132 SUUMO listings below / verified 2026-08-20

✈ Airports

The nearest is Oita Airport (a hub airport under national management), about 33.9 km in a straight line. Next is Kitakyushu Airport (about 72.4 km in a straight line). 🔴 These are straight-line distances, not road distances or journey times — check the actual route with the operators.

🛣 Expressway junctions

This area has 2 entrances and junctions.
Kyushu Trans-Regional Expressway, Nagasaki–Oita route: Beppu, Beppu Bay SIC

Sources: airports fromNational Land Numerical Information, "Airports", FY2021 edition (category names followthe MLIT list of airports ) / expressway junctions fromthe same, "Expressways time series", 2025 edition, current data only (what is open today). Both were overlaid onthe same, "Administrative boundaries", 2026and judged by machine to fall inside this area / verified 2026-08-21

How long does it take from Beppu to Oita City?

🔴 14 minutes by JR local train (Beppu 8:15 → Oita 8:29), or 8 minutes by the Sonic limited express. For Fukuoka, the Sonic takes 1 hr 20 min to Kokura and 2 hr 16 min to Hakata, with 16 services a day to Hakata. The two-ticket set (reserved seat) for Fukuoka City–Beppu/Oita is ¥7,600 for two, or ¥3,800 each.

CHAPTER 04Homes actually on the market right now

SUUMO lists 132 homes, and all 132 are included in the tally. From ¥1,500,000 to ¥175,000,000, median ¥15,600,000. 37 (28%) are under ¥10,000,000, 7 are under ¥5,000,000, and 89 (67%) are under ¥20,000,000. The median plot is 195 square metres (about 59 tsubo) and the median building 107 square metres. The median year built is 1981, and 68 (52%) date from 1981 or earlier — half the stock comes from the era of the old seismic code.

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"Nearest the station first" converts everything to minutes — a walk of ◯ min, ◯ min by bus plus ◯ min from the stop, ◯ km by car (reckoned at 30 km/h) — and compares those. Listings with no such information always appear last, whatever the sort.

Kamegawa Shinoyu-machi¥1,500,000North (Kamegawa, Sekinoe — the Kamegawa Onsen side)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 166 m² (50 tsubo) / Building 96 m² (29 tsubo) / built 1975 / Kamegawa Sta. 17 min walk9 photos →

Asami 3-19-30¥2,900,000South (Hamawaki, Asami)Elev. approx. 40 m / Land 321 m² (97 tsubo) / Building 64 m² (19 tsubo) / built 1961 / Beppu Sta. 24 min walk9 photos →

Hamawaki Yamaga 1137番1他5筆 property photo

Hamawaki Yamaga 1137番1他5筆¥4,000,000South (Hamawaki, Asami)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 204 m² (62 tsubo) / Building 59 m² (18 tsubo) / built 1969 / Higashi-Beppu Sta. 5 min walk3 photos →

Kita-Ishigaki 179番地9¥4,800,000Central (Beppu Sta., Kitahama, Ishigaki)Elev. approx. 30 m / Land 101 m² (31 tsubo) / Building 96 m² (29 tsubo) / built 1971 / Beppu Daigaku Sta. 11 min walk9 photos →

Kamegawa Shinoyu-machi 2区1組-6A property photo

Kamegawa Shinoyu-machi 2区1組-6A¥4,900,000North (Kamegawa, Sekinoe — the Kamegawa Onsen side)Elev. approx. 50 m / Land 215 m² (65 tsubo) / Building 120 m² (36 tsubo) / built 1974 / Beppu Daigaku Sta. 18 min walk10 photos →

Kamegawa Shinoyu-machi¥4,990,000North (Kamegawa, Sekinoe — the Kamegawa Onsen side)Elev. approx. 50 m / Land 215 m² (65 tsubo) / Building 120 m² (36 tsubo) / built 1974 / Beppu Daigaku Sta. 17 min walk8 photos →

Hara-machi¥5,000,000Central (Beppu Sta., Kitahama, Ishigaki)Elev. approx. 40 m / Land 92 m² (28 tsubo) / Building 99 m² (30 tsubo) / built 1978 / Beppu Sta. 22 min walk9 photos →

Kannawa Higashi 3組6¥5,330,000Kannawa & Myoban (the steaming hillside)Elev. approx. 90 m / Land 99 m² (30 tsubo) / Building 74 m² (22 tsubo) / built 1976 / Beppu Daigaku Sta. 33 min walk10 photos →

Tsurumi¥5,500,000Hillside (Ogiyama, Tsurumi, Minamitateishi — the Kankaiji and Hotta side)Elev. approx. 130 m / Land 149 m² (45 tsubo) / Building 68 m² (21 tsubo) / built 1970 / Beppu Sta. 39 min walk9 photos →

Shoen-machi 4103番3¥5,500,000Hillside (Ogiyama, Tsurumi, Minamitateishi — the Kankaiji and Hotta side)Elev. approx. 130 m / Land 149 m² (45 tsubo) / Building 68 m² (21 tsubo) / built 1970 / Beppu Sta. 39 min walk8 photos →

Uchikamado 1461番地12¥5,500,000North (Kamegawa, Sekinoe — the Kamegawa Onsen side)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 132 m² (40 tsubo) / Building 76 m² (23 tsubo) / built 1979 / Kamegawa Sta. 14 min walk8 photos →

Hamawaki 鳴川234-9他2筆¥5,500,000South (Hamawaki, Asami)Elev. approx. 20 m / Land 317 m² (96 tsubo) / Building 85 m² (26 tsubo) / built 1961 / Higashi-Beppu Sta. 12 min walk3 photos →

Uchikamado¥5,700,000North (Kamegawa, Sekinoe — the Kamegawa Onsen side)Elev. approx. 0 m / Land 132 m² (40 tsubo) / Building 76 m² (23 tsubo) / built 1979 / Kamegawa Sta. 14 min walk10 photos →

Kamegawa Shinoyu-machi 1190-12 property photo

Kamegawa Shinoyu-machi 1190-12¥5,800,000North (Kamegawa, Sekinoe — the Kamegawa Onsen side)Elev. approx. 50 m / Land 215 m² (65 tsubo) / Building 120 m² (36 tsubo) / built 1974 / Beppu Daigaku Sta. 20 min walk3 photos →

Kamegawa Shinoyu-machi¥5,800,000North (Kamegawa, Sekinoe — the Kamegawa Onsen side)Elev. approx. 50 m / Land 215 m² (65 tsubo) / Building 120 m² (36 tsubo) / built 1974 / Beppu Daigaku Sta. 17 min walk7 photos →

Tsurumi 3¥6,000,000Hillside (Ogiyama, Tsurumi, Minamitateishi — the Kankaiji and Hotta side)Elev. approx. 170 m / Land 165 m² (50 tsubo) / Building 126 m² (38 tsubo) / built 1974 / 原 bus stop 6 min walk5 photos →

Kamegawa Shinoyu-machi¥6,000,000North (Kamegawa, Sekinoe — the Kamegawa Onsen side)Elev. approx. 10 m / Land 160 m² (48 tsubo) / Building 99 m² (30 tsubo) / built 1966 / Beppu Daigaku Sta. 19 min walkView listing →

Kamegawa¥6,400,000North (Kamegawa, Sekinoe — the Kamegawa Onsen side)Elev. approx. 40 m / Land 173 m² (52 tsubo) / Building 94 m² (28 tsubo) / built 1976 / 平田 bus stop 7 min walk10 photos →

Asami 2-15組¥6,800,000South (Hamawaki, Asami)Elev. approx. 60 m / Land 322 m² (97 tsubo) / Building 44 m² (13 tsubo) / built 1971 / Higashi-Beppu Sta. 29 min walk2 photos →

Ogiyama 7¥7,300,000Hillside (Ogiyama, Tsurumi, Minamitateishi — the Kankaiji and Hotta side)Elev. approx. 230 m / Land 172 m² (52 tsubo) / Building 63 m² (19 tsubo) / built 1974 / Ogiyama 団地入口 bus stop 9 min walk10 photos →

The photographs are the images carried on SUUMO. They disappear once a listing ends. Check the real condition of a property on site.

See all 132 on SUUMO →

Half of them predate 1981The median year built is 1981, and 68 (52%) date from 1981 or earlier — a high share even by this site's standards. By district the highest is 73% in Kannawa & Myoban, then 57% in the South (Hamawaki, Asami) and 52% in the centre (§2). The seismic code changed in June 1981, so for anything older a seismic assessment, and retrofitting if needed, is the starting point. Beppu City has a subsidy for seismic upgrading of wooden houses and a subsidy for seismic assessment of condominium blocks, so check these before you commit. This is a place with a 19.2% chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or above within 30 years (§5).

Sort by elevation and the shape of this town appearsThe 132 listings run from 1.9 to 290.1 metres above sea level, median 70.5. 51 (39%) are above 100 metres, 88 (67%) above 50, and only 20 (15%) are at 10 metres or below. If you want a flat house, you have 20 to choose from. This list can be sorted by lowest or highest ground. Look at elevation first, then at price. The gradient, the room to turn a car and the winter road surface do not show up in a photograph.

The price range is 115×From the cheapest at ¥1,500,000 (the Kamegawa side) to the dearest at ¥175,000,000 (the hillside). 115 times. The median is ¥15,600,000, and 89 (67%) are under ¥20,000,000. This is not a market you can sum up in one figure. Conditions divide sharply by area and elevation (§2), so it is easier to decide "seaside or hillside" before you decide a budget.

Sources: taken from SUUMO, "Second-hand detached houses in Beppu City" (all 132 listed were retrieved , as of 2026-08-20). Price, year built, address and nearest station are as stated on each listing page; elevation is the value obtained by putting each listing's map coordinates through the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan elevation API.Listings change from day to day.Please check the latest on each listing page / the seismic subsidies fromBeppu City, "Subsidy scheme for seismic upgrading of wooden houses"andthe same, "Subsidy for seismic assessment of condominium blocks"/ Verified 2026-08-20

There is an akiya bank too

Beppu City takes part in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism "National Akiya and Vacant Land Bank" (run by At Home). As of 2026-08-20 there were 20 registrations, and the 19 with a sale price ran from ¥2,000,000 to ¥36,300,000, median ¥6,500,000 — less than half the private market (median ¥15,600,000). The city does not run a bank of its own. Instead the empty-homes desk in the City Planning Division (0977-21-2570) is the place to ask, and the Beppu branch of the Oita Prefecture Real Estate Association holds a free consultation session from 13:00 to 16:00 on the second Thursday of every month (book by the day before, 0977-21-8578). You can also ask there about selling or letting an empty house.

Akiya bank — 20 listings

All 20 homes for sale registered with the municipal akiya bank on At Home (as checked on 2026-08-20). They are listed cheapest first. For 3 of them the building size is not published, so the floor-plan button does not appear.

Beppu City Noda¥2,000,000

Land 210 m² (63 tsubo) / Building 103 m² (31 tsubo) /built 1974／5DK
JRNippo Main Line Kamegawa Sta. / 30 min walkAkiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City Kamegawa Chuo-machi¥2,000,000

Land 83 m² (25 tsubo) / Building 53 m² (16 tsubo) /built 1971／3K
JRNippo Main Line Kamegawa Sta. / 7 min walkAkiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City Honome¥2,500,000

Land 88 m² (27 tsubo) / Year built unknown / 2K
JR Nippo Main Line Beppu Daigaku Sta. / by car8 min / The building size is not published (stated in the documents on the listing page)Akiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City 平道¥2,800,000

Land 291 m² (88 tsubo) / Building 64 m² (19 tsubo) /built 1961／4DK
JR Nippo Main Line Kamegawa Sta. / by car9 minAkiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City Hikari-machi¥3,300,000

Land 66 m² (20 tsubo) / Year built unknown / 5K
JRNippo Main Line Beppu Sta. / 11 min walk / The building size is not published (stated in the documents on the listing page)Akiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City Kamegawa Shinoyu-machi exterior

Beppu City Kamegawa Shinoyu-machi¥4,000,000

Land 185 m² (56 tsubo) / Building 78 m² (24 tsubo) /built 1973／4SDK
JRNippo Main Line Beppu Daigaku Sta. / 17 min walkAkiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City Kamegawa Shinoyu-machi¥4,800,000

Land 135 m² (41 tsubo) / Building 77 m² (23 tsubo) /built 1976／4K
JRNippo Main Line Kamegawa Sta. / 16 min walkAkiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City Noda¥6,000,000

Land 199 m² (60 tsubo) / Building 25 m² (8 tsubo) /built 1981／1DK
JRNippo Main Line Kamegawa Sta. / 18 min walkAkiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City Kannawa¥6,000,000

Land 69 m² (21 tsubo) / Building 148 m² (45 tsubo) /built 1968／4DK
JRNippo Main Line Beppu Daigaku Sta. / 32 min walkAkiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City Kamihirata-cho¥6,500,000

Land 163 m² (49 tsubo) / Building 80 m² (24 tsubo) /built 1982／4DK
JRNippo Main Line Beppu Daigaku Sta. / 28 min walkAkiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City Noda¥8,000,000

Land 380 m² (115 tsubo) / Building 74 m² (22 tsubo) /built 1957／3SDK
JRNippo Main Line Kamegawa Sta. / 29 min walkAkiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City Tsurumi¥8,000,000

Land 261 m² (79 tsubo) / Building 89 m² (27 tsubo) /built 1969／8DK
JR Nippo Main Line Beppu Sta. / by car15 minAkiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City Kamihirata-cho¥8,800,000

Land 169 m² (51 tsubo) / Building 115 m² (35 tsubo) /built 1987／5SK
JRNippo Main Line Beppu Daigaku Sta. / 18 min walkAkiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City Higashisoen 4-chome¥9,000,000

Land 165 m² (50 tsubo) / Building 76 m² (23 tsubo) /built 1973／3LDK
JR Nippo Main Line Beppu Sta. / by car6 minAkiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City Asami 2-chome¥10,700,000

Land 442 m² (134 tsubo) / Building 149 m² (45 tsubo) /built 1973／5LDK
JR Nippo Main Line, Beppu Sta. / bus 上畑, 3 min from stop, 12 min on boardAkiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City Baba¥13,000,000

Land 187 m² (56 tsubo) / Building 138 m² (42 tsubo) /built 1979／5DK
JRNippo Main Line Beppu Daigaku Sta. / 37 min walkAkiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City Kamegawa Chuo-machi¥19,800,000

Land 496 m² (150 tsubo) / Building 188 m² (57 tsubo) / Year built unknown / 8DK
JRNippo Main Line Kamegawa Sta. / 6 min walkAkiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City Midorigaoka-cho¥30,000,000

Land 135 m² (41 tsubo) / Building 118 m² (36 tsubo) /built 1978／3LDK
JRNippo Main Line Beppu Sta. / 33 min walkAkiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City Shoen-machi¥36,300,000

Land 596 m² (180 tsubo) / Building 154 m² (47 tsubo) /built 1992／4SLDK
JRNippo Main Line Beppu Sta. / 33 min walkAkiya bank of View listing →

Beppu City Moto-machiPrice on application

Land 69 m² (21 tsubo) /built 1921
JRNippo Main Line Beppu Sta. / 9 min walk / The building size is not published (stated in the documents on the listing page)Akiya bank of View listing →

What is the cheapest house you can buy in Beppu City?

SUUMO lists 132 homes, and all of them were retrieved. From ¥1,500,000 to ¥175,000,000, median ¥15,600,000, with 37 (28%) under ¥10,000,000 and 7 under ¥5,000,000. The median plot is 195 square metres. 🔴 The median year built is 1981, and 68 (52%) date from 1981 or earlier — half the stock comes from the era of the old seismic code. The akiya bank holds 20 more.

CHAPTER 05Is the ground safe?

Is this town inside a national earthquake-preparedness zone?

For each major earthquake, national law designates the areas where preparation is to be advanced. Whether a town is designated tells you directly how the national government views the shaking and tsunami expected there.

Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Designated
Tokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Measures Area	Not applicable (the whole of Oita Prefecture is outside this scheme)
Japan Trench / Kuril Trench Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area	Not applicable (the whole of Oita Prefecture is outside this scheme)
Shaking of intensity 6-lower or above within 30 years	19.2% (intensity 6-upper or above: 2.3%) At Beppu City Hall. Surface ground: AVS30 298 m/s, volcanic piedmont

This probability is for the single 250-metre grid square the city hall stands in. The Beppu City town hall stands onvolcanic piedmont (AVS30 298 m/s), and the 19.2% above is the value for that point. Within the same city, low ground along a river and the plateau differ greatly. When a listing interests you, look it up by its street address.Enter an address on the J-SHIS map and it shows the probability and the ground for that 250-metre mesh.

Look up an address on J-SHIS → Designations from the Cabinet Office list of designated municipalities (Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area／Tokyo Inland Earthquake Emergency Measures Area／Japan Trench / Kuril Trench Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area ) / probability and surface ground from theNational Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, J-SHIS earthquake hazard information API (2024 edition, average case, all earthquakes), queried at the city hall coordinates / verified 2026-08-20

The landform of this town is "volcanic piedmont"

At the city hall there is a 19.2% chance of intensity 6-lower or above, and 2.3% of 6-upper or above, within 30 years, with surface ground of AVS30 298.15 m/s and a micro-landform of volcanic piedmont. The terrain — the skirts of Mt. Tsurumi and Mt. Garan — shows up directly. The city is designated a Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area. The 132 homes for sale have a median elevation of 70.5 metres, with 51 (39%) above 100 metres (§4). This is a town of houses on slopes, so landslide warning and special warning zones and the condition of the retaining walls are what matter most to check here. On the other hand 20 listings (15%) are at 10 metres or below, on the low ground facing Beppu Bay. High up it is landslides; low down it is tsunami and storm surge — which you choose decides which hazard map you need to read.

Open the hazard map by street address before you view. Beppu City publishes adisaster prevention mapandlist of designated evacuation centres . For the hillside (median elevation 172.9 metres) and Kannawa & Myoban (130.6), look at the landslide zones; for the coastal North (23.1) and South (41.1), look at tsunami and storm surge——Even inside one city, what you need to check differs（§2）。 The elevation of each listing is visible at a glance if you sort this list by lowest or highest ground（§4）。

Disaster prevention map (Beppu City) → Evacuation centres (Beppu City) → Look up an address on J-SHIS →

Sources: probability and surface ground fromNational Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, J-SHIS (the 250 m mesh containing the city hall at 33.28472 / 131.49110) / the designation from the Cabinet Office,"Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Areas" / elevation from the coordinates of the same 132 SUUMO listings used in §2 / verified 2026-08-20

Is the earthquake risk high in Beppu City?

At the city hall there is a 19.2% chance of intensity 6-lower or above, and 2.3% of 6-upper or above, within 30 years, with surface ground of AVS30 298.15 m/s and a micro-landform of volcanic piedmont, and the city is designated a Nankai Trough Earthquake Disaster Prevention Promotion Area. 🔴 The 132 homes for sale have a median elevation of 70.5 metres, with 51 (39%) above 100 metres. High up it is landslides; low down (20 listings at 10 metres or below) it is tsunami and storm surge — the hazard map you need changes with the place.

CHAPTER 06What summer and winter are like

Beppu has no weather station that publishes normals. The Beppu AMeDAS station does not publish normals for temperature and the like, so we use the normals for the Oita Local Meteorological Observatory in neighbouring Oita City, about 12 kilometres from Beppu Sta. Oita's figures are an annual mean of 16.8°C, annual rainfall 1,727.0 mm, 12.2 frost days, 0.0 days below freezing all day, 1 centimetre of snow a year and 5.8 days above 35°C. Compared with Tokyo, the winter is milder and the peak of summer slightly more frequent.

Item	Oita	Tokyo	Hita	How to read it
Frost days (minimum below 0°C)	12.2 days	15.2 days	53.2 days	Slightly fewer than Tokyo. 0.0 days below freezing all day, so the afternoon never stays below zero
Total snowfall a year	1cm	8cm	11cm	Maximum snow depth is also 1 cm (Tokyo 6 cm). On the flat it barely settles. But Beppu is a town of slopes, and the hillside (up to 290 m) is a different matter
Days above 35°C	5.8 days	4.8 days	22.0 days	About one day more than Tokyo. Inland in the same prefecture, Hita has 22.0 — the coast and the interior are quite different
Tropical nights (minimum 25°C or above)	19.5 days	17.8 days	5.5 days	Much the same as Tokyo. Inland Hita is hot by day but cools at night
Annual rainfall	1,727.0mm	1,598.2mm	1,876.3mm	1.08× Tokyo's. Concentrated in June and July
Annual mean temperature	16.8℃	15.8℃	15.8℃	1.0°C warmer than Tokyo

Read these as Oita's figures, not Beppu'sBecause the Beppu AMeDAS station has no normals, the values used here are those of the Oita Local Meteorological Observatory, about 12 kilometres south. Both face the same Beppu Bay, so they will not differ greatly, but these are not Beppu's own figures. And within Beppu itself there is a 290-metre difference in elevation (§4). Kamegawa on the coast (median elevation 23.1 metres) and Ogiyama on the hillside (172.9) get cold differently in winter. If you are looking at a hillside listing, ask a local about winter in that particular belt. Temperature falls by roughly 0.6°C for every 100 metres of elevation.

The interior of the same prefecture has a different climateOita Prefecture is long from east to west, and between coastal Oita and inland Hita the days above 35°C run 5.8 against 22.0, and frost days 12.2 against 53.2 — differences of around fourfold. Beppu is on the coastal side, where the peak of summer rarely turns extreme and the year holds about 12 days below 0°C. Neither the fierce heat of inland Kyushu nor a northern winter reaches this belt. But humidity and tropical nights (19.5 a year) are on a par with Tokyo, so assume you will want air conditioning in the bedroom.

The hot springs change how winter worksIt does not show up in the figures, but Beppu has municipal and communal baths inside its residential streets. It is a town where you can live without heating a bath at home. The proof is in §8: the utility tariffs carry a category for "municipal hot spring supply" and a sewerage charge of "¥18 per cubic metre of hot spring waste water". The arithmetic of winter energy bills is different here from other towns. Where the communal baths are and how they work is best asked of the neighbourhood association once you have settled on a district (§11).

Source:Japan Meteorological Agency, "Oita (normals, 1991–2020)" (monthly rainfall and temperature from the main elements, day counts from view=a2, snow from view=a4) / the comparison withTokyo,Hitauses the same Meteorological Agency normals / the Beppu AMeDAS station (prec_no=83／block_no=1157 ) is not used, as it displays "no normals available" / verified 2026-08-20

Are summers hot and winters cold in Beppu City?

🔴 The Beppu AMeDAS station has no normals, so we read the values of the Oita Local Meteorological Observatory about 12 kilometres south. There are 12.2 frost days, 0.0 days below freezing all day and 1 centimetre of snow a year, so snow barely settles on the flat. In summer there are 5.8 days above 35°C, about one more than Tokyo's 4.8. 🔴 Inland in the same prefecture, Hita has 22.0 days above 35°C and 53.2 frost days — quite unlike the coast.

CHAPTER 07Shops, hospitals, schools

A town of 110,000 people with 24 hospitals, 114 clinics and 561 doctors. By this site's calculation that is 21.7 hospitals and 507.7 doctors per 100,000 people — exceptionally well provided. Schools: 19 primary schools (4,957 pupils) and 12 lower-secondary schools (2,681 pupils), both including special-needs schools. Mains water reaches 99.1% and wastewater treatment 86.1% of the population.

Item	Beppu City	Detail
Hospitals	24	Reiwa 5. Against a population of 110,494 that is 21.7 per 100,000, on a par with Kochi City on this site (18.6 per 100,000)
Clinics	114	Reiwa 5. 103.2 per 100,000
Doctors	561 people	Reiwa 6 survey of medical institutions. 73 dentists. 507.7 per 100,000
Municipal primary schools	19 schools	4,957 pupils (Reiwa 6 school basic survey, including special-needs schools)
Municipal lower-secondary schools	12 schools	2,681 pupils (same)
Water and sewerage	99.1% / 86.1%	Mains water reaches 99.1% (FY Reiwa 5) / wastewater treatment reaches 86.1% (FY Reiwa 6)
Universities	APU and others	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) has 6,699 students. Beppu University (JR Beppu Daigaku Sta.) is also in the city

A history as a town of convalescence is why the medical provision is so thickBeppu grew as a centre for convalescence and rehabilitation using its hot springs. The figures — 24 hospitals, 114 clinics and 561 doctors in a city of 110,000 — sit on that line. When you think about moving later in life, the distance to a clinic grows heavier every year. Of everywhere this site has covered, medical provision per head is at the very top here. But it is a town of slopes (§4), so bear in mind that "a hospital is close" and "a hospital is easy to get to" are not the same thing.

Shopping is by the station and along the main roadsThe station building at JR Beppu Sta. and the shopping street at Kitahama are the core of the centre. Kamegawa to the north and Hamawaki to the south each have their own shopping street and municipal bath. On the hillside (Ogiyama, Tsurumi) and in Kannawa & Myoban, a car is the assumption (§2). Down the hill to shop and back up again — if you choose the hillside, check first that you are content to do that every day. The winter road surface and the gradient in rain will not show themselves on a fine-weather viewing.

The size of the schools19 municipal primary schools with 4,957 pupils and 12 lower-secondary schools with 2,681 pupils (Reiwa 6, including special-needs schools). For a city of 110,494 that works out at around 260 pupils per school. With 3,274 of APU's 6,699 students (49%) international (§10), the city lists community activities by international students among its education programmes. A town where children meet adults of many nationalities as a matter of course — a feature that does not show up easily in figures.

Sources: hospitals, clinics, doctors, dentists, schools, water coverage and wastewater treatment coverage fromBeppu City, "Beppu City at a glance" (PDF) (561 doctors and 73 dentists = Reiwa 6 survey of medical institutions / 24 hospitals and 114 clinics = Reiwa 5 / 19 primary schools with 4,957 pupils and 12 lower-secondary schools with 2,681 pupils = Reiwa 6 school basic survey, including special-needs schools / mains water 99.1% = FY Reiwa 5, wastewater treatment 86.1% = FY Reiwa 6).The per-100,000 figures are this site's own calculation, dividing these counts by the population of 110,494 in §10 / APU student numbers fromRitsumeikan Asia Pacific University, "Student data" (as of 2026-05-01) / the hospital count for Kochi City used in comparison comes from the same source as this site's Kochi page / verified 2026-08-20

What are healthcare and schools like in Beppu City?

🔴 A town of 110,000 people has 24 hospitals, 114 clinics and 561 doctors. By this site's calculation that is 21.7 hospitals and 507.7 doctors per 100,000 people — exceptionally well provided. Schools: 19 municipal primary schools (4,957 pupils) and 12 lower-secondary schools (2,681 pupils), including special-needs schools. Mains water reaches 99.1% and wastewater treatment 86.1% of the population.

CHAPTER 08What it costs you every year after you buy

Beppu reads its meters every two months. For one household, 40 cubic metres over two months costs ¥12,132 (water ¥6,690 + sewerage ¥5,442, tax included), and 20 cubic metres ¥5,412. The tariffs were revised on 1 April Reiwa 7. And the rate card carries two categories separate from mains water: "municipal hot spring supply" and "hot spring waste water" — items you will find nowhere but Beppu.

Use over two months	Water	Sewerage	Total (tax included)
20 m³ (a rough guide for 1–2 people)	¥3,050	¥2,362	¥5,412
40 m³ (a rough guide for 3–4 people)	¥6,690	¥5,442	¥12,132
60㎥	¥11,210	¥8,522	¥19,732

Middling, compared with other cities on this siteRanking the total for 40 m³ over two months, Beppu's ¥12,132 is cheaper than Sasebo ¥14,787 and Matsuyama ¥13,110, and slightly dearer than Kochi ¥11,470 and Tokushima ¥11,020. Against Suita ¥8,630 and Amagasaki ¥8,533 it is 1.4×. The structure is: water, a standing charge of ¥2,322 (0–16 m³) plus ¥182 per m³ for 17–40 m³ and ¥226 for 41–200; sewerage, a standing charge of ¥2,362 (0–20 m³) plus ¥154 for 21–60 m³ and ¥170 for 61–100 (both per two months, tax included). These were revised on 1 April Reiwa 7, so take care not to read an old rate card.

The rate card has a "hot spring" columnBeppu's utility tariffs carry, separately from mains water, a category for "municipal hot spring supply" (¥15,580 for 0–200 m³ over two months) and, on the sewerage side, a charge of "¥18 per cubic metre of hot spring waste water". Hot water here is not a matter for tourist facilities but a line on a household bill — that is Beppu. If you are considering a house with its own hot spring, make sure you understand what that column means first. The rights to a source, how the water is piped and what it costs each month differ from property to property. Two listings can both say "hot spring included" and mean entirely different things.

The city explains "are we dear or cheap?" itselfThe Beppu City Water and Sewerage Bureau puts a page on its own website titled "Are Beppu City's water and sewerage charges high or low?", alongside a Q&A and an explanation of the revision. A public body posing a question that could count against it, and answering it — as source material, that is on the trustworthy side. It is worth reading once before you move in. Note too that wastewater treatment reaches 86.1% of the population (§7), meaning there are areas not connected to the sewer. Some properties will be on a septic tank.

Sources: unit rates and the ready-reckoner fromBeppu City Water and Sewerage Bureau, "Water and sewerage charges (how they work, ready-reckoner)"and, on that page,the "Water charge ready-reckoner" (PDF), the relevant rows (40 m³ = water ¥6,690, sewerage ¥5,442, total ¥12,132 / 20 m³ = ¥5,412 / 60 m³ = ¥19,732) / the revision fromthe same, "Revision of water and sewerage charges (from 1 April Reiwa 7)" / the "high or low" explanation fromthe same, "Are Beppu City's water and sewerage charges high or low?" / the figures for other cities are on the same basis as their pages on this site (40 m³ over two months) / verified 2026-08-20

What do water and sewerage cost in Beppu City?

For one household, 40 cubic metres over two months costs ¥12,132 (water ¥6,690 + sewerage ¥5,442, tax included), and 20 cubic metres ¥5,412. 🔴 The tariffs were revised on 1 April Reiwa 7. The rate card also carries a category for "municipal hot spring supply" and a sewerage charge of "¥18 per cubic metre of hot spring waste water" — hot water appears on the household bill here.

CHAPTER 09What happens when you want to sell

Residential land in Beppu is up 2.7% on the year. At ¥45,400/m² it is slightly below Oita Prefecture as a whole (¥50,400/m², +2.8%) and 67% of Oita City (¥67,400/m², +4.7%). Commercial land is up 5.7%, a faster rise than commercial land in Oita City (+4.9%). The return of tourism and international students shows up in the commercial figures.

What to look at	Beppu City in practice
Land price (residential)	¥45,400/m², up 2.7% year on year. Oita Prefecture as a whole is ¥50,400/m², +2.8%, and Oita City ¥67,400/m², +4.7%
Land price (commercial)	¥75,200/m², +5.7% — a faster rise than commercial land in Oita City (¥167,400/m², +4.9%). Industrial ¥32,000/m² (+0.6%) / all uses ¥55,100/m² (+3.7%)
Depth of the market	132 SUUMO listings plus 20 in the akiya bank. One for every 837 people — four times the density of Sasebo on this site (one per 3,447)
Price band	¥1,500,000 to ¥175,000,000, median ¥15,600,000 (all 132). 37 (28%) under ¥10,000,000, 89 (67%) under ¥20,000,000
Year built	Median year built 1981, with 68 (52%) from 1981 or earlier. When you sell, expect to be judged on the land, the view and the hot spring rather than the building
The pool of buyers	110,494 people. Plus Oita City (about 470,000) 14 minutes away (§3) and 6,699 students at APU (§10). The city's own population is not the whole of the buyer pool

Commercial land is rising faster than residentialResidential +2.7% against commercial +5.7% — a figure larger than commercial land in Oita City (+4.9%). That commercial land rises this much in a town losing people (227 in a month, §10) tells you that demand unconnected to the resident count — tourism, international students, accommodation — is doing the work. The things that decide the price when you buy (station, elevation, hot spring, view) decide it again when you sell. In this town especially, whether you can see Beppu Bay shows up in the price. When you view, photograph what you can see from that window.

What "half of them predate 1981" means68 listings (52%) date from 1981 or earlier (§4). It is a reason the price is low when you buy, and the same reason will lower it when you sell. Beppu City has a subsidy for seismic upgrading of wooden houses (§4). Buying and completing the retrofit straight away changes your exit. Conversely, choosing an old house purely because it is cheap leaves you stuck at the same point when you come to sell. This is also a place with a 19.2% chance of intensity 6-lower or above within 30 years (§5).

Sources: land prices fromMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, official land price survey (Reiwa 8), average prices and year-on-year change by municipality (PDF), the rows for Oita Prefecture, Beppu City and Oita City (prepared by the Land Information Center) / counts and medians from the same tally of 132 SUUMO listings as §4, plus the 20 akiya-bank listings in §4 / population as in §10 / verified 2026-08-20

Will the house I buy sell when I want to sell it?

🔴 Residential land in Beppu is up 2.7% on the year (¥45,400/m²). Commercial land is up 5.7%, a faster rise than commercial land in Oita City (+4.9%). The market is 132 SUUMO listings plus 20 in the akiya bank, one for every 837 people. But with 68 (52%) dating from 1981 or earlier, expect to be judged on land, view and hot spring rather than the building when you sell.

CHAPTER 10Who lives here, and how many

Beppu City has 110,494 people in 63,297 households (resident register, 31 July Reiwa 8). That is 1.75 people per household — strikingly small even by this site's standards. Of them 5,805 (5.3%) are foreign residents, and 4,912 households consist only of foreign residents. At Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) in the city, 3,274 of the 6,699 students (49%) are international.

1.75 people

People per household (110,494 ÷ 63,297). A town with a great many single-person households, driven partly by students and partly by single older and convalescent residents

Item	Beppu City	Detail
Total population	110,494 people	50,800 men, 59,694 women. Down 227 on the previous month (resident register, 31 July Reiwa 8)
Households	63,297 households	Down 125 on the previous month. 1.75 people per household
Foreign residents	5,805 people	5.3% of the total population (2,758 men, 3,047 women). Down 119 on the previous month. 4,912 households consist only of foreign residents
APU students	6,699 people	of whom 3,274 (49%) are international and 3,425 domestic (as of 2026-05-01)
By country and region	Myanmar 540	The largest groups among APU's international students: Myanmar 540, Indonesia 441, Bangladesh 324, China 298, South Korea 252, Vietnam 206, Thailand 195
Business establishments	5,386 establishments	47,179 employees (Reiwa 3 economic census). Income per resident ¥2,448 thousand (FY Reiwa 4)

One resident in twenty is foreign5,805 ÷ 110,494 = 5.3%, 1.6× the national average of 3.26%. And 4,912 households consist only of foreign residents — 7.8% of all 63,297. At the centre of it is APU (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University), where 3,274 of 6,699 students (49%) are international, led by Myanmar, Indonesia, Bangladesh, China and South Korea. What the supermarkets stock, what the restaurants are, and the languages you hear on the street all follow from that figure. Whether you find it appealing or something to get used to is a personal matter, but as a number it is unmistakable.

What 1.75 people per household meansCompared with other cities on this site — Tokushima 1.96, Sasebo 2.19 — Beppu's 1.75 is strikingly small. Both single students and single older and convalescent residents appear to be at work. In everyday terms it means plenty of one-room rentals and relatively few family-sized second-hand houses. Indeed, the median building among the 132 listings is 107 m² (§4), and only 98 m² in the centre (§2). For a large house you will be looking at the North (plots of 214 m²) or the South (322 m²).

Read the decline correctly tooDown 227 in a month (foreign residents down 119), a pace of roughly 2,700 a year. Yet land is rising: residential +2.7%, commercial +5.7% (§9). People fall while land rises. That means demand unconnected to the resident count — tourism, accommodation, international students — is holding the land up. If you are looking at this as somewhere to move to, know about that double structure. Here, the liveliness of daily life and the price of property move separately.

Sources: population, households and foreign residents fromBeppu City "Beppu City of Population" (resident register, as of 31 July Reiwa 8 / total population 110,494 = 50,800 men, 59,694 women / 63,297 households / of whom 5,805 foreign residents = 2,758 men, 3,047 women / 4,912 households of foreign residents only / all with month-on-month change) / APU student numbers and the breakdown by country and region fromRitsumeikan Asia Pacific University, "Student data" (as of 2026-05-01 / APU total 6,699 students = 3,274 international, 3,425 domestic) / establishments, employees and income per resident fromBeppu City, "Beppu City at a glance" (PDF) / people per household for the other cities compared come from the same sources as their pages on this site / verified 2026-08-20

Share of foreign residents

5.31%national average 3.26%

Of the 111,376 people living in Beppu City, 5,917 are foreign residents. That is above the national average of 3.26%.
Across Japan, foreign residents make up 3.26% of the total population (4,031,159 out of 123,767,642). In 34 municipalities nationwide the share is above 10%.

Source: calculated by this site from the municipality-level tables of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, "Population, population change and households based on the Basic Resident Register" (as of 1 January Reiwa 8, published 2026-07-29). The ministry's publication page / verified 2026-08-17

What is happening to Beppu City's population?

110,494 people in 63,297 households (resident register, 31 July Reiwa 8), or 1.75 people per household — strikingly small even by this site's standards. 🔴 Of them 5,805 (5.3%) are foreign residents, 1.6× the national average of 3.26%, and 4,912 households consist only of foreign residents. At Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) in the city, 3,274 of 6,699 students (49%) are international.

CHAPTER 11Community life and the year's events

What community life turns on in Beppu is the communal baths. The city publishes separate lists of its municipal baths and the communal baths, and even a map of the municipal ones. Communal baths are managed by the neighbourhood itself, and they serve in practice as the community hall. Among the accounts of people who have moved here, the city quotes the words "meeting the warmth of people at the communal bath".

A communal bath is a place to bathe and a group to joinBeppu has municipal baths run by the city and communal baths run by the neighbourhood. A communal bath is usually managed by the neighbourhood association, cleaned by local people on a rota, with rules about use. So once you have settled on a district, ask first how the communal bath works. Are there books of tickets? Do you have to join the neighbourhood association? Is there a cleaning rota? This is the neighbourhood association of this town. Choosing a house near a bath means joining that group as well. Whether you find that a chore or the very best of it decides what life in Beppu is like for you.

The city collects accounts from people who have moved hereBeppu City's relocation page carries accounts from earlier movers, in which you can read what brought them from Kumamoto, from Miyazaki, from Tokyo and how life turned out. The city also carries the words "We moved when care became necessary. What decided it was the finest view in the world, and the hot spring that eased a back that had hurt for years." Sometimes these help a decision more than a table of grant amounts. The city also provides a relocation enquiry form and a survey of people who have moved, and the desk is the relocation officer (Furusato Sosei Section, Policy Planning Division) (§14).

The international character shows up in the year's eventsThe city's education pages list "community activities by international students", and APU holds Multicultural Week and its Tenku Festival (the campus festival). The figure of 5.3% foreign residents (§10) shows up directly in who is at an event. At the same time, the bath rota and the neighbourhood association carry on in their old form. Both of these live in the same town — that is Beppu. Before you buy, ask an officer directly about the neighbourhood association fee and the rota for that district. Where there is a communal bath, ask about that at the same time.

Sources: municipal and communal baths fromBeppu City, "Municipal baths"andthe same, "Communal baths" , and the map fromthe same, "Map of Beppu's municipal baths" / the movers' accounts and the words quoted fromthe same, "Relocation support in Beppu City" (with links to the accounts. Personal names are withheld on this site) / community activities by international students fromthe same, "Community activities by international students" / APU's events fromRitsumeikan Asia Pacific University/ Verified 2026-08-20

What events and community life does Beppu City have?

🔴 It turns on the communal baths. Besides the municipal baths there are communal baths managed by the neighbourhood association and cleaned by local people on a rota, and they serve in practice as the community hall. The city quotes a mover's words: "meeting the warmth of people at the communal bath". Once you have settled on a district, ask the neighbourhood association first how the communal bath works.

CHAPTER 12Things nearby that move land prices

Three things move land prices in Beppu: 1. the hot springs themselves, 2. the 14 minutes to Oita City, and 3. demand from people who are not residents — tourism and international students. Residential land is ¥45,400/m² (+2.7%) and commercial ¥75,200/m² (+5.7%), both rising (§9).

1. There are areas where new hot springs may not be drilledOita Prefecture and Beppu City carried out a survey of hot spring resources between FY Heisei 30 and FY Reiwa 2, and on the strength of it designated two further "special protection areas" — West and Minamitateishi — where new drilling has not been permitted since 1 April Reiwa 4. The city states the finding as follows: "In simulations of the situation 100 years from now (2120), a fall in source temperature is predicted both where the number of sources stays as it is and where the volume drawn increases in future." If you intend to buy land with a hot spring, check first whether that address is inside a special protection area. Buy on the assumption that you can drill, and your plan will not stand.

2. Fourteen minutes to Oita City holds residential land up14 minutes by local train, 8 by limited express (§3). Residential land in Oita City is ¥67,400/m² against Beppu's ¥45,400 — two thirds of the price, fourteen minutes away. Because working in Oita and living in Beppu genuinely works, demand for residential land is not set by the city's 110,494 people alone. Residential land has held a rise of +2.7%, close to the prefectural average of +2.8%. Half the reason land rises while the population falls lies in those fourteen minutes.

3. People who are not residents are pushing commercial land upCommercial land at +5.7% is above commercial land in Oita City (+4.9%). That this happens in a town losing people (227 in a month) is because demand from people who are not residents — visitors, accommodation, international students — is buying the land. Many of APU's 6,699 students (§10) are on the resident register, and they matter both as rental demand and as footfall. But this is demand at the mercy of the economy and of policy on international study. If you are looking at this as an investment, keep residential (+2.7%) and commercial (+5.7%) clearly apart: they are moving differently.

Being a volcano is the reason for bothThe micro-landform at the city hall is volcanic piedmont, and the chance of intensity 6-lower or above within 30 years is 19.2% (§5). The median elevation of the homes for sale is 70.5 metres, with 39% above 100 (§4). The hot water, the steep slopes, and an earthquake probability that is not low by this site's standards (19.2%) all have the same cause: Mt. Tsurumi and Mt. Garan. Choosing "a town with hot springs" means choosing "to live on the skirt of a volcano" — accept that, and then read the hazard map for the particular address (§5).

Sources: the hot spring resource survey and the special protection areas fromBeppu City, "Results of the Beppu City hot spring resource survey" (a joint project with Oita Prefecture, FY Heisei 30 to FY Reiwa 2 / the West and Minamitateishi special protection areas designated from 1 April Reiwa 4 / the predicted fall in source temperature 100 years from now) andOita Prefecture, "Revision of the hot spring subcommittee's internal rules" / land prices as in §9Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, official land price survey (Reiwa 8) / APU student numbers as in §10 / verified 2026-08-20

What decides land prices in Beppu City?

1. The hot springs themselves — 🔴 two further "special protection areas" where new drilling is not permitted were added from 1 April Reiwa 4, and the city writes that "in simulations of the situation 100 years from now … a fall in source temperature is predicted". 2. Fourteen minutes to Oita City (residential land is ¥67,400/m² in Oita City against ¥45,400 in Beppu). 3. Demand from people who are not residents — tourism and international students — which is why commercial land (+5.7%) is rising faster than residential (+2.7%).

CHAPTER 13What this place makes

What a place earns its living from shows up both at your dinner table and in your work once you live there. The amount raised through the hometown tax scheme is a rough measure of how many products a place has that people all over Japan choose.

¥973,540,000

Hometown tax donations received in FY Reiwa 7 (21,882 donations).
348th of 1,788 municipalities nationwide, and 5th within Oita Prefecture

What this town names as its own products

The Beppu Tourism Association, which the city links to from its official site, names one thing as the local souvenir and speciality: Beppu bamboo craft.

Source:Beppu City, "Hometown tax (Yu-no-machi Beppu hometown support donations)"/ Verified 2026-08-20

You can support a town without living there

Even if a move is still some way off, you can be involved from today through the hometown tax scheme. Your donation goes straight to the municipality, and you choose what it is spent on. A way to give something back to a place you got to know here.

Support Beppu City through the hometown tax scheme →

Source:Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, "Survey on the state of the hometown tax scheme (conducted FY Reiwa 8)", the table of amounts and numbers received (provisional FY Reiwa 7 settlement), tallied by this site. The rank is out of all 1,788 municipalities in that table / verified 2026-08-14

What does Beppu City earn its living from?

Hot springs and tourism are the base. Oita Prefecture's 5,094 sources and flow of 293,610 litres a minute are both the highest in Japan, and Beppu is at the centre of it. Add the international character of 6,699 students at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) (§10) and the thick medical provision of 24 hospitals, 114 clinics and 561 doctors (§7), and those too are industries of this town. There are 5,386 business establishments with 47,179 employees. Hometown tax receipts came to ¥973,540,000 from 21,882 donations.

CHAPTER 14A message from Beppu City

The most important notice first. Beppu City's relocation grant has closed to applications for FY Reiwa 8, its budget having reached its ceiling (announced by the city on 2026-07-07). The city writes: "If applications reopen in future, depending on the budget position, we will announce it on this page." If you are moving now, do not count on the money — contact the city's relocation officer first.

Scheme	Amount	Main conditions
Relocation grant (closed for FY Reiwa 8)	¥400,000 single ¥600,000 for two or more	Plus ¥300,000 for each child aged 12 or under (up to two per household, capped at ¥600,000). You must move from outside the prefecture; have lived outside Oita Prefecture for 5 years in total within the 10 years before you move your residence registration, and continuously for at least the year immediately before; apply within one year of moving in; intend to settle; and be in one of: employment, telework, work as a bus or taxi driver, care work, or farming, forestry or fisheries
Relocation support payment	¥100,000 per household (¥300,000 with a child)	¥300,000 if you are raising a child aged 12 or under as of 1 April of the year of application. You must move from outside the prefecture; have lived outside Oita Prefecture continuously for at least the year immediately before; apply within one year of moving in; intend to settle; and be either an artist or creator, or a bus driver, taxi driver or care worker in permanent employment of 20 hours a week or more in the city
Where to ask	—	Relocation officer, Furusato Sosei Section, Policy Planning Division (4F, city hall, tel. 0977-21-1122). There is also a relocation enquiry form

This is a municipality that names artists and creators as a group it will support. Among those eligible for the relocation support payment the city names"people whose main work and record of activity is in fields such as artistic work, film and content production, or design", and lists specifically: fine art, performing arts, music, film production, game and app development, web development, media production, photography, publishing, editing, graphic design, product design, web design, fashion design . "If you are unsure whether you qualify, please prepare material showing what you do and what you have done, and consult us in advance"is also written there. The other eligible group isbus drivers, taxi drivers and care workers——the work this town is short of right nowis written straight into the scheme.

Relocation support in Beppu City → Relocation support payment → Relocation grant (application status) →

Treat these schemes as things that moveThe relocation grant closed for FY Reiwa 8 when its budget ran out (2026-07-07). Whether it reopens will be announced on the city's page — that is where matters stand. So do not build a moving plan around the money. The order is: 1. ask the relocation officer (0977-21-1122) about the current position and whether you qualify; 2. then look for a property. Both schemes require you to apply "within one year of moving in", so you may still be in time after you have moved — but the budget fills on a first-come basis.

Right now, Beppu is on the supporting sideFor those affected by the Kumamoto earthquake of 28 July Reiwa 8, the city is receiving relief donations in collection boxes at 13 places: two in the main city hall building, three branch offices (Kamegawa, Asahi, Nanbu), Beppu City Public Hall, four district community halls (North, West, Central, South), Noguchi Fureai Community Centre, the tourist information office at JR Beppu Sta., and Beppu City Social Welfare Hall. Bank transfer to the Beppu branch of Oita Bank is also accepted (no fee at the counter). The city is also taking people into municipal housing. As the secretariat of the Beppu City district of the Japanese Red Cross Society Oita Chapter, it keeps a permanent "domestic and overseas relief donations" box beside the main reception on the ground floor of city hall. A move may be some way off, but a donation can be made today.

Amounts and conditions change every yearThe figures on this page are the values confirmed on the city's official pages on 2026-08-20. The closure of the relocation grant was posted on 2026-07-07, and the relocation support payment page was updated on 2026-04-06. The schemes themselves are rebuilt each fiscal year. Always check the latest before you apply. The city also runs a survey of people who have moved (with a prize draw), so staying in touch with the city after your move brings news of the next scheme.

Sources: the relocation grant fromBeppu City, "Beppu City relocation grant scheme"(2026-07-07updated /applications for FY Reiwa 8 have closed, the budget having reached its ceiling / ¥400,000 single, ¥600,000 for households of two or more, plus ¥300,000 for each child aged 12 or under, up to two per household and capped at ¥600,000 / 5 years in total within the previous 10 and at least the immediately preceding year continuously outside Oita Prefecture / apply within one year of moving in) / the relocation support payment fromthe same, "Beppu City relocation support payment scheme" (updated 2026-04-06 / ¥100,000 per household, ¥300,000 if raising a child aged 12 or under / artists and creators, or bus drivers, taxi drivers and care workers in permanent employment of 20 hours a week or more) / the contact fromthe same, "Relocation support in Beppu City" (Relocation officer, Furusato Sosei Section, Policy Planning Division, 0977-21-1122) / the Kumamoto earthquake relief donations fromthe same, "Relief donations for the Reiwa 8 Kumamoto earthquake" (updated 2026-08-06 / 13 collection boxes / Beppu branch of Oita Bank) andthe same, "Taking people into municipal housing" , and the permanent Red Cross collection box fromthe same, "Receiving relief and aid donations"(2026-08-14updated) / Verified 2026-08-20

How much relocation money can I get for moving to Beppu City?

🔴 The relocation grant (¥400,000 single, ¥600,000 for two or more, plus ¥300,000 for each child aged 12 or under) has closed to applications for FY Reiwa 8, its budget having reached its ceiling (announced by the city on 2026-07-07). The relocation support payment (¥100,000 per household, ¥300,000 if you have a child aged 12 or under) continues, for artists and creators, or bus drivers, taxi drivers and care workers in permanent employment of 20 hours a week or more in the city. Contact the relocation officer first, on 0977-21-1122.

CHAPTER 15A year in Beppu

The year in Beppu has a very mild winter. With 0.0 days below freezing all day and 1 centimetre of snow a year, snow barely settles on the flat. Rain is concentrated in June and July, totalling 1,727.0 mm a year. And the steam rises all year round.

Season	The climate figures	Everyday life
Winter (December to February)	January daily low 2.6°C 12.2 frost days, 1 cm of snow	0.0 days below freezing all day, so the afternoon never stays below zero. The season when the communal baths earn their keep (§11). But the hillside reaches 290 metres — conditions differ inside the same city
Spring (March to May)	month 4 of Average14.8°C	The rain starts to build. Check the gutters and the weep holes in retaining walls before June (§5). This is the season to see Beppu Bay from the Mt. Tsurumi ropeway
Rainy season (June to July)	The peak of the 1,727.0 mm year	This is a town of slopes, so landslide warnings matter most at this time of year (§5). If you live on the hillside or in Kannawa or Myoban, know where the warning zones are
Summer (August)	August daily high 32.2°C 5.8 days above 35°C, 19.5 tropical nights	About one more day above 35°C than Tokyo. An entirely different summer from inland Hita (22.0 days). The sea breeze comes in
Autumn (September to November)	month 10 of Average19.1°C	Once the typhoons have passed, the most comfortable season of the year. The "hells" and Mt. Tsurumi are both at their best now

To sum up: you need almost nothing for winter, and the peak of summer is not extreme. In exchange the slopes are steep, half the houses predate 1981, and the hot springs come with a forecast that source temperatures will fall. That is Beppu as the numbers show it. Fourteen minutes to Oita City and 5.3% of the population being foreign residents are both conditions found in no other town here. And the communal bath sits closer to daily life than anything else. Before you decide, go into the communal bath of the district you are considering, and talk to whoever is there. Whether you choose this town will probably be settled there.

Sources: the climate fromJapan Meteorological Agency, "Oita (normals, 1991–2020)" (the Beppu AMeDAS station has no normals, so these are the values of the Oita Local Meteorological Observatory about 12 kilometres south, §6) / the comparison withHitauses the same Meteorological Agency normals / elevation, year built and the hot spring forecast as in §4, §5 and §12 / verified 2026-08-20

The information on this site is gathered by an AI that visits primary sources — municipalities, the Japan Meteorological Agency, national statistics — on a regular cycle, and it is updated with a source and a date of verification attached.

What is a year in Beppu City like?

With 0.0 days below freezing all day and 1 centimetre of snow a year, snow barely settles on the flat. Rain is concentrated in June and July, totalling 1,727.0 mm a year. Summer brings 5.8 days above 35°C and 19.5 tropical nights, much the same as Tokyo. 🔴 But this is a town of slopes, and the hillside reaches 290 metres. What changes winter here is the communal bath — you can live without heating a bath at home.

CHAPTER 16The people who run this city

When you are thinking about moving somewhere, who is running the town now and where they are trying to take it is, I think, something a future resident wants to know even more than a current one. This chapter sets out, with sources, only what Beppu City publishes itself. 🔴 As of 2026-08-22, following the official site, I (an AI) was able to find 5 of the 6 items below. The mayor of Beppu City is Yasuhiro Nagano (confirmed on the city's introduction page).

What is published	Published	What you can read
About the mayor	Mayor of Beppu City	Name, career, greeting
Policy address	Policy address, Reiwa 8	What they say they will do this year
List of council members	List of Beppu City Council members	Who the members are, and their groupings
Council broadcasts and recordings	Could not find one	Whether you can watch the council in session
Searchable minutes	Minutes	Whether you can search past debates by wording
Master plan	Beppu City master plan	How many years ahead this town has decided

The mayor of Beppu CityYasuhiro Nagano .Heisei 27 (2015), month 4is when the career summary says he took office.Heisei 31 (2019), month 4is when it says he was re-elected. His date of birth is published asShowa 50 (1975), 4/16 .
🔴 Age and gender have not been guessed from the name.Only what is published is reproduced here, as published.Beppu City introduction page →

How much of the council can you see?The council has 25 seats. A list of members, live or recorded broadcasts of full sessions, and searchable minutes — where these three are published, you can read a town's debates for yourself before you ever move there.
🔴 The names, photographs and social media of individual council members are not carried on this site. We point you to where you can read them.
Once you have moved, when your own turn to decide comes round is something those three will tell you.

How many years ahead has been decidedIn Beppu City,Beppu City master plan. A master plan usually sets outwhat the town has decided to do and by whenand ,where it intends to halt its population decline. 🔴 The period and the population target are not copied out on this site — plans get revised, and a misreading changes the meaning.Please check the official text from the link below.Beppu City master plan →

🔴 What I will not do in this chapter1. I will not guess gender or age from a name. Only what is published appears here. 2. I will not write that anything is good or bad. Only what is being put forward, and where it comes from. 3. I will not compare election candidates.
🔴 And mayors change. This site always records the date it checked (2026-08-22), and reopens the original page each time to confirm by machine that the name is still there. If you notice something has nonetheless gone out of date, please let us know.

Source: allofficial site (Beppu City ), followed on 2026-08-22. What this site counted wasonly whether something is published or not ; the content has not been judged / verified 2026-08-22

Who runs Beppu City now?

The mayor of Beppu City is Yasuhiro Nagano (confirmed on the city's introduction page on 2026-08-22). This site looks at six things: a page about the mayor, a policy address, a list of council members, council broadcasts, searchable minutes and a master plan. 🔴 No judgement of good or bad is made. Only whether each is published or not.

CHAPTER 17Where to go on a day off

Days off never appear in the numbers you use to find a house, yet they bear directly on how content you are once you live there. This chapter counts, on the same measure for every area, the places you can go on a day off in Beppu and the places family and friends can stay. This town lies within Aso-Kuju National Park. It currently has 44 hot springs and day baths, 5 amusement parks, zoos or aquariums, and 4 RV parks. 🔴 Every count is the number registered in the map data (OpenStreetMap) — in reality there may be more.

What	Number counted, and names
⛰ National and quasi-national parks	Aso-Kuju National Park
♨ Hot springs and day baths	Hebin-Yu, Oniishi-no-Yu, Tsuru-no-Yu, Umi-Jigoku footbath, Tanoyu Onsen, Kojusen Beppu Nogami Honkan, Akiba-no-Yu, Yutopia Hamawaki and 44 in all
🏯 Castles and castle sites	Fuiga castle site
🎡 Amusement parks, zoos and aquariums	Rakutenchi, Kijima Kogen Park, Wonder Rakutenchi Zoo, Yama-Jigoku Zoo, African Safari (5)
🖼 Museums, galleries and memorial halls	Beppu University Museum, Beppu City Museum of Art, Oita Fragrance Museum, Beppu Kannawa Jigoku Onsen Museum, Hirano Museum, Kifune Castle, Beppu Kanko-kai and 8 in all
⛩ Shrines and temples	35 shrines, 23 temples. Those with a Wikipedia entry: Hachiman Kamado Shrine, Beppu Catholic Church
🚗 Roadside stations	Not found in the map data
🐕 Dog runs	Dog run and 2 in all
🛣 Expressway service and parking areas	Beppu Bay SA (⛽ petrol station 🍽 restaurant ☕ café 🐕 dog run)

Somewhere to stay — for family and friends, and for your own travels

What	Number counted
🏨 Hotels and ryokan	74
🏠 Guesthouses and hostels	21
⛺ Campsites and auto-campsites	1 (no name registered in the map data)
🏕 Glamping	Not found among the campsite or hotel names
🚐 RV parks (overnight in your vehicle)	RV Park Charlie's Lanai, RV Park Tsurumi, RV Park Beppu Minato Ichiba, RV Park Kamegawa Marina Terrace

This table is the result of me (an AI) putting the same question to the map data for every area (areas are retrieved in batches, so the verification date on some pages is a day apart). Facilities not registered on the map are not counted. "Not found" does not mean "there are none" — nor that the town is any the lesser for it.

Sources: the counts and names of facilities fromOpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) / RV parks fromJapan RV Association, list of certified "Kuruma-tabi" RV parks / roadside stations fromMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, list of "michi-no-eki" roadside stations / expressway service and parking areas, and the shops inside them, also from OpenStreetMap (judged by machine on whether they fall within the site outline) / national parks judged from the boundary data of the Ministry of the Environment Biodiversity Center overlaid on National Land Numerical Information (administrative boundaries); for quasi-national parks the municipalities concerned were confirmed at the link behind the park name / verified 2026-08-20

Are there places to go on a day off, and places to stay?

This town lies within Aso-Kuju National Park. Counting from the map data (OpenStreetMap) and the lists kept by the Japan RV Association and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, there are 44 hot springs and day baths, 5 amusement parks, zoos or aquariums, 74 hotels and ryokan and 4 RV parks. Facilities not on the map are not counted, so in reality there may be more (see §17).

What I (an AI) was able to find on this town's official site

This site reads the official websites of every area it covers against the same 30 items, out of 100, measuring how quickly someone thinking of moving can reach the information they need. What was measured is the official website of Beppu City, and the total was 61 points (measured 20 August 2026).

"Not found" does not mean "there is none." It means I followed the official site and could not find it. Tell us the published page and the next measurement will reflect it.

Area	Score	What was found
Getting started with a move	11 / 20	There is a relocation and settlement page; a contact point (department, telephone, opening hours); support schemes state amounts and conditions
Housing	10 / 15	There is an akiya bank; listings carry photographs, price, year built and floor area; completed deals are organised
The money side of living here	7 / 15	Water and sewerage charges are readable from a rate table; child-raising support is specific about amounts and scope; there are explanations of national health insurance tax and fixed asset tax
Disaster information	16 / 20	Hazard maps are published by district; flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered; they are machine-readable (a map system or text PDF); and 1 more
Industry and local produce	8 / 10	A list of local speciality products is on the official site; hometown tax results are published year by year; there are support schemes for businesses and industry
Transport	7 / 10	There is a community bus timetable; fares are stated
Can an AI read it?	2 / 10	Statistics are published as Excel or CSV; open data is published

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3 / 3　There is a relocation and settlement page
moving　Go and see → 0 / 3　There is a dedicated relocation site
Only pages within the official site 3 / 3　A contact point (department, telephone, opening hours)
3 of department, telephone and opening hours were stated　Go and see → 5 / 5　Support schemes state amounts and conditions
Both amounts and conditions　Go and see → 0 / 3　There is trial housing or a trial-stay scheme
Not found 0 / 3　Vacancies in trial housing are published
Not found 4 / 4　There is an akiya bank
Beppu City Akiya bank　Go and see → 2 / 4　Listings carry photographs, price, year built and floor area
12 of 20 listings (60%) carry all four items　Go and see → 4 / 4　Completed deals are organised
No completed deals appear in the list　Go and see → 0 / 3　The conditions of use are stated
Not found 1 / 5　Water and sewerage charges are readable from a rate table
There is a water and sewerage page　Go and see → 5 / 5　Child-raising support is specific about amounts and scope
The scope of free and subsidised care is stated down to the age　Go and see → 1 / 3　There are explanations of national health insurance tax and fixed asset tax
There is a tax page　Go and see → 0 / 2　Tie-ups with banks for mortgages and the like
Not found 5 / 5　Hazard maps are published by district
189 documents by district　Go and see → 5 / 5　Flood, landslide and earthquake are all covered
Flood / landslide / earthquake　Go and see → 0 / 3　The year the assumptions were last reviewed is stated
Not found　Go and see → 3 / 4　Is it machine-readable (a map system or a text PDF)?
A text PDF　Go and see → 3 / 3　Disasters are announced through more than one channel
Disaster email / disaster app / social media / TV and radio　Go and see → 5 / 5　A list of local speciality products is on the official site
1 item (the city's official site)　Go and see → 1 / 3　Hometown tax results are published year by year
1 fiscal year is recorded　Go and see → 2 / 2　There are support schemes for businesses and industry
Industry promotion　Go and see → 4 / 4　There is a community bus timetable
　Go and see → 3 / 3　Fares are stated
　Go and see → 0 / 3　The date of the last revision is given
Not found　Go and see → 0 / 3　Every page carries an updated date
0 of the 20 pages read　Go and see → 0 / 2　There is a sitemap.xml
Not found 0 / 2　Site search runs on the server side
We could not find a search form　Go and see → 1 / 2　Statistics are published as Excel or CSV
There is a statistics page　Go and see → 1 / 1　Open data is published
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Measurement by this site. The URL of each official site was taken from the municipal information published by Furusato Choice. The score is a score for publishing information, not a score for how good the place is to live / verified 2026-08-20

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