BEPPU, Oita Prefecture--People who bathe in a hot spring daily are less prone to developing depression, researchers found. A team from Kyushu University Beppu Hospital in Oita Prefecture speculated ...

BEPPU, Oita Prefecture--In ancient times, a local record describes the water vapor and hot water gushing out of the ground in today's Beppu area as "hell." But residents who have lived here have ...

My skepticism grew with every scoop of rich, black volcanic sand the tiny old Japanese woman cast over me with her shovel. She danced around my tall frame gracefully as she buried me, just as she had ...

Soak in the three-Michelin-starred baths of Hyotan Onsen. Learn more about the craft of traditional bamboo weaving by taking a class at the Bamboo Cultural Center. Take a thermal sand bath while ...

“The heat gets pretty unbearable in Beppu during the summer, with all the hot springs,” says Sachiko Okuda, a veteran tour guide and native of Japan’s “hot spring capital.” Looking out the bus window ...

The Oita Prefecture city of Beppu, well known as an onsen (hot springs) resort, turns 100 this year. While a century is an admirable milestone, in the case of Beppu, one has to do a double take. After ...

Beppu Mayor Yasuhiro Nagano put his name forward as a regional ride-sharing service driver for visitors to Japan, in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, April 23, 2025. (Mainichi/Taiki Yamaguchi) BEPPU, Oita -- ...

The reality TV star’s death was announced by a family spokesperson to TMZ on Monday. Beppu passed away on Feb. 17 in her home in Honolulu, but her family has yet to disclose the cause of death. In a ...

Beppu Mayor Yasuhiro Nagano needed to prove that he keeps his promises, even if a recent pledge may have been a funny, ridiculous joke. The promise came true on Saturday upon the opening of a ...

BEPPU, Japan, Feb. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- BEPPU PROJECT, a nonprofit organization based in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, has just installed the new artwork "space II" by art team ...