Happy Neko — Hotel in Beppu

Room : Clean, comfortable, affordable and spacious (Good for 2pax). It is a studio type apartment. There is a washing machine and mini kitchen to prepare light meals ( “Marushoku マルショクやまなみ店” A local supermarket that is walkable from the apartment. 5-7 minutes walking. ) I will definitely come back again in the future if I am visiting Beppu!

Please take note there are no shower/bath facilities in the toilet but there are a lot of public bathhouses nearby.

Public sento

1. 谷の湯 - 150yen (open till 9pm) just behind the apartment. 1 minute walking. (I personally like this sento more than the big one because the water quality here is better and the crowd are lesser. The bath pool is very rustic. Remind me of Showa era Anime.

2. Hyotan Onsen (public/family room available) - 1020yen (open till 1am). 5 minutes walk from the apartment.

There are alot of sento nearby which cost ard 150yen-200yen (non touristy but tattoos okay!) Just walk in, usually they do not have a reception you can just drop the money to the box place at the entrance table and proceed to the pool. *

Coin Laundry (24 hrs)

CoroCoroコインランドリー別府やまなみ店 : 10 minutes walking from the apartment. Just opposite the local supermarket. Anytime Fitness (Gym 24hrs) & lawson (convenience store 24hrs) are in the same building. This self laundromat already includes detergent.

Infamous Jigoku Hell Tour

The apartment is located in the heart of Kannawa as it is relatively close to the supermarket, convenient store, laundromat, Mcdonalds, onsen & sento and also the Jigoku hell tour! Im telling you it is only a 10 mins walk to the Shiraike Jigoku.

Public transportation

6 minutes walk to Kannawa bus stop 1 & 2 ( Bus stop 1 bound to Beppu station) / You can purchase the kamenoi bus all day pass $22 from the tourist information hub located at Kannawa bus stop 2. With the pass you can travel to yufuin in less than 1 hour. From the same bus station you can also board the bus directly to Fukuoka Airport.

Food must try

Toriten (Tempura Chicken) Jigokumushi Kobo (Self steam veggies and meat) Soy sauce pudding Onsen Tamago Dango Jiru (assorted veggies cook in miso soup with slices pork meat)

Do not miss the onsen steam night view (Yukemuri light up). It happens on every weekend & public holidays. The steam rising from the Kannawa hot spring is illuminated.

The apartment host was very accommodating. The guides he provided were helpful for my 3 days 2 nights trip!...

We stayed in Beppu for two nights on our tour in Japan. ||Happy Neko was great place to stay. We had two Japanese studios for us and our kids which were located in an adjacent building. Parking is no issue and available right in front of the building. ||Bibo and family were a very nice host with very fast email communication and he explained us all the things in the area. ||The studios are very spacious and real Japanese style with floor mats and futons to sleep on. The furniture and utilities are very basic but all you need (plates, cups, silverware, sink, dish soap, fridge) There is a toilet, but no shower / bath in the room - equipped as described in the booking page. You can go in one of the various Onsen to clean up. ||We were in the Hyotan onsen which is only a few min walking distance. It is a very nice onsen that offers private and public onsens. For about 20USD you can rent a very nice private onsen (they have 14 private onsens, indoor and outdoor versions) for 1h. They are up to 3 people, but it was no issue to enter with a family of 4. ||There is a supermarket in walking distance and also plenty of restaurants in the area along the main street. ||The upper part of the Hells of Beppu are in walking distance (less than 1km from Happy Neko) through some nice walking/small streets. For the lower part you will need some kind of transportation or a good condition. They are about 3km from Happy Neko. ||A good tip from Bibo was also to make an evening walk (once the sun was down) through the city area (in the area around Happy Neko) as you can see all the steam outlets through the city and it is a very...

We stayed in Beppu for two nights on our tour in Japan. ||Happy Neko was great place to stay. We had two Japanese studios for us and our kids which were located in an adjacent building. Parking is no issue and available right in front of the building. ||Bibo and family were a very nice host with very fast email communication and he explained us all the things in the area. ||The studios are very spacious and real Japanese style with floor mats and futons to sleep on. The furniture and utilities are very basic but all you need (plates, cups, silverware, sink, dish soap, fridge) There is a toilet, but no shower / bath in the room - equipped as described in the booking page. You can go in one of the various Onsen to clean up. ||We were in the Hyotan onsen which is only a few min walking distance. It is a very nice onsen that offers private and public onsens. For about 20USD you can rent a very nice private onsen (they have 14 private onsens, indoor and outdoor versions) for 1h. They are up to 3 people, but it was no issue to enter with a family of 4. ||There is a supermarket in walking distance and also plenty of restaurants in the area along the main street. ||The upper part of the Hells of Beppu are in walking distance (less than 1km from Happy Neko) through some nice walking/small streets. For the lower part you will need some kind of transportation or a good condition. They are about 3km from Happy Neko. ||A good tip from Bibo was also to make an evening walk (once the sun was down) through the city area (in the area around Happy Neko) as you can see all the steam outlets through the city and it is a very...