Hebinoyu

4.3★ · 468 Google ratings · Beppu, Oita · 蛇の湯

Before you go

Can you bathe here?

Day visitors

Not known · call aheadCommunal baths in onsen towns can be for residents or staying guests only; nobody states the rule here.not stated in the 38 recent reviews we read

Hours

00:00–24:00from the facility listing

Price

FreeReviewers from 2025-2026 state the bath is completely free to use, with no admission fee.stated by 3 visitors · Dec 2025 – Apr 2026

Bathing arrangement

Mixed bathingReviewers from 2025-2026 confirm the bath is fully mixed-gender, with only a basic women's changing area available.stated by 3 visitors · Nov 2025 – Aug 2026

Tattoos

Not known · call aheadno policy stated in the 38 recent reviews we read

How we know this

Watch out

Bathing arrangement

Reviewers from 2025-2026 confirm the bath is fully mixed-gender, with only a basic women's changing area available.

stated by 3 visitors · Nov 2025 – Aug 2026

The bath

What you’ll find

Hebinoyu is a free, unstaffed wild hot spring deep in the mountains above Beppu, reached by a rough unpaved road; bathing is completely mixed-gender with only a small women's changing hut, and there is no attendant or facility infrastructure.

Outdoor bath

✓ YesThe bath consists entirely of open-air rock pools set in a forested ravine.stated by 3 visitors · Mar 2026 – Jul 2026

Outdoor baths

4Visitors consistently describe four separate pools arranged in a cascade with decreasing temperature downstream.stated by 3 visitors · Nov 2025 – Mar 2026

View

RiverThe baths sit beside a mountain stream in a forested ravine, described as scenic and natural.stated by 2 visitors · Jun 2026 – Jul 2026

The water

Free-flowing (kakenagashi)

✓ YesReviewers describe the water as source-fed kakenagashi flowing continuously from an upper pool downward.stated by 2 visitors · Sep 2025 – Apr 2026

Timing