10 Best Luxury Hotels & Ryokan in Beppu
Private Onsen · Bay Views · Kaiseki Ryokan
From ¥14,000/night · Updated 2026

Ask anyone for the most luxurious hotel in Beppu right now and they point here. ANA InterContinental Beppu is an IHG five-star resort designed by Kengo Kuma, set into the Kannawa hillside above town. It scores 9.5 from 228 Trip.com reviews, and all 89 rooms face Beppu Bay — there's literally no way to book a room without the view. The feature everyone talks about is the infinity pool, an edge design that looks like the water is flowing down into the bay below. Sit there at sunset, with steam from the Kannawa hot springs rising in front of you, and a lot of guests call it the best 30 minutes of the whole trip. The onsen uses genuine Myoban mineral water, and there's a HARNN Heritage Spa. Honestly, it's the most expensive hotel in town and it sits up a hillside away from the centre — but if you came to Beppu to actually relax, with a beautiful room and a great onsen, this is the answer.

If you want one place that puts a bay-view onsen inside your own room, Amane Resort Seikai is it. It's ranked the #1 onsen in Beppu on TripAdvisor (4.5 from 404 reviews) and scores 9.4 on Trip.com. The resort sits on the Kamegawa seafront, and every room is an ocean-view room with a private open-air onsen on the balcony facing the bay — so you can soak in hot mineral water while watching ships cross Beppu Bay, morning to night, no sharing, no queue. Rooms are larger than you'd expect, and guests consistently praise the privacy and the attentive service. Dinner is a kaiseki built around fresh fish from the Kyushu sea. Honest notes: it isn't cheap, and it's about a 25-minute walk from the Beppu hells in Kannawa. But if the heart of your trip is soaking privately while looking at the sea, this is one of the very best in Beppu.

Amane Resort Gahama is a small seafront ryokan built around serious privacy — just 31 rooms across more than 11,000 sq.m. of beachfront grounds. It scores 9.5 on Trip.com, 8.9 from couples on Booking, and ranks #3 in Beppu on TripAdvisor. The standout is that every room has a private onsen facing Beppu Bay — including Tower rooms where the sea feels like it's right beside your bed, and villas scattered through the garden, some with a private pool. Soaking in hot mineral water with the sound of the waves while the sun rises over the bay is the kind of thing reviewers say they remember for a long time. Dinner is kaiseki, breakfast a buffet. Honestly, it's luxury-tier pricing and the review count is still modest because there are so few rooms. But if you want a seafront ryokan that's quiet, private, and full of bay views, Gahama is the real rival to Seikai.

Kannawaen is the ryokan closest to the Beppu hells, and it has something no one else does — a private onsen in every room running naturally deep-blue water, fed from two sources on its own 45,000 sq.m. grounds. It scores 9.4 from 374 Trip.com reviews; that higher review count (versus the other luxury ryokan) tells you guests keep agreeing it's worth it. Rates are per person and always include a kaiseki dinner and Japanese breakfast. There's a Japanese garden with a carp pond, a Noh theatre, and a rooftop public bath renovated in 2024. And Umi-Jigoku (the Sea Hell) is a 5-minute walk away — check out and stroll straight into the hells, no transport needed. Honest notes: the rotenburo in the standard rooms is smaller than you might expect, and check-in (15:00–18:00) is fairly strict. But if you want the most special private onsen plus the easiest access to the hells, Kannawaen has no substitute.

Bokai is a traditional seafront ryokan with the highest score in this roundup — 9.7 on Trip.com (from 51 reviews). The review count is still small and the building is a little older, but what guests rave about is the kaiseki: unexpectedly excellent and served in very generous portions, both dinner and breakfast. The onsen includes indoor and outdoor baths plus a rooftop bath with a sea view, along with a sauna and massage chairs. Rooms are spacious; some have a nice bay view and some are side-sea views (reviewers are honest that the view depends on the room). To be straight with you, Bokai can't match Amane on modern polish. But if you weight a great ryokan dinner, a rooftop sea-view soak, and a more reachable price, this is one of the highest happiness-per-yen picks in Beppu.

Beppu Showaen is a historic ryokan that's been running since 1925 — nearly a century of genuine Japanese omotenashi. What you can't get at a new resort is here: accommodation in individual detached villas spread through meticulously kept gardens, each with its own hot-spring bath, in-room and open-air. Meals are multi-course kaiseki built on fresh seafood and local Oita ingredients, served right in your room by a Nakai (personal attendant). The Booking couples score sits at 8.1, and reviewers praise the hospitality, the privacy, and the spacious rooms. Honest notes: some reviews mention the in-room wooden tubs are the smaller traditional kind rather than large flowing baths, and the ryokan shows its age. But if you're after a classic, deeply private ryokan in a quiet garden setting, Showaen is the real thing.

SEKIYA RESORT Galleria Midobaru is a design hotel that opened in 2020 on the Horita hillside — ideal if you want Beppu Bay views in a modern, art-driven setting rather than a traditional ryokan. It scores 9.1 from 180 Trip.com reviews. Every room has a balcony overlooking Beppu Bay plus an in-room onsen. The building is designed as an art piece, and guests praise the spacious, clean rooms, the views, the friendly service, and a good breakfast. Beyond the in-room baths there are public open-air baths, a spa, and yoga classes. Honest notes: the in-room onsen is sulfur water, and some reviews mention the smell is fairly strong and the bath isn't piping hot (adjustable, but you wait). If you're fine with the onsen smell and you like design, this is Beppu Bay in a package that's different from everything else on this list.

Picture soaking on a hillside 250 metres up, hot water cascading down five terraced levels like rice paddies, and Beppu Bay stretching out in front of you — that's Tanayu, Suginoi Hotel's signature onsen, the one guests describe as 'worth the trip on its own.' It scores 8.9 from 2,460 Booking reviews — the most of any hotel in Beppu. I've placed it in the luxury group because, four-star and budget-friendly as it is, a bay-view onsen experience at this scale is genuinely hard to match. There are 587 rooms across three towers (Hoshi Kan, the newest from January 2025, has the best bay views), a five-restaurant buffet, bowling, an arcade, and Aqua Garden (summer only). Honest notes: it's huge and gets crowded at peak, and it's away from the hells so you'll use the shuttle. But for the bay view you get, starting at ¥14K is very hard to find elsewhere.

Kappo Ryokan Kannawa Bettei is a boutique ryokan with just 6 rooms — small enough to feel completely private, in the Kannawa hot-spring district by the hells. It holds a 4.9 'Excellent' rating on TripAdvisor; the sample is small because the rooms are few, but guests agree on two things — every room is a detached house with its own private indoor or open-air onsen, and the kaiseki, featuring Oita Wagyu steak and shrimp sashimi that some call the best they've ever had. Rooms are tatami with futon bedding, clean, quiet, and the staff attend to every detail. Notably, it's a traditional private-onsen ryokan that you can actually book online, which is rare. Honest notes: per-person rates are high and the online review count is genuinely tiny. But if you want a small, private ryokan with outstanding food and the hells on your doorstep, this is a hidden gem of Kannawa.

Grand Mercure Beppu Bay Resort & Spa is a large seafront resort from Accor on the north bay in Hiji — a good fit for families or anyone driving who wants a sea-view resort at a reachable price. It scores 8.7 from 315 Trip.com reviews. The resort faces Beppu Bay, and many rooms are Sea View rooms that catch the sunrise over the sea in the morning. There's an onsen, a spa, a pool, and plenty of room for kids to run around. Reviewers praise the views and the value. Honest notes: the Booking score is lower than its peers (7.9), and it sits some distance from central Beppu and the hells, so it's awkward without a car. But if you're driving and want a family bay-view resort starting at just ¥18K, this is a solid value pick to close out the list.