Getting there & away
There are flights to Ōita airport from Tokyo Haneda (¥31, 800), Osaka (¥17, 300), Okinawa (¥27, 000) and cities around Kyūshū. It’s even possible to fly direct to Seoul (¥27, 000).
The JR Nippō line runs from Hakata (Fukuoka) to Beppu (Sonic tokkyū, ¥5250, two hours) via Kitakyūshū, continuing down the coast to Miyazaki (¥6270, 3¾ hours). The JR Hōhi line connects Beppu with Kumamoto (¥5330, three hours) via Aso-san (¥3940, 1½ hours).
There’s a Beppu Kyūshū Odan bus to Aso station (¥2950, three hours).
The Ferry Sunflower Kansai Kisen (22-1311) makes an overnight run between Beppu and Osaka (¥8800, 11 hours), stopping en route at Matsuyama (4½ hours) and Kōbe (10 hours). The evening boat departs at 7pm to western Honshū and passes through the Inland Sea, arriving at 6am the next morning. For the port, take bus 20 or 26 from Beppu station’s west exit.
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