Beppu has a well-organized information offices (FTIO: Beppu Foreign Tourist Information Office) located in JR Beppu station, downtown (Kitahama) and Kannawa (the major hot spring site). Details of FTIO offices are introduced in the travel guide books published in many foreign countries. Excellent service of those information offices are highly valued by the visitors from overseas. This is one of the reasons why many foreign tourists visit Beppu.
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| Beppu Foreign Tourist Information Office (FTIO Beppu Station) |
Upon arrival at JR Beppu station, you will see FTIO office at the corner of station lobby, where you can get useful information such as city map, pamphlet of sightseeing spots, discount coupon of local buses, and so on. They will help you reserve JR and highway buses and tell you how to transfer those public transportations.
As FTIO office in Beppu station is usually quite busy with a lot of visitors, you may go to another FTIO office in a walking distance. That is FTIO downtown office at Kitahama where you can relax and talk to the staff about your travel plan in Beppu and neighboring areas. Free internet is available there, too.
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| Beppu Foreign Tourist Information Office (FTIO Kitahama, Beppu) | Free internet service (FTIO Kitahama, Beppu) |
If you have a chance to visit Kannawa, the most popular Onsen site in Beppu, drop by at FTIO Kannawa office in Jigokumushi Kobo. They will give you useful advice to make Jigoku tour, the major sightseeing in Beppu, and the information of good restaurants, souvenirs, local bus schedule, etc. As described above, we recommend you to try Jigokumushi cooking, a very unique, traditional way of cooking by using natural hot spring steam. FTIO staff there is very pleased to help you cook.
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| Beppu Foreign Tourist Information Office (FTIO Kannawa, Beppu) | Free internet service (FTIO Kannawa, Beppu) |
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