At Kamenoi Hotel Beppu (亀の井ホテル 別府; Beppu, Oita Prefecture; 322 rooms), the lowest listed price for a room for two, tax included, was ¥10,180–¥16,690 per night on most Monday–Thursday stays as of November 7, 2026 (21 of the 24 weekday dates between November 9 and December 20), while Saturday stays ran ¥23,410–¥46,930 — a gap of two to three times. All three November Saturdays were priced at ¥38,000 or more, and from December some Saturdays drop into the low ¥20,000s. This guide is written for travelers and covers, in order: what to expect to pay, what guests rate highly in reviews, the onsen baths and room types, the alternatives around Beppu Station, and how to book (article prepared November 7, 2026; all prices are listed OTA prices collected that day, compiled by the HotelBank Editorial Team). The nationwide rollout of the Kamenoi Hotel brand is covered in What Is Kamenoi Hotel? 39 Ex-Kanpo no Yado Properties, 2,952 Rooms.

Bottom Line: Low ¥10,000s on Weekdays, ¥20,000–¥40,000s on Saturdays

The table below shows the lowest listed price for a room for two, tax included, collected for each of the 42 stay dates from November 9 to December 20, 2026, grouped by day of the week (N=1 property, 42 dates, collected November 7, 2026). The Monday–Thursday median is ¥13,385, Friday ¥18,110 and Sunday ¥17,635, while Saturday stands out at ¥38,950.

Listed price of the cheapest plan regardless of meal conditions, room for two, tax included. Stays November 9 – December 20, 2026, collected November 7, 2026. Source: HotelBank Editorial Team (public OTA data).

Looking at the Saturdays date by date, November 14 was ¥44,620, November 21 ¥38,530 and November 28 ¥46,930 — three straight November weekends above ¥38,000. In December the price falls to ¥23,410 on the 5th and ¥25,090 on the 12th, then climbs back to ¥39,370 on the 19th. Meanwhile, December 7 (Mon), 8 (Tue), 10 (Thu) and 14 (Mon) are all at ¥10,180, so the lowest prices in the collection window all fall on weekdays. If you can move your trip by a day, shifting a Saturday to the adjacent Friday or Sunday makes a difference of roughly ¥7,000–¥26,000 per night — that is the shape of this hotel’s pricing.

For reference, the average listed price across 79 accommodation facilities in Beppu City for November 2026 is ¥30,117 (room for two, tax included; ¥31,512 across 70 facilities in the same month a year earlier; collected November 7, 2026, HotelBank Editorial Team). Kamenoi Hotel Beppu’s weekday prices sit at a little under half of this city-wide average, while on Saturdays it was above the city average on 4 of the 6 dates collected.

What Guests Rate Highly: Breakfast, Location and Staff

Aggregating guest reviews posted over the past 12 months (November 2025 – November 2026) by category, the top scores out of 5 are breakfast 4.23 (n=712), location 4.18 (n=371) and staff 4.02 (n=865), followed by cleanliness 3.95 (n=903), service 3.87 (n=453) and bathroom 3.62 (n=206) (HotelBank Editorial Team).

Guest review scores by category. Past 12 months (November 2025 – November 2026), collected November 7, 2026. Source: HotelBank Editorial Team.

By topic, of 2,784 reviews over the past 24 months, 19.8% (550 reviews) mention the breakfast buffet, and 453 of those are positive. Comments such as “the buffet was delicious with lots of variety” and “we could eat plenty of Oita’s local dishes” stand out, pointing to both the number of dishes and the local ingredients. Breakfast is served at the 2nd-floor buffet restaurant “Beppu Bold Kitchen,” which the official website says uses Beppu’s jigoku-mushi (hot-spring steam cooking) and ingredients from Oita Prefecture.

On location, 11.7% of reviews (326) mention the short distance from the station, and 313 of them are positive, with comments like “above all, it’s close to the station” and “close to Beppu Station and the shopping arcade.” The official website gives the walk from JR Beppu Station as five minutes. On staff, comments such as “the staff were very helpful” and “courteous service, very satisfied” show up, with 195 of the 267 reviews touching on this topic being positive. 13.9% of reviews also mention room size, often in the context of family stays (9.4% of reviews as a topic), as in “spacious enough for our family of five.” For a deeper look at the review topics and the cheapest months by month, see HotelPicks’ Kamenoi Hotel Beppu reviews: breakfast and station access praised, January is cheapest in winter (in Japanese).

The single most-discussed topic, however, is the elevators (23.9%, 665 reviews), 633 of which are negative, with many guests mentioning long waits. Because the bath opens at 5:00 and breakfast also starts early, there is room to plan around the busiest times (all review quotes are partial excerpts; N=2,784, November 2024 – November 2026, HotelBank Editorial Team).

Onsen Baths and Room Types

According to the official website (viewed November 7, 2026), the 3rd-floor bath has an open-air bath, a cold plunge and a sauna room, and is open 5:00–10:00 and 16:00–24:00. The spring is classified as a simple hot spring (hypotonic, weakly alkaline, high temperature), and reviews mention the feel of the water, as in “the bath water was soft.” 10.8% of reviews (302) mention the onsen, 244 of them positively. The same floor has a coin laundry (washer ¥400, dryer ¥200 per 30 minutes, 24 hours), a table-tennis corner, a festival-stall and old-style candy corner, a kids’ corner and massage chairs — facilities aimed at families spending the evening inside the hotel. Parking is an adjacent multi-level car park with about 300 spaces (vehicle height up to 2.1 m) plus an open-air lot, free for hotel guests.

Our facility data also flags a pool, a gym and a spa, but these do not appear in the official facility guide, so if you are counting on them, confirm with the hotel’s website or by phone before booking. Check-in is at 15:00 and check-out at 11:00.

The hotel has 322 rooms in total. Among the 119 rooms for which the room count and size breakdown can be confirmed, 91 are Western-style twins of 21–31 sqm and 28 are singles of 13 sqm, so twins are the main option for two guests. The breakdown of the remaining roughly 200 rooms is not published, but the official room guide lists triples (31 sqm), quads (31–42 sqm), six-bed rooms (62 sqm) and baby rooms (42 sqm). Several reviews mention the view toward Beppu Bay, such as “the view of Beppu from our top-floor room was the best” and “we were on a high floor, so the view was great too.” If you are staying as a pair, twin sizes vary (21–31 sqm) even within the same lowest-price band, so check the room type in the plan name before you book.

Location from Beppu Station and Nearby Alternatives

Kamenoi Hotel Beppu sits in the central district on the east-exit side of Beppu Station, and the official website gives the walk from JR Beppu Station as five minutes. Within a 2 km radius, 157 accommodation facilities are listed (75 of them with 10 or more rooms) (as of November 7, 2026, HotelBank Editorial Team), so properties serving quite different purposes are within walking distance. The list below is not a ranking but a side-by-side by property type.

Examples of differing room counts and categories drawn from the 157 properties listed within a 2 km radius of Kamenoi Hotel Beppu (arranged side by side by type, not by distance). Onsen / large bath reflects the facility flags in listing information. Collected November 7, 2026. Source: HotelBank Editorial Team.

According to listing information, the city hotels within 2 km that have an onsen bath, an open-air bath and a sauna are two: Kamenoi Hotel Beppu (322 rooms) and Nishitetsu Resort Inn Beppu (西鉄リゾートイン別府; 184 rooms), with Kamenoi having the most rooms of any property within 2 km. The business hotels in the table range from 57 to 132 rooms and split into those with a large shared bath and those with in-room bathrooms only. For a small, quiet stay, ryokan with 8–12 rooms are also within walking distance. Since the right fit depends on how you plan to use it — “walking from the station to tour the hot-spring town,” “a family using the hotel’s in-house facilities,” or “a room-only business trip” — it helps to compare listed prices for the same date side by side. HOTEL AZ in the table is a Kyushu-born chain that charges the same rate 365 days a year; its pricing model and its breakfast and parking terms are explained in What is Hotel AZ? ¥6,380 Flat-Rate Kyushu Chain, 3.74 Reviews (2026).

How to Book: Some Saturdays Fill Up Early

If you are considering a Saturday stay, book early. In data collected on November 1, 2026, every listed plan for November 21 (Sat) was sold out. When re-collected on November 7, 126 plans had been relisted, showing that inventory can come back after selling out. December 4 (Fri) had all 436 plans sold out as of November 7, so even some Fridays fill up. Booking progress for Oita ryokan ahead of the three-day autumn-foliage weekend starting November 21 (Sat) is analyzed alongside Hiroshima and Yamaguchi in Nov 21-23 Foliage Weekend: Oita Ryokan 10.9% Left, Hiroshima 52.2%.

As of November 7, the stay dates on which fewer than 30% of plans were still on sale were November 12 (Thu), November 14 (Sat), November 26 (Thu), November 28 (Sat), December 4 (Fri) and December 19 (Sat). Beyond Saturdays, thin inventory is scattered across some weekdays too, and prices tend to stay high on such dates. Conversely, the weekdays of December 7–10 and December 14–17 had 297–369 plans on sale, with lowest prices of ¥10,180–¥12,910 and plenty of choice.

In summary, a sensible order of considerations is: (1) if your dates are flexible, stay Monday–Thursday; (2) if you want a Saturday, secure it about seven weeks ahead (the four Saturdays from November 14 to December 5 each sold out at some point 5–7 weeks before the stay date); (3) the early-December Saturdays (the 5th and 12th) are ¥13,000–¥24,000 cheaper than the November Saturdays; and (4) when comparing breakfast-included plans, factor in the highly rated breakfast buffet. Note that the prices in this article are for the cheapest plan regardless of meal conditions; plans with breakfast or larger room types will cost more.

Where to Look Further

Frequently Asked Questions

Methodology and Sources

■ Data sources

Public listed prices on major Japanese OTAs compiled by the HotelBank Editorial Team (lowest listed price by stay date for Kamenoi Hotel Beppu, monthly average for 79 properties in Beppu City, and listing information for 157 properties within a 2 km radius), plus guest review scores by category and by topic. Information on the baths, rooms, breakfast venues, parking and access is from the Kamenoi Hotel Beppu official website (viewed November 7, 2026).

■ Assumptions

Prices are the per-night rate for the whole room with two guests, tax included, and are the listed price of the cheapest plan on each stay date regardless of meal conditions. Data for the 42 stay dates from November 9 to December 20, 2026 (N=1 property, 6 dates per day of the week) was collected on November 7, 2026, and the lowest, median and highest values were calculated by day of the week. Review category scores cover the past 12 months (the number of reviews n differs by category), and topic shares are proportions of the 2,784 reviews from the past 24 months.

■ Limitations

Listed prices may not match the amount actually paid and can change after the collection date. “Sold out” and “share of plans on sale” are judged at the level of listed plans, not the actual number of rooms remaining. Whether nearby properties have an onsen or large bath is based on facility indicators in listing information, so confirm any facility you are counting on with each property’s official information before booking. The nearby properties in Table 3 are examples by type, not a ranking.

■ Main sources

• Kamenoi Hotel Beppu official website (viewed November 7, 2026)
• Kamenoi Hotel Beppu: Onsen and large bath (viewed November 7, 2026)
• Kamenoi Hotel Beppu: Rooms (viewed November 7, 2026)
• Kamenoi Hotel Beppu: Facilities (viewed November 7, 2026)
• Kamenoi Hotel Beppu: Breakfast (viewed November 7, 2026)
• Kamenoi Hotel Beppu: Access (viewed November 7, 2026)
• HotelBank Editorial Team research (OTA listed prices and review aggregation, collected November 7, 2026)