Statistics from the Beppu City Hall show that more than 130,000 tons of hot spring water gushes from the ground every day.

With a deep sorrow Ōkuninushi placed a long pipe at the bottom of the sea all the way through from Dōgo Onsen (Matsuyama) to Beppu to supply therapeutic thermal waters for him to bathe, by the grace of which he was saved."

[3] Reports exist that state sanatoria were established in the Kamakura period Ōtomo Yoriyasuin Beppu, Kannawa and Hamawaki regions to heal wounded samurai during the war against the Mongolian Army.

In the 7th year of the Genroku Era in the Edo period, the prosperous hot springs of Beppu were written about by Dr. Ekiken Kaibara.

In the 1960s and 1970s, after World War Two, Beppu Onsen town was rapidly developed establishing social stability and economical improvement.

[3] Especially from about 1919 to 1955, the amount of hot water taken rose to use the heat in agriculture and salt production, many problems happened; for example, the depletion of the old source of the springs and a decrease in temperature.

The hot spring was written about in the historical book, Bungokokushi, from the Edo period, stating that numerous people visited the onsen for its views and scenery of all of Beppu Hatto.

The geothermally heated hot spring water emerges from the source at temperature ranging from 64 °C|147.2 °F in the summer to 60 °C|140 °F in the winter.

[9] Myoban Onsen, on the hill facing Beppu Bay, is a small, quiet mountain resort in a remote area.

During the Shōwa era a concrete bathhouse building was constructed, later in 1991, Yutopia (Utopia) Hamawaki, a multi-purpose health facility was built based on the design of the Kurhaus of Europe.

[13] A popular site in Kannawa Onsen mushi-yu steam bath has long served as a welcome facility for local citizens.

It takes approximately 50 years for the rainwater to reach the volcanic heat source before generating enough steam and vapor to emerge again to the surface.