Beppu

Beppu is a city in Ōita Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan, written 別府市 and read Beppu-shi in Japanese. It is best known for its hot springs, which the English Wikipedia lead names as the thing the city is famous for. At the end of November 2023 the city had a population of 113,045 living in 62,702 households, a density of about 900 people per square kilometre, across a total area of 125.34 square kilometres. In 2024 Beppu celebrated its centenary as a city, which gives a sense of how long it has held municipal status. For a geography reader it is a compact, densely settled Kyushu city whose identity is tied to its thermal springs.