REX HOTEL Beppu

155. REX HOTEL, Beppu Stayed overnight. A good, serious hotel. Didn't take dinner in order to rush onsen stamps. They don't stamp the onsen-do passport and don't really understand what it's about. The onsen is on the upper floors and it's excellent. There's an indoor bath with clear water, hot-, breathing comfortable. The view from the indoor bath window exists but isn't particularly notable. The outdoor bath has a gorgeous seamless view of Beppu Bay. My late evening visit happened in cloudy weather with fog, which created an amazing effect. You end up looking into darkness where nothing is visible, yet you feel the infinity beyond a thin veil of steam from the water. It really feels like you're staring and getting absorbed into some kind of portal. Water is clear, temperature hot. In the morning the fog effect remained, but I liked that view too - starting the morning with such a view was excellent. An excellent hotel with a scenic onsen overlooking the bay. If the criterion is purely the seamless view from the bath - one of the two best options in Beppu among the scenic hotels I've visited.