Beppu City's Beppu hot springs are famous nationwide, and the city has also been designated an international tourist hot spring cultural city. Beppu has over 2,300 hot springs, with approximately 125,000 kiloliters of hot spring water gushing out daily. As an international tourist hot spring cultural city, as well as an international conference and tourist city, the city is bustling with tourists every day. The hot springs are also used for geothermal power generation and floriculture research. The city is also home to the three most beautiful spots of Beppu: Hotokezaki, Lake Shidaka, and Uchiyama Valley, which are also popular tourist destinations. Local specialties include chicken tempura, Beppu cold noodles, and Bungo Beppu Bay dried chirimen.