Before we talk about places to hop into a hot spring, let’s dip our toes in the waters of bathing-related Japanese linguistics. If you’re reading this article, there’s a decent chance that you’re ...

To enjoy a relaxing day in early spring, it may be a good idea to take the Nagano Electric Railway’s sightseeing train, the Kitashinano Wine Valley Train, to visit Shinshu’s hot spring resorts, which ...

As a volcanic archipelago, Japan boasts one of the world’s largest number of onsen. Many of the areas around these hot springs were originally developed as health resorts to provide treatment and ...

Located on the upper reaches of the Eai River as it flows through the Ōsaki region in the north of Miyagi Prefecture is the Naruko Hot Springs Resort. Believed to have been established over a ...

If you’ve been reading our site for a while, you may have noticed that our reporter Go Hatori has been keeping a secret up his sleeve, literally, as he has a tattoo on his upper right arm. While he ...

Hayato Osada’s office space is lined with working chairs and desks. Seated behind his computer, he attends online conferences ...

TANABE, Wakayama -- A large open-air river bath began to welcome guests on Dec. 1 as part of an annual event at Kawayu Hot Spring in this western Japan city. The "sennin buro," meaning mountain hermit ...

Plumes of steam are seen rising from hot springs in Beppu, Oita Prefecture. (Mainichi/Junko Adachi) BEPPU, Oita -- Onsen hot spring baths "have the effect of reducing risks of specific illnesses," ...

The Tourism and Sports Ministry has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shizuoka Prefecture, hoping to borrow expertise from Japan to develop hot springs in Thailand and exchange tourists ...