Kinosaki onsen is viewed by some as the best onsen town in the country. This idyllic community also has scores of ryokan, the quaint Japanese inns that usually also have their own pools.

Head to the unsung Japanese region of Tohoku to discover its traditional inns, and immerse yourself in the thermal waters that bubble away within them.

Located deep within Kyushu’s Shimabara Peninsula, this hot spring town offers dramatic scenery worth the effort it takes to ...

KYUSHU, Japan – The little onsen town of Kannawa is an enchanted world with wisps of steam rising everywhere from pavements. Its retro bathhouses, fed by underground hot springs, seem to me like ...

Japan is home to 27,000 hot springs sources, but overtourism has reduced some of the country’s onsen water supply to a record low.

There are hot springs scattered all over Japan, but not very many have kept ... so I felt a little trepidation about visiting again because the onsen town was picturesque and perfect in my memory.

Journey to Japan’s lesser-visited mountainous region, home to many distinctive traditional inns, within whose walls you can ...

Japan is home to over 3,000 onsen. Our explorer visits two old hot springs to learn the significance of bathing to the Japanese spirit. Deep in the mountains of Gunma Prefecture is the town of ...

Japan's famous natural hot springs, or onsens, are facing a crisis due to overtourism, which is dangerously depleting water levels in several popular cities. In Ureshino, a historic onsen town in Saga ...

Japanese hot springs—better known as ... issued warnings about the impact of overtourism on the supply of onsen water in the town. “Compared to before the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of ...