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.

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

The town has been riding a wave of increasing ... My hometown is close to Nozawa Onsen (a ski resort on Japan’s Honshu island) that has been battered by snow this year). The snow is very ...

Escape the crowds and discover a quieter Japan at these 12 hotels, from mountaintop ryokan to island hideaways.

Everyone goes to Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. Why not try spots like the bustling port of Yokohama or the serene monasteries of ...

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 ...