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.

Japan is famously known for its hot springs, or onsen, which provide a peaceful retreat from the city chaos. While famous ...

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.

Family and friends travelled from near and far to attend the special occasion and the couple were overwhelmed by the love and ...

Discover everything you need to know for your first onsen in Japan: from etiquette and pre-soak rituals, to top hot springs ...

There are two affiliated onsen on my itinerary hitlist, one atop a high-rise urban ryokan-style hotel and the other at a hot springs resort in northwest Japan. The first is at HOSHINOYA Tokyo ...

When the hustle, bustle, and other non-rhyming but still fatiguing aspects of big city life start to be too much for your tastes, one of the best ways to relieve yourself of urban stress in Japan is ...

When asked about their motivations for visiting Kinosaki Onsen, Americans often mentioned the town's tattoo-friendly hot spring policy as the main draw. Since most hot spring resorts in Japan ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...