In this mountain resort town, stories of demons, white snakes rising from the mist and Buddhist monks using the boiling waters and steaming pools — onsen (hot springs) colloquially known as ...

The first thing to consider about the Japanese onsen is whether or not being naked in public bothers you. I’m not referring ...

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 ...

There are two types of bathhouses in Tokyo and throughout Japan: onsen and sento. While there are obvious similarities between the two – they're both communal hot-water baths and visitors must ...

There are hot springs scattered all ... where the yunohana and onsen-gai of the past still blossom. This article by Lisa Vogt, a Washington-born and Tokyo-based photographer, originally appeared ...

Carlton, Nikko, is two hours from Tokyo in a scenic mountain town packed with historic sites. And the hotel has the planet's ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese hot springs—better known as onsens—are ... but a surge in tourism has left some onsen towns running low on water; leaving local officials feeling anything but zen.