There's nothing quite like coastal Japan—I love waking up to island-dotted bays and gentle sea breezes. In this particular town, though, the landscape is peppered with tendrils of steam and mist that ...

The Kinugawa Onsen district in Tochigi Prefecture is one of Japan's top three hot spring resort areas, known for its hot springs dating back to the late 1600s. By the mid-1700s, it became a popular ...

Kinugawa Onsen in Tochigi Prefecture is a relaxing hot spring town surrounded by forested valleys and mountain views. Just two hours north of Tokyo, it’s famous for its soothing mineral-rich waters, ...

Beyond sushi, cherry blossoms, and Mount Fuji, Japan is renowned for its hot springs. Known as onsen, these natural thermal ...

The coronavirus pandemic has hit the tourism industry hard, including in Japan — ninety percent of ryokan inns in the famous Arima hot spring resort town have been closed since the prefecture of Hyogo ...

Solaniwa Onsen, a new hot spring resort in Osaka, has enlisted the Olympic figure skater Nobunari Oda for its launch campaign. Developed by UltraSuperNew, the TV campaign is designed to appeal to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin to his hot spring hometown to seek progress on a ...

Japan's “hot spring capital” is trying to find ways to make one of the country's most popular pastimes more inclusive for people who identify as LGBT, when most public baths are segregated according ...