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 ...

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

The country is home to 27,000 natural hot spring sources, but a surge in tourism ... Ureshino is home to some of Japan’s most coveted onsens, run by more than 30 hotels and ryokans, the ...

TANABE, Wakayama Prefecture--An open air riverside hot spring bath, a winter tradition in this western Japan city’s Kawayu Onsen spa resort, is now open. Known as Sennin-buro,” or mountain ...

Sun Ting, a Chinese tour guide specializing in Japan tours, told China Daily that resource shortages, such as hot spring water depletion, should not be solely blamed on foreign visitors.

TOKYO -- Just a couple of hours by train from Tokyo, the Isawa hot spring resort was a huge draw for tired salarymen and others in need of a relaxing soak during Japan's bubble economy of the ...

According to the fiscal 2022 financial statements of 179 municipalities, nine brought in bath tax revenues ... Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan has the most hot spring accommodations in ...

My egg gets its own ice bath and bamboo basket ... rivers and valleys. Walk Japan describes the tour as “light walking combined with plentiful onsen hot spring baths and opulent cuisine”.

Japan’s major hot spring regions are facing water shortages, driven by a surge in tourism and the growing popularity of private-use baths. In response, many lodging facilities with hot springs ...

Yuval Zohar, author of "Towards a Nude Architecture," relaxes in Tengunoyu, one of the baths at Kita Onsen hot spring in Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo. (All photos and images courtesy of Yuval ...