Discover 3 top onsen hotels in Ureshino, Saga: Yadoya Uchiroji, Ryokan Oomuraya, and Hotel Sakura Ureshino.

On a recent concert tour in Japan, I had the chance to visit several thermal baths and to chat with people about the tradition of bathing. I was fascinated by their differences with American spas.

Sitting atop a rocky outcrop on Japan’s Izu Peninsula, the pool at Kuroneiwa-buro is so close to the Pacific that the waves are only just out of reach as they crash onto the boulders nearby. The hot ...

An increasing number of municipalities have raised the “bathing tax” rate on overnight visitors at “onsen” hot spring resorts ...

AOMORI--A government project is under way to keep afloat the Japanese tradition of mixed-gender bathing, which is becoming ...

Japan is also filled with entire hot spring towns — it’s easy to know you’re in one as the town name usually includes the word “Onsen.” They offer a range of accommodations, from traditional ryokans ...