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The old-school awesomeness of the New Akao, a Showa-era hot spring hotel still standing tall
- Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2025 - Tweet
Timeless scenery and retro luxury are waiting for travelers in Atami.
- Japan
- (Atami • COK • hot springs • hotels • onsen • retro • Shizuoka • Shizuoka Prefecture • Showa • Showa period • SNJO • tourism • travel)
This Japanese train station has its very own hot spring bathhouse, right on the platform【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 3, 2025
We hop on the train to Mizunuma, then hop into the bath.
- Japan
- (baths • COK • cool • Gunma • hot springs • onsen • SNJO • stations • tourism • trains • travel)
Tokyo day-trip hot springs: Beautiful Mt. Fuji-view bath is just one highway bus stop from Shibuya
- Casey Baseel
Jun 28, 2025
We head to the outlets do zero shopping, but have zero regrets.
- Japan
- (baths • beautiful • COK • Gotemba • Gotemba Premium Outlets • hot springs • Mt. Fuji • onsen • outlets • Seiji Nakazawa • shopping • SNJO • tourism • travel)
Japan’s second-most-beautiful day-use hot spring might be underrated【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 28, 2025
Shizuoka seaside town offers an amazing experience even if you’re not staying overnight.
- Japan
- (bath • beautiful • COK • hot springs • hotels • Izu • onsen • Shizuoka • SNJO • tourism • travel)
New hot spring found in Tokyo as 80-year-old bathhouse makes a happy discovery
- Casey Baseel
May 7, 2025
There’s a new reason to go to Tenjinyu.
- Japan
- (bathhouses • baths • hot springs • onsen • public baths • sento)
The pros and cons of working from a Japanese hot spring inn
- Oona McGee
Apr 24, 2025
Onsen ryokan stay leads to some surprising discoveries.
- Japan
- (accommodation • Ahiruneko • COK • hot springs • hotels • inns • Japanese accommodation • onsen • ryokan • SNJO • tourism • travel • work from home • work in Japan)
Most convenient hot spring in Japan? Might be this one that’s attached to a train station platform
- Casey Baseel
Apr 18, 2025
Onsen getaways don’t get more convenient than this rail station in Gunma.
Japan’s top 10 open-air hot spring baths with cherry blossom views【Survey】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 31, 2025
Travelers pick their favorite spots for a springtime soak.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • hot springs • hotels • inns • Jalan • onsen • ryokan • sakura • survey • tourism • travel)
Japanese pot sticker restaurant chain also runs flat-rate hot spring inn, but is it worth staying at?
- Casey Baseel
Mar 24, 2025
We head to the most unique branch of Gyoza no Manshu there is.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • crazy • Gunma • gyoza • hot springs • hotels • Japanese inns • onsen • pot stickers • restaurants • ryokan • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)
Secret onsen hot spring is a hidden gem in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Mar 16, 2025
A rare onsen that uses 100-percent natural hot spring water pumped directly from the source.
- Japan
- (COK • culture • day trip • food • hidden gems • hot springs • Japanese food • ofuro • onsen • restaurants • rotenburo • sento • SNJO • Tokyo • travel)
The story of our miracle cork-gun shot at Dogo Onsen in Ehime Prefecture
- Master Blaster
Mar 10, 2025
A tale of beginner’s luck and cheap prizes.
- Japan
- (COK • cork guns • Dogo Onsen • Ehime • festivals • funny • games • hot springs • Kewpie dolls • shooting gallery • SNJO • travel)
Tokyo’s Edo-themed hot spring hotel is a fresh seafood paradise
- Elliot Hale
Jan 29, 2025
Relaxing baths and an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet combine to satisfy both your body and mind.
- Japan
- (COK • Edo • food • hot springs • hotels • Manyo Club • onsen • seafood • Senkyaku Banrai • SNJO • sushi • Tokyo • Toyosu • Toyosu fish market • Toyosu Market • travel)
Japanese onsen hot spring comes with 99 types of soy sauce for visitors
- Oona McGee
Jan 17, 2025
All this awaits you on a short train ride from Tokyo.
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- Japan
- (COK • culture • day trip • food • hidden gems • hot springs • Japanese food • ofuro • onsen • restaurants • Saitama • sento • soy sauce • travel)
Creating an open-air hot spring bath (without a hot spring) at our cheap Japanese country house【Vids】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 30, 2024
Thanks to the power of friendship, it’s outdoor bath time at the SoraHouse!
- Japan
- (baths • beautiful • Big Wave • Butch • COK • cool • DIY • funny • Go Hatori • hot springs • onsen • rotenburo • SNJO • SoraHouse • video • Yoshio)
Eight unforgettable hot springs, as recommended by Japan’s “Professor Bath”
- SoraNews24
Nov 26, 2024
Onsen expert and researcher who’s visited thousands of hot springs gives us a gift of knowledge for Good Bath Day.
One of Japan’s most beautiful hot spring towns announces new limits on number of day trippers
- Casey Baseel
Nov 15, 2024
Tickets will be required to enter Ginzan Onsen at its most beautiful time of day and year.
- Japan
- (Ginzan Onsen • hot springs • onsen • overtourism • tourism • travel)
Secret hot spring onsen in Japan is a hidden gem waiting to be discovered by tourists
- Oona McGee
Nov 6, 2024
Soak all your troubles away at this riverside oasis.
- Japan
- (COK • hidden onsen • Hita • hot springs • Kyushu • Masanuki Sunakoma • off the beaten path • Oita • onsen • rotenburo • SNJO • travel)
Enjoy fall to the fullest by soaking up a splash of color with autumn leaves and onsen
- Krista Rogers
Oct 16, 2024
Here are four great places in Japan where you can enjoy both the fall foliage as well as a soak in the hot springs.
- Japan
- (autumn • Booking.com • fall • fall leaves • foliage • hot springs • hotel • leaves • onsen • seasons • tourism • travel)
Hot spring facility’s beautiful views and all-you-can-eat sushi leave us clean, full, and happy
- Casey Baseel
Sep 15, 2024
Onsen and kaitai show make for a supremely satisfying combination.
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • COK • food • hot springs • kaitai show • maguro • Manyo Club • Minato Mirai • onsen • sashimi • SNJO • sushi • tuna • Yokohama)
Visiting a hot spring complex made out of a repurposed elementary school in Osaka
- Master Blaster
Aug 27, 2024
It’s the best place to learn a thing or two about hot springs.
- Japan
- (hot springs • Ibuki Onsen • Ibuki Village • onsen • Osaka • rural life • Seiji Nakazawa • travel)
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