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Godzilla extends attack on seaside hotel in Japan, fans invited to hours-long escape room game
- Casey Baseel
May 21, 2023 - Tweet
Atami hoteliers thought Godzilla’s attack would end in spring, but the King of the Monsters makes his own schedule.
- Japan
- (Atami • awesome • cool • escape games • escape rooms • Godzilla • hot springs • hotels • kaiju • onsen • SCRAP • travel)
An intro to Iwami Kagura battle dancing, Noh theater’s wild awesome cousin, and where to see it
- Casey Baseel
Apr 22, 2023
Weekly performances with dragons and demons in Japan’s Iwami region are an incredible way to connect with and preserve its history.
- Japan
- (Arifuku Onsen • awesome • COK • cool • culture • history • hot springs • Iwami • Iwami Kagura • onsen • Shimane • Shimane Prefecture • SNJO • theater • travel)
Sapporo lowers age at which kids are barred from opposite sex’s bath at hot springs, public baths
- Casey Baseel
Apr 14, 2023
Three-year drop pleases some, but other parents unhappy.
- Japan
- (COK • Hokkaido • hot springs • onsen • public baths • sento • society)
Six sakura travel luxuries to make cherry blossom season extra-special at Japan’s premier resorts
- SoraNews24
Mar 16, 2023
Hoshino Resorts celebrates sakura season.
- Japan
- (art • beautiful • cherry blossoms • COK • Hoshino Resorts • hot springs • hotels • onsen • rickshaw • sakura • travel)
Japan’s top five retro hot springs for a time trip back to the onsen past, as chosen by travelers
- Casey Baseel
Feb 8, 2023
Stretching from Tohoku to Kyushu, these are the top picks for when you need a soak and a break from modern stress.
- Japan
- (COK • Ginzan Onsen • hot springs • hotels • Ikaho Onsen • inns • onsen • ryokan • Shibu Onsen • Shima Onsen • travel)
Hokkaido has an otherworldly giant hot spring that’s easy to miss if you don’t know where it is
- Dale Roll
Jan 21, 2023
Have you ever heard of this amazing sightseeing spot in Noboribetsu?
- Japan
- (COK • cool • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Hokkaido • hot springs • Japan travel • Noboribetsu • onsen • Oyunuma • Seiji Nakazawa • sightseeing • SNJO • travel)
Hot springs website reveals the most popular user-picked onsen in all of northern Japan
- Krista Rogers
Jan 18, 2023
The winning spot grabs the people’s vote for all of northern Japan for the fourth year in a row.
- Japan
- (COK • hot springs • Iwate • Morioka • Nifty Onsen • onsen • ranking • Tohoku • travel)
The Ring’s Sadako haunts one of Japan’s favorite hot springs for Halloween
- Casey Baseel
Nov 1, 2022
Sadako outbreak included free admission for cosplayers.
The 10 best hotel hot springs in Japan, as chosen by Japanese travelers
- Casey Baseel
Oct 21, 2022
Customer reviews show Japan likes to head north when it heads to the onsen.
Free literal forest bathing in Hokkaido is a hot spring experience you’ll never forget【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 7, 2022
This beautiful location in Daisetsuzan National Park is an onsen must-visit.
- Japan
- (COK • Daisetsuzan National Park • Fukiage Onsen • Hokkaido • hot springs • konyoku • nature • onsen • SNJO • travel)
Gravure model NFT series wants to attract online investors, real-world visitors for hot springs
- Casey Baseel
Aug 13, 2022
Series pairs gravure models with onsen ryokan.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • COK • hot springs • hotels • NFTs • onsen • ryokan • travel)
Gigantic geyser erupts from Shinto shrine’s forest on the night before its summer festival【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 11, 2022
The way it looks, sounds, and smells all have people paying attention to this amazing display of the force of nature.
We retreat for a day of rejuvenation at Green Hill Yatsugatake recreation facility in Yamanashi
- Krista Rogers
May 4, 2022
The rec facility is open to anyone for reservations and boasts grounds that are 7.5 times the size of Tokyo Dome.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • hot springs • hotels • Mariko Ohanabatake • nature • onsen • relaxing • Shunjuku • SNJO • sports • Tokyo • travel • Yamanashi)
Soak in a sand bath in Beppu, Japan’s famous onsen region
- Oona McGee
Feb 9, 2022
How to enjoy the healing powers of hot sand at this popular seaside location.
- Japan
- (baths • beach • Beppu • COK • Go Hatori • hot springs • Oita • Oita Prefecture • onsen • sand • sand bath • SNJO • tourist sites • travel • video)
Tokyo hot spring allows guests with tattoos to bathe… with some very odd restrictions
- Scott Wilson
Feb 6, 2022
Progress! …kind of?
- Japan
- (hot springs • onsen • society • tattoos • tattoos in Japan)
Lost at the nengajo lottery this year? Get a second chance by winning your way to onsen instead
- Krista Rogers
Jan 25, 2022
People who didn’t win the official New Year’s greeting card lottery now have a new chance to win discounted or even free entry to certain hot springs.
- Japan
- (baths • COK • free • hot springs • Mie • nengajo • New Year's cards • onsen • Saitama)
Japanese hot spring charges almost 35 bucks for bucket of uncooked carrots, otaku likely to pay up
- Casey Baseel
Jan 18, 2022
Virtual YouTuber cross-promotion gives fans a real-world memento.
- Japan
- (anime • baths • carrots • crazy • food • HoloLive • hot springs • otaku • Raku Spa • sento • Usada Pekora • virtual YouTubers • weird • YouTubers)
Which of these Beppu-themed bath salts make your home bath feel most like the famous onsen area?
- Dale Roll
Jan 14, 2022
Our reporter Go Hatori finds out!
- Japan
- (bath salts • baths • Beppu • COK • Go Hatori • hot springs • onsen • SNJO)
Tokyo changes age limit for kids going into opposite sex’s bath at hot springs and sento
- Casey Baseel
Jan 7, 2022
Not all parents are happy with the stricter regulation.
- Japan
- (bathing • COK • hot springs • kids • onsen • public baths • sento • society • youth)
2021’s top stories in Japanese food and cooking news【SoraNews24 Year in Review】
- SoraNews24
Dec 31, 2021
The secrets of Japanese supermarket music and life-saving green tea, plus how to make the King of Curries and furoshiki-style sandwiches.
- Japan
- (cooking • cup noodles • curry • food • hot springs • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • katsudon • McDonald's • onsen • sandwiches • SoraKitchen • sushi • sweets • wasabi • year in review • Year in Review 2021)
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