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Awesome Japanese wife “kidnaps” her husband as he leaves work…for his own good
- Casey Baseel
Sep 3, 2020 - Tweet
Doesn’t tell him where they’re going or why, but has a very good reason.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • crazy • hot springs • marriage • moving • onsen • relationships • romance • spouses • touching)
Japanese hot spring YouTuber finds her niche showing off out-of-the-way local onsen【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 29, 2020
Into the water off the beaten path.
- Japan
- (baths • beautiful women • hot springs • onsen • Tohoku • travel • video)
2020 Miss Yukata Japan beauties in traditional Japanese garb debut at Ikaho Onsen 【Video】
- Ingrid Tsai
Jul 27, 2020
An unexpected collaboration between an idol live-streaming service and a non-profit organization produces a stunning picture of summer.
- Japan
- (beautiful • collaboration • Gunma • hot springs • Ikaho Onsen • kimono • macheTV • Miss Yukata Japan • summer fashion • yukata)
How to have a Japanese rotenburo bath experience without leaving your home【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 25, 2020
Just because you can’t go to a hot spring doesn’t mean you can’t have a sublime soak.
- Japan
- (bathing • baths • COK • cool • funny • Go Hatori • hot springs • onsen • relaxing • rotenburo • SNJO • weird)
Japan’s hot-spring capital Beppu made quite possibly the best tourism video ever
- Master Blaster
Jul 2, 2020
Who new hot springs could be so cinematic?
- Japan
- (Beppu • hot springs • Oita • onsen • promotional video • tourism)
Hakone onsen ryokan offers crazy cheap “Gimme a flippin’ break from the coronavirus” room deals
- Oona McGee
Mar 6, 2020
Less than $US40 a night gets you two luxury meals and a room with a private rotenburo bath attached.
- Japan
- (accommodation • cheap • COK • crazy • Hakone • hot springs • hotels • onsen • rotenburo • ryokan • tourism • tourists • travel)
Oldest ryokan at Japanese onsen resort goes bankrupt due to coronavirus
- Oona McGee
Feb 28, 2020
COVID-19 claims its first major business casualty in Japan.
- Japan
- (coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • hot springs • news • onsen • ryokan • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)
Doll otaku’s plastic bedmate gets loving hospitality from beautiful Japanese hot spring inn
- Casey Baseel
Jan 17, 2020
Traditional ryokan in onsen resort town wants to make sure both guests sleep tight.
- Japan
- (customer service • dolls • futon • hospitality • hot springs • Japanese inns • onsen • otaku • ryokan • travel • Yufuin)
When is it OK to take a naked hot spring bath with your Japanese girlfriend/boyfriend?
- Casey Baseel
Jan 9, 2020
The onsen trip: as beloved a relationship milestone as Christmas Eve and Valentine’s Day, but how long do you have to date before you bathe together?
- Japan
- (COK • dating • hot springs • konyoku • onsen • relationships • romance • society)
The 10 best Japanese hot spring resorts locals want to go back to again and again
- Dale Roll
Dec 20, 2019
These onsen town trips are so good they deserve an encore!
- Japan
- (Beppu • COK • Dogo Onsen • Hakone • hot springs • Japan travel • Kusatsu Onsen • onsen • travel)
Japanese lawyer comments on legality of tattoo ban at hot springs, netizens share thoughts too
- Scott Wilson
Dec 8, 2019
Are tattoo bans at onsen a relic of the past or part of Japanese culture?
- Japan
- (hot spring • hot springs • Japanese law • onsen • tattoos • tattoos in Japan)
Blood-red Evangelion hot spring bath to open in Japan for fun, relaxing terror
- Casey Baseel
Nov 15, 2019
East Japan’s premier hot spring town, the real-world Tokyo-3, wants you to bathe in LCL.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • crazy • Evangelion • gross • Hakone • hot springs • onsen • Yunessun)
Famous hot springs of Beppu now offering portable inflatable onsen with authentic Beppu water
- Master Blaster
Oct 28, 2019
Arguably the most sophisticated kiddie pool ever created.
- Japan
- (baths • Beppu • COK • events • Genso no Yu • hot springs • inflatable hot spring • Oita • onsen)
You can make your own hot spring bath at this river in central Japan【Japan travel】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 22, 2019
Grab a shovel and make an onsen that’s just for you at Kawayu Onsen.
The top 10 hot springs Japanese travelers want to visit this fall
- Dale Roll
Oct 19, 2019
Nothing’s nicer on a cold autumn day than a hot outdoor bath while gazing at the changing leaves.
- Japan
- (autumn foliage • autumn leaves • hot springs • Japan travel • nature • onsen • ryokan • survey • vacation)
Ridiculously powerful hot spring bath in Japan earns both our respect and our fear【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 27, 2019
Massaging waterfall-type onsen feels more like a martial-arts pummeling.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • funny • hot springs • onsen • scary • Shimonoseki • SNJO • travel • utaseyu • video • Yamaguchi)
18 awesome overnight hot spring trips from Tokyo, and a quiz to help pick the best one for you
- Casey Baseel
Jul 30, 2019
If you had 18 days, you’d do them all, but if you’ve got pick just one, this onsen expert’s flow chart is here to help.
- Japan
- (COK • flow chart • hot springs • onsen • quiz • ryokan • Tokyo • travel)
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Motorsports, hot springs, huge ramen, and an amusement park: All reasons to visit Suzuka Circuit
- SoraNews24
Jul 16, 2019
Mie Prefecture’s Suzuka is the home of Japan’s most famous racetrack, but there’s more than cars to get excited about.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • cars • COK • hot springs • hotels • Mie • motorsports • onsen • SNOJ • Suzuka • suzuka circuit • travel)
Beautiful new Tokyo hotel gives you the best of both worlds with hot spring bath in the big city
- Casey Baseel
Jun 28, 2019
A legitimate open-air hot spring experience is waiting at this urban oasis.
13 Japanese teen boys caught peeping into girls’ hot spring bath during class trip
- Casey Baseel
May 18, 2019
One of Japan’s favorite porn scenarios plays out in real life, prompts apology.
- Japan
- (class trip • COK • crime • high school • hot springs • Nikko • onsen • peeping • students)
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