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This hot spring near Osaka’s Kansai Airport resolves the pick-two-out-of-three bathhouse dilemma

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 3, 2026
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Perfect for when you’ve got to fly, but want to soak.

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• (airports • baths • hot springs • Japan travel • Kansai International Airport • onsen • Osaka • Osaka Prefecture • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Beloved, 100-year-old Tokyo public bathhouse Sengenyu is about to get a second life this December

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 27, 2026

Various entities take a dip together to save a community institution and preserve public bath culture for the next generation to enjoy.

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• Japan
• (art • collaboration • crowdfunding • Nihon University • onsen • preservation • public bath • reopening • Sengenyu • sento • Tokyo)

Everything old is new, and cool, again at this hotel in Japan’s hot spring town comeback king

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 17, 2026

As a new generation of travelers discovers Atami, it’s the New Akao’s time to shine again.

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• (Atami • COK • cool • hot springs • Hotel New Akao • hotels • Japan travel • New Akao • onsen • retro • Shizukoa • Showa retro • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Kumamoto earthquake may have created Japan’s newest hot spring inside flooded restaurant [Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 10, 2026

Kumamoto City izakaya began flooding with hot, sulfur-smelling water immediately after quake.

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• Japan
• (2026 Kumamoto earthquake • COK • crazy • disaster • earthquakes • hot springs • izakaya • Kumamoto • Kumamoto City • kumamoto earthquake • onsen • pubs • restaurants)

Maximum entry fee for sento public baths in Tokyo increases slightly for adults next month

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 30, 2026

The rise in the entry fee comes amid an increase in public bathhouse users in Tokyo and a decrease in the total number of sento.

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• (bathhouse • costs • fee increase • onsen • public bath • sento • Tokyo)

Japan’s Pokémon hot spring reinstalls all damaged statues, adds no-touching rule

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 12, 2026

Gyarados, Psyduck, and Vaporeon all needed repairs just weeks after the Pokémon footbath opened.

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• Japan
• (anime • ashiyu • cool • cute • footbaths • hot springs • Ishikawa • Ishikawa Prefecture • Japan travel • manga • Noto • Noto Peninsula • onsen • Pokemon • tourism • travel • video games)

Kurokawa Onsen celebrates 40 years of its beloved bathing pass with redesign, summer festivities

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 9, 2026

The bathing pass deal is a dream come true for anyone who likes going hot springs hopping.

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• (hot springs • Japan travel • Kumamoto • Kumamoto Prefecture • Kurokawa Onsen • onsen • spa • tourism • travel)

Nearly half of Pokémon hot spring’s statues have been damaged less than two months after opening

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2026

Adorable new ashiyu destination has no Pokémon battles, but injuries to the creatures are still occurring.

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• Japan
• (anime • ashiyu • cool • cute • footbaths • hot springs • Ishikawa • Ishikawa Prefecture • Japan travel • manga • Noto • Noto Peninsula • onsen • Pokemon • tourism • travel • video games)

New Japanese overnight train coming to connect Tokyo with Tohoku in sleep-travel style

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 13, 2026

Luna Azul can take you from Tokyo to Akita or Aomori while you snooze.

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• (Akita • Aomori • COK • East Japan Railway Company • hot springs • Japan Railway Company • Japan travel • JR • JR East • Kusatsu • onsen • overnight trains • Shibukawa • Tohoku • tourism • trains • travel)

Japan’s real-world Pokémon hot spring’s first photos are here![Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  May 26, 2026

Pikachu and Gyarados invite you to come by for a relaxing soak as Noto town recovers from disaster.

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• (anime • ashiyu • cool • cute • footbaths • hot springs • Ishikawa • Ishikawa Prefecture • Japan travel • manga • Noto • Noto Peninsula • onsen • Pokemon • tourism • travel • video games)

Mt. Fuji hot spring inn gets even more beautiful after dark with Firefly Festival

• Casey Baseel
  May 10, 2026

Even when Mt. Fuji is hidden in shadows, there’s still something breathtaking to see here.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • cool • fireflies • hot springs • hotels • Japan travel • Japanese inns • Mt. Fuji • nature • onsen • ryokan • tourism • travel)

Pokémon hot spring footbath opening in Japan this spring

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 19, 2026

A relaxing, adorable, and free place to soak your toes with Pikachu, Gyarados, and more.

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• Japan
• (anime • ashiyu • cool • cute • footbaths • hot spring • Ishikawa • Ishikawa Prefecture • Japan travel • manga • manhole covers • Noto • Noto Peninsula • onsen • Poké Lids • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • tourism • travel • video games)

Soaking in glimmering water and the essence of prehistoric plants at a Hokkaido hot spring

• Elliot Hale
  Apr 17, 2026

A botanical bath at an affordable price.

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• Japan
• (COK • Hokkaido • hot springs • Obihiro • onsen • sauna • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Suikoen • Tokachi • travel)

Can a downtown Tokyo super sento bathhouse beat a hotel for a one-night stay?

• Elliot Hale
  Apr 5, 2026

Does the morning sauna make up for a night of communal snoring?

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• (Ahiruneko • bathhouse • bathhouses • baths • COK • hotels • Japan travel • Kabukicho • Masanuki Sunakoma • onsen • public baths • sento • shinjuku • SNJO • super sento • Thermae-Yu • Tokyo • tourism • travel)

Five amazing snow-view open-air Japanese hot springs in Hokkaido [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 12, 2026

Great reasons to add yukimiroten to your vocabulary and itinerary alike.

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• Japan
• (baths • beautiful • COK • Hokkaido • hot springs • hotel • inns • Japan travel • Japanese inns • onsen • outdoors • rotenburo • ryokan • snow • tourism • travel • yukimiroten)

Beautiful sightseeing boat is a floating tea ceremony venue in east Japan’s best hot spring town

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 30, 2025

Daichakai sets sail in Hakone.

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• (beautiful • boats • green tea • Hakone • hot springs • Lake Ashi • Lake Ashinoko • matcha • onsen • tea • tea ceremony • tourism.Japan travel • travel)

This is possibly the coziest train in all Japan thanks to onboard hot spring footbaths【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 30, 2025

Train to off-the-beaten-path onsen town gives you a taste of Japanese bathing culture even before you arrive at your destination.

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• Japan
• (ashiyu • baths • cool • crazy.weird • footbaths • hot springs • Japan travel • Mie • onsen • tourism • trains • travel)

Shimane has a secret hot spring town that feels like stepping into an old Japanese film

• Elliot Hale
  Dec 14, 2025

A World Heritage hot spring town with retro bathhouses and seafood feasts.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • hot spring • hot springs • Iwami Ginzan • Japan travel • Marie Morimoto • nostalgia • Oda • onsen • Shimane • SNJO • tourism • travel • UNESCO World Heritage Site • World Heritage site • Yunotsu)

Pokémon and hot spring bathhouse collaborate to bring Pokémon to your bath and sauna sessions

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 28, 2025

Bathhouse just north of Tokyo provides rubber Psyduckies, Ditto sauna stones, and other sights and scents to soothe tired Trainers.

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• (anime • baths • COK • cute • health • hot springs • manga • onsen • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Sleep • relaxation • sleep • video games • wellness)

Green onion baths return to Japanese bathhouse to celebrate Labor Day

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 22, 2025

You know, you really have been working hard, so why not treat yourself to a dip in a bath full of negi?

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• Japan
• (bathhouses • baths • crazy • food • green onions • hot springs • negi • onions • onsen • public baths • weird)

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