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We go looking for the free kaoyu hot spring facebath of onsen town Kusatsu【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 14, 2024 - Tweet
Lots of Japanese hot spring towns have footbaths, but how does a facebath work?
- Japan
- (COK • cool • crazy • Gunma • hot springs • Kusatsu • onsen • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)
Beware the rise of overpriced “Inbound Don” at tourist spots in Japan
- Oona McGee
Mar 2, 2024
Return of inbound tourists means prices are skyrocketing, with some places charging US$120 for a bowl of seafood.
- Japan
- (Edo • food • hot springs • hotels • Inbound Don • Inboundon • Manyo Club • onsen • seafood • Senkyaku Banrai • SNJO • sushi • sushi restaurants • Tokyo • Toyosu • Toyosu fish market • Toyosu Market • travel • Tsukiji fish market)
Edo-themed onsen and restaurant complex opens in Tokyo, but do overseas tourists know about it?
- Oona McGee
Feb 23, 2024
Toyosu Senkyaku Banrai brings the charm of an old market town to a new tourist site in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (Edo • food • hot springs • hotels • Manyo Club • onsen • seafood • Senkyaku Banrai • SNJO • sushi • sushi restaurants • Tokyo • Toyosu • Toyosu fish market • Toyosu Market • travel • Tsukiji fish market)
Tokyo’s newest hot spring bathhouse and foodie spot opening next to Japan’s biggest fish market
- Casey Baseel
Jan 31, 2024
Onsen and Edo appeal added right next to to Toyosu’s biggest travel destination.
- Japan
- (food • hot springs • hotels • Manyo Club • onsen • sushi • Tokyo • Toyosu • Toyosu fish market • Toyosu Market • travel)
Nara hotel with hot spring baths by imperial palace site is a reason to remember the prefecture
- SoraNews24
Oct 23, 2023
Hardly anyone stays in Nara while traveling, but this hotel shows how they’re missing out.
- Japan
- (hot springs • hotels • Imperial Palace • Kyoto • Nara • Nara Prefecture • onsen • travel)
Japanese hot spring adds roaring Godzilla Invasion Cave, other kaiju-related relaxation options
- Casey Baseel
Oct 23, 2023
Hakone onsen facility continues to think outside the box.
- Japan
- (cool • crazy • Godzilla • Godzilla Minus One • Hakone • hot springs • kaiju • onsen • travel • Yunessun)
Miyagi hot spring inn offering free sleep analysis as part of relaxing, health-focused stay
- Dale Roll
Oct 20, 2023
Three Japanese companies are working together to help show the importance of a good night’s sleep. Read More
- Japan
- (COK • health • hot spring • Miyagi Prefecture • Naruko • onsen • science • sleep • sleep analysis • study • travel • vacation • wellness)
Hot spring offers people of all ages chance to participate in Japanese school-style sports day
- Casey Baseel
Oct 13, 2023
Here’s your chance to experience your Japanese high school days that never were.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • funny • hot springs • onsen • Sports Day • undokai • weird)
Wear samurai armor while playing video games? That’s an option at this Japanese inn【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 17, 2023
Hokkaido ryokan lets you suit up in lamellar to play Dance Dance Revolution and Out Run.
- Japan
- (Arcades • awesome • cool • crazy • culture • game centers • history • hot springs • hotels • inns • onsen • retro games • ryokan • samurai • travel • video games • weird)
Take it from a local: This resort island off the coast of Nagasaki is totally worth a side trip
- Dale Roll
Aug 28, 2023
It’s the perfect weekend getaway for Nagasaki locals…and the perfect place to add to a visitor’s itinerary!
- Japan
- (beaches • beautiful • COK • Iojima • Kyushu • Nagasaki • onsen • SNJO • spa • tourism • travel)
Bathe in the waters of a rare Japanese onsen temple steeped in over 1,000 years of history
- Oona McGee
Aug 4, 2023
Escape the crowds of tourists at Nikko with a visit to this hidden gem.
- Japan
- (baths • COK • cool • hot springs • Masanuki Sunakoma • Nikko • Nikkozan Onsenji • onsen • Onsenji • public bath • Public bathing • SNJO • temples • travel)
Here’s why you should visit Japan’s best winter-night hot spring town on a summer afternoon【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
May 31, 2023
We went looking for an anime connection, and found a whole bunch of new reasons to love this Yamagata onsen town.
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful • COK • cool • Demon Slayer • Ginzan Onsen • hot springs • Kimetsu no Yaiba • manga • onsen • SNJO • travel • Yamagata)
Godzilla extends attack on seaside hotel in Japan, fans invited to hours-long escape room game
- Casey Baseel
May 21, 2023
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)
Does this Dormy Inn near Mt. Fuji offer the best business hotel breakfast in all of Japan?
- Krista Rogers
Jan 25, 2023
In true Dormy Inn style, the all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet features regional specialties including pork dishes and mikuriya soba.
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • breakfast • COK • Dormy Inn • Gotemba • hot spring • hotel • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mt. Fuji • onsen • pork • Shizuoka Prefecture • SNJO • 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)
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