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

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 12, 2026
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Great reasons to add yukimiroten to your vocabulary and itinerary alike.

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

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.

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• (COK • culture • day trip • food • hidden gems • hot springs • Japanese food • ofuro • onsen • restaurants • rotenburo • sento • SNJO • Tokyo • 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!

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• (baths • beautiful • Big Wave • Butch • COK • cool • DIY • funny • Go Hatori • hot springs • onsen • rotenburo • SNJO • SoraHouse • video • Yoshio)

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.

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• (COK • hidden onsen • Hita • hot springs • Kyushu • Masanuki Sunakoma • off the beaten path • Oita • onsen • rotenburo • SNJO • travel)

Hidden onsen hot spring near Tokyo is waiting to be discovered by foreign tourists

• Oona McGee
  Aug 14, 2024

A secret gem you won’t find in travel guides.

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• (accommodation • cheap hotels • cheap stays • COK • hidden gems • hot spring • hotels • inns • Kanagawa • Kanagawa Prefecture • kawasaki • onsen • public bath • rotenburo • secret onsen • SNJO)

Secret tent onsen in the forest is one of the most unusual hot springs in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 12, 2024

A unique outdoor experience, where you pay for your bath by the litre.  

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• (bathing • COK • cool • hot springs • Masanuki Sunakoma • onsen • outdoor baths • Panthalassa no Umi Ashikaga Onsen • rotenburo • SNJO • Tochigi • tourism • travel)

Secret unstaffed hot spring in Japan will make you feel like you’ve been spirited away

• Oona McGee
  Jun 28, 2024

A mysterious outdoor onsen leaves a lifelong impression on two night-time visitors. 

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• (COK • cool • crazy • hot springs • Japanese baths • Kagoshima • onsen • public baths • rotenburo • secret onsen • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • travel • weird • Yakushima • Yudomari Onsen)

Onsen hot spring with Mt Fuji views has one of the best rotenburo in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 26, 2024

Bathing here is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity you don’t want to miss.

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• (Ashigara • Ashigara Onsen • bathing • COK • cool • Fuji • hot springs • Mt. Fuji • onsen • outdoor baths • piano • rotenburo • Seiji Nakazawa • sento • Shizuoka • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Private open-air bath is the crowning gem at this Japanese-style hotel in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Oct 21, 2023

Luxury accommodation in Tokyo at budget prices.

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• (accommodation • bathing • baths • COK • cool • hotels • Japanese accommodation • Japanese baths • Masanuki Sunakoma • rotenburo • SNJO • tokyo hotels • travel • wow)

Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 7: Climbing mountains【SoraHouse】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 5, 2022

What will we discover when we hike up the mountain behind the SoraHouse?

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Turning a crazy cheap country Japanese house into a home — Step 6: Outdoor bathing【SoraHouse】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 27, 2022

Every countryside home needs a riverside rotenburo, but will it be the tub of dreams?

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Samurai luxury — Renovated 400-year-old ryokan near Chiba’s coast can be yours to rent【Photos】

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 24, 2021

The inn is actually an upgraded traditional Japanese house that’s continuously served as a residence for officials for more than 400 years.

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• (Chiba • COK • culture • Edo period • history • hotels • inns • kominka • rotenburo • ryokan • Sengoku period • travel)

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.

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• (bathing • baths • COK • cool • funny • Go Hatori • hot springs • onsen • relaxing • rotenburo • SNJO • weird)

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.

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• (accommodation • cheap • COK • crazy • Hakone • hot springs • hotels • onsen • rotenburo • ryokan • tourism • tourists • travel)

Six outdoor Japanese hot springs you can visit right now (with Google Street View)

• Michelle Lynn Dinh
  Mar 5, 2015

Almost everyone loves soaking in an outdoor hot spring bath, called rotenburo in Japanese. The combination of soothing natural mineral water and being buck naked outside is enough to wash all your stress away. Just look at those little capybara in the photo above. Don’t they look so relaxed?

If you ever have the chance to visit Japan, we highly recommend you take a dip in a rotenburo. But if you aren’t able to make the long journey over to this wonderful country right away, might we suggest taking a virtual tour of six outdoor hot springs in Japan?

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• (Google Maps • hot springs • Japanese • rotenburo • travel)

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  1. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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  8. Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
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  1. Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
  2. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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  5. Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
  6. New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
  7. Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
  8. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
  9. Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
  10. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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