hot springs (Page 7)
Reveals trick of the trade regarding no-towel onsen travel videos.
No trip to Japan is complete without a dip in one of the country’s quintessential hot springs.
New Chitose Airport Onsen isn’t just convenient and gorgeous, it’s an amazingly cheap place to spend the night too!
You’ve never experienced the power of the pyramid while soaking at the hot springs? Head to Tochigi to rectify that.
Sanrio’s weirdly adorable lazy egg wants to have a soak with you and his 9,999 doppelgangers.
Oh, and there’s also all-you-can-eat crab as part of the deal at this hotel in the coastal onsen resort of Atami.
This is one of the most unusual onsen in all of Japan.
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Child development expert weighs in on the tricky question, offers a solution from Japan’s samurai-era past.
The new Kit Kat flavor draws inspiration from a specialty snack traditionally found at Japanese hot springs.
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Wait, hot springs can freeze?
Ethereally romantic images remind us why a wintertime visit to a snow-covered onsen resort is extra special.
Because when your name is the Hotel Mt. Fuji, you want your customers to be sure they’re going to see Japan’s most famous mountain.
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