Sitting atop a rocky outcrop on Japan’s Izu Peninsula, the pool at Kuroneiwa-buro is so close to the Pacific that the waves are only just out of reach as they crash onto the boulders nearby. The hot ...
In our latest roundup of travel news, we bring you bathing tips from an onsen expert, a bear encounter in a Tibet hotel room, ...
Above: An onsen in the newly renovated Nishimuraya Honkan, a ryokan in the town of Kinosaki. The Gora Kadan ryokan in Hakone. Located inside the national park that is home to Mount Fuji, it is less ...
Outside of Japan's typical tourist trail is a northern city with hot springs, stunning views, and a bustling seafood market ...
On a recent concert tour in Japan, I had the chance to visit several thermal baths and to chat with people about the tradition of bathing. I was fascinated by their differences with American spas.
Steam rises from the earth in Beppu, exhaling through the city’s skin. It seeps from street vents, curls through cracks in ...
Nishimuraya Hotel Shogetsutei is situated in Kinosaki Onsen, which is just under two-and-a-half hours from Kyoto by train, and three hours from Osaka near Honshu's central coastline. Between the ...