One of Japan's top luxury hotel firms will open an "onsen" resort in upstate New York. Onsens are bath houses where patrons relax naked together in mineral-rich water of various temperatures.

Tucked into the forested hills of Kumamoto Prefecture is Kurokawa Onsen, a small hot spring village that feels like it’s been preserved in time. Compared to more well-known Kyushu onsen towns ...

Many hotels in Japan have now chosen to add a private onsen option, catering not just to modest foreigners but also a growing demand by locals who prefer an exclusive experience or couples on a ...

Experience Japan’s best cuisine and Onsen bath houses all in ... and me, a Brit – plus two Japanese ... while hiking in the rain through ancient forest to a majestic 1000 ...

This Japanese Island Has Lush Landscapes, Hundreds of Hot Springs, and New High-design Hotels. Travel by train (and ferry) around Kyushu, a center of onsen culture.

Japanese Bath House, onsen and spa in the Blue Mountains. Go to the content Go to the footer. No thanks. ... is probably not where you’d expect to find a traditional Japanese onsen.

Japanese tourists still flock to Kaga’s onsen towns every fall, when the leaves turn fiery and snow crab is in season. But few foreigners find their way here, in part because the journey from ...

Japanese cities to raise ‘onsen tax’ as visitors flock to traditional hot baths. Higher taxes aim to fund conservation efforts and sustain onsen (hot spring) tourism . Maroosha Muzaffar.

Japanese architect Tsubasa Iwahashi has added a new timber house to an existing house in a forest in Okayama, Japan. The ‘hut’ as he calls it, is a comfortable house for two filled with daylight and ...