The onsen resort village in Matsuyama, Shikoku – the smallest of Japan’s four main islands – is touted as the country’s ...

Tsurunoyu Onsen, located at the Nyuto Onsenkyo hot spring resort, retains an old-fashioned air and features compact and cozy open-air baths. A barrier extends from a women’s indoor bathroom into ...

Sitting within Hokkaido’s Shikotsu-Toya National Park, Jozankei Onsen houses several hot spring baths. The first bath opened more than 150 years ago, and people continue to benefit from its sodium ...

The onsen (or hot spring bath) serves as a social hub where entire families or communities gather. Bathers used to head to a public bath, but many homes now have their own onsen. Some take the ...