An onsen is a traditional Japanese hot spring, featuring baths that are fuelled by geothermal activity beneath the Earth's surface. These baths, which can be found all over Japan due to the country's ...

Kyushu is Japan’s third-largest island, and yet hardly anyone I know has been. It’s a total shame, because the region is packed with endless greenery, steamy hot springs, terraced rice fields, and ...

A cabin in the mountains with a private hot spring sounds like just the ticket right about now. Welcome to Little Onsen ...

The hot spring town of Kinosaki Onsen in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, has made leaps and bounds in recent years as a destination of choice for international visitors to Japan, jumping to the top of many ...

It’s an issue that bothers me on a recent visit to Japan, where I lived in my late teens and early twenties. My body is botched with scars (hello, caesarean sections) and one breast is smaller than ...