The best hotel spas in Tokyo offer everything from traditional onsen experiences to advanced facials. Here's our guide to the ...

From visiting a rural onsen to losing yourself in under the neon lights of an arcade, these are the best experiences in Japan ...

Let's go and see what all the different accommodations in Japan are like, from capsule hotels to ryokans to AirBNBs. Right ...

This place was WORTH the adventure to get there! Here's how I spent 2 incredible nights at the most luxurious hotel in ...

Kai Kusatsu will start taking reservations from Q4 this year. Last year, Hoshino Resorts announced its debut US resort, a 40-key onsen ryokan in Sharon Springs, New York – which is due to open in 2028 ...

IZUNOKUNI, Shizuoka — As I walked down a narrow path on the edge of an onsen spa town in Izunokuni ... the city is home to 39 hotels and ryokan inns, which received about 600,000 guests in fiscal 2023 ...

Certain kinds of accommodation offer a window into the national soul. Step onto the flagstones of an ancient English inn, into the pine-panelled cosiness of an Alpine rifugio or beyond the gates ...

Public onsen: Towns often have public bathhouses. Before indoor plumbing became widespread, these would have been locals’ only place to wash. They are divided into men’s and women’s sections, and you ...

Japan’s Izu Peninsula is located in Shizuoka Prefecture, around 100km southwest of ... while culture lovers can get to know Japan through its temples, shrines, onsen and ryokans (traditional Japanese ...

The area is home to an onsen town of some of the country’s highest quality thermal water - but without the crowds - and traditional accommodation at ‘ryokans’ (inns). “Made up of two areas ...

offering breathtaking views and passing atmospheric hot-spring – onsen – towns along the way. This family adventure was to begin in Kumamoto in western Kyushu, from where I, guided by my wife ...

During your stay, a stroll around the beautifully preserved district is a must, but the ryokan can also arrange ... And while communal onsen are available, there’s also a private option with ...