Our explorer visits two old hot springs to learn the significance of bathing to the Japanese spirit. Deep in the mountains of Gunma Prefecture is the town of Kusatsu, its onsen long known for ...

There are hot springs scattered all over Japan ... small establishments to shop and be entertained. I visited Kusatsu Onsen 30 years ago, so I felt a little trepidation about visiting again ...

Tourists adore Kusatsu as an onsen (hot springs) destination; you’ll find over 100 onsen all over the city, equating to around 34,000 liters of acidic and sulfurous water flowing from the earth ...

Kusatsu Onsen town is picture–postcard perfect in both summer or winter. You can bathe in Kusatsu Hot Springs, stay in a ryokan (I recommend this one) and also head along and explore the ...

Takashi Nakazawa, 73, head of the Gunma prefectural onsen association, said how people bathe in hot springs is one of the characteristics of onsen culture in Japan, which boasts about 3,000 hot ...

But the hot springs – called onsen in Japanese – located all over the country are a major business that is beloved by locals and tourists alike. The industry fears that developing geothermal ...