This national park known as the "Playground of the Gods" in Japan is a outdoor-loving travelers paradise with gorgeous ...

Japanese hot springs—better known as onsens—are prized ... from Ureshino in the west to Niseko on the northern island of Hokkaido, said researcher Akihiro Otsuka of the Chuo Onsen Research ...

At the late age of 48, he traveled to Ezo (Hokkaido), where the Ainu people introduced him to the hot springs that would later be named after him. So, who really discovered the onsen? I would say ...