The Pokemon Company is teaming up with Kerorin, painkiller company and public bathhouse staple, to release goods featuring Croagunk.

Noboribetsu Onsen is a well-known sightseeing spot in Hokkaido, with tourists from all over Japan and overseas coming to stay at the hotels here. Nothing grows here in this bowl-shaped valley. Just ...

It has been selected as a "Hokkaido Heritage" site to protect it for future generations. From there, walk through the Noboribetsu Onsen neighborhood and climb a gentle slope where you'll smell the ...

From a step-by-step guide about how to take an onsen, to information about what to wear and a few taboos too, it’s time to find out everything you need to know about visiting an onsen in Japan. There ...

From visiting some of Japan’s most impressive castles, to enjoying a traditional onsen experience, enjoying the buzz of one of Japan’s most vibrant cities and taking in one of the most breath-taking ...

ONSEN IN MALLS. An onsen-style bath house of Koshidaka Holdings in Japan. Koshidaka operates bath houses under the Maneki no Yu brand, which it aims to bring to Philippine malls and other locations, ...

UUUM and Game Studio announced Ao Oni: The Horror of Blueberry Onsen, a new game in the Ao Oni horror RPG series for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam. Ao Oni: The Horror of Blueberry Onsen in spring ...

Across Japan, different kinds of public bathing facilities range from onsen (natural hot spring water) to sento (public baths) with added features such as rotenburo (open-air baths) or saunas.

GIFU--Students here are replicating one of Japan’s top hot spring resorts in virtual reality to help foreign visitors learn onsen etiquette online before experiencing the real thing. The three ...

Close to the Snow Monkey Park, foreigner-friendly Yudanaka Onsen in Nagano makes for a great day or overnight hot spring trip.

From being introduced to the works of Rumiko Takahashi as a teenager in the UK, Elliot found himself falling ever deeper into the clutches of Japanese popular culture. It was not until he first ...

What a welcoming name, “Do go!” As suggested, I went. Dogo Onsen is an ancient hot spring spot in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku. The onsen is mentioned in the ancient ...