CHIKUSHINO, Fukuoka Prefecture--A long-standing onsen inn here is in hot water after being found to have violated a prefectural ordinance. The Futsukaichi Onsen Daimaru Besso inn only changed the ...

CHIKUSHINO, Fukuoka Prefecture--The former president of a century-old onsen inn under fire for only replacing its bathwater twice a year was found dead on March 12, just days after police searched ...

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

There are two affiliated onsen on my itinerary hitlist, one atop a high-rise urban ryokan-style hotel and the other at a hot springs resort in northwest Japan. The first is at HOSHINOYA Tokyo ...