Sitting atop a rocky outcrop on Japan’s Izu Peninsula, the pool at Kuroneiwa-buro is so close to the Pacific that the waves are only just out of reach as they crash onto the boulders nearby. The hot ...

Making a creaking sound, the wooden entrance door opens, and Sumie Tamura is standing there with a friendly smile. "Irashaimase" - welcome - she says while bowing gracefully to greet me. Her ...

Soak in the three-Michelin-starred baths of Hyotan Onsen. Learn more about the craft of traditional bamboo weaving by taking a class at the Bamboo Cultural Center. Take a thermal sand bath while ...

Sleek skyscrapers rise beside historic neighborhoods, breathtaking parks, and more than 15 bustling night markets in this traveler-friendly metropolis. As far as East Asia is concerned, Tokyo has long ...

Steam rises from the earth in Beppu, exhaling through the city’s skin. It seeps from street vents, curls through cracks in ...

Several Japanese cities are increasing the "bathing tax" for overnight visitors to onsen (hot spring) resorts, in an attempt to deal with rising tourism. This tax has been raised in regions including ...

Six hot spring resorts in the Tohoku region were among the top 10 of a major travel website’s list of “most recommended onsen ...

“I want to get into a hot tub filled with warm water,” Satoshi Furukawa, Japanese surgeon and astronaut, said in an interview right after his return from the International Space Station in 2011. I can ...

Dalongdong Baoan temple in Taipei, Taiwan. As far as East Asia is concerned, Tokyo has long been considered the de facto aspirational travel destination. But what if I told you that there’s another ...