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Kyogoku Fukidashi Water Park

Kyogoku Fukidashi Water Park

Matt Stormont

Apart from snow and onsens (hot springs), another of the natural gifts that the Niseko area has been blessed with is an abundance of mineral drinking water

Hokkaido
Komako-no-yu, Yuzawa

Komako-no-yu, Yuzawa

Rufus Starbuck

Komako-no-yu is a public onsen in Yuzawa town which takes its name from the female geisha in the novel "Snow Country"

Niigata
Tanuki Yu

Tanuki Yu

Stacey Lin

Onsen with natural water, free range chicken meal, & beautiful tanuki statues in the mountains!

Kagoshima 2
A Hot Spring Bath at 700 Meters

A Hot Spring Bath at 700 Meters

Robert Grey

700 meters, you won't find many hot spring baths in Japan so far above sea level, and few will offer the breathtaking scenery to be had at Maguse Onsen

Nagano
Echigo-Yuzawa

Echigo-Yuzawa

Alena Eckelmann

days gone by but nowadays snow is the main source of earnings in Yuzawa Onsen... will be spoiled for choice as there are sixteen ski resorts in Yuzawa Onsen

Niigata 2
Netsu no Yu

Netsu no Yu

Hannah Morse

stands out with beautiful stained glass of scenes depicting an age-old onsen... literally meaning “hot water rubbing,” is performed to cool down the onsen

Gunma 2