Area Toon City Toon City, pronounced Tō-on, is a city in name only. There’s no built-up center to it at all, which may seem strange to people who are used to the conventional meanings of words. But in Japa..
Activities Kuju Flower Park Mandy Bartok from Kumamoto's Aso region and the steaming hot springs of Kurokawa Onsen... just a short drive north of the Mt Aso region and due east from Kurokawa Onsen
Beauty & Spa Shinetsu Trail, Part 1 Rowland Douglas arrived on the overnight flight from Singapore and made our way to Nozawa Onsen... and, stopping for a quick photo opportunity from the sunshine of Nozawa Onsen
15 Honganji East Annex in Yoshizaki Takako Sakamoto It's about a 15-minute taxi ride from JR Awara Onsen Station.
6 Activities Winter in the Mt Aso region Mandy Bartok Beppu plies this route every day, stopping off in Aso Town and Kurokawa Onsen
Beauty & Spa Naspa Ski Garden in Yuzawa Alena Eckelmann Yuzawa Onsen has 16 ski resorts, about 30 hotspring baths and numerous hotels, pension, ski lodges and ryokan (traditional Japanese inn) Naspa Ski Garden