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Located in Hokkaido Prefecture in northern Japan is Noboribetsu, a prominent resort of hot springs, or "onsen" in Japanese. Seven spring sources produce 3,000 liters of hot water every minute at a ...

00:56 I've been in Japanese onsens before, but they're so different to Icelandic ones. 01:09 In Iceland we don't really believe that onsens or hot springs can heal you. It is famous that the ...

Ginzan Onsen, a popular Japanese hot spring town known for its scenic snowy ... the onsen is one of the most famous in Japan, drawing around 330,000 visitors each year. Travelers from around ...

There are hot springs scattered all over Japan, but not very many have kept ... Kusatsu Onsen was made famous by a German physician to Emperor Meiji, Erwin Balz (1849-1913). Balz was an “oyatoi ...

With more than 100 active volcanoes, Japan has the world’s third-largest geothermal resources, but a powerful industry has steadfastly opposed developing the sector: hot springs. Geothermal ...

The onsen resort village in Matsuyama, Shikoku – the smallest of Japan’s four main islands – is touted as the country’s oldest hot springs. It is here that Japan’s wellness trend took off roughly 3000 ...