HokkaidoHot SpringsNoboribetsu
Noboribetsu Jigokudani
The remains of an explosion crater 450 metres across. Nine kinds of spring water rise here.
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HokkaidoHot SpringsTowada
Oirase Stream
A stream about 14 kilometres long flowing out of Lake Towada. Autumn foliage is the best season.
MiyagiHot Springs
MiyagiHot SpringsSendai
Akiu Onsen
A bathing place of the Date family, counted among the three imperial hot springs of Japan.
Kazuno
Goshogake Onsen
A hot-spring healing retreat remaining in Hachimantai. Its name comes from a legend of a person who prayed for peace in the next life.
AkitaHot SpringsSemboku
Nyuto Onsen
Seven hot springs scattered through the valley. Tsuru-no-yu keeps its thatched Edo-period lodging.
YamagataHot SpringsObanazawa
Ginzan Onsen
Wooden inns from the Taisho era line both banks of the river. Gas lamps are lit at night.
YamagataHot Springs
FukushimaHot Springs
TochigiHot Springs
TochigiHot SpringsNikko
Yumoto Onsen
A sulphur spring said to have been found by the monk Shodo, who opened Nikko.
GunmaHot Springs
GunmaHot SpringsShibukawa
Ikaho Stone Steps
Three hundred and sixty-five stone steps. A town that grew out of a design for dividing the hot water evenly.
GunmaHot Springs
GunmaHot SpringsTsumagoi
Manza Onsen
At 1,800 metres. Its hydrogen sulphide content is among the highest in Japan.
GunmaHot SpringsNakanojo
Shima Onsen
The name says it cures forty thousand ailments. The original bathhouse at Sekizenkan is among the oldest hot-spring inn buildings in Japan.
KanagawaHot Springs
KanagawaHot SpringsYugawara
Yugawara Onsen
An old spring sung of in the Manyoshu. Natsume Soseki and Kunikida Doppo stayed here.
NiigataHot SpringsYuzawa
Echigo-Yuzawa
The setting of Kawabata Yasunari's Snow Country. The hot spring on the far side of the tunnel.
IshikawaHot SpringsKaga
Kaga Onsen
The Kaga hot spring district. Basho called Yamanaka one of the three finest springs of Japan.
YamanashiHot SpringsFuefuki
Isawa Onsen
It sprang up suddenly out of a vineyard, and was called the open-air spring.
NaganoHot SpringsUeda
Bessho Onsen
The Kamakura of Shinshu. Kitamuki Kannon and the National Treasure octagonal pagoda stand close together.
GifuHot SpringsGero
Gero Onsen
One of the three finest springs of Japan. Hayashi Razan set it beside Arima and Kusatsu.