Visiting an onsen is a popular thing to do while visiting Japan. There's one city that's most famous for its thermal baths and it's nowhere near Tokyo.

This file photo shows the hot spring resort town of Kusatsu in Gunma Prefecture bustling with tourists in February 2018. (Kyodo) SAGA, Japan (Kyodo ... but hot springs remain operational ...

What's more, Japan is famous for its steaming hot springs, with more than 17,000 of them around the country. From his home in Kyoto Prefecture, poet and literary translator Peter MacMillan guides ...

Couples should make a point to stay in a Ryokan Japanese inn. Many Ryokans in Kyoto offer private onsens (hot springs) where you can relax in a natural, intimate setting. One of the best options ...

Hit the beach and unwind in hot springs in two of Japan's seaside towns ... Osaka and the World Heritage temples and shrines of Kyoto, Shirahama and Kushimoto are a different world – ideal ...

Japan has long featured on European bucket ... while the region’s hot springs provide the perfect way to unwind after a day on the slopes. One of the most unique aspects of Hokuriku’s ...

SAGA, (Japan): (Bernama-Kyodo ... "Water levels are falling, but hot springs remain operational," Daisuke Murakami, mayor of Ureshino in Saga Prefecture on the southwestern island of Kyushu ...