Nothing feels more rejuvenating after a strenuous hike than a long soak in a natural hot spring. Luckily, there are places in ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. woman in Japan After visiting Japan for the first time in 2018 with a group of college friends, I was excited to return in ...

Forming part of the Kii Peninsula, and just a few hours south of Osaka, Wakayama invites travellers to slow down and reconnect — not just with Japan, but with themselves. Mount Kōya (Kōyasan): ...

It’s 5am and I’m naked on a mountainside. Night still holds sway over the sky, the air is thick with steam, and a single bead of sweat runs slowly down the back of my neck. The onsen (hot spring) I’m ...

Soak in the three-Michelin-starred baths of Hyotan Onsen. Learn more about the craft of traditional bamboo weaving by taking a class at the Bamboo Cultural Center. Take a thermal sand bath while ...