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Gifu

Gero Onsen

Gero Onsen - One of Japan's Three Great Hot Spring Towns

One of Japan's three great onsen towns alongside Kusatsu and Arima, celebrated for its silky alka...

Gifu, Japan
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Oita

Beppu Onsen

Hot Springs City

Japan's most prolific hot spring city with more sources than anywhere else, famous for the specta...

Beppu, Oita, Japan
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Saga

Takeo Onsen

1,300-Year-Old Hot Spring with Vermillion Gate

Ancient hot spring town with a striking vermillion gate designed by the architect of Tokyo Statio...

Takeo, Saga, Japan
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Akita

Nyuto Onsen

A secluded collection of seven rustic hot spring inns deep in the mountains near Lake Tazawa, Nyu...

Senboku, Akita, Japan
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Fukui

Awara Onsen

One of Hokuriku's most famous hot spring towns, known as the 'parlor of the Kansai region' for ov...

Awara, Fukui, Japan
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Yamagata

Ginzan Onsen

Gaslit Hot Spring Village

A fairytale-like hot spring town with Taisho-era wooden ryokan lining a river gorge, magical when...

Obanazawa, Yamagata, Japan
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Kumamoto

Kurokawa Onsen

Kurokawa Onsen - Atmospheric Mountain Hot Spring Village

A mountain onsen village in a wooded valley near Mount Aso, loved for its traditional atmosphere ...

Minamioguni, Kumamoto, Japan
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Saga

Ureshino Onsen

One of Japan's Three Great Beauty Hot Springs

One of Japan's top three beauty hot springs known for smooth, silky waters that are said to make ...

Ureshino, Saga, Japan
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Gunma

Takaragawa Onsen

Japan's Largest Open-Air Baths Along a Mountain River

Famous for having some of Japan's largest mixed-gender open-air baths set along the Takara River ...

Minakami, Gunma, Japan
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Tottori

Misasa Onsen

Set in a peaceful river valley, Misasa Onsen has welcomed weary travelers for 850 years with its ...

Tottori, Japan
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Wakayama

Ryujin Onsen

Hot Spring Town Among Japan's Three Beauty Waters

A mountain hot spring town in the former Ryujin village of Tanabe, counted among Japan's three be...

Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan
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Yamagata

Zao Onsen

Snow Monsters and Crater Lake Hot Springs

A mountain hot spring town famous for spectacular snow monster formations in winter and the emera...

Yamagata, Japan
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Nagano

Bessho Onsen

Historic Hot Spring Town Known as the Kamakura of Shinshu

A historic hot spring town outside Ueda City, nicknamed the Kamakura of Shinshu for its concentra...

Ueda, Nagano, Japan
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Toyama

Unazuki Onsen

Hot Spring Town and Gateway to the Kurobe Gorge

A hot spring resort town in Kurobe that serves as the starting point for the Kurobe Gorge Railway.

Kurobe, Toyama, Japan
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Miyagi

Akiu Onsen

A Historic Hot Spring Valley Just Outside Sendai

One of Japan's oldest hot spring resorts, set in a scenic river valley just 30 minutes from Senda...

Sendai, Miyagi, Japan