There's this thing about outdoor hot springs: they're always better when they're private and attached to your bedroom. Finally, somebody gets it... That somebody: KAI Sengokuhara, a 16-room ryokan ...

There's nothing quite like coastal Japan—I love waking up to island-dotted bays and gentle sea breezes. In this particular town, though, the landscape is peppered with tendrils of steam and mist that ...

“Your fate lies at the snowy base of a dormant volcano.” That kind of sounds like an old Japanese proverb. But also like something we’d just make up for convenience. Either way, get yourself to Ki ...

A cornerstone of Japanese culture, onsen runs the gamut—but these experiences take hot-spring soaks to a whole new level.