I’ve picked up a few personal onsen tips; mostly just small observations from someone who genuinely loves soaking in hot water.…
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Hello from the JR Limited Express, somewhere between Kyoto and Kinosaki Onsen. We just paid for two tickets from Fukuoka to Tokyo because every possible train combination was fully booked. I could be annoyed about it—especially since we have a country-wide JR Pass—but I decided to lean into gratitude instead. “At least we can…
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"What is Onsen Tamago?" he followed me down the short steps. "You know, onsen egg — egg you make by boiling in the hot spring water!".…
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Tsuboyu Onsen ins the only UNESCO World Heritage site hot spring in the world, located in Yumino Onsen town in Wakayama prefecture, Japan.…
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Of the many parts of Japanese culture I have come to appreciate, Onsen might be on top of the list. I remember hanging out with a tourist couple on my last Japan trip. It was their first day, and the wife asked me what was the one thing she shouldn’t miss to experience in…
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