The Irohazaka slope winds through the fall foliage in this Nov. 1, 2020, file photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter in Nikko ... the fiscal 2025 budget. (Japanese original by Hiroko ...

The couple, who discovered Kinugawa Onsen when searching for a place to experience Japanese ryokan around Nikko, were impressed with what they saw, praising the beautiful autumnal foliage.

The city of Nikko, in Tochigi Prefecture, lying around 120 kilometers north of Tokyo, is one of Japan's leading tourist destinations. Nikko includes many popular sites including the Nikko Toshogu ...

It’s a 300-year-old onsen town in Japan’s mountainous Yamagata region, lined with traditional inns and Edo-period wooden ryokan shopfronts which are cosily lit with warm street lamps ...

Beppu, southeast of Fukuoka, is a top hot springs destination with the most onsen sources in Japan. Its unique feature ... drinks until late at night. Visit Nikko to see a UNESCO World Heritage ...

Kinosaki Onsen is a small town faces the Sea of Japan to its north, and is spread out between mountains. It is a hot spring, or an "onsen" resort in Hyogo Prefecture. About 100 "ryokan" or ...

known for being among Japan’s most scenic, weaves through the mountainous interior of its third-largest island, offering breathtaking views and passing atmospheric hot-spring – onsen – towns ...

The excursion service will operate in a different area each season in western Japan. For its debut, it will run between Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture and Kinosaki-Onsen Station in Hyogo ...

The test, the first of its kind in Japan, is expected to ... between Shimo-Imaichi and Tobu-Nikko stations and between Shimo-Imaichi and Kinugawa-Onsen stations in 2022. DL Taiju refers to the ...