Editor’s Note: This story, and several others on Hokkaido, complement the CNNGo TV series. See more of the show here: www.cnn.com/gotravel Japan’s northern island ...

Two of the best ways to experience the pleasures of rural Japan are a long hike and a leisurely dip in a hot spring, or onsen, as they’re called in Japanese. With the country’s chains of volcanic ...

Yunokawa Onsen, in the southern Hokkaido metropolitan area of Hakodate, is one of the top hot springs resorts in Hokkaido. Although its founding history dates back earlier, this region exploded in ...

JZK? That sounds like an airport code, but it’s what I saw in several pamphlets referring to Jozankei, a hot spring resort area in Hokkaido near Sapporo, located within Shikotsu-Toya National Park.

Teshikaga, Hokkaido – In the heart of eastern Hokkaido’s Akan-Mashu National Park, steam rises from a narrow river as it cuts through Kawayu Onsen, a hot spring town slowly fading into the forest.

Winter in Niseko, Hokkaido is utopia for many of the skiers and snowboarders drawn to the Japanese town by its picturesque mountains and ski resorts, its fresh “Japow” snow and delicious cuisine (even ...

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Noboribetsu Onsen is Hokkaido's most famous spa. The town claims that some 34,300 gallons of geothermally heated water are pumped out every hour, making it the most prodigious hot spring in Asia.

Japan has finally reopened its borders to tourists. The following extract is reproduced with permission from Lonely Planet © 2021 . Natural hot springs or onsen can ...

Editor’s Note: This story, and several others on Hokkaido, complement the CNNGo TV series. See more of the show here: www.cnn.com/gotravel Japan’s northern island ...