Japan is famously known for its hot springs, or onsen, which provide a peaceful retreat from the city chaos. While famous ...

But few places embody the rich onsen tradition as perfectly as Beppu, a beautiful mountain city on the southern island of ...

The dessert is cooked in the steam of hot spring water that is available at the Myoban onsen resort in Beppu, Oita Prefecture. “Its bitter caramel sauce and rich flavor (of the custard ...

I’m not entirely sure of their appreciation of onsen etiquette, however. Japanese hot springs in Beppu, Japan. Photo: Samuel Berner Beppu also has open-air baths, known as rotenburo, some of ...

The Takaosou Inn's prices start at about 13,000 yen ($137) for solo travellers, including dinner and breakfast.

Steam-shrouded Kannawa is a district within onsen city Beppu in Oita prefecture, which abounds with more hot springs than anywhere else in Japan. With its nostalgic bathhouses, local delicacies ...

We meet a cat who fearlessly patrols crocodile enclosures heated by onsen steam. At a shopping arcade, we encounter early rising cats and a tengu statue. We even meet cats who enjoy billiards!

Oita Prefecture in Kyushu has the largest number of sources for hot springs in Japan. In onsen-rich Beppu in the prefecture, the bathing tax was raised in fiscal 2019 to protect hot spring ...