• Yamagata

Travel back in time to classical Japan in Ginzan Onsen! The town is home to wooden hot s…

• Akita

Nyuto Onsenkyo is a popular hidden hot spring area home to seven hot spring inns each wi…

• Aomori

Known as “Hiba Sennin Buro” (the 1,000 person bath), Sukayu Onsen is a tradi…

• Fukushima

Higashiyama Onsen is one of three renowned hot springs in Tohoku along with Kaminoyama O…

• Aomori

The scenic local “Aoimori Railway” line connects Aomori and the hot spring t…

• Miyagi

Sakunami Onsen is a popular hot spring town on the outskirts of Sendai. The springs are …

• Multiple Areas

Mount Hachimantai is a mountainous plateau rising 1,613m above sea level stretching over…

• Niigata

Tsukioka Onsen is famed for its rich sulphuric water with one of the highest sulphur con…

• Akita

Oyasukyo Gorge was formed through fluvial erosion over thousands of years. A walking pat…

• Yamagata

Zao Onsen features abundant sulphuric hot spring water with strong acidity. The town&rsq…

• Fukushima

This is a famous hot spring that has been used for over a thousand years. Together with …

• Fukushima

Ashinomaki Onsen is proud of its beautiful valley and natural hot spring with abundant h…

• Iwate

This hot spring area lies along Route 342 that leads from Ichinoseki city through to Aki…

• Miyagi

The Jigokudani Walking Trail is a hidden gem nestled in the Onikobe Onsen district. Whil…

• Yamagata

Hanesawa Onsen is located among the mountains approximately 30 minutes by car from JR Sh…

• Fukushima

Iizaka Onsen was one of three popular hot springs in the ancient Oshu region along with …

• Niigata

Iwamuro Onsen is quiet retreat from Niigata City and a hot spring area with more than 30…

• Akita

Tamagawa Onsen is unique in Japan for two reasons. The first is that it is the source of…

• Yamagata

Akayu Onsen has been open for around 920 years. It was visited by the feudal lord of the…

• Akita

Kawarage Jigoku is one of the three major sacred places in Japan, along with Mt. Osore i…

• Miyagi

With over 400 years of history, Togatta Onsen has long been popular with people seeking …

• Niigata

Senami Onsen is a famous hot spring resort just 10 minutes by car from Murakami Station.…

• Iwate

With 1,200 years of history, Osawa Onsen is popular with people coming both for its seas…

• Yamagata

Tendo is the largest producer of shogi pieces in Japan. Title matches featuring professi…

• Akita

Kuroyu Onsen is a hidden hot spring located deep in the mountains surrounding Nyuto Onse…

• Fukushima

Takayu Onsen is a hot spring town nestled in the Azuma Mountains. Visitors can enjoy nin…

• Miyagi

With more than 1,000 years of history, Naruko Onsen-kyo consists of a group of five Onse…

• Akita

The Oga Peninsula is the home of the strange creatures known as Namahage, demons with te…

• Akita

Ganiba Onsen was named after the crabs living in the nearby stream. The Onsen is popular…

• Fukushima

Dake Onsen is a hot spring village on an invigorating plateau at the foot of Mt. Adatara…

• Fukushima

It is said by the local people that Maezawa Magariya Shuraku is a community opened by Ai…

• Aomori

This hot spring inn has various baths including the famous “Apple Bath” as w…

• Iwate

Toshichi Onsen is located 1,400m above sea level in Tohoku’s highest mountainous a…

• Aomori

"Yagen Onsen is said to have derived its name from the similarity that the place wh…

• Akita

Ookama Onsen is a hot spring housed in a reconstructed school building. The Nyuto Onsen …

• Yamagata

Sakuranbo Higashine Onsen is a rural hot spring district. You can look out to mountains …

• Miyagi

• Akita

Tsuru-no-Yu Onsen is the oldest hot spring in Nyuto Onsenkyo and used to be a spa resort…

• Akita

Oku-Oyasukyo Ooyu Onsen is where hot springs and clouds of steam well up in a deep mount…

• Miyagi

A hot spring resort dotted with five inns with a spring at the bottom of the valley at t…