One of Japan's top luxury hotel firms will open an "onsen" hot spring resort in upstate New York that it says will be the first Japanese-run venture of its kind in the United States. Japanese onsens - ...

TOKYO, Japan — One of Japan's top luxury hotel firms will open an "onsen" hot spring resort in upstate New York that it says will be the first Japanese-run venture of its kind in the United States.

Tucked deep in the mountains of Japan’s Yamanashi prefecture, the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan has tatami floors, kimono-sporting staff and signs in handwritten calligraphy. It feels like time has stood ...

Local hotelier Kairakuso Ltd on Thursday opened a new hotel in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture. The opening of the hotel, Ofunato Onsen, was made possible through a contribution of 50 million yen in loan ...

The hotel industry goes back way further than you might think. Sure, there are classic properties in historic cities such as Paris and Rome. But in Japan, there's an inn that surpasses those places by ...

CHIKUSHINO, Fukuoka Prefecture--A long-standing onsen inn here is in hot water after being found to have violated a prefectural ordinance. The Futsukaichi Onsen Daimaru Besso inn only changed the ...