Monaca today announced Onsen UI 2.0, a UI framework and tools for building HTML5-based native mobile apps, is now JavaScript framework-agnostic, having broken from its AngularJS dependency roots. The ...

Guru Guru Onsen 2 (ぐるぐる温泉2) is a table game for the Sega Dreamcast and Windows PCs, the Windows version appropriately being titled Guru Guru Onsen 2 for Windows (ぐるぐる温泉2 for Windows). Japanese game ...

If you put the disc in a CD player, one of the tracks will play a message in Japanese. It's from Nakai-san, the hostess in the game. She welcomes you to the onsen, but says the disc is exclusive to ...

Japan’s hot springs rising to must-visit status for international visitors might be a relatively recent development, but within Japan taking a trip to take a dip in geothermally heated water has been ...

At the top of our list of tattoo-friendly onsen in Kansai is the town of Kinosaki Onsen, on the northern coast of Hyogo Prefecture. This town has been a popular spot for a relaxing getaway, and its ...

Plenty of foreign visitors could make use of a journey up to Onsenji. Or at least, the Onsenji of old. This Buddhist temple sits in the pine forest midway up Mount Daishi, overlooking the spa town of ...