It’s a 300-year-old onsen town in Japan’s mountainous Yamagata region, lined with traditional inns and Edo-period wooden ryokan shopfronts which are cosily lit with warm street lamps ...

The 17 governors have established an association to concentrate their efforts to push for UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage status for Japan’s onsen culture. “We want to win the status ...

known for being among Japan’s most scenic, weaves through the mountainous interior of its third-largest island, offering breathtaking views and passing atmospheric hot-spring – onsen – towns ...