Thermal baths in Japan

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The stone-paved outdoor bath at Hyotan Onsen in Beppu, with its timber pergola and the dark wooden bath house

Thermal bath

Hyotan Onsen

Beppu, Oita

Outdoor pools

The canal at Kinosaki Onsen with its arched stone bridge and the wooden ryokan fronts lining the water under willows

Thermal bath

Kinosaki Onsen

Kinosaki, Toyooka

Outdoor pools

The timber bath house at Otaki no Yu in Kusatsu, its row of wooden tubs on a plank floor

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Otaki no Yu

Kusatsu, Gunma

Sauna
Outdoor pools

Riverside onsen at dusk, timber ryokan buildings lit above milky rock-lined bathing pools and a stone lantern by the water.

Thermal bath

Takaragawa Onsen

Minakami, Gunma

Outdoor pools

The Kin no Yu bath house in Arima Onsen seen along the street, with maples turning red in front of it

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Kin no Yu

Arima, Kobe

The tiled indoor bathing hall at Dai-ichi Takimotokan in Noboribetsu, with square columns and hanging globe lamps

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Dai-ichi Takimotokan

Noboribetsu, Hokkaido

Sauna
Outdoor pools

The pool hall at Yunessun in Hakone under its painted sky-and-cloud ceiling

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Hakone Kowakien Yunessun

Hakone, Kanagawa

Water slides
Sauna
Outdoor pools

The historic three-storey wooden Dogo Onsen bathhouse lit at dusk, its heron-topped turret rising against a deep-blue sky.

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Dogo Onsen Honkan

Matsuyama, Ehime

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