Japan’s two top onsen chains edo Onsen Monogatari and Yukai Resorts merge, navigating cultural and operational challenges to ...

Wear the yukata to the bath area, undress in the changing room, leave your yukata and belt in the baskets provided. While a ...

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In this stunning pocket of Japan, your days are spent ... warming up in the onsen, or just de-stress in the comfort of your room or cottage. Winter visitors might even see playful snow monkeys ...

NOTO PENINSULA – Soaking in the mineral-rich onsen hot spring water, I let out an involuntary sigh of bliss as the knots in my body loosen after a day of travel. Visiting an onsen is a favourite ...

In 2022, the Kusatsu onsen in Gunma Prefecture toppled Hakone in annual rankings released by the Jalan Research Center, which specializes in tourism and leisure activities. Hakone had held the top ...

[Spoilers for The Monkey ahead.] A campy, gory horror movie starring Theo James is as fun of a time as it sounds. The White Lotus actor gives a stellar performance in director Osgood Perkins ...

Well, here comes another one. The menacing toy of “The Monkey” is right there in the title — more specifically, it’s a medium-sized circus monkey who, when wound up via a key in the back ...

Chris Plante co-founded Polygon in 2012 and is now editor-in-chief. He co-hosts The Besties, is a board member of the Frida Cinema, and created NYU’s first games journalism course. The Monkey is ...