Tag: onsen

J-List is located in Gunma Prefecture, a ho-hum place 100 km north of Tokyo that's famous for...well, nothing, really. Gunma ...

Since I had the weekend to myself, I decided to pick the farthest onsen I could get to conveniently and ...

Anime, of course, is rife with fun memes that have emerged over the years, passed from creators to fans and ...

There are some things I like about Japan. Drinking a can of hot "corn soup" on the train platform during ...

I started going to a gym to try to get into shape. To be honest, I was kind of undecided ...

I write often about how vague and imprecise the Japanese language can be, and how easy it is for foreigners ...

As you probably know, I love Japan's culture of onsen, bathing in volcanic hot springs. But nothing good in life ...

There are many things I like about Japan, like turning on the kotatsu for the first time in winter, eating ...

One of my favorite weekend activities is hitting an onsen, or hot springs bath, and I'm fortunate that J-List is ...

One thing you have to understand about the Japanese is, they like lists, such as the Three Beautiful Sights of ...

There are a lot of good things about living in Japan. Good food, from sushi to sashimi to Indian curry. ...

The other day I was at the local hot springs bath, washing myself after getting a haircut. (Barber shops located ...

I love Japanese public baths (sento) and hot springs (onsen, pronounced "own-sen"), and have gone with my kids for years. ...

On the weekends I like to go on trips with my family, most often to an onsen (volcanic hot springs) ...

About 100 km south of Tokyo there's an interesting resort town called Atami, whose onsen (volcanic hot spring baths) have ...

Japan can be such a funny place. You could be going along, minding your own business when suddenly, bam, the ...

When a member of one language group learns to speak another language, the laws of phonetics decree that he or ...

If you've read my random musings on Japan for any length of time, you'll know I'm no small fan of ...

The other day I took some time off to hit one of the onsen hot springs located near J-List. My ...

An American friend came to visit me over the weekend, and I drove to the train station to pick him ...

The other day my wife gave me a haircut, since she insists that the place I usually go to -- ...

Tomorrow I'm going on a bit of a vacation to northern Japan with my son, a fun trip that we're ...

You've been in Japan too long when you get a nihongo ga jozu ("you speak Japanese very well") and feel ...

A friend from Italy came to our prefecture for a visit, so I took him to one of my favorite ...