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It was a cold February day in northern Japan, snow piled high outside the onsen locker room windows as I slipped out of my clothes. Nervously, I stepped into the plumes of steam wafting from the next ...

It was a very long summer (year, maybe). The temperatures will soon begin to calm down, gradually paving the way to the much anticipated and stunningly gorgeous autumn. With the new season of course ...

Sakunami Onsen is one of the main hot-spring Areas in Sendai City, in Miyagi Prefecture. Alongside great hot-spring inns, there are many great restaurants, traditional-crafts shops, and scenic spots.

It has been quite a while since we last travelled. Some of us might even have difficulties deciding how to spend our annual leave that has been rolled over last year… Besides going for staycations and ...