Hoshino, the fourth generation in his family to run the company, had made it his personal goal to bring Japanese hot spring resorts, also known as onsen ryokans, to North America, provided there ...

Shirabu Onsen, while small, packs a lot of rural charm. The town is made up of a handful of residential dwellings and ryokan (traditional Japanese inns). The oldest is Nishiya, a stunning ...

Hoshino Resorts plans to build a traditional Japanese inn or “ryokan,” which are often built around indoor and outdoor mineral water and hot springs, known as “onsen” in Japanese.

TOBA, Mie Prefecture--Although it doesn't sound like anything out of the ordinary, a traditional ryokan inn complete with an onsen facility that opened in the Kuzakicho district here is much more ...