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Affiliate disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. If you book through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Hakone is where people from Tokyo go when they want hot springs without getting on a plane. It’s close, it’s beautiful, and it’s full of ryokan. But if you’re planning your…
Affiliate disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. If you book through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Most guides treat Hakone as one onsen town. It isn’t. Hakone is a volcanic caldera, and it’s traditionally divided into 17 hot-spring areas, known collectively as the Hakone Seventeen Baths (箱根十七湯)….
Affiliate disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. If you buy through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. You keep seeing the word “ryokan” while planning your Japan trip. Everyone says you have to stay in one. But what actually is it, how is it different from a hotel,…