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Hot spring resort in northeastern Japan

Photo taken in December 2024 shows the snow-covered main street in the Ginzan Onsen hot spring resort in Obanazawa in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Hot spring resort in northeastern Japan

A street lined with snow-covered traditional Japanese inns at the Ginzan Onsen hot spring resort is crowded with tourists in Obanazawa in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in January 2025.

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Umekita Onsen (hot spring) Inside Lotus facilities

Inside the Lotus facility, Umekita Onsen. (Taken at the preview.)=March 19,2025,Osaka

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Umekita Onsen Lotus signboard and logo

Umekita Onsen Lotus signboard and logo=March 19,2025,Osaka

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Umekita Onsen (hot spring) Inside Lotus facilities

Inside the Lotus facility, Umekita Onsen. (Taken at the preview.)=March 19,2025,Osaka

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Umekita Onsen (hot spring) Inside Lotus facilities

Inside the Lotus facility, Umekita Onsen. (Taken at the preview.)=March 19,2025,Osaka

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Umekita Onsen Lotus signboard and logo

Umekita Onsen Lotus signboard and logo=March 19,2025,Osaka

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Umekita Onsen (hot spring) Inside Lotus facilities

Inside the Lotus facility, Umekita Onsen. (Taken at the preview.)=March 19,2025,Osaka

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3 dead in possible gas poisoning near Japan hot spring resort

Police officers are seen after descending on Feb. 18, 2025, from an area with a high concentration of toxic gas where the manager and two employees of a hotel in the Takayu Onsen hot spring resort in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, were found dead.

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3 dead in possible gas poisoning near Japan hot spring resort

Police officers descend on Feb. 18, 2025, from an area with a high concentration of toxic gas where the manager and two employees of a hotel in the Takayu Onsen hot spring resort in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, were found dead.

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Hot spring resort in northeastern Japan

Ginzan Onsen hot spring resort is snow-covered in Obanazawa in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Hot spring resort in northeastern Japan

Ginzan Onsen hot spring resort is snow-covered in Obanazawa in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 23, 2024.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the Tama-no-yu bathing area for men in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the Botchan-no-ma Room, named after a famous book written by Japanese novelist Natsume Soseki (1867-1916), in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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[Breaking News]Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

MATSUYAMA, Japan, July 11 Kyodo - People wait in line at the entrance of the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan in the early morning of July 11, 2024, as the bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations the same day after about five and a half years of repairs. (Kyodo)

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the Tama-no-yu bathing area for women in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, which is listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of renovation work.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the Kami-no-yu bathing area for men in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, which is listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the Kami-no-yu bathing area for men in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, which is listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the Kami-no-yu bathing area for men in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, which is listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

People celebrate the full resumption of operations for the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse on July 10, 2024, in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture in western Japan, after about five and a half years of repairs. The bathhouse is listed as property of national cultural significance.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows a private room called "the Soaring Room" in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the Second-floor Hall of the Kami-no-yu bathing area, a lounge used after bathing, in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, listed as property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

People wait in line at the entrance of the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan in the early morning of July 11, 2024, as the bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations the same day after about five and a half years of repairs.(Kyodo)

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

People wait in line at the entrance of the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan in the early morning of July 11, 2024, as the bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations the same day after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

People wait in line at the entrance of the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan in the early morning of July 11, 2024, as the bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations the same day after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse to fully resume operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows Yushinden reserved for use by members of Japan's imperial family in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, which is listed as a property of national cultural significance, is scheduled to resume full operations on 11 July after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse to fully resume operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows Yushinden reserved for use by members of Japan's imperial family in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, which is listed as a property of national cultural significance, is scheduled to resume full operations on 11 July after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse to fully resume operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows Shirasagi-no-Ma private room in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, which is listed as a property of national cultural significance, is scheduled to resume full operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse to fully resume operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, is scheduled to fully resume operating on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse to fully resume operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, is scheduled to fully resume operating on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse to fully resume operations

Photo taken on July 1, 2024, shows the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, deemed a property of national cultural importance, is slated to fully resume operations on July 11 following repair work that lasted about five and a half years.

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Hot spring resort in Yamagata Pref.

Traditional Japanese inns are seen clustered alongside a river in the Ginzan Onsen hot spring resort in Obanazawa in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 22, 2024.

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Hot spring resort in Yamagata Pref.

Traditional Japanese inns are seen clustered alongside a river in the Ginzan Onsen hot spring resort in Obanazawa in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 22, 2024.

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Hot spring facility resumes service in quake-hit central Japan resort

Photo taken on March 26, 2024, shows a public bath in the Wakura Onsen hot spring resort in Nanao in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, as its service resumes the same day following a strong earthquake that hit the Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

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Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

Hot spring inn employees see off the departure of a shinkansen bullet train at JR Kaga Onsen Station in Kaga in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on March 16, 2024, as a shinkansen service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa -- starts the same day.

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Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stretches through Fukui Pref.

Women clad in kimono welcome the arrival of passengers at JR Kaga Onsen Station in Kaga in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on March 16, 2024, as a shinkansen bullet train service between Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, and Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture -- a new extended route of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, previously linking Tokyo with Kanazawa -- starts the same day.

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Feline stationmaster in Fukushima Pref.

Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2023, shows Sakura, a female cat who was appointed as the third-generation honorary stationmaster of Aizu Railway Co.'s Ashinomaki Onsen Station in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, the same day, replacing her brother who died in October 2022.

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Feline stationmaster in Fukushima Pref.

Photo taken on Nov. 5, 2023, shows Sakura, a female cat who was appointed as the third-generation honorary stationmaster of Aizu Railway Co.'s Ashinomaki Onsen Station in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, the same day, replacing her brother who died in October 2022.

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Ski trip led by PM's wife seeks to have middle-agers return to slopes

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Feb. 26, 2014, shows Yamagata Zao Onsen Ski Resort in Yamagata Prefecture. A ski event at the resort open to the general public is planned in early 2015 to revive the popularity of skiing.

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Year-end clean-up held at Dogo Onsen Honkan

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Workers engage in year-end clean-up operations at the Dogo Onsen Honkan, a time-honored wooden hot spring facility in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 2, 2014.

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'Rakugo' comic storyteller speaks at famed resort

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Popular "rakugo" comic storyteller Katsura Bunshi presents one of his original tales at Dogo Onsen Honkan, an old wooden public bathhouse, on Oct. 24, 2014, in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the renovation of the bathhouse dating back to 1894.

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'Rakugo' comic storyteller speaks on famed spa resort

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Popular "Rakugo" comic storyteller Katsura Bunshi performs his original tale titled "Let's go to Dogo Onsen," one of Japan's oldest and most famous hot springs in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2014, to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the renovation of the Dogo Onsen Honkan wooden public bathhouse dating back to 1894.

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Ceremony held to mark start of train from relocated station

MAEBASHI, Japan - A ceremony is held on Oct. 1, 2014, to mark the start of a train run from the relocated Kawarayu Onsen Station on East Japan Railway Co.'s Agatsuma Line in Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan. The original station will be submerged due to the controversial Yamba Dam construction project.

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People wait to buy admission tickets for relocated station

MAEBASHI, Japan - People wait in line to buy commemorative admission tickets for the relocated Kawarayu Onsen Station on East Japan Railway Co.'s Agatsuma Line in Naganohara, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 1, 2014. The original station will be submerged due to the controversial Yamba Dam construction project.

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Kitten named 'apprentice attendant' at rail station

AIZUWAKAMATSU, Japan - Michiko Kobayashi, manager of Aizu Railway Co.'s Ashinomaki Onsen Station in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, holds a kitten appointed as an "apprentice attendant" on July 28, 2014. She hopes the kitten will succeed an aging "cat stationmaster" in the near future.

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Kitten named 'apprentice attendant' at rail station

AIZUWAKAMATSU, Japan - A kitten named an "apprentice attendant" at Aizu Railway Co.'s Ashinomaki Onsen Station in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, sits on a bench on July 28, 2014.

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Logo for promoting Kyushu's hot springs unveiled

OITA, Japan - A unified logo (L) for promoting abroad sightseeing and "onsen" hot springs in particular in seven prefectures in Kyushu, Japan's southwestern region, is seen on June 3, 2014, at a press conference held in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, by the Kyushu regional strategic conference comprising governors in Kyushu and economic organizations.

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Reed screens hung over bathhouse windows ahead of summer

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Reed screens are hung over windows of the Dogo Onsen Honkan building, a time-honored wooden bathhouse, ahead of the summer season in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on June 2, 2014.

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Dogo Onsen art festival begins

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Dogo Onsen Honkan, the main building of the Dogo Onsen hot springs resort in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, is covered with artificially created fog on April 10, 2014, as the Dogo Onsenart 2014 art festival began to commemorate the 120th anniversary of its renovation.

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Sculptor Bourgeat's work at spa facility in Dogo Onsen

MATSUYAMA, Japan - French sculptor Lilian Bourgeat stands in front of his huge work at a spa facility in the Dogo Onsen hot springs resort in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on April 8, 2914, before the opening of the Dogo Onsenart 2014 art festival on April 10.