onsen

Definitions

1. A (Japanese) hot spring.
2. A Japanese-style resort hotel at a natural hot spring, offering on-site bathing.

Equivalents

Examples

“The hottest springs in Japan aren't in the north but at the Obama Onsen outside Nagasaki.”

“We stayed at a traditional onsen with tatami, yukata, and kaiseki at Onyang outside Seoul.”

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