Japan’s most rustic hot spring resort in the mountains of North Tohoku.
Nyuto Onsen is one of the most rustic hot spring bathing areas in Japan. A collection of half a dozen small onsen ryokan high in the mountains, it is as if you entered a time machine when leaving Tokyo; ramshackle wooden buildings, steaming puddles of milk water, locals quietly making their way between bathhouses dressed in yukata robes and wooden geta sandals as people have done for hundreds of years.