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[[File:Guidebook to Hakone 1811a.jpg|thumb|Guidebook to [[Hakone]] from 1811]]

[[File:Onsen-rotenburo-winter2014.ogv|thumb|thumbtime=9|A video showcasing the stool and shower used for cleaning off, an inside pool and an outside pool.]]

 

An {{Nihongo|'''onsen'''|[[wikt:温泉|温泉]]}} is a term for ''[[hot spring]]s'' in the [[Japanese language]], though the term is often used to describe the bathing facilities and inns around the hot springs. As a [[volcanic]]ally active country, Japan has thousands of onsen scattered along its length and breadth. Onsen were traditionally used as [[public bathing]] places and today play a central role in directing Japanese domestic tourism.