Kirk here with onsen news. I seem to recall that Kurokawa was once ranked number 1 in Japan but it’s still pretty high on the list of great onsen areas to visit: — start quote (emphasis added) — 2023 ranking of best hot spring resorts in Japan 1 Hakone (Kanagawa Prefecture) 2 Kusatsu (Gunma Prefecture) 3 Noboribetsu (Hokkaido) 4 Dogo (Ehime Prefecture) 5 Beppu (Oita Prefecture) ๐Ÿ” ๐Š๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐š๐ฐ๐š (๐Š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž) 7 Arima (Hyogo Prefecture) 8 Atami (Shizuoka Prefecture) 9 Yufuin (Oita Prefecture) — end quote —