JR Kyushu announced the opening of a new hot spring facility in Ureshino City, Saga Prefecture. They purchased a 9,600-m2 plot which includes two onsen sources. The company’s third onsen hotel will be developed with the concept of “tea” and begin to welcome guests to rooms with private onsen tubs in the fiscal year of 2023. JR Kyushu hopes to attract many passengers on the new shinkansen route between Takeo-onsen and Nagasaki. Source: JR Kyushu / Saga Shimbun / KBC
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