Awazu Onsen . Awazu Onsen Away Onsen claims to have been founded by the shugendō monk Taichō in the Nara period. Taichō was a native of neighbouring Echizen Province and is said to have been the first person to have claimed Mount Hakusan, from which the hot springs at Awazu Onsen have their source. Although it is a small resort with few more than ten "ryokan", each inn has its own well, rather than using a common source. The Hōshi Ryokan, founded in 718 AD was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s oldest hot spring innfounded in
Onsen Musume is hosted by Seitaro Mukai, and Onsen Musume characters appear as regular guests. "Onsen Musume Yunohana Collection" was released on August 3, 2018 for Android and iOS. It uses the player's location data to find onsen near them, and also includes original stories and over 100 characters. Onsen Musume Onsen Musume is a Japanese multimedia project by Enbound, Inc. The project's goal is to increase tourism to onsen (Japanese hot springs) by anthropomorphizing onsen as anime characters, and creating anime, manga, and video games about them. The project began in November 2016, and an animated music video by Doga Kobo