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Have you always wanted to run your own onsen, or Japanese thermal bath resort? If you own an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch, now you can thanks to the developers at Kairosoft: They have just released Hot Springs Story in the app store. The game follows the premise of their highly successful Game Dev Story, where you run your own game development studio.

Build and manage the ultimate Japanese hot springs inn in this one-of-a-kind simulation from Kairosoft. Rooms, restaurants, arcades, and baths — position each facility to lull your guests into hot spring Nirvana and skyrocket your establishment to fame! Craft the perfect Japanese garden from lanterns, pine trees, azaleas, and more — you’ll need it all if you want to attract VIPs like pop stars and novelists.

We’ve been playing with this for a few minutes now, and it’s definitely addictive.

Hot Springs Story is available in the App Store for $5. It is currently on sale for $4.

If you’d rather try the real thing, you can always find them in our database of saunas or hotels.

Have you always wanted to run your own onsen, or Japanese thermal bath resort? If you own an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch, now you can thanks to the developers at Kairosoft: They have just released Hot Springs Story in the app store. The game follows the premise of their highly successful Game Dev Story, where you run your own game development studio. Build and manage the ultimate Japanese hot springs inn in this one-of-a-kind simulation from Kairosoft. Rooms, restaurants, arcades, and baths — position each facility to lull your guests into hot spring Nirvana and skyrocket your establishment to fame! Craft the perfect Japanese garden from lanterns, pine trees, azaleas, and more — you'll need it all if you want to attract VIPs like pop stars and novelists. We've been playing with this for a few minutes now, and it's definitely addictive. Hot Springs Story is available in the App Store for $5. It is currently on sale for $4. If you'd rather try the real thing, you can always find them in our database of saunas or hotels.

A site that showed up on my radar a few weeks ago is Hotsprung, subtitled “Hot Water and How to Get Into It.”

Most interesting is the post on the Dogo Onsen in Japan. According to Hotsprung, it was the inspiration for the bath house in the excellent movie Spirited Away(which probably deserves its own post here).

Hotsprung also has a very informative post on the Onsen, a style of Japanese Bath, plus some first-hand reviews of several spas in the Seattle and Vancouver area.

Take a trip over and check out Hotsprung.

A site that showed up on my radar a few weeks ago is Hotsprung, subtitled "Hot Water and How to Get Into It." Most interesting is the post on the Dogo Onsen in Japan. According to Hotsprung, it was the inspiration for the bath house in the excellent movie Spirited Away(which probably deserves its own post here). Hotsprung also has a very informative post on the Onsen, a style of Japanese Bath, plus some first-hand reviews of several spas in the Seattle and Vancouver area. Take a trip over and check out Hotsprung.