Yonezawa
Shirabu Onsen
A 700-year-old hot spring, Shirabu Onsen is maintained via daily trips up the slopes of the 2,000-metre mountain where it sits - see the spring's guardian at work in gorgeous footage.
Yonezawa airs on NHK World - Japan HD at 12:25 AM, Tuesday 4 November.
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