KUSATSU, Gunma Prefecture--A 13-meter-tall tree set in front of the Kusatsu onsen’s iconic “Yubatake” (hot spring field) here is being extravagantly illuminated each night with about 33,000 ...
It was launched in 2018 to win back visitors after an increase in volcanic activity on Mount Kusatsu-Shiranesan. The tree was brought in from a mountain forest in the nearby town of Higashi ...