Round 6: Tossup 16

One of these places near Nagasaki named Obama provides an ingredient for oval (-5[1])crackers called Yusenpei. Visitors to a set of these places in Beppu called the seven jigoku (15[1])may observe them but not enter. The oldest independent business in the world, which opened in one of these (15[1])places (15[1])in 705 AD, (-5[1])was operated by the same family for 52 generations until 2017. These places name a style of (*) eggs traditionally slow cooked in a rope net. Historical ryokan were generally built around these places in the Hakone (“ha-KO-nay”) area (10[1])around Mount Fuji. In Jigokudani Monkey Park, macaques will spend winter days lounging in these places, which typically separate men and women when developed. For 10 points, (10[1])traditional Japanese inns are often built around what features created by water circulating up through the crust? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: hot springs [or onsen; accept hydrothermal spring or geothermal spring; accept baths; accept ryokan until read; prompt on springs; prompt on hotels or resorts or inns and ask “what kind of place are they built next to?”]
<EC, Geography> | NAFTA-Packet-6
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