Round 6: Tossup 16

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

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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