The onsen resort village in Matsuyama, Shikoku – the smallest of Japan’s four main islands – is touted as the country’s ...

but hot spring expert Kyoko Kitade said mixed bathing was practiced at only about 500 hot spring inns and communal baths across Japan in 2021, down from 1,200 or so in 1993. Many hot spring inns ...

Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan - December 01, 2024 Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical ...

SHIZUOKA--Prefectural police announced on Feb. 1 that a man led a group of Peeping Toms that secretly photographed and filmed at least 10,000 women at “roten-buro” outdoor hot spring baths ...

Japanese onsens -- bath houses where patrons relax naked together ... Sharon Springs was once a vibrant hot spring and ...

No visit to Japan is complete without a visit to a bath house or hot spring and Spa LaQua is the ultimate Tokyo oasis. The ...

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A group of governors is aiming to have Japan’s hot spring culture added to Unesco ... to the importance of the centuries-old practice of bathing in naturally heated water.

While mixed-gender hot springs are less common today ... and how the cultural practice of mixed-gender bathing waned in Japan. While co-ed bathing was once common in Japan, the practice has ...

Hayasaka Shinya of Tokyo City University specializes in research related to baths and hot springs ... a seasonal surge in deaths while bathing. Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency says the number ...

Greenity Iwata in Shizuoka, Japan, features soothing, biophilic design and a bath house fed by natural hot spring water ...