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

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

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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 ...

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

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.

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 ...