Spring 2025 is just around the corner, starting on March 20th. It's an ideal season for love, and to attract it, perform this honey and rose petal bath ritual, which offers the following benefits ...

This Sumi-e is one that we found in the Genbu Highlands, the northern-most sub-region of Yamashiro province. It'll be at the Kurama Onsen hot springs, which is on the western side of the road ...

The national park is home to 14 long-established hot spring inns for recuperation, many of which offer mixed bathing. Officials with the Tohoku Regional Environmental Office said mixed baths in ...

People in Japan love bathing in hot springs, or onsen.And since the old days, it has been common for people to check into residential hot-spring inns for extended stays to boost their health, heal ...

The onsen (or hot spring bath) serves as a social hub where entire families or communities gather. Bathers used to head to a public bath, but many homes now have their own onsen. Some take the ...

TANABE, Wakayama Prefecture--An open air riverside hot spring bath, a winter tradition in this western Japan city’s Kawayu Onsen spa resort, is now open. Known as Sennin-buro,” or mountain ...