Onsens have been a part of Japanese culture for centuries, serving as a place for rest and socializing. They were used by ...

Japanese bathhouses, or sento and onsen, are steeped in tradition and culture. These communal bathing places are not just ...

Certain kinds of accommodation offer a window into the national soul. Step onto the flagstones of an ancient English inn, into the pine-panelled cosiness of an Alpine rifugio or beyond the gates of an ...

Japan's hot spring culture, currently under consideration by a government council for a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage ...

It was a cold February day in northern Japan, snow piled high outside the onsen locker room windows as I slipped out of my clothes. Nervously, I stepped into the plumes of steam wafting from the next ...

Japan’s Nakao Geothermal Power Plant in Okuhida shows how clean power and onsen culture can thrive together through community ...

“I want to get into a hot tub filled with warm water,” Satoshi Furukawa, Japanese surgeon and astronaut, said in an interview right after his return from the International Space Station in 2011. I can ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Tokyo, Japan--(Newsfile Corp. - December 24, 2024) - Channel 47 announced the launch of the Seven Great Onsen Resorts ...

Our Tokyo correspondent explains the layered history of tattoo culture in Japan, and speaks to contemporary Japanese tattoo ...