Ask a Japanese person what they miss most when they live abroad, and many will say the bath. Not a shower. A deep, hot soak, ...

Soak in the three-Michelin-starred baths of Hyotan Onsen. Learn more about the craft of traditional bamboo weaving by taking a class at the Bamboo Cultural Center. Take a thermal sand bath while ...

Don't embarrass yourself at the hot springs. Master Japanese onsen etiquette and avoid the 6 most common cultural mistakes ...

Sitting atop a rocky outcrop on Japan’s Izu Peninsula, the pool at Kuroneiwa-buro is so close to the Pacific that the waves are only just out of reach as they crash onto the boulders nearby. The hot ...

On a recent concert tour in Japan, I had the chance to visit several thermal baths and to chat with people about the tradition of bathing. I was fascinated by their differences with American spas.

Hot springs are a very familiar part of life for us Japanese people, aren't they?If I'm going on a trip, I want to stay at an ...

I wrapped my yukata, a cloth kimono, around my naked body, pulling the left side of the fabric over the right, as instructed, and tied the obi sash securely at my waist. The hotel provided these robes ...

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