An increasing number of municipalities have raised the “bathing tax” rate on overnight visitors at “onsen” hot spring resorts as a quick and fairly easy way to raise revenues.

Japanese macaques, colloquially referred to as snow monkeys, famously soak in steaming hot springs during winter. It's easy to see that this helps them stay warm in cold temperatures, but a team of ...

AOMORI--A government project is under way to keep afloat the Japanese tradition of mixed-gender bathing, which is becoming ...

Snow monkeys soak in hot springs to warm up … and boost their health! Image via Eliot Herman. Used with permission. Japanese macaques, or snow monkeys, famously soak in hot springs to stay warm in ...

In Japanese there’s a word, shinrinyoku, which refers to spending time in a forest to relax and be soothed by the serenity and beauty of the natural environment. Shinrinyoku literally translates as ...

Mixed bathing still flourishes in northeastern Japan. Giles Murray visited several hot spring resorts in Towada-Hachimantai ...

Researchers at Kyushu University have demonstrated that yogurt intake increases the diversity of gut microbiota and alters its composition. Furthermore, bathing in chloride hot springs after yogurt ...