Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Japanese bath house is a wonderful cultural experience that many tourists long to have. In this guide, you'll learn about ...

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 ...

It was 28 years ago when I first visited Japan; at the time I lived and worked out of London. I was working for Thistle Hotels head office as a 20-something International Sales Manager (Far East). It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated photo provided by Stéphanie Crohin shows traditional baths and murals in Kasuga onsen, or hot spring bath, in ...

No shared ofuro here, but suites come with the traditional deep, rectangular wooden soaking tubs. They are five feet across, and you can splash away as the entire bathing area is a single wet room.

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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.

With Tokyo Fashion Week coming to a close, there is much to see and do outside of the collections—from the gardens to the shrines and the obligatory (and adorable) stationery store romps. However, few ...