Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X TOKYO >> Japan is proud of its bathing traditions. For many Westerners, though, the fact that ...

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.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X TOKYO – Japan is proud of its bathing traditions. For many Westerners, though, the fact that these ...

'Try on a kimono for fun,’ urges the Japanese guide, so I duly tuck in my tummy before I am tightly trussed into the Japanese national dress, feeling like a pantomime dame rather than any understudy ...

There’s one important cultural custom involving the ultra-relaxing onsen, of which you may not be aware if you're planning an ...

Japan's “hot spring capital” is trying to find ways to make one of the country's most popular pastimes more inclusive for people who identify as LGBT, when most public baths are segregated according ...

This undated photo provided by Stéphanie Crohin shows traditional baths and murals in Kasuga onsen, or hot spring bath, in Matsuzaka, Mie prefecture, Japan. Japan is proud of its bathing traditions.