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 ...

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 ...

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.

When Princess Cruises introduced the Diamond Princess, its only ship to exclusively sail around Asia, the designers included something that would appeal to its clientele: a Japanese hot spring, or ...

Each week, we spotlight a dream vacation recommended by some of the industry's top travel writers. This week's pick is a Japanese onsen. That was in 1998. I have returned to Japan every year since, ...

Japanese snow monkeys have been observed since the 1960s to take advantage of hot springs in Japan when the temperatures drop. In humans, we know that a hot bath can reduce the levels of stress ...

Speedier family baths could help Japanese cut their burgeoning energy consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions tied to global warming, the government said Tuesday. Japanese households consume ...

TOKYO >> Japan is proud of its bathing traditions. For many Westerners, though, the fact that these traditions involve being naked with strangers is awkward at best, even though men and women bathe ...