Here are some of the best hot springs in Japan, from Hakone to Yakushima Island. helovi/Getty Image Wellness-oriented escapes are a major trend these days, but ancient Japanese bathing traditions are ...

The healing power of heat has been felt ever since the Romans built settlements around hot springs 2,000 years ago. It would come as no surprise to our ancestors, then, that a growing number of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The snow monkeys of Japan are famous, as monkeys go. This troop of Japanese macaques lives in the north, near Nagano, the mountainous, snowy site of the 1998 Winter Olympics. Others of their species ...

There's something timelessly soothing about slipping into a warm, mineral-rich pool while the world slows down around you. On my recent travels, I noticed a growing trend- more and more travellers are ...

Club Tourism (Headquarters: Koto-Ku, Tokyo) is now offering a special lineup of seasonal tours for fall 2025, themed around “Fall Foliage & Hot Springs.” These tours are especially popular among ...

Japan's Izu Peninsula is home to delicious seafood, beautiful coastal scenery, and relaxing hot springs. Here's how to plan a visit.

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Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was hostile, with barely any oxygen and toxic conditions for life. Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute studied Japan’s iron-rich hot springs, ...