BEPPU, Oita Prefecture--People who bathe in a hot spring daily are less prone to developing depression, researchers found. A team from Kyushu University Beppu Hospital in Oita Prefecture speculated ...

Nagano Prefecture in the midwinter. At Jigokudani Onsen in Yamanouchi‐machi, Shimotakai‐gun, you can see the monkey "Snow Monkey" soaked in the hot spring every day. "Why don't they get cold after the ...

Japan loves a nice, long bath, so it’s cause for celebration when a new hot spring is found, and even more so when it’s discovered in a location that people have easy access to. This time, though, the ...

Looking out from the green-clad mountainside, the city drifts in and out of view as clouds flow over the landscape. When the city does reveal itself, steam in soft white columns rises from streets and ...

About 200 years ago, secluded natural baths were discovered deep in the mountains of Aso, in Kumamoto. During the Edo period (1603–1868), only samurai of the Kumamoto clan were permitted to bathe in ...