Forget the ocean. In Ibusuki, a beachside city on Kyushu Island in Japan’s subtropical south, it’s all about the sand. Not the dark color of the sandy granules or even the length or width of the ...

I wrapped my yukata, a cloth kimono, around my naked body, pulling the left side of the fabric over the right, as instructed, and tied the obi sash securely at my waist. The hotel provided these robes ...

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 ...

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In Niigata Prefecture, lies the picturesque city of Uonuma, one of the biggest rice-producing places in Japan. Uonuma was formed in 2005 from the merger of six towns, which means this year is the 20th ...

The Japanese police have arrested 17 men suspected of photographing and filming more than 10,000 women who were bathing in hot springs. Between December 2021 and February, 16 more men were arrested, ...

Naked, tattooed foreigners may soon become a less unusual sight in Japan’s public baths. Tourism officials in Japan are urging onsens (hot springs) to relax rules restricting body art wearers from ...