Going to an onsen or a public bathhouse is a quintessentially Japanese experience. Onsen waters are natural and volcanic, pumped up from the ground, while bathhouse waters are simply reheated.

It’s not easy to find a natural hot spring in the most populated city in the world. But Hoshinoya Tokyo has gone to great lengths. The luxurious ryokan (Japanese inn), which has a no-shoe policy ...

In Tokyo, sushi is finally getting its revenge. The Ooedo-Onsen-Monogatari, a hot-springs spa in the city’s Odaiba area, has a special treatment added to its menu: Doctor Fish’s “pedicure” and ...

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TOKYO (YOMIURI SHIMBUN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - While staying at the Sui Suwako hotel in Nagano Prefecture, visitors can enjoy open-air bathing on the rooftop area while admiring Lake Suwa. However, when ...

Guests staying at these two ryokans have their pick of the city’s al fresco bathing on very different budgets. It’s not easy to find a natural hot spring in the most populated city in the world. But ...