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Journey to Japan’s lesser-visited mountainous region, home to many distinctive traditional inns, within whose walls you can ...

Onsen (hot spring) culture traces back to ancient times. Considered as a spiritual, cultural and hygienic practice, bathing in Japan comes with unspoken rules and etiquette. Across Japan ...

I’m not entirely sure of their appreciation of onsen etiquette, however. Japanese hot springs in Beppu, Japan. Photo: Samuel Berner Beppu also has open-air baths, known as rotenburo, some of ...

GIFU--Students here are replicating one of Japan’s top hot spring resorts in virtual reality to help foreign visitors learn onsen etiquette online before experiencing the real thing. The three ...