A Tokyo bathhouse is offering classes on topics ranging from comedy to gaming in hopes of luring younger bathers and reversing Japan’s dying ... at the Hinodeyu bath house, nine men sat around ...

Japanese onsens -- bath houses where patrons relax naked together in mineral-rich water of various temperatures -- are a major domestic industry beloved by both locals and tourists. Hoshino ...

Even while the number of purely traditional washitsu rooms ... and set off lights with washi lampshades. In Japanese houses the toilet and bathroom are separated. The bathroom itself consists ...

There is one in particular that always surprises them: 薬師湯, a very tiny and peaceful traditional bath house at the foot of Sky Tree ... I visited with my family a number of mixed baths in Japan, the ...

is probably not where you’d expect to find a traditional Japanese onsen. However, once you cross the threshold of this authentic day spa and bath house, you’ll be left wondering if you’re ...

And you don't have to bathe outside next to a mountain to enjoy them; mineral-rich hot spring water can be found on tap at various ryokans (traditional ... Japan, hopping into an onsen bath ...

Daisuke Kajiyama and his late wife, Hila, spent two years restoring an abandoned traditional Japanese house. The couple turned the 96-year-old wooden home into a quaint guesthouse in Shizuoka ...

A health inspection of the onsen, a traditional Japanese bath using water from volcanically heated hot springs, at the Daimaru Besso inn in Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture, detected legionella ...

In traditional Japanese homes ... showcase the work of craftspeople in sukiya carpentry, plaster, Japanese paper, mullions, braided chord, screens and doors, and lacquer. 'We believe houses that are ...

A small north Queensland sugar town is the last place someone might expect to find the oldest known traditional Japanese ... She has been living in the "Japanese House" with her architect husband ...