With Tokyo Fashion Week coming to a close, there is much to see and do outside of the collections—from the gardens to the shrines and the obligatory (and adorable) stationery store romps. However, few ...

Hot springs with ocean views? You'll find that and more in Beppu, Japan. Soak in the three-Michelin-starred baths of Hyotan Onsen. Learn more about the craft of traditional bamboo weaving by taking a ...

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 ...

Japanese snow monkeys have been observed since the 1960s to take advantage of hot springs in Japan when the temperatures drop. In humans, we know that a hot bath can reduce the levels of stress ...

Onsen are baths filled with geothermally heated, mineral-rich water. They’ve long been part of Japanese culture, but foreign travelers often struggle with the nudity aspect. - Boaz Rottem/Alamy Stock ...

Enjoy close-up videos of adorable Japanese macaques bathing in the hot springs at Jigokudani Monkey Park in Nagano Prefecture ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joni Sweet is a journalist who covers travel, wellness, and adventure. A trip to an onsen is a quintessential part of a trip to ...

Japan's “hot spring capital” is trying to find ways to make one of the country's most popular pastimes more inclusive for people who identify as LGBT, when most public baths are segregated according ...

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 ...

Cancellations have been surging at hot spring resorts in Japan's northeastern Akita Prefecture following repeated sightings ...