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It was a very long summer (year, maybe). The temperatures will soon begin to calm down, gradually paving the way to the much anticipated and stunningly gorgeous autumn. With the new season of course ...

It was a cold February day in northern Japan, snow piled high outside the onsen locker room windows as I slipped out of my clothes. Nervously, I stepped into the plumes of steam wafting from the next ...