Across Japan, different kinds of public bathing facilities range from onsen (natural hot spring water) to sento (public baths) with added features such as rotenburo (open-air baths) or saunas.

AOMORI--A government project is under way to keep afloat the Japanese tradition of mixed-gender bathing, which is becoming less common due to an increase in male bathers who show up only to ogle ...

Hokkawa is among “Japan’s 100 Famous Moons” locations ... had waves of drama crash upon its rocks. When it opened, mixed bathing was not as big a deal as it’s made out to be in recent ...

If you're heading to the public bath at Tokyo Plaza Harajuku Harakado in Japan next week, then you might get a little surprise in the form of Super Mario-themed hanafuda cards. As well as being ...

If you yearn for alpine vistas, traditional crafts, sacred journeys on foot or to sink into a secluded hot spring bath, all of these and more await in Central Japan. Part of the region's pull is ...