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This hot spring near Osaka’s Kansai Airport resolves the pick-two-out-of-three bathhouse dilemma
- Casey Baseel
Nov 3, 2026 - Tweet
Perfect for when you’ve got to fly, but want to soak.
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- (airports • baths • hot springs • Japan travel • Kansai International Airport • onsen • Osaka • Osaka Prefecture • SNJO • tourism • travel)
Can a downtown Tokyo super sento bathhouse beat a hotel for a one-night stay?
- Elliot Hale
Apr 5, 2026
Does the morning sauna make up for a night of communal snoring?
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- (Ahiruneko • bathhouse • bathhouses • baths • COK • hotels • Japan travel • Kabukicho • Masanuki Sunakoma • onsen • public baths • sento • shinjuku • SNJO • super sento • Thermae-Yu • Tokyo • tourism • travel)
Japan’s Human Washing Machine pods are now on sale for home use, and they’re not cheap
- Casey Baseel
Mar 5, 2026
But can you really put a price on this kind of science fiction-grade luxury?
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- (bathing • baths • cool • crazy • Expo 2025 • Future Human Washing Machine • Human Washer in the Future • human washing machine • Human Washing Machine of the Future • technology • Yamada Denki)
Five amazing snow-view open-air Japanese hot springs in Hokkaido [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Feb 12, 2026
Great reasons to add yukimiroten to your vocabulary and itinerary alike.
- Japan
- (baths • beautiful • COK • Hokkaido • hot springs • hotel • inns • Japan travel • Japanese inns • onsen • outdoors • rotenburo • ryokan • snow • tourism • travel • yukimiroten)
This is possibly the coziest train in all Japan thanks to onboard hot spring footbaths【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 30, 2025
Train to off-the-beaten-path onsen town gives you a taste of Japanese bathing culture even before you arrive at your destination.
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- (ashiyu • baths • cool • crazy.weird • footbaths • hot springs • Japan travel • Mie • onsen • tourism • trains • travel)
Japan’s first hotel with a human washing machine is now ready for you to come and bathe in it
- Casey Baseel
Dec 10, 2025
It’s the Future Human Washing Machine…today!
- Japan
- (bathing • baths • cool • crazy • Expo 2025 • Future Human Washing Machine • hotels • Human Washer in the Future • human washing machine • Japan travel • Osaka • technology • tourism • travel)
Pokémon and hot spring bathhouse collaborate to bring Pokémon to your bath and sauna sessions
- Casey Baseel
Nov 28, 2025
Bathhouse just north of Tokyo provides rubber Psyduckies, Ditto sauna stones, and other sights and scents to soothe tired Trainers.
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- (anime • baths • COK • cute • health • hot springs • manga • onsen • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Sleep • relaxation • sleep • video games • wellness)
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Nov 28, 2025
Soon, you could have a pod that washes your body for you in your home bathroom.
- Japan
- (bathing • baths • COK • cool • crazy • Expo 2025 • human washing machine • technology)
Green onion baths return to Japanese bathhouse to celebrate Labor Day
- Casey Baseel
Nov 22, 2025
You know, you really have been working hard, so why not treat yourself to a dip in a bath full of negi?
- Japan
- (bathhouses • baths • crazy • food • green onions • hot springs • negi • onions • onsen • public baths • weird)
Human washing machine pods coming to Japanese hotels【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 9, 2025
Pods wash you with no scrubbing or effort on your part.
One of the longest footbaths in Japan makes for an unforgettable hot spring experience【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 30, 2025
We love you, ashiyu at Yuppo no Sato.
- Japan
- (ashiyu • baths • COKTochigi • footbaths • hot springs • Nasu Shiobara • Nasushiobara • onsen • SNJO • tourism • travel)
This Japanese train station has its very own hot spring bathhouse, right on the platform【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 3, 2025
We hop on the train to Mizunuma, then hop into the bath.
- Japan
- (baths • COK • cool • Gunma • hot springs • onsen • SNJO • stations • tourism • trains • travel)
Tokyo day-trip hot springs: Beautiful Mt. Fuji-view bath is just one highway bus stop from Shibuya
- Casey Baseel
Jun 28, 2025
We head to the outlets do zero shopping, but have zero regrets.
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- (baths • beautiful • COK • Gotemba • Gotemba Premium Outlets • hot springs • Mt. Fuji • onsen • outlets • Seiji Nakazawa • shopping • SNJO • tourism • travel)
New hot spring found in Tokyo as 80-year-old bathhouse makes a happy discovery
- Casey Baseel
May 7, 2025
There’s a new reason to go to Tenjinyu.
- Japan
- (bathhouses • baths • hot springs • onsen • public baths • sento)
Hard-working Hello Kitty wants to help you relax with new line of Sanrio Bath Bombs from Lush
- Casey Baseel
Apr 26, 2025
Sanrio friends team up so that you can enjoy lying back and doing nothing at all.
- Japan
- (bath bombs • baths • Cinnamoroll • cosmetics • Hello Kitty • Kuromi • Lush • My Melody • Sanrio)
Creating an open-air hot spring bath (without a hot spring) at our cheap Japanese country house【Vids】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 30, 2024
Thanks to the power of friendship, it’s outdoor bath time at the SoraHouse!
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- (baths • beautiful • Big Wave • Butch • COK • cool • DIY • funny • Go Hatori • hot springs • onsen • rotenburo • SNJO • SoraHouse • video • Yoshio)
Eight unforgettable hot springs, as recommended by Japan’s “Professor Bath”
- SoraNews24
Nov 26, 2024
Onsen expert and researcher who’s visited thousands of hot springs gives us a gift of knowledge for Good Bath Day.
Dog’s Onsen: Give your pet a traditional Japanese hot spring bath
- Oona McGee
Aug 20, 2024
Developed by a veterinarian as a healthier alternative to a dog shampoo.
- Japan
- (animals • bathing • baths • COK • cool • dogs • hot springs • onsen • pets • products • shopping)
Bathing with Pokémon? Healing species’ powers tapped for Pokémon Recovery public baths in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Feb 25, 2024
Who’s in the mood to soak in a Milotic Life Dew Bath?
- Japan
- (anime • baths • character cafes • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • public baths • Raku Spa • sento • super sento • themed cafes • video games)
Japanese study finds link between taking frequent baths and happiness, may not tell whole story
- Casey Baseel
Feb 16, 2024
Which came first, the frequent soaks or the day-to-day happiness?
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