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Bizarre pyramid hot spring in Japan combines Egyptian aesthetics with onsen relaxation
- Katy Kelly
Jul 4, 2018 - Tweet
You’ve never experienced the power of the pyramid while soaking at the hot springs? Head to Tochigi to rectify that.
- Japan
- (hot springs • onsen • Tochigi Prefecture • weird)
Japanese sento bath will let you bathe with 10,000 Sanrio Gudetamas【Video】
- Casey Baseel
May 29, 2018
Sanrio’s weirdly adorable lazy egg wants to have a soak with you and his 9,999 doppelgangers.
- Japan
- (baths • crazy • cute • Gudetama • hot springs • onsen • public baths • Sanrio • sento • weird)
Japanese hotel has rooftop hot spring bath, unlimited sushi and alcohol, costs less than 80 bucks
- Casey Baseel
May 9, 2018
Oh, and there’s also all-you-can-eat crab as part of the deal at this hotel in the coastal onsen resort of Atami.
- Japan
- (alcohol • all you can drink • all-you-can-eat • COK • hot springs • hotels • onsen • SNOJ • sushi • travel)
Japan’s “eternally 17-years-old” anime voice actress offers fans hot spring resort trip with her
- Casey Baseel
Apr 6, 2018
Latest Kikuko Inoue project is like an anime hot spring episode come true.
- Japan
- (anime • hot springs • Kikuko Inoue • Nagano • onsen • travel • voice actors • voice actresses)
Soak in a secret Japanese onsen hot spring…in a dilapidated old building
- Oona McGee
Mar 15, 2018
This is one of the most unusual onsen in all of Japan.
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- Japan
- (haikyo • hitou • hot springs • Nasu • onsen • secret Japan • secret onsen • Tochigi • tourism • travel)
How old is too old for a boy to go into the women’s hot spring bath in Japan?
- Casey Baseel
Mar 6, 2018
Child development expert weighs in on the tricky question, offers a solution from Japan’s samurai-era past.
- Japan
- (bathing • baths • culture • gender • hot springs • kids • onsen • Parenting • parents • society)
Japan’s most famous hot spring resort runs ad telling us to go to…a different hot spring resort
- Casey Baseel
Feb 24, 2018
No reverse psychology here, just some straightforward, heartwarming compassion.
Garment aims to help breast cancer survivors enjoy Japan’s hot springs without self-consciousness
- Casey Baseel
Jan 23, 2018
Surgery scar cover is a rare exception to Japan’s traditional no-clothes-in-the-bath rule.
- Japan
- (baths • breast cancer • cancer • fashion • hot springs • onsen • society)
Freezing temperatures in Japan turn inn’s hot spring water to ice
- Casey Baseel
Jan 15, 2018
Wait, hot springs can freeze?
Sapporo police arrest 50-year-old man for entering women’s public bath
- Casey Baseel
Jan 13, 2018
Suspect tells officers “I’m a woman.”
- Japan
- (baths • crime • hot springs • onsen • public baths)
Breathtaking photos of one of Japan’s most beautiful hot springs have us ready to brave the snow
- Casey Baseel
Jan 10, 2018
Ethereally romantic images remind us why a wintertime visit to a snow-covered onsen resort is extra special.
- Japan
- (beautiful • Ginzan Onsen • hot springs • onsen • snow • Tohoku • travel • winter • Yamagata)
The 10 best ryokan inns in Japan, as chosen by travelers
- Casey Baseel
Dec 27, 2017
TripAdvisor releases its rankings of the top 10 places to experience traditional Japanese accommodations during your stay in the country.
- Japan
- (hot springs • inns • Kyoto • onsen • ryokan • top 10 • travel • TripAdvisor)
Onsen in Japan uses the same mysterious hot spring bathing system from Ghibli film Spirited Away
- Oona McGee
Dec 26, 2017
This is one of the most unusual hot springs in the country.
- Japan
- (baths • films • Fukuoka • Ghibli • hot springs • Kyushu • onsen • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • travel)
Japanese requirement for tattoo artists to have medical licenses may be nail in industry’s coffin
- Richard Simmonds
Sep 29, 2017
Osaka district court ruling says tattooing isn’t art, it’s a medical procedure.
Japan’s Top Twenty roadside service stops, destinations in their own right
- Richard Simmonds
Aug 31, 2017
All the more reason for a Japanese road-trip.
- Japan
- (cars • highways • hot springs • michi no eki • onsen • road trip • travel • Trip Advisor)
5 weird and wonderful Tokyo cafés worth a visit, perfect for breaking the ice on first dates
- Richard Simmonds
Aug 21, 2017
Go fishing, do some handicrafts, or just enjoy a nice cuppa with hedgehogs at these delightfully odd cafés.
- Japan
- (3D printers • animal cafes • cafes • Catch & Eat • dating • design • Fab Cafe • fishing • food • foot spa • harinezumi • harry • hedgehog cafe • hedgehogs • Hogurest • onsen • things to do • things to do in Tokyo • Tokyo • weird)
Do Japanese women check out each other’s lingerie at the hot springs? Survey investigates
- Casey Baseel
Aug 14, 2017
Japan’s shared baths also mean shared changing rooms, so do women also take in the view of bras and panties?
- Japan
- (fashion • hot springs • lingerie • onsen • public baths • society)
Japan’s hot spring amusement park opens, and we check out its onsen attractions!
- SoraNews24
Jul 31, 2017
After month’s of waiting, the amusement park that seemed too crazy to be true receives its first visitors.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • Beppu • cool • crazy • hot springs • Oita • onsen • Spamusement Park • Uenchi • weird)
Travelers can go back to school at cool Japanese hotel converted from rural schoolhouse
- Casey Baseel
Jun 28, 2017
Come for the retro architecture, stay for the bath and swimming pool filled with onsen hot spring water!
Silent disco to be held at traditional Japanese bathhouse this summer
- Oona McGee
May 9, 2017
Experience the thrill of dancing with a crowd in the bathtub without disturbing the neighbours.
- Japan
- (bath houses • dance • dancing • DJ • hot springs • music • onsen • sento • silent disco)
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