In western Tokyo, Lake Okutama is a natural escape that offers scenic beauty, outdoor activities, and relaxing hot springs. Photograph courtesy of Okutama Tourism Association Taking the train through ...

Tokyo visitors are spoilt for choice for day trip destinations – from mountain temples to hot spring onsen bathing ...

Japan has nearly 30,000 hot springs and a culture of public bathing. An Israeli Americanarchitect, Yuval Zohar, has developed ...

TOKYO (AP) — Tourism to Japan is booming, with 1 million Americans among the country's more than 20 million annual visitors. But language barriers and cultural differences may seem intimidating to ...

I was living in Tokyo in the 1980s when the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery came up with a new concept: shinrin-yoku, translated as “forest bathing.” The idea was to get people ...

I like to bathe in public. this inclination has so far failed to attract much attention because I live in Japan, where hot-spring hopping is a national obsession and the remarkable benefits of bathing ...

Here is our pick of the best modern Airbnb stays in Tokyo, featuring luxury Airbnbs and retreats in Downtown to book in 2025 ...

All good things come to an end, but an ending can also be the start of something new. Such appears to be the case with Tokyo’s Onsen Confidential, the hybrid gallery share and hot spring retreat, ...