A women-only space consisting of three saunas looking like mountain cabins, to make visitors feel like they are walking through the Finnish woods, is seen in Nagoya's Naka Ward on Dec. 15, 2022.

KANONJI, Kagawa Prefecture—Through several twists and turns, a company that supplied bricks for what is now the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima is now a hot spring facility with the most different ...

Osaka is Japan's third largest city after Tokyo and Yokohama, which means there is plenty to explore when it comes to cultural attractions, dining destinations, nightlife, and more. While Osaka is ...

A sauna is seen in this unrelated file photo. (Mainichi/Kikuya Katayama) TOKYO -- Experts are calling on people to be careful when dipping in cold water after saunas following the recent death of a ...

The Iyashi Dôme Japanese sauna offers a unique wellness experience. It uses infrared therapy in a private, dome-shaped enclosure. Users lie down for comfort. The sauna claims benefits like stress ...

The NAKED SAUNA & SPA project which started in November of 2020, is known for creating sauna experiences that leave visitors with a "sauna high" – a similar feeling to the pleasure and trance-like ...

When the coronavirus pandemic hit last year, Japan’s booming sauna industry had a problem: packed hot rooms seemed to violate all the new rules of social distancing and ventilation. But instead of ...

Once upon a time, after appearing in 1979, capsule hotels offered little more than a pod in the wall for visitors, with a futon to sleep on and maybe a small TV screen, and a shared toilet and shower ...

The essential guide to baths, saunas, and spa treatments. Finnish cabinet ministers do it, Russian hockey players do it, Koreans do it on a first date. Social bathing—known as "naked communion" in ...

Around 10 minutes by car from Shizuoka Station is a nondescript, three-story building, that you may be surprised to hear is considered a sauna mecca by fans of the Fennoscandian heat rooms. Once ...

Relaxing in hot springs at old onsen towns is the classic way to stay warm during the winter time in Japan. But saunas are also a popular option, and you’ll find them in most onsen and sento around ...

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