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Hot springs across the globe make for the perfect travel destination when you are seeking natural wellness, cultural ...

With “onsen” baths in every room, Fufu Tokyo brings its modernized take on the traditional Japanese inn to the capital.

Not fussed on ski slopes? While friends and family carve up the powdery mountains, treat yourself to a trip to one of these famous onsen towns, writes Arundhati Hazra. Sitting in a hot spring pool in ...

Onsen is a popular tourist destination located only about an hour by bus from Sapporo. In contrast to the bustling city center of Sapporo, the area offers a completely different world with its lush ...

There are hot spring resorts called “rajiumu” (radium) onsen in Japan. It is believed that people who bathe in them can raise their immune strength and the natural healing ability of the body by ...

Kinugawa Onsen in Tochigi Prefecture is a relaxing hot spring town surrounded by forested valleys and mountain views. Just two hours north of Tokyo, it’s famous for its soothing mineral-rich waters, ...

It was a cold February day in northern Japan, snow piled high outside the onsen locker room windows as I slipped out of my clothes. Nervously, I stepped into the plumes of steam wafting from the next ...

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Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was hostile, with barely any oxygen and toxic conditions for life. Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute studied Japan’s iron-rich hot springs, ...

In a world without plants or animals, microorganisms ruled Earth, and the Great Oxidation Event (GOE) marked a pivotal transformation. But how did life adapt when the once-toxic oxygen began to ...