One of Japan's top luxury hotel firms will open an "onsen" hot spring resort in upstate New York that it says will be the first Japanese-run venture of its kind in the United States. Japanese onsens - ...

On a recent concert tour in Japan, I had the chance to visit several thermal baths and to chat with people about the tradition of bathing. I was fascinated by their differences with American spas.

A tourist has a case of Head and Shivers when ice formed on her hair while visiting an outdoor onsen. The Thai holidaymaker went for a dip in the Japanese-style public baths as temperatures dropped to ...