“I want to get into a hot tub filled with warm water,” Satoshi Furukawa, Japanese surgeon and astronaut, said in an interview right after his return from the International Space Station in 2011. I can ...

Soak in the three-Michelin-starred baths of Hyotan Onsen. Learn more about the craft of traditional bamboo weaving by taking a class at the Bamboo Cultural Center. Take a thermal sand bath while ...

While Japan is synonymous with onsens (hot spring baths), there are onsens in Singapore, too. Even when they are replicated using mineral-infused or artificially-heated waters in Singapore, onsens — ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Judy Koutsky covers adventure, luxury and family travel. Japan’s southernmost main island, Kyushu, is a land deeply connected to ...

We often rush through our cleansing routines daily. In the mornings, we take quick showers and head out to face the crazed modern world. If we are lucky, we can wind down at the end of a busy day with ...

Japan's famous "onsen" hot springs were long considered unexportable, until an idea struck Naoki Mita one day: what if he could condense them like espresso coffee? Mita's Tokyo-based venture firm, Le ...

Japan's famous onsen or hot springs were long considered "un-exportable", until an idea struck Naoki Mita one day: What if he could condense them like espresso coffee? Mita's Tokyo-based venture firm, ...