Public bathhouses are swiftly disappearing from Tokyo as the facilities grow older alongside their owners. The number of public baths, known as “sento,” in the capital almost halved in the past 15 ...

From the stately changing room of a nearly 60-year-old sento public bath in a residential area of Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, you can enjoy a majestic view of Mt. Fuji. But only through a painting. With ...

Does the thought of getting nude with other people in your local sento, or public bath, raise a smile or make you cringe? Whatever your personal take, the process of bathing in true Japanese form has ...

Onsen (hot springs) have been part of Japanese culture for centuries, but they’ve been seriously surging in popularity over the past 20 years. At the same time that there’s an onsen renaissance going ...

TOKYO — “A foreigner holding a washbowl in a bathhouse is so cool!” was the reaction to one of the promotional posters on display in a Tokyo bathhouse. “You think public bathhouses are weird?!” was ...

There are two types of bath houses in Japan: onsen and sento. While there are obvious similarities between the two – they're both communal hot-water baths and visitors must adhere to certain rules of ...

TOKYO >> From the stately changing room of a nearly 60-year-old sento (public bath) in a residential area of Edogawa ward, you can enjoy a majestic view of Mount Fuji — through a painting. With white ...

As Japan continues to enjoy a steady increase in international visitors, rules and regulations that have governed traditional Japanese facilities for many years are starting to globalize as well. The ...

In Japan, communal bathing at hot springs (onsen) or neighborhood public baths (sento) is usually a single-sex activity. An exception, though, is made for young children. In much the same way as no ...

With Tokyo Fashion Week coming to a close, there is much to see and do outside of the collections—from the gardens to the shrines and the obligatory (and adorable) stationery store romps. However, few ...