This is a syndicated post, which originally appeared at JAPAN Style. View original post. As you may know, Japan has a culture of public bathing. It is sometimes very hard for foreigner to accept this concept, but for Japanese people, it is mostly fun and … Posted in From other blogs Tagged Art, Bathing, Bathroom, Culture, flickr, hot spring, hot spring water, public bath houses, Source, water Two sento-related posts caught my attention this week. Posted in From other blogs Tagged architectural museum, bath, Digest, public bath houses

I have been living in Japan for more than three years and usually we spend Christmas and New Year’s in Europe. This time we stayed in Japan for the first time. What better to do than spend Christmas in an … Posted in Experience reports, Sento & onsen Tagged christmas in japan, experience, onsen, resort, rotenburo, time My name is Mischa and Wouter asked me to write a guest post about my bathing experiences in Beppu. If you want to know more about me, check out my blog. I live in Oita city, Oita prefecture, in the … Posted in Sento & onsen Tagged Bathing, Beppu, spring baths, spring sources…

It’s been quite a while since I posted something here, but in the mean time I went to lots of onsen. I’d like to introduce you to some of my favorites: Hana no Yu— This place is special because it … Posted in Beppu Tagged Beppu, favorite onsen, onsen, time, tiny bubbles, unique I have been living in Japan for more than three years and usually we spend Christmas and New Year’s in Europe. This time we stayed in Japan for the first time. What better to do than spend Christmas in an … Posted in Experience reports, Sento & onsen Tagged christmas in japan, experience, onsen, resort, rotenburo, time

Tenkai No Yu is a really nice onsen in the hills of west Oita. We went on a Friday night around 9:15 and it was very busy. All the kazokuburo were occupied all the time we were there. People had to … Posted in Beppu Tagged bath, experience, friday night, night, oita city, onsen Keirin is the Japanese word for track cycling. The Keirin track in Beppu happens to have its own onsen. Today I took a bath there. You can read more about my experience on onsenmeijin.com. I also posted a few photos … Posted in Beppu Tagged bath, Bathing, Beppu, cycling, experience, japanese word, Keirin Two sento-related posts caught…

I have been living in Japan for more than three years and usually we spend Christmas and New Year’s in Europe. This time we stayed in Japan for the first time. What better to do than spend Christmas in an … Posted in Experience reports, Sento & onsen Tagged christmas in japan, experience, onsen, resort, rotenburo, time Tenkai No Yu is a really nice onsen in the hills of west Oita. We went on a Friday night around 9:15 and it was very busy. All the kazokuburo were occupied all the time we were there. People had to … Posted in Beppu Tagged bath, experience, friday night, night, oita city, onsen…

It’s been quite a while since I posted something here, but in the mean time I went to lots of onsen. I’d like to introduce you to some of my favorites: Hana no Yu— This place is special because it … Posted in Beppu Tagged Beppu, favorite onsen, onsen, time, tiny bubbles, unique I have been living in Japan for more than three years and usually we spend Christmas and New Year’s in Europe. This time we stayed in Japan for the first time. What better to do than spend Christmas in an … Posted in Experience reports, Sento & onsen Tagged christmas in japan, experience, onsen, resort, rotenburo, time…