Loincloths provide scant protection as participants in Japan's annual Kanchu-Misogi cold-endurance festival seek health in the new year by praying in ice-cold water. Photo: Associated Press ...

Wintry temperatures have arrived in the Japanese capital and surrounding Kanto region. It's the season when taking a bath can ...

LATE actress Miho Nakayama made a chilling final social media post a day before she was found dead in her bath at home. The ...

“I would have preferred to bathe naked, but then I wouldn’t have ... only about 500 hot spring inns and communal baths across Japan in 2021, down from 1,200 or so in 1993.

The Mirai Ningen Sentakuki is a fully enclosed shower capsule that provides a complete wash and dry cycle in just 15 minutes.

Japan has introduced the Mirai Ningen Sentakuki, an AI-powered "human washing machine" that promises to clean and refresh you ...

A long-established public bathhouse or "sento" in Tokyo has cleaned up the whole facility with the assistance of robot vacuum cleaners.