Japan's hot spring culture, currently under consideration by a government council for a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage bid, has been defined by an association as a long-standing practice of ...

TOKYO - Japan's hot spring culture, currently under consideration by a government council for a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage bid, has been defined by an association as a long-standing practice ...

This photo taken on Oct. 12, 2025, shows an open-air hot spring bath in Kazuno, Akita Prefecture. (Photo courtesy of Yutaka Seki, executive director of the Japan Onsen Association)(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo ...

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This story was updated to add new information. Spring has sprung, bringing warmer days and blooming flowers. Thursday is the first day of spring, or the vernal equinox, in the Northern Hemisphere.

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