TANABE, Wakayama Prefecture--How about an outdoor hot spring bath ... with lots and lots of ... a play on the Japanese word sennin for that number of people. A ritual was held during the Dec.

The Kumano Kodo is where Japanese spirituality is said to ... to be at least 14 centuries old, a dip in the outdoor rotenburo bath comes with expansive views of the Pacific, the sound of waves ...

Gero city imposed the feet-only rule in December at the Funsenchi outdoor hot spring, part of the Gero resort, one of Japan’s three ... are no fences around the bath to block views from the ...

If you yearn for alpine vistas, traditional crafts, sacred journeys on foot or to sink into a secluded hot spring bath, all of these and more await in Central Japan. Part of the region's pull is ...