{"id":6069,"date":"2020-01-28T14:57:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T14:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/?p=6069"},"modified":"2020-01-28T15:47:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T15:47:38","slug":"onsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/onsen\/","title":{"rendered":"Onsen : the Japanese hot spring bath"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"full_slider_1\" class=\"avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize\"><div class=\"avia-slideshow av-429ov5-0c3ded0234f3c81af8f0b9afea4209dd avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow_full avia-fade-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-hidden av-no-slider-navigation av-hide-nav-arrows av-slideshow-autoplay av-loop-endless av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1\" 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.heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-534d57f4e8b66f1dc513a1c98471d45c .av-subheading{\nfont-size:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"av-special-heading av-av_heading-534d57f4e8b66f1dc513a1c98471d45c av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_slideshow_full  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  av-linked-heading\"><h1 class=\"av-special-heading-tag \" itemprop=\"headline\">Onsen<\/h1><div class=\"av-subheading av-subheading_below\"><p>The Japanese thermal spring bath<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"hr av-2dnrhd-8cb3e7107b829e3b40ba80e811b54f65 hr-default  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock \"><span class=\"hr-inner \"><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k5h97edr-23fa749be1a7557b1da5a71e702e0c5c\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-k5h97edr-23fa749be1a7557b1da5a71e702e0c5c .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:17px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section av-k5h97edr-23fa749be1a7557b1da5a71e702e0c5c \" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"><div class=\"avia_textblock\" itemprop=\"text\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An <strong>onsen<\/strong> is a hot thermal spring in which it is possible to take a bath, and is an important part of Japanese culture, being the subject of many tourist destinations. It is a real place of relaxation and relaxation much appreciated by Japanese people. Indeed, Japan has several thousands of these springs whose water is naturally heated by geothermal energy due to the country&#8217;s important volcanic activity. The onsen is also known for its healing properties due to the mineral content of the water which can vary according to the sources and basins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whether in the mountains or by the sea, an onsen is usually found in rural areas and in the open air, although nowadays it can sometimes also be found in cities and in the interior. These thermal baths are usually either run by private establishments, such as ryokan (traditional Japanese inns), or are public, municipal, or left in a natural state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As in most Japanese baths, nudity is de rigueur in an onsen; however, although historically the pools were mixed, this is generally no longer the case since the end of the 19th century, men and women being separated, except still in some pools. As for children, they are accepted in both parts, regardless of their sex. It should also be known that access to an onsen is generally refused to tattooed persons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, an onsen is not to be confused with a sento which is a public bath with water coming from the tap and heated by a boiler.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Onsen : the Japanese hot spring bath - Wonderful Japan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wonderful-japan.com\/en\/onsen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Onsen : the Japanese hot spring bath - 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