Dogo Onsen, on the Japanese island of Shikoku, is believed to have been used for about 3000 years for communal cleansing. The Romans embraced the concept, and remnants of their ardour for the bath ...

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MELBOURNE, Australia — Coco Gauff still hasn't lost a match or even at set at the Australian Open — or, actually, this season. She moved into the fourth round at Melbourne Park with a ...

The 15,400 sq ft spa features 11 onsens or hot mineral baths, four massage rooms for couples and 14 rooms for single clients. Its onsens are designed to replicate the health-giving mineral baths ...

Elite ancient Romans would treat their guests to relaxing thermal baths when they came to enjoy ... which could accommodate 30 people, features a hot room, a warm room and cold room for cooling ...

They would then relax in the "calidarium" -- a room with a hot bath -- followed by the "tepidarium" or warm room, and finally take a plunge in a pool of cold water in the "frigidarium".

TOKYO -- Tokyo-based Hotel Okura plans to open two more locations in Thailand, each offering high-end accommodations with Japanese touches. The Okura Resort Chiang Mai and the Okura Prestige ...