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It all began with a simple scene: a roaring fire at San Ysidro Ranch, a glass of wine within reach, and a card game unfolding ...
HOTELS: Tokyo may be better known for its bright lights and busy streets, but Niki Cottrell finds a hotel rich in history and ...
Restore your mind and body with luxury saunas and icy plunges, from the world's first ice hotel to an Arctic bath indulgence ...
One of the more enjoyable things about covering tiny houses is seeing each country's take on the art of downsizing. The ...
(CNN) — Japan’s prime minister has joined more than 50 of her fellow female legislators to push for more ladies’ toilets in parliament, saying recent increases in women’s representation have led to ...
Aptly named Bathhouse, this facility will take up what’s currently a parking lot at the corner of N. 3rd Street and N. 8th Avenue. A roughly 100-foot-long pool will sit on its roof, and the facility ...
Akimoto Nakai stands in a clearing within the cedarwoods, the babble of a mountain brook filling the morning air and the slanting light glinting on an axe clenched in his fist. Etched into the steel ...
A young couple died in Japan after they were left trapped in a private sauna room which caught fire. Masanari Matsuda, a 36-year-old beauty salon owner, and his 37-year-old wife, Yoko Matsuda, a nail ...
A fire at a sauna facility in central Tokyo that offers private rooms left a man and a woman dead on Monday, police and fire officials said. The fire apparently broke out on the third floor of a ...
Japan's beloved actress Nakayama Miho suddenly died at the age of 54, and today (the 8th) marks the first anniversary. On Dec. 6 last year, according to multiple foreign media outlets including Yahoo ...