This is Beppu, the hot springs ... Japan, Beppu has been an onsen (hot spring) destination for centuries. There are more than ...

Actually, the tradition of men and women bathing together in hot springs was standard up until the beginning of the Meiji Period in 1868, when Japan began to open to the west.

Discover how Japan's snow monkeys use Jigokudani's hot springs to warm up during the snowy months.

The snow monkeys of Japan are famous, as monkeys go. This troop of Japanese macaques lives in the north, near Nagano, the mountainous, snowy site of the 1998 Winter Olympics.