I wrapped my yukata, a cloth kimono, around my naked body, pulling the left side of the fabric over the right, as instructed, and tied the obi sash securely at my waist. The hotel provided these robes ...

There’s a thing I’m not supposed to tell you about Beppu, a hot-spring town in southern Japan that is known as a place of medicinal healing, a resort town with a wide range of accommodation and ...