 温泉 Hot Spring (Onsen)
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鎌倉時代以降、それまで漠然として信仰の存在となっていた温泉に対し、医学的な活用がウェートを占め、実用的
実益的なものになり、一遍らの僧侶の行う施浴などによって入浴が一般化しました。鎌倉中期の別府温泉には大友
頼康によって温泉奉行が置かれ元寇の役の戦傷者が保養に来た記録が残っています。さらに戦国時代の武田信玄や
上杉謙信は特に温泉の効能に目を付けていたと言われています （ウィキペディアから引用）
An onsen is a term for hot springs in the Japanese language, though the term is often used to describe
the bathing facilities and inns around the hot springs. As a volcanically active country, Japan has
thousands of onsen scattered along its length and breadth. Onsen were traditionally used as public
bathing places and today play a central role in directing Japanese domestic tourism.
Onsen come in many types and shapes, including outdoor, rotenburo or notenburo) and indoor baths.
Baths may be either public run by a municipality or private (uchiyu) often run as part of a hotel, ryokan
or Bed and Breakfast (minshuku)
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Onsen are a central feature of Japanese tourism often found out in the countryside but there are a
number of popular establishments still found within major cities. They are a major tourist attraction
drawing Japanese couples, families or company groups who want to get away from the hectic life of the
city to relax. Japanese often talk of the virtues of "naked communion" hadaka no tsukiai)for breaking
down barriers and getting to know people in the relaxed homey atmosphere of a ryokan with an
attached onsen. Japanese television channels often feature special programs about local onsens.
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| 温泉の入り方＆楽しみ方 How to take a bath |
| リンク（温泉の場所） Links (Places) |
 Japan National Tourist Organization (JNTO) :
http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/interests/hot.html  (English）
茨城県内の温泉 in Ibaraki : http://www.ibarakiguide.jp/en/onsen/index.html (English）
関東 Kanto:
http://www.secret- japan.com/onsen/location/display_region.php?&selregion=Kanto(English）
大江戸温泉物語 Oh-edo Onsen Monogatari in Odaiba (English） |
上手な温泉の入り方 How to take a bath 