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Several Japanese cities are increasing the “bathing tax” for overnight visitors to onsen (hot spring) resorts, in an attempt to deal with rising tourism. This tax has been raised in regions ...

If you’re wondering how geisha are supposed to dance, or sumo wrestlers grapple, inside one of Tokyo’s most-visited tourism spaces, it’s because these demonstrations will take place outside of the ...

that Markle has been obsessed with the same Japanese beauty brand for years: Tatcha. Known for gentle but effective formulas that take inspiration from traditional geisha skincare routines ...

Although it’s one of the most expensive options on this list, at $54 for a single bath towel, you get what you pay for, and that’s a luxurious towel made from long-staple zero-twist Egyptian ...