For Metro Manila residents and the quintessential homebody or taong-bahay, an inaccurate image might come to mind when hearing about forest bathing for the first time. On a familiarization trip ...

Bathing is a ritual. For some, it can be therapeutic and for others, an unwarranted futile exercise. Many people jump under the shower every time they’re back home, while some choose to keep water at ...

Public baths, or sentō, are one of a variety of ways of enjoying bathing in Japan. For much of their history these bathhouses were not only places to bathe, but also served as important community ...

Forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku, is a Japanese practice that encourages people to immerse themselves in nature for mental and physical health benefits ...

In March 2024, when Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, revealed in a video that she had been diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer - a revelation shook the world. However, a year later, Kate shared that ...

FUKUOKA -- More public baths and hot springs in Japan are lowering the maximum age at which mixed gender bathing is permitted, from 9 to 6. The changes, which come as local governments amend outdated ...