// Glossary
Tōji (Hot Spring Therapy)
6 topics
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Is Warming the Body Connected to Warming the Heart?
Traditional therapy of staying at a hot spring resort, immersing in the waters to heal both body and mind. Not mere bathing, but aimed at long-term physical and mental recovery.
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The special atmosphere that onsen areas have
The traditional practice of staying in an onsen area, immersing in the water, and healing body and mind; not mere tourism but a culture of 'aligning' time and place.
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The Relationship Between Regional Culture and Hot Springs
The traditional practice of staying long-term at a hot spring for physical and mental healing. Deeply connected to local culture and views on medicine.
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The Anticipation When Planning a Hot Spring Trip
A traditional therapeutic practice of staying long-term at hot springs to heal mind and body. Just planning it activates the image of healing and preemptively softens daily fatigue.
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Why Are Travel and Hot Springs Such a Natural Pair?
Traditional Japanese recuperative practice of extended stays at hot springs, historically linked to travel and widely practiced in the Edo period.
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On Whether to Believe in the Efficacy of Hot Springs
The traditional Japanese custom and culture of staying at a hot spring resort to bathe for the treatment of illness or restoration of health.