// Glossary
Tōji (Hot Spring Therapy)
6 topics
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The Non-Ordinary Sensation Created by the Steam of Hot Springs
The traditional practice of soaking in hot springs to heal body and mind. Steam symbolizes the 'non-ordinary time' generated in this process and continues in contemporary wellness culture.
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What Is an Onsen to Japanese People?
The traditional practice of staying long-term at a hot spring to heal body and mind. More than mere bathing, it is a 'healing journey' of stepping away from daily life to face nature, deeply rooted in Japanese life.
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The Contemporary Significance of the Concept of Toji (Hot Spring Therapy)
The traditional Japanese custom of staying for a certain period at a hot spring resort and living a life centered on hot spring bathing to achieve mental and physical recovery or treatment.
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What One Thinks and Does Not Think When Soaking in the Onsen
The traditional practice of staying at a hot spring for an extended period to heal body and mind. Not mere tourism, but valuing the time of surrendering the body away from daily life.
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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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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.