The service was developed after Gifu Manmaru Okami no Kai, a group of hospitality managers, asked the students last August to create an app to “explain manners in onsen resorts in an easy-to ...

Many believe that one of the reasons why mixed-gender hot springs are dwindling is that onsen goers no longer respect the rules and manners of such establishments. The concept of a konyoku onsen ...

“Manners have seldom been broken here because ... The inn, located at the Matsukawa Onsen hot spring resort at the foot of Mount Iwatesan, also has a mixed open-air bath popular with visitors.