onsen

A Japanese hot spring. The outdoor variety is the kind usually seen in anime, but there are indoor ones as well.

Bathing areas are often divided into women's and men's, although mixed-sex bathing versions exist as well.

See also

• ashiyu
• bathing
• bathhouse
• drum bath
• ofuro
• onsen symbol
• sake

The following tags are aliased to this tag: hot_spring, hot_springs, and hotspring (learn more).