They found that bathing in hot springs subtly reshapes the snow monkeys’ relationships with their parasites and gut microbes. The macaques that bathe showed different lice distributions and gut ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here are some of the best hot springs in Japan, from Hakone to Yakushima Island. helovi/Getty Image Wellness-oriented escapes are ...

Explore San’in Kaigan National Park, where coastline, fishing villages, hot springs and food culture fall into rhythm with Japan's coastline.

The snow monkeys of Japan are famous, as monkeys go. This troop of Japanese macaques lives in the north, near Nagano, the mountainous, snowy site of the 1998 Winter Olympics. Others of their species ...

Several cities in Japan are grappling with overtourism as local governments take different approaches to curbing crowds. Japan is known for its hot springs (onsens) and bathing facilities surrounded ...

Japanese macaques are famous for soaking in hot springs during winter, but new research suggests this behavior may serve ...