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温泉(おんせん) Hot Spring 「Onsen」



　 鎌倉時代以降、それまで漠然として信仰の存在となっていた温泉に対し、医学的な活用がウェートを占め、実用的、実益的なものになり、一遍らの僧侶の行う施浴などによって入浴が一般化しました。鎌倉中期の別府温泉には大友頼康によって温泉奉行が置かれ、元寇の役の戦傷者が保養に来た記録が残っています。さらに戦国時代の武田信玄や上杉謙信は特に温泉の効能に目を付けていたと言われています。
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　An onsen is a term for hot springs in the Japanese language, though the term is often used to describe the bathing facilities and inns around the hot springs. As a volcanically active country, Japan has thousands of onsen scattered along its length and breadth. Onsen were traditionally used as public bathing places and today play a central role in directing Japanese domestic tourism.

Onsen come in many types and shapes, including outdoor, rotenburo or notenburo?) and indoor baths. Baths may be either public run by a municipality or private (uchiyu?) often run as part of a hotel, ryokan or Bed and Breakfast (minshuku?).

Onsen are a central feature of Japanese tourism often found out in the countryside but there are a number of popular establishments still found within major cities. They are a major tourist attraction drawing Japanese couples, families or company groups who want to get away from the hectic life of the city to relax. Japanese often talk of the virtues of "naked communion" hadaka no tsukiai?)[1] for breaking down barriers and getting to know people in the relaxed homey atmosphere of a ryokan with an attached onsen. Japanese television channels often feature special programs about local onsens.

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温泉の楽しみ方・入り方 Explanation

 

icon上手な温泉の入りかた :
　　How to take a bath? (Japan-gide.com) :
　　http://www.onsenkyo.com/basic/hairikata.html (日本語）
　　http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2292_how.html (英語）

icon How to enjoy Hot spring ! (Japan-giide.com) :

　　http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2292_ryokan.html (英語）

 onsen

 

温泉の場所　Places

　リンク　Links

　 icon Japan National Tourist Organaization (JNTO) :
  　　  http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/interests/hot.html (英語）

　 icon 茨城県内 in Ibaraki :
　     http://www.pref.ibaraki.jp/bukyoku/seikan/kokuko/e-ibaraki-report/0512onsen.html (英語）

　 icon in Kanto 関東 :

 　   http://www.secret-   japan.com/onsen/location/display_region.php?&selregion=Kanto(英語）

　 icon Oh-edo Onsen Monogatari （大江戸温泉物語） in Odaiba　お台場, Tokyo :
 　    http://www.ooedoonsen.jp/higaeri/english/index.html （English、中文、韓文、日本語）


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