The water in the hot springs, or also known as onsen, are meant to be changed at least once a week, according to local rules governing onsen maintenance Read more at straitstimes.com.
Hot spring baths can be bad for one’s health. A 160-year-old Japanese inn’s offer for such watery relaxation blemished the Asian country’s reputation for cleanliness when a guest of the Daimaru Besso inn in the southwestern Fukuoka region fell sick after taking the traditional bath. Health authorities who inspected last year the inn for compliance