Winter warmer: Wakayama’s hot-spring river bathーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS #shorts

The ‘Sennin-buro,’ an open-air bath formed by the damming of a river, has opened for the season at Kawayu Onsen, a hot spring in Wakayama Prefecture. Its name comes from a legend of its discovery by a ‘sennin,’ or ascetic hermit, but phonetically the word can also mean “a thousand people,’ hinting at its size. The bath taps into the natural hot spring water bubbling up from the riverbed. #japan #travel #tourism #onsen