Japan and Taiwan have lot of hotsprings.
If you went these mountain zone, please try it.
I promise you would have good time for relaxing.
Especially Winter is the best season, you can take a bath with watching snow.
Almost all Japanese hot springs are naked only.
In Taiwan, wearing swimwear is more popular than naked.
you can go bath just like a pool nearly all places in Taiwan.
Japanese bath have 3 common rules.
First, Washing body before go into water.
Second, If you have tattoo, basically you can’t go…
(If you had tattoo, I recommend sticker to seal it. Maybe that’s okay. This rule is for anti socialistic group people. )
Finally, This is most important.
Do not dip towel in bath! Even though it is clean.
Yep, I don’t know why.
But rules are rules, some Japanese strictly dislike this behavior. lol
So, please follow.
I’m not familiar with Taiwanese hot springs.
So,These are recommendation only in Japan.
Minakami Hotsprings, Gunma(near Tokyo)
Hot spring pools along river. Good view. You can ski in winter.
Kawayu Hotsprings , Wakayama(near Osaka)
Along little larger river than Minakami. More naturalistic.
Dougo Hotsprings, Ehime(Shikoku island)
Classical Spa hotel building is famous. Old hotspring town lives here.
Thank you for reading.