池田光穂

ウィキペディア（日本語）によると温泉とは「地中から湯（熱水泉）が湧き出して いる現象や場所、湯そのものを示す用語であ」り、「その熱水泉を用いた入浴施設やそれらが集まった地域（温泉街、温泉郷）も」温泉というらしい。」英語に は対応する用語がなく、英語のウィキペディアでもOnsenと記述されている。

"In Japan, onsen (温泉) are the country's hot springs and the bathing facilities and traditional inns around them. As a volcanically active country, Japan has many onsens scattered throughout all of its major islands.[1] Onsens come in many types and shapes, including outdoor (露天風呂 or 野天風呂, roten-buro or noten-buro) and indoor baths (内湯, uchiyu). Baths may be either publicly run by a municipality or privately, often as part of a hotel, ryokan, or bed and breakfast (民宿, minshuku). The presence of an onsen is often indicated on signs and maps by the symbol ♨ or the kanji 湯 (yu, meaning "hot water"). Sometimes the simpler hiragana character ゆ (yu), understandable to younger children, is used. Indoor onsen at Asamushi Onsen Traditionally, onsens were located outdoors, although many inns have now built indoor bathing facilities as well. Nowadays, as most households have their own bath, the number of traditional public baths has decreased,[2] but the number of sightseeing hot spring towns has increased (most notable ones including Kinosaki Onsen, Togura Kamiyamada Onsen [ja], and Akanko Onsen [ja]).[3] Onsens by definition use naturally hot water from geothermally heated springs." - Onsen.

温泉を楽しむのは人間だけではない。



Japanese macaques enjoying a roten-buro open-air onsen at Jigokudani Monkey Park.


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