Used as a preventative measure against stress in Japan, I gave forest bathing a go to gain first-hand experience of its ...

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Bathing is an art in Japan. Bathing has style. Bathing has etiquette. The only bath etiquette I was taught was to wipe off the ring after using the tub. By Japanese bathing standards, I’m a barbarian.

It was a cold February day in northern Japan, snow piled high outside the onsen locker room windows as I slipped out of my clothes. Nervously, I stepped into the plumes of steam wafting from the next ...