Japanese Hot Spring Health Benefits | Onsen Story ★ ONLY in JAPAN

Every Centenarian I talk to, people who are over 100 years old. tell me one of the things to a long life is visiting a Japanese hot spring or onsen regularly. It's one of many things but I wanted to know why and how hot springs can not only make us look and feel younger but help us live longer. I traveled to Nakanosawa Onsen, Tsurunoyu Onsen and Tamagawa Onsen to look at how special the waters are, geothermal heated spring water full of natural chemical compounds and minerals. Is there more to it than just soaking in a bath? 00:00 Start 01:03 Where are we? 02:07 Hot Spring Hiking 03:00 Nakanosawa Onsen | A Wild Hot Spring 05:23 Health Benefits of Hot Spring (Interview) 07:56 Tsurunoyu Onsen | Akita 09:36 Tamagawa Onsen | Japan's Most Powerful 10:26 Why do Japanese have smooth skin? 11:20 9 Types of Hot Spring Baths 12:32 Rationality of Onsen 13:13 Conclusion 13:46 Meet Life Where I'm From Greg! Part 2 \(^_^)/ Watch Life Where I'm From with Greg and I for another side to this story: ▶︎    • The Search for Wild & Secret Hot Springs i...   Thank you Greg for driving most of the way, helping me when I feel into the bath, taking the smaller top bunk and being just a good friend, always. Onsen we visited in this episode: Bandai Kogen Resort Inn Bonari https://www.meito-bonari.com/ https://goo.gl/maps/wJYvTiAXLzFs8igX7 Osakaya http://www.ht-net21.ne.jp/~ohsakaya/ https://goo.gl/maps/wcteiDXXg4Fw6h9A9 Oku-Tsuchiyu Kawakami Onsen http://oko.jp/ https://goo.gl/maps/cJ1wY6wgU9i5Gumy7 Tsuchiyu Bettei Satonoyu https://www.satonoyu.com/ https://goo.gl/maps/eLk3LcwdHSwEkFSN7 Thank you Dream Drive for providing us a ride! https://www.dreamdrive.life/ ★ The ONLY in JAPAN Animated Opening was created for John by D'ART Shtajio https://dartshtajio.com/ ◉ Media Inquiries & Questions: Please contact me through http://onlyinjapan.tv ONLY in JAPAN ® is a registered trademark - All rights reserved. John Daub has been a reporter for NHK World TV since 2008 and YouTube creator & producer of the ONLY in JAPAN ® series building a community of over 1.6M. Thanks for watching! #onlyinjapan #onsen #health