Onsen (Hot Springs) in Japan – Transforming terrain into healing landscapes

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1366-1373

  Serbulea, Mihaela ^a   Payyappallimana, Unnikrishnan ^b  

^a Independent Researcher

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

alternative and complementary medicine; Hot springs; Japan; Onsen therapy; Touji; Traditional

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; STANDARD; THERMAL SPRING;

CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HOT SPRINGS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAPAN; MEDICINE, EAST ASIAN TRADITIONAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 85027956760     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.06.020     Document Type: Article

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