People have enjoyed Onsen or hot spring bathing, long before written records were kept.Archaeologists have found onsen watermarks on objects dated from Japan’s Jomon period (10,000 years ago). The hot springs was not exclusive to ancient Japan. Holy ceremonies were performed at hot springs, according to Celtic tales...
UNCHANGED AND TREND / Masahiro Miwa
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER 1
RENDEZVOUS WITH ONSEN
CHAPTER 2
MY ONSEN HISTORICALVIEW
CHAPTER 3
CHRONICLE OF TENZAN
YUYA IKKYU
WOMEN’S INNER BATH
MEN’S INNER BATH
OKUZASHIKI and OKUNOYU
KAZEDAYORI
YAMABOUSHI
CHAPTER 4
PLANNING and DETAIL DESIGN
ROCK GARDEN ONSEN
OUTDOOR BATH
KOTOHIKI KAIRO
RIRAKU
INNER BATH
HARUNONOYU
YUYA IKKYU
O’S RESIDENCE KARUIZAWAVILLA
NOBORIGUMO
KOTOHIKI KAIRO
VENT
UTASEYU / HITTING WATER
KOTOHIKI KAIRO
RIRAKU
YUGUCHI / SPOUT MOUTH
NEYU / LYING BATH
RIRAKU
CHAPTER 5
WORKS
YUDOKORO NOBORIGUMO
TOSAJI HARUNONOYU
YUYA KOTOHIKI KAIRO
HOTEL SUNVALLEY NASU AQUAVENUS
UBAKONOYU SHUMEIKAN
MINARA NATURAL ONSEN RIRAKU
KYOWA HEALTHY FOREST KARAMATSU ONSEN
PHOENIX SEA GAIA RESORT SHOSENKYU
DATA
EPILOGUE
People have enjoyed Onsen or hot spring bathing, long before written records were kept.Archaeologists have found onsen watermarks on objects dated from Japan’s Jomon period (10,000 years ago). The hot springs was not exclusive to ancient Japan. Holy ceremonies were performed at hot springs, according to Celtic tales.
In ancient Western Europe, Romans globalize the hot spring bathing, as far as Bass (England), Tria (Germany), Barden (Switzerland), and Carlsbard (Chechen). Roman emperors competed in building a grander Terme (bathhouse). As a result, restaurants,sports, education, medicine, and other cultural activities developed and flourished around the bathhouses.
In Japan, people believed in the Onsen water’s medicinal and spiritual healing power. But the design scape of the onsen remained simple, as an outdoor bath. Japanese felt that grandeur architecture did not fit well with its culture. They chose to bathe in the comfort of the ever changing nature.
In publishing this book, titled "Onsen", I hope l am able to show you, the true spirit of outdoor bathing, through the various design examples of bathhouses and onsen facilities.While working on the Phoenix Sea Gaia Resort Redevelopment, collaborating with US owners and architect Paul Ma, I was able to re-affirm my beliefs in the Onsen. I hope readers will find my interpretation to be a fresh way of enjoying hot spring bathing.