Japanese news

Swiss furniture manufacturer Vitra has unveiled a major landscape project designed to improve biodiversity, manage water and increase climate resilience across the Vitra Campus in ... More

Hoshino Resorts has developed a “Cool-down onsen soak” programme at properties with Japanese onsen facilities – those within the company’s KAI brand. Hoshino is promoting ... More

Wellness and hospitality thought leaders gathered recently for a workshop at Yasuragi, the Japanese spa and conference hotel near Stockholm. The purpose was to shape ... More

Therme Group’s Romanian bathing resort Therme Bucharest is currently hosting its Herbarium Festival (4-17 May), offering guests a chance to explore sauna and steamroom experiences ... More

Capella Hotels and Resorts has launched its first hotel in Japan, Capella Kyoto, in the city’s historic Miyagawa-cho kagai (geisha district) with an onsen spa ... More

Alpine resort The Chedi Andermatt, in Switzerland’s Usern Valley, has partnered with longevity platform Humansa to offer guests a way to integrate health insights into ... More

Armathwaite Hall Hotel and Spa in the UK’s Lake District has introduced an adults-only spa package that allows guests to make the most of the ... More

A new urban wellness and longevity clinic called BluSonil has opened in Scottsdale, Arizona, in the US, to provide regular spa services inspired by global ... More

Aman’s nine-deck superyacht, Amangati, is taking bookings for its debut season of Mediterranean voyages in Q2 2027. The 180-metre yacht has been designed by Sinot ... More

Japanese hotel owner and operator Hoshino Resorts Inc’s CEO, Yoshiharu Hoshino, has shared his ambition to develop onsen ryokan globally in an exclusive interview with ... More

Lucknam Park Hotel and Spa, Emblems Collection, close to Bath in the UK, has relaunched as the first Emblems-branded hotel in Accor’s portfolio. The Emblems ... More

A major new cultural facility has opened in Taichung, Taiwan, bringing together a metropolitan art museum and library in a bid to “bring together art, ... More

Laugarás Lagoon, a new two-storey geothermal day spa destination, has opened on Iceland’s Golden Circle – a popular tourist route. Located on the banks of ... More

The Rosewood Doha’s social wellbeing club, Asaya, has opened in Qatar, offering hotel guests and members hydrotherapy recovery rituals, movement classes, sound healing, advanced skin ... More

A wellness centre called Akari has opened in One Central, Dubai in the UAE, with medicinal architecture inspired by Japanese design principles. Akari, which translates ... More

Sol Elements, a bathhouse with a design that makes the facility appear to float on a lake, has opened in the 330-acre Tamborine Mountain Glades ... More

Hyatt Hotels Corporation and partners have raised capital commitments of ¥22 billion (US$149 million, €141 million, £110 million) for a fund that will be used ... More

The Chancery Rosewood has opened its doors, revealing the luxury hotel and Asaya Spa that took four years to develop inside the former US Embassy ... More

The Capella Hotel Group has officially launched Patina Osaka, marking the brand’s debut in Japan with an entire floor dedicated to wellness. The Patina brand ... More

Bridgestone, the global tyre manufacturer, has developed a wellness concept with beds using soft, artificial 'muscles', powered by air, which envelop people and use haptic ... More

Terme Preistoriche Resort and Spa in Montegrotto Terme, Italy, is due to open an additional wellness clinic designed by Alberto Apostoli and his team in ... More

Preventative health clinic Biograph is actively working on expansion to secure more sites, following the launch of a second clinic in New York City. Potential ... More

Hospitality group Accor has launched its first Fairmont Hotels and Resorts-branded property in Japan, the Fairmont Tokyo with a chief happiness officer – a Labrador ... More

Three of Hoshino Resorts’ luxury properties in Japan are offering discounted packages to solo travellers seeking personal enrichment. The three hotels are managed under the ... More

Readers of the The Good Spa Guide have voted for their top eight spas in the UK and Ireland, with awards presented on Monday night ... More