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To say that there are mineral water springs in Bulgaria is somewhat of an understatement. According to Wikipedia, there are 225 sites with flow rate of more than 5000 l/s. Most hot springs are in Southern Bulgaria, south of Stara Planina, particularly in west Rodopi mountain, as well as Struma and Mesta valleys. Note that these are somewhat difficult to ...

Japanese-themed and Japanese-operated Maruia Springs on the spine of the South Island has a Japanese-style public bathhouse where swimwear is optional: Pretty much everywhere else, including the outdoor area at Maruia itself, swimwear is required.

Almost without fail, swimming costumes are required. As are towels, so as not to drip everywhere. There are however, sometimes private pools you can reserve (indoors) - for example, at Hanmer Springs, and I suspect a lot of the time, swimming costumes may not be used there, although I think officially they'd be required. However, there are a few ...

"Onsen Geisha" is rather a locality issue than a "what do they do" issue. Towns that are famous for onsen have sometimes stage shows in hotels that anyone who visits can see. Example: http://www.atami-furuya.co.jp/geisha/ You can however just as well have a private performance such as in this place: http://www.horita-spa.com/party.html If you want to ...

I've been told that onsen geisha still exist on the web site Immortal Geisha. Another place to see onsen geisha is Higashiyama onsen, which is in Aizu Wakamatsu, Fukushima province. (Thanks Immortal Geisha user Hisayakko) http://www.aizu-higashiyama.com/geigi/geigi.html (in Japanese) talks about geisha and mentions the fee for booking a geisha there, so ...