Konyoku Onsen Bath Guide

A Konyoku （混浴） bath is a Japanese hot spring bath that offers mixed sex bathing. While this sounds very exciting I have been told that most the time the only women in these places are over 90 years old haha.

Konyoku are often the oldest or most natural baths that simply do not have facilities to separate bathers by sex.

Konyoku was the norm in Japan before Western influence changed the practice during the Meiji era. In many prefectures such as Tokyo it is still illegal to this day. more ...