This National Park in Japan Has Hundreds of Hot Spring Pools and the Country’s Most Popular Onsen

Known for its Olympic-worthy mountains, alpine forests, and highlands crossed by rivers and ponds, Joshin Etsu Kogen National ...
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Japan’s hot springs hold clues to the origins of life on Earth

Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was hostile, with barely any oxygen and toxic conditions for life. Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute studied Japan’s iron-rich hot springs, ...