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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the Tama-no-yu bathing area for men in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the Botchan-no-ma Room, named after a famous book written by Japanese novelist Natsume Soseki (1867-1916), in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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[Breaking News]Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

MATSUYAMA, Japan, July 11 Kyodo - People wait in line at the entrance of the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan in the early morning of July 11, 2024, as the bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations the same day after about five and a half years of repairs. (Kyodo)

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the Tama-no-yu bathing area for women in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, which is listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of renovation work.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the Kami-no-yu bathing area for men in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, which is listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the Kami-no-yu bathing area for men in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, which is listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the Kami-no-yu bathing area for men in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, which is listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

People celebrate the full resumption of operations for the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse on July 10, 2024, in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture in western Japan, after about five and a half years of repairs. The bathhouse is listed as property of national cultural significance.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows a private room called "the Soaring Room" in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the Second-floor Hall of the Kami-no-yu bathing area, a lounge used after bathing, in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, listed as property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

People wait in line at the entrance of the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan in the early morning of July 11, 2024, as the bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations the same day after about five and a half years of repairs.(Kyodo)

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

People wait in line at the entrance of the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan in the early morning of July 11, 2024, as the bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations the same day after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

People wait in line at the entrance of the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan in the early morning of July 11, 2024, as the bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations the same day after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse to fully resume operations

Dogo Onsen bathhouse to fully resume operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows Yushinden reserved for use by members of Japan's imperial family in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, which is listed as a property of national cultural significance, is scheduled to resume full operations on 11 July after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse to fully resume operations

Dogo Onsen bathhouse to fully resume operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows Yushinden reserved for use by members of Japan's imperial family in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, which is listed as a property of national cultural significance, is scheduled to resume full operations on 11 July after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse to fully resume operations

Dogo Onsen bathhouse to fully resume operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows Shirasagi-no-Ma private room in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, which is listed as a property of national cultural significance, is scheduled to resume full operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse to fully resume operations

Dogo Onsen bathhouse to fully resume operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, is scheduled to fully resume operating on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse to fully resume operations

Dogo Onsen bathhouse to fully resume operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, is scheduled to fully resume operating on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse to fully resume operations

Dogo Onsen bathhouse to fully resume operations

Photo taken on July 1, 2024, shows the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, deemed a property of national cultural importance, is slated to fully resume operations on July 11 following repair work that lasted about five and a half years.

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'Rakugo' comic storyteller speaks at famed resort

'Rakugo' comic storyteller speaks at famed resort

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Popular "rakugo" comic storyteller Katsura Bunshi presents one of his original tales at Dogo Onsen Honkan, an old wooden public bathhouse, on Oct. 24, 2014, in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the renovation of the bathhouse dating back to 1894.

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'Rakugo' comic storyteller speaks on famed spa resort

'Rakugo' comic storyteller speaks on famed spa resort

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Popular "Rakugo" comic storyteller Katsura Bunshi performs his original tale titled "Let's go to Dogo Onsen," one of Japan's oldest and most famous hot springs in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2014, to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the renovation of the Dogo Onsen Honkan wooden public bathhouse dating back to 1894.

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Reed screens hung over bathhouse windows ahead of summer

Reed screens hung over bathhouse windows ahead of summer

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Reed screens are hung over windows of the Dogo Onsen Honkan building, a time-honored wooden bathhouse, ahead of the summer season in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on June 2, 2014.

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Photographer visits hot spring decorated with her works

Photographer visits hot spring decorated with her works

Photographer Mika Ninagawa looks at one of her works on display at Dogo Onsen Honkan, a renowned wooden public bathhouse in Matsuyama, western Japan on Dec. 2, 2015. The Dogo hot spring resort is holding a 10-month-long event until Feb. 29, 2016, combining the hot spring with art, showcasing Ninagawa's works themed on flower petals on the streets and introducing "yukata" kimono bathrobes bearing colorful flower petal motifs designed by Ninagawa, among other things. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photographer visits hot spring decorated with her works

Photographer visits hot spring decorated with her works

Photographer Mika Ninagawa stands in front of Dogo Onsen Honkan, a renowned wooden public bathhouse in Matsuyama, western Japan, with a curtain designed with one of her works hanging, on Dec. 2, 2015. The Dogo hot spring resort is holding a 10-month-long event until Feb. 29, 2016, combining the hot spring with art, showcasing Ninagawa's works themed on flower petals on the streets and introducing "yukata" kimono bathrobes bearing colorful flower petal motifs designed by Ninagawa, among other things. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Year-end cleaning at historic Matsuyama public bathhouse

Year-end cleaning at historic Matsuyama public bathhouse

A worker engages in the "susuharai" end of year clean up ritual at Dogo Onsen Honkan, a time-honored wooden public bathhouse in Matsuyama, western Japan on Dec. 1, 2015 before the start of the new year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Year-end cleaning at historic Matsuyama public bathhouse

Year-end cleaning at historic Matsuyama public bathhouse

Workers engage in the "susuharai" end of year clean up ritual at Dogo Onsen Honkan, a time-honored wooden public bathhouse in Matsuyama, western Japan on Dec. 1, 2015 before the start of the new year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photographer's works illuminated at wooden public bathhouse

Photographer's works illuminated at wooden public bathhouse

Colorful pictures taken by photographer and film director Mika Ninagawa are hung on "shoji" sliding screens at Dogo Onsen Honkan, an old wooden public bathhouse in the Dogo hot spring resort in Matsuyama, western Japan, and are lit on a trial basis on the evening of Sept. 30, 2015. The exhibition, which started the next day, will continue until the end of February. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photographer's works shown at wooden public hot-spring bathhouse

Photographer's works shown at wooden public hot-spring bathhouse

Colorful pictures by photographer and film director Mika Ninagawa are hung on "shoji" sliding screens on Oct. 1, 2015, at Dogo Onsen Honkan, an old wooden public bathhouse at the Dogo hot spring resort in Matsuyama, western Japan. The exhibition will continue until the end of February. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photographer's works exhibited at old wooden public bathhouse

Photographer's works exhibited at old wooden public bathhouse

Visitors relax in a room on Oct. 1, 2015, against a background of "shoji" sliding screens with colorful pictures taken by photographer and film director Mika Ninagawa at Dogo Onsen Honkan, an old wooden public bathhouse in the Dogo hot spring resort in Matsuyama, western Japan. The exhibition will continue until the end of February. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Visitors relax in room with reed screens at Dogo Onsen spa resort

Visitors relax in room with reed screens at Dogo Onsen spa resort

Visitors drink tea in a resting room on June 1, 2015, at Dogo Onsen Honkan, a traditional public bathhouse and symbol of the Dogo Onsen spa resort in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. Reed screens were hung below the eaves earlier in the day to kick off the summer tourism season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dogo Onsen spa resort landmark ready for summer in western Japan

Dogo Onsen spa resort landmark ready for summer in western Japan

Dogo Onsen Honkan, a traditional public bathhouse and symbol of the Dogo Onsen spa resort in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, is ready for the summer tourism season as screens made of reed are hung below the eaves on June 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Worker hangs reed screen below eaves of Dogo Onsen spa resort landmark

Worker hangs reed screen below eaves of Dogo Onsen spa resort landmark

A worker at Dogo Onsen Honkan hangs a screen made of reed below its eaves on June 1, 2015, marking the start of the summer tourism season at the traditional public bathhouse, a symbol of the Dogo Onsen spa resort in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Rakugo' comic storyteller speaks at famed resort

'Rakugo' comic storyteller speaks at famed resort

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Popular "rakugo" comic storyteller Katsura Bunshi presents one of his original tales at Dogo Onsen Honkan, an old wooden public bathhouse, on Oct. 24, 2014, in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the renovation of the bathhouse dating back to 1894. (Kyodo)

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Renovation begins at historic bathhouse in western Japan

Renovation begins at historic bathhouse in western Japan

People get ready for an extensive seven-year renovation project at the main building of the historic Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reopening of Dogo Onsen bathhouse

Reopening of Dogo Onsen bathhouse

The main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, resumes operations on June 19, 2020, for the first time in two months after its coronavirus-necessitated closure. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reopening of Dogo Onsen bathhouse

Reopening of Dogo Onsen bathhouse

People form a line to enter the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on June 19, 2020, when it resumed operations for the first time in two months following its coronavirus-necessitated closure. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Historic bathhouse in western Japan

Historic bathhouse in western Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 10, 2019, shows the main building of the historic Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, ahead of its extensive seven-year renovation project from Jan. 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renovation begins at historic bathhouse in western Japan

Renovation begins at historic bathhouse in western Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 15, 2019, shows the main building of the historic Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, whose renovation work expected to last about seven years began earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Year-end cleaning at historic public bathhouse in western Japan

Year-end cleaning at historic public bathhouse in western Japan

Volunteers are involved in the "susuharai" end-of-year clean up ritual at the public bathhouse Dogo Onsen main hall, a nationally designated important cultural property, in the western Japan city of Matsuyama on Dec. 6, 2016. The hot spring forms the setting of popular Japanese novel "Botchan" by Natsume Soseki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Year-end cleaning at historic public bathhouse in western Japan

Year-end cleaning at historic public bathhouse in western Japan

Volunteers are involved in the "susuharai" end-of-year clean up ritual at the public bathhouse Dogo Onsen main hall, a nationally designated important cultural property, in the western Japan city of Matsuyama on Dec. 6, 2016. The hot spring forms the setting of popular Japanese novel "Botchan" by Natsume Soseki. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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