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An onsen is a Japanese hot spring; the term also extends to cover the bathing facilities and traditional inns frequently situated around a hot spring. As a volcanically active country, Japan has thousands of onsens scattered throughout all of its major islands.Onsens come in many types and shapes, including outdoor and indoor baths. Baths may be either publicly run by a municipality or privately , often as part of a hotel, ryokan, or bed and breakfast . The presence of an onsen is often indicated on signs and maps by the symbol ♨ or the kanji 湯 . Sometimes the simpler hiragana character ゆ , understandable to younger children, is used. Traditionally, onsens were located outdoors, although a large number of inns have now built indoor bathing facilities as well. Nowadays, as most households have their own bath, the number of traditional public baths has decreased, but the number of sightseeing hot spring towns has increased . Onsens by definition use naturally hot water from geothermally heated springs. Onsens are different from sentō, indoor public bath houses where the baths are filled with heated tap water.
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