TANABE, Wakayama Prefecture--How about an outdoor hot spring bath ... and open to all until Feb. 28. The bathing area alongside the Otogawa river measures roughly 24 meters by 12 meters ...

Indian devotees converged on a river for a holy bath days after the tragic stampede that killed 30 individuals. Aerial footage shows crowds of worshippers splashing in the Triveni Sangam River in ...

While the pH levels of the river met the primary water quality criteria for outdoor bathing, the BOD levels at both upstream and downstream failed to comply with the standards for outdoor bathing.