Delivering its own "stay-at-home" message to contain the spread of COVID-19, one of the oldest hot springs in Japan is asking onsen lovers to go virtual to take a breather and relax -- in their own bathtubs.Young hot spring inn owner Kazushige Kanai and like-minded colleagues in Arima Onsen, western Japan, are offering a series of virtual reality videos enabling viewers to immerse themselves in hot water and feel as if they are in the famous tourist destination in Hyogo Prefecture.The first batch already released on YouTube takes viewers wearing VR headsets to five inns, allowing them to en…READ FULL ARTICLE
