How far would you go for beauty and youthfulness?  Is it worth smothering your face with bird poop or soaking your hair with bull semen?  Travel with TripAtlas.com as we take you around the world to look at 10 of the most unique, bizarre, fun and strange spa treatments offered today....

Every few months or so, I usually have to fight the increasing urge to quit my job, grab my backpack, and wander the world for an indefinite amount of time.  If you're in the same boat and you're looking for a way to work abroad, teaching English has always been a great option.  Here is...

Who said bathhouses were just for the ancient Greeks and Romans? Well, the Japanese didn't - and they have more than a thousand years of history to prove it. Today, one of its finest hot springs, Hakone Kowakien Yunessun located in Hakone in the Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan, offers not...

The history of toilets in Japan is long and rather extensive - as far as toilet history can go. Toire is the abbreviated Japanese word for "toilet" in English. In fact, the unofficial Japanese Toilet Day is November 11th or 10/11 which can be read as ii-to(ire) which means "good toilet."...

In many places in the world, Valentine's Day rituals today means giving love letters, cards, chocolates, gifts, hearts, and things that are red and pink. In Asia, as especially Korea and Japan, things are no different - but since the spread of Valentine's Day into these countries, the festival's...

Blowfish, also known as pufferfish or porcupinefish, is one of today's most celebrated, averted, superstitious, and captivating dishes in Japanese and Korean cuisine - and has been for more than 2000 years. The reason that blowfish ("fugu" in Japan) is often avoided is because if it is...

In a society of religiosity and spiritualism, it's no surprise that religious travel alone and the faith tourism industry produces about $18 billion and includes approximately 300 million travellers. What Counts As Religious Travel? Religious travel and tourism include: pilgrimages, missionary...