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Perhaps taking a cue from the 2010 John Cusack comedy “Hot Tub Time Machine,” Japan’s Beppu City is planning to open the world’s first spa-themed amusement park (or “Spamusement Park”) in the summer of 2017. According to an article in Travel + Leisure, the unique theme park, Yuenchi, was initially teased by Beppu City in […]

Those seeking a refreshing and therapeutic way to heat up and cool down this summer need look no further than Bats and Dragonflies. Two of Watercourse Way’s eight private hot tub rooms – Six Dragonflies and Nine Bats – feature a steam room and cold plunge in addition to the jacuzzi, shower and resting area. […]

I have a certain fondness for room Six Dragonflies, partially because my first memories of Watercourse Way are from being photographed in that room with my brother and parents for a newspaper ad in the early 1980s. But there are other reasons – the room is simply beautiful (it has changed quite a bit since […]