How Japan can meet its future energy needs is not necessarily something you think about while enjoying a nice long soak in a hot-spring bath.
But the hot water you’re soaking in is part of the solution, say advocates of geothermal power.
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Letting off steam: The country's first geothermal power plant was an experimental one that began operating near the hot-spring resort city of Beppu, Oita Prefecture. | GETTY IMAGES
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