The paper titled “Japanese steam sand bath heat therapy mediates comparable reductions in blood pressure with smaller discomfort and respiratory strains than hot water immersion and sauna”

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Our paper titled “Japanese steam sand bath heat therapy mediates comparable reductions in blood pressure with smaller discomfort and respiratory strains than hot water immersion and sauna” has been published in Eur J Appl Physiol. (European Journal of Applied Physiology).

This experiment utilised thesand steaming hot spring in Ibusuki City to verify their health-promoting effects and other benefits.

Moreover, it seems that Ibusuki City in Kagoshima Prefecture is the only place in Japan where one can enjoy natural sand steaming hot spring!

Please visit if you have the chance😊

PubMed：https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40603681/

EJAP：https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00421-025-05870-7