Private equity firms see opportunity in Japan's traditional hot springs

Private equity firms see opportunity in Japan's traditional hot springs

Tomoko Tomii Photographer: Shiho Fukada/Bloomberg

For Japan’s growing flood of foreign tourists, one of the top internet search terms is “onsen,” the traditional hot springs where travelers have soaked since the days of the samurai. Now some of the world’s oldest businesses are attracting big new money.

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