Onsen is a Japanese word for hot springs. Punk is a philosophy that puts freedom and egalitarian mindset at its core represented externally through distinctive visual style and adherence to specific set of social practices. Combined together it is a way of life built around respect to nature and people, a search for purification for body and soul and a specific aesthetics of water in human culture.

It goes back to the original way in which terms like “steampunk” evolved from certain cultural traditions into identities for the whole communities. Onsenpunk already exists today and have been a part of our society for long time. All we want is to make it a bit more visible and to hint at the possibilities around us.

So everything is very simple. This is the home for all who love hot springs and nature and are free in their spirit and mind. Onsenpunk is life.