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* ''Webcomic/AlienHandSyndrome'': Initially a very brief one for our heroines Erin and Mina, because it turns out that two guys are already bathing in it. ShrinkingViolet Mina is mortified even though she's wearing a ModestyTowel. They return to the spring the next day, even though by then it's raining.
* The guys relax at the onsen in scene 5 of ''Webcomic/SeiyuuCrush'', [[http://seiyuucrush.net/index.php?page=106 Feel So Good]]. Where we see a little nudity, some toe licking, and find Kaji and [=KoiZ=] in a secluded spot.

* ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret''. Unusually for this trope, almost all the chapters involving it are set in the ''mens'' bath. There's still the obligatory fanservice, courtesy of [[LoveableSexManiac Shiho]] showing up for the purposes of training up her "pervert power." This promptly leads to Rin also invading the men's bath to attempt to "seal" said pervert power.

** Another episode involved [[VillainProtagonist Keroro]] [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits and his platoon]] trying to drill their own hot spring so they can get rich off of it. Though, much like the rest of [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Keroro's schemes]], [[MurphysLaw things]] [[GoneHorriblyWrong go south]] [[HilarityEnsues very quickly]].

* In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'' there is a scene that was removed from the international releases of the game, featuring Nina and Ursula visiting a hot spring during the camping scene in the Tidal Flats. They ask Ryu to stand guard, Nina makes a comment along the lines of "Wow, I had no idea you were so big!" he gets curious, HilarityEnsues, unfortunately the clip seems to have gone missing.

* In the 1954 film ''The Bridges at Toko-Ri'', Harry Brubaker (Creator/WilliamHolden), an American fighter pilot stationed in Japan goes to a public bath with his wife Nancy (Creator/GraceKelly) and their kids. No nudity is shown, since it was 1954, but they seem to be nude, and act very shy when a Japanese family enters and disrobes for the bath next to them. Later, they relax. Pretty daring for 1954.

** In another, the cast stops by a resort on the way back from a long plot arc. LovableSexManiac Jiraiya immediately heads for the springs to take advantage of all the {{Fanservice}}. The females, in a moment of [[GenreSavvy clarity]] decide to spend their time in the casino rather than the water. While the plot unfolds we are treated to repeated cutaways of Jiraiya sharing the water with monkeys, Sumo Wrestlers, and elderly old women. By the time the young women show up, Jiraiya has been in the hot water so long he's passed out from heat stroke.

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* A rare Western example, from ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': ''[[Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy I, Jedi]]'' has a scene where Luke and his inaugural class go swimming in a grotto. Corran also discovers that Halcyons have to obey the laws of thermodynamics, as he absorbs the heat and then redirects it into psychokinesis.
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This kind of scenario is so common in anime [[TheWikiRule there is even a wiki]] [[http://animebaths.wikia.com/wiki/Anime_Bath_Scene_Wiki that catalogues them.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil": In the episode "Diaz Family Vacation", Marco Diaz's parents, Angie and Rafael, celebrating their wedding anniversary were found relaxing romantically and making kissy faces in a hot spring "only wearing the fanny packs", after he and Star thought they were eaten alive by a Hydra in its den in the Forest of Certain Death. Rafael asked Star Butterfly's dad, King Butterfly, to join in too, but denies it.

* Not in the series proper, but the OVA episode "Vacation" for ''Anime/AccelWorld'' centered around Haruyuki's friends taking him to a hot spring to help him lose weight for an upcoming physical exam. The place serves for a bit of soul searching for both him and his girlfriend Kuroyukihime. In playing with the series's rules, there also exists a virtual counterpart to the hot springs in the Accelerated World, which the characters take a dip in as their avatars.

* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' has a hot spring. It is [[SpiritualSuccessor heavily inspired]] by ''Harvest Moon''.

* ''Anime/GingaDensetsuWeed'': Tesshin and his pack lead Weed and the soldiers to hot springs to recover from their wounds and enjoy themselves. While there, Jerome (who went missing the episode before) is revealed to be recovering from a bullet wound, and Tesshin gives Weed a [[HeartwarmingMoments moving speech Gin told him to give to him]]. It's also where Weed learns to perfect the Zetzu Tenrou Battouga and uses it on a group of wild boars attacking the dogs.

** Hot springs also appear in ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire''/''Emerald'', though there is no FanDisservice here, either. (The [=NPCs=] in the Lavaridge hot spring are all elderly.) Just outside the spring, an elderly man is warming himself in some heated sand. Talk to him, and he'll remark on how good the sand feels--[[CrowningMomentOfFunny until a Pokemon bites him in the butt.]] Perhaps dampening the comedy: the primary sand-dwelling Pokemon around there is Trapinch, a giant antlion larva with bear trap-like jaws.

* Present in all of the 5 generations of ''VideoGame/RecordOfAgarestWar''. The other present thing with this one is that [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Winfield gets beaten up by Borgnine every single time.]]

* In ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', Asura's old master brings him to a hot spring to recover from annihilating Kurow's airship fleet before he fights him. The goal is to get Asura drunk enough that he tries to grope the handmaiden he has serving him, before [[DynamicEntry getting waylaid]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny and knocked out cold by Augus]].

%% commented out WeblinksAreNotExamples * ''Manga/SchoolRumble'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6vaJnRLg5U Another awkward Eri/Harima moment]].

* One apparently volcanically active zone of [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]], near the ElderGleam Sanctuary, features steaming hot springs and water pools, as well as a Hunters' tent. When this one is occupied, hunters may be met clad only in the game's default underwear (unless you activated the appropriate mod, you pervert), comfortably bathing in a pool. Puzzlingly, if the player unclothes for the sake of roleplaying and tries to bath with the hunters, they will still make amused comments on the Dragonborn's own nudity.

In milder situations, this is merely equivalent to a [[FuroScene bath scene]] where the episode slows down so the characters can relax and think about the events of the day. Often a trip to an ''onsen'' will lead to characters accidentally seeing each-other in the nude. Or ''intentionally'' [[OutdoorBathPeeping seeing each other in the nude]]. Or falling onto each other in the nude... whatever they want, really, [[NakedPeopleAreFunny as long as someone ends up naked]].

* At the very beginning of Issue #43 of [[ComicBook/MyLittlePony IDW' My Little Pony comic]] main series, the protagonists find hot springs. It's a Non-Fanservice occurence, which is later [[ExploitedTrope exploited]] : [[spoiler: The Magical water later shifts those who touched with it, turning them into an evil version of themselves.]]

** The original bathing scenes in ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' had peeping on ''both'' sides: Chester on the male side, and Arche on the female. Chester also gained the title of Muscleman, [[WhiteMagicianGirl Mint]] the title "[[GagBoobs Boin~chan]]". ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia'' had no wall-watching, although Reid did have to smuggle Chat into the men's dressing room to get one of her skills, which leads to a rather unfortunate scene between her and Keele. Also on a seperate occasion, Meredy decided to bath near the man's side instead, and HilarityEnsues.

** And before Vesperia, VideoGame/{{Tales Of The Abyss}} also had it which had two scenes one gives you new outfits and another gives Guy the title [[AccidentalPervert Naughty Devil]] due to him [[ThanksForTheMammary groping]] both [[GagBoobs Tear]] and Natalia after being shoved by Luke and Jade for [[ForTheLulz an experiment]].

* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil": In the episode "Diaz Family Vacation", Marco Diaz's parents, Angie and Rafael, celebrating their wedding anniversary were found relaxing romantically and making kissy faces in a hot spring "only wearing the fanny packs", after he and Star thought they were eaten alive by a Hydra in it's den in the Forest of Certain Death. Rafael asked Star Butterfly's dad, King Butterfly, to join in too, but denies it.

* ''LightNovel/RyuugajouNananaNoMaizoukin'' has a rare gender-swap of [[SeenItAMillionTimes what almost always transpires]] in hot spring episodes. Yuu gets excited by the [[InnocentInnuendo increasingly homoerotic]] conversations going on in the ''men's'' section, and she eventually pokes a hole in the wall to peek at them. She doesn't get to see much of her beloved Isshin, though, so she [[UnprovokedPervertPayback jabs Juugo in the eye for no reason.]]