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Wine Spa, under a giant object of a wine bottle. The spa management claims it has health benefits such as relieving fatigue, moisturizing action and anti-aging

In this spa in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, bathers gather to see the throwing of wine, performed several times a day. A warning is given to the underage or drivers not to drink the wine during the performance.

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Green Tea Spa, boasting health benefits like preventing rough dry skin, whitening or effects for cold constitution.

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Strawberry Spa, It claims health benefits such as moisturizing action and skin care by applying strawberry juice and skim milk.

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A fresh-water fish in the carp family, that has a habit of nibbling the cornified layers of human skins. Bathers are advised to keep their feet in the water for about three minutes for toe nibbling by the fish.

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Japanese Sake, or rice wine, is applied in the spa. In the back, a giant Sake barrel is placed. The spa management claims it has health benefits including skin care, relieving backache and cold constitution.

I don't think the idea would fly very well here in NA where bath houses are...unpopular to non-existent. Whether a individual spa could benefit from offering these treatments is debatable. They'll certain get good (free) media attention for their efforts. These ideas are very "Asian".

bath houses in North america would be full of pervets and junkys lol

^haha so true

lol i thought all these so called spas in van are whorehouses

oomg i've been in one of those fish spas. I was sitting in the spa with the water up to my neck and it was the STRANGEST feeling ever.
Those things literally suck on your skin but it feels like tiny needles poking you over and over again, it actually hurt a bit =(

As for the rest of the spas, i could easily just sit in my bathtub and pour in some strawberry juice and skim milk or make a tub full of green tea and sit in it. it's free, too. hmm.

Yah.. im gonna have to agree.. this is not gonna work over here..
your gonna have some fat ass americans taking baths in ketchup and southern bbq sauce.. then you prob got canadians trying to shower in maple syrup trying to claim that has some health benefits to it..

they are.

all their advertisements are sketch as hell.

I fucking LOL'd.

Call me when you do.

that fish thing is same as when Jeremy Clarkson visited Vietnam with May and Hammond? I wanna try it :D

i wanna try to fish one! hahaha

There's bath houses here too. They're just there for the gay people though and I mean this quite literally.

I would like to try the fish. I wonder if they've ever had a problem with a brat kid trying to squish all the fish...

I actually went to that spa, but didn't go to the whacky theme pools they have. They have an bathing-suit-required area with all that crazy shit, or a traditional onsen area. You can also buy admission to both, but I didn't have a bathing suit with me.

HAHAHh that cracked me up good

i love japanese ppl

the fish one seems so scary to me. if your suit falls off, one fish with swim up your holes.

this is pretty neat, might give it a try this summer :)

Added to my list of things to do when I visit Japan =D

I went to see if I had any pictures from my trip to this spa (it's called Yunessun by the way, if you ever want to go there) but all I found were some pics of this unusual car I saw on the way there:

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i think someone here already tried to do that freshwater fish thing locally but the health dept. nixed it saying it wasn't approved by them or sth...

fart can on a domestic station wagon? confederation flag sticker? any pics of the owner? japanese redneck with a mullet? :haha:

that's weird now that u mention it... japan has plenty of weirdoes but i don't hear of creepy stories in bath houses or spas...

when i read the title of this thread i was wondering why there was no NWS in front, then i see it's actual spas lol

the fish one looks cool, i wouldnt mind trying it, but only with my feet, i dont want those guys swimming down my shorts and starting to bite :cry:

What a waste of strawberries.....=(

green tea seems cool