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GETTING INTO HOT WATER Throw a dart at a map of the Izu Peninsula and you'll likely hit an onsen, or hot spring. These naturally occurring geothermic sources are the primary reason Japanese tourists flock to the Izu, and rightly so: the baths, often attached to hotels, make for a stress-killing date with relaxation. Shimoda and its environs boast a number of splendid onsen inns, or ryokan, like the Kannon, 15 kilometers out of town. A room for one including two meals goes for $120 a night. Call (81-55) 828 1234 for reservations. But if you just...
...While most onsen offer a cozy, over-sized tub feeling, the Kanaya is a steaming behemoth of a bath, half the length of an Olympic-sized swimming pool. A thousand people might be hyperbole (a hundred is more like it), but so what? With wood paneling, high ceilings, statues of frolicking nymphs and a rotenburo, or outdoor bath, this steamy classic offers bathers the chance to par-boil in elegance or cool off under the night...
...photographs of his friends and their decadent, self-destructive lives. Luscious pomegranates, the bright colors of tomatoes and oranges, even the morning light present in nearly every image are far from the sadness that pervades many of those photographs not included in this show, such as Jochen taking a bath (1997), which shows Tillmans’ lover just before his death from AIDS. Indeed, new LA still life (2001), located on the back wall of the exhibition space, is almost comical, as a pineapple hovers above clear rock candy, fruits and vegetables...
...else they imagine scenes Minnie was not privy to, as when her mother confronts Monroe on her suspicions about the relationship with Minnie. Adding a different layer of challenge to the book, the switching from prose to comix feels like jumping between the sauna and the cold bath...
...prodding we also paid a visit to the famous Aurora spa, hoping to experience one of Issyk-Kul's other attractions: the mud bath. But it was not to be. On offer instead were such dubious delights as "lavage of the stomach" and "urological prostate massage." This might be Boris Yeltsin's cup of tea. But for us, the beach beckoned...