Word: soaks
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...Japan. Here, hot-springs hopping is a national obsession enjoyed by wrinkled elders and stylish college girls alike. Foreign visitors often resist getting naked with strangers, but the transpacific flight alone ought to convince you. What better way to ease your aching joints than with a good long soak...
...Sleep in a tatami room on a futon. Enjoy a meal with a local family, and take a bath with them. Most Japanese families draw one large bath per evening. Since family members take turns using it, it's imperative to shower and scrub thoroughly before enjoying a relaxing soak. To arrange a homestay, contact the Nagasaki International Association...
...loop through clouds of steam and around the three springs. A tangle of steel pipes directs the water to hotels and resorts in the nearby towns of Unzen and Obama, the destinations of choice for Japan's honeymooners, the elderly seeking respite from their rheumatism and anyone preferring a soak to a hike...
...It’s not so extraordinary for a young writer to want to soak up new experiences,” he says...
...knows exactly what the impact a surplus of tens of millions of men will be on society. Sociologists predict that both military and monastic life will become more popular. But these institutions will only be able to soak up a limited number of men, and the government fears a rise in crime, prostitution and drug use as a swarm of bachelors roam the countryside. A hint of that future has already arrived in Shaanxi's Qiaogou village, where children play under a dusty apple tree, tossing scraps of vegetables as makeshift toys. The noise is the raucous glee of boys...