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Japan’s bathhouses struggle to stay afloat as oil prices spike, supply dwindles

Japan’s bathhouses struggle to stay afloat as oil prices spike, supply dwindles

Customers of Ikesu Onsen, a traditional Japanese bathhouse in Tsushima in Aichi prefecture, have had to delay their daily dips due to the Iran war. The sento, or public bathhouse, has been forced to push back its opening time by an hour since late March because of an unstable supply of fuel oil, acc

ORIGINAL SOURCE →via South China Morning Post
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