Getting wet. Adventures in the japanese bath

A rollicking dip intp japanese culture, Getting wet is one man's journey from his home tub into the many facets of the country's bathing scene, where he learns, among other things, that: The number of japanese who die in the bath each year rivals the number killed in traffic accidents Tokyo's largest bathing theme park celebrated the arrival of it's one-millionth visitor within one year on it's opening. Archelogical digs suggest the japanese were bathing in hot springs 10 000 years ago: aristocrats were singing their praises more than 1000 years ago