Aya - economical way of staying in Japan

economical way of staying in Japan

Monday, 10. November 2008, 15:39:29

I wonder if there is such a fascility in your country.

Last week I went a spa.

I brought nothing with me. After I payed(about 25$), I received a locker key,bathtowel,facetowel and pajamas.

At first, I enjoyed various type of bath,and sauna. There were 3 types of sauna. One of them has a television. People can spend time with watching TV with unusual pose

. And there were 6 big bath,like bath for foot, jet bath, cold bath, outside bath,etc.

Upstairs, there were various kind of healing room (like low temperature sauna). People wear costume so that many couples can stay together in this space.

After I spent 2 hours in the bathroom, I went downstairs to rest.
There were 1 big space with gorgeous reclining chairs(for men and women), and 2 rooms for women.
Each reclining seat has television(like first calss seat of airplane). People can rest there with watching TV and eating foods. And also I could find internat( for free), massage room, restaurant, barber etc. etc, in this floor.
And if you pay a bit more(18$), you can stay here all night. Many people use here instead of staying hotel.

So it would be one of a economical way to travel in Japan.

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Comments

San # 10. November 2008, 16:20

That seems really inexpensive for Japan. A day at the spa here would certainly cost more than that.

Aya # 10. November 2008, 23:11

Good morning San!
We can find this stile of place all over Japan.
So I think it would be better staying here than staying in Internet cafe.

Usually how much does one pay for spa?

San # 11. November 2008, 02:43

I'm not sure because I'm sure I can't afford it!

Lorenzo Celsi # 11. November 2008, 09:38

Here in Italy there are different kind of spas. There are some places where people go for drinking mineral water. Those are usually traditional and ancient or old places that in the past were used like some sort of medicine for several diseases. In those places you usually live in a nearby hotel and then you go in the "spa" to undergo different kind of "cures". Then there are modern spas that are more related to fitness and looking, where people go for relaxing or taking care of their bodies with some sort of beauty treatment. Those can include resting or sleeping but they are usually very expensive.

On a side note: in the roman age there were the "termae" in all the cities, big public places where people went to take hot and cold baths and to socialize. But when the roman society collapsed there weren't resources to keep those places opened, plus the christian religion considered the naked body as some sort of "shame" or "sin" and then during the middle ages the "termae" were abandoned and forgotten.

Currently italians don't go often to a public place for bathing, have a sauna or socializing and then those services, when they exist, are considered a luxury for few people and they are expensive.

Aya # 11. November 2008, 12:23

Spa in other countries seems different from that in Japan...

Lorenzo Celsi # 11. November 2008, 12:32

I guess spas in Japan are similar to the roman "termae". It is not an unknown concept here, only it is not traditional since the middle ages (about 1000 years ago).

Aya # 11. November 2008, 13:11

Penso di si! Ci sono tante terme in Italia?

Lorenzo Celsi # 11. November 2008, 13:18

Come ho detto, nella antichita' romana c'erano delle "termae" in ogni citta'. Nelle citta' piu' grandi ce n'erano diverse. Assomiglivano come funzione ai "bagni" giapponesi.

Oggi invece in italiano di chiamano "terme" solo le sorgenti di acque minerali, mentre le "termae" romane si dovrebbero chiamare "bagni pubblici".

In Italia ci sono moltissime sorgenti di acque minerali, di tipo diverso.