Over the past two days I’ve been shooting a lot and I feel that I’ve been fairly productive. Time is passing quickly. As of tonight (Wed) I have only four more days here in Japan and then we’re of to Hawaii. Tonight I went to one of my favorite restaurants and then topped of the night with visiting a local public bath. For me there is something very relaxing and comforting about going to a Japanese bath. The water is about 112f and this particular bath has a section the sends electric shocks through any part of your body that you put in that area of the bath. You can only stay in the bath for about 8-10 minutes. After that you start to few light headed and your blood pressure begins to increase. The bath that I went to is in the city Yamato. It’s a fairly large city with a good amount of unsavory characters. After paying the 420 yen fee I asked the attendant if I could take a few photos inside. As you can see from the photo above he said yes. I don’t think he would have said yes if there were customers inside. I did have the opportunity to share the bath with a local Yakuza. I am surprised that they let him in because a common policy concerning public baths is that no tattoos are allowed. I kept my eyes to the ground and my mouth shut because you’ll never know what could happen.
2 comments:
Hi there from Boston! I'm really enjoying your last three posts, and I understand about being "blocked" which is common amongst our group. There's something really neat about your exploration of these public places, wanting to connect with the culture and the people that's freeing. Your photos feel expansive, colorful and original, really refreshing. There's something going on here! Perhaps figure it all out later(connect the threads). At least that's what my faculty advisor advised.
Safe travels!
Stacey
Thanks Stacey!
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