Cooling Options

May 28, 2008

A common post sento ritual for many punters involves slumping on a toweled benches that line the changing room or, in winter pacing the outside veranda - either naked of with a towel loosely tied to hips. Wafting a fan gently speeds up the evaporation process and if you're in the mood for the full experience pull a bottle of once-upon-a-time branded drinks from a chilled glass cabinet, sip and chill. It's a building where history stares right back at you.

My regular sento includes a bandai style entrance - where the attendant sits astride of the wall separating the men's and women's changing areas - sometimes a gent sits there and sometimes his chatty/grinning sister. For the latter making use of the fan whilst letting it all hang out is not appropriate.

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