Not even Japanese bathhouses are immune from shocks of Iran war
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Soaring oil prices driven by the war in the Middle East are threatening to deal a final blow to the traditional public bathhouse.
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The interior of Ume-no-yu, a public bathhouse in the city of Nagano. Soaring oil prices driven by the war in the Middle East are threatening to deal a final blow to a storied Japanese institution: the sento, or traditional public bathhouse. | Kentaro Takahashi / The New York Times
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