Once in a great while there is a day that comes on sharp and clean like a diamond- its facets unfold like an origami crane and present themselves one by one. It's as if the prism that is the day has caught the light at just the right angle to collapse and distill hundreds of days behind it. Today was a day like this for me. I can see for miles today.
On another note: Sento (japanese public baths)
Usually, above the main bathing pool in these places is a huge mural of Mount Fuji or something equally japanese. In the sento by Woo's place, however, there is a portrait of my summer home, Chillon Castle in Switzerland, which i found both odd and inviting. I love that castle. In the sento in Nippori, the mural is a TV, playing samurai dramas. And you don't get just one soaking pool, you have your jet pool, your COLD pool, your outdoor pool (nice), and an herbal tub that's like sitting in a bowl of beef broth. And another tub that disturbs me. This tub has jets, but the jets don't shoot water, they shoot a mild electrical current. No joke. When you get close to the jet, you start feeling little prickles like when you touch a doorknob sometimes. It's pretty weird, but ok, until you get one on the pee pee. Then , if you sit totally between the two jets, you start to feel like the cartoon character that's getting electrocuted. I felt like people could see my skeleton. Apparently it's good for body aches, but it's just plain weird to me.
But electric tubs aside, after running the circuit of the tubs a few times, I'm left feeling as cool as the back side of your pillow for the rest of the night.
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