Bathhouses
In many cultures, bathing in communal bathhouses has been an important social and even religious ritual. In Japan it is the sento, among Yiddish-speaking Jews, the shvitz, and in the Arab w...
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Smoking and watching a baseball game on TV after a soak in a
public bath used to be a relaxing pastime for some, but this scene
has begun to disappear to the disappointment of smokers.
Pub...
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Vienna (dpa) - Tucked away in Vienna's less fashionable districts
the last remains of a dying institution wait out their days. Once,
Vienna's public baths were a major socia...
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The National Park Service and developers have signed a lease that should lead to the reopening of one of Hot Springs National Park's eight historic bathhouses.Quapaw Baths LLC signed the 55-year le...
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When the last coal mine in Yubari closed down in 1990, city elders thought pumping tax money into an amusement park, hall of fossils, ski resort and robot museum would keep this remote snowbound to...
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Bathhouses
FOCUS: Smoking at public baths gradually disappearing
