THE TOKYOITES OF TODAY
Tokyo People & Their Way of Life
Ep. 5
DIPPING INTO Sento Culture: Community & Bonding in Tokyo
When Stephanie’s friends invited her to experience a Japanese public bath, or ‘sento’, one day, she took them up on the offer and was charmed by the effects that a sento has on body and a person’s mind and body by providing wellness and a feelings of community.
Stephanie Crohin is an official ‘sento ambassador’, spreading sento culture, promoting little-known sento places, documenting the uniqueness and coziness of each one and publishing it all in a book.
Stephanie Crohin
Sento author, journalist/official sento ambassador since 2015. Sento news & daily life in Tokyo dokodemosento.com
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