By TOSHIYUKI HAYASHI/ Staff Writer
December 5, 2022 at 07:00 JST
The bathing area goes dark during an earthquake evacuation drill at Sauna no Umeyu in Kyoto, making it difficult for participants to watch their step when emergency lights are also turned off. (Toshiyuki Hayashi)
KYOTO--Twenty men and women were bathing or relaxing in the sauna at a century-old public bathhouse here on a recent evening--until they suddenly found themselves in the pitch dark. [Read More]
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