Archaeologists in Devon have unearthed a rare fourth-century Roman villa featuring a striking polychrome mosaic and an elaborate bathhouse, indicating the site belonged to a wealthy family. The discovery, part of the SHARE project, is crucial for understanding Roman influence in southwest Britain and will see the mosaic displayed at Tiverton Museum.
Customers of Ikesu Onsen, a traditional Japanese bathhouse in Tsushima in Aichi prefecture, have had to delay their daily dips due to the Iran war. The sento, or public bathhouse, has been forced to push back its opening time by an hour since late March because of an unstable supply of fuel oil, according to Kyodo. Monthly delivery has been halved from about a tonne, leading the number of customers of the family-run 97-year-old sento to fall to around 10 per day. “It’s a major blow,” its...
Japanese sento (public baths) face crisis as oil price surge adds to challenges of shrinking customer base and ageing owners without successors. Ikesu Onsen, a family-run sento founded in 1919 in Tsushima, Aichi prefecture, has been forced to delay opening by an hour since late March due to unstable fuel oil supply, with monthly delivery halved to around 500kg, losing about 10 customers daily.
