Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Another Way to Use Your Noodle(s)!

Konichi-wa! How are you doing today? Ready for a mugful of iced coffee and a virtual muffin or doughnut? Why the heck not, eh! Say...do you like noodles? I love them...from Italian (except the gluten-free ones) to fat Singapore noodles to every kind of Thai noodles imaginable to Japanese ramen. Well here’s a different way to use your noodles...

Yunessan Spa House in Hakone, Japan, recently began offering guests supposedly soothing, skin-conditioning baths -- of ramen noodles (elevating to health status what might be Japan's real national dish).

The pork broth that fills the tub is genuine, but because of health department regulations, only synthetic noodles can be used, and it is not clear that the artificial ramen achieves the same (allegedly) beautifying collagen levels as actual noodles. [Metro News (London), 5-12-2015]

In the picture above, Ichiro Furuya, founder and cook of a popular noodle store 'Nantsuttei' throws the imitation noodles bath agent into 'soup noodle spa' at the Hakone Yunessun Spa. Forget a soapy bath, it's all about a soupy bath for this broth-like treatment offered in Japan. 

The Hakone Kowakien Yunessun spa offers a soak in a tub complete with noodles, collagen and garlic extracts. 
The inexpensive treatment is aimed to improve guest's skin and metabolism and is named after the Japanese noodle soup dish.

$35 for spa admission - Hakone Kowakien Yunessun Hot Springs Amusement Park and Spa Resort, Hakone, Japan

As much as I love noodles, I think I’d rather have the noodles in a bowl rather than me being in the bowl if you know what I mean! Of course, given a little too much Sake, who knows...

See ya, eh!

Bob


Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3007798/Ramen-noodle-baths-cactus-massages-womb-room-Weirdest-spa-retreat-treatments-globe-revealed.html#ixzz3fCYEfpoW 

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