Shanghai sauna massage

I love a good hot bath. Too bad there's fewer bathtubs than Wagas in China.

But there's a solution: the bathhouse! The origin of bathhouses is debatable.

Some say it was the Romans who found a hot spring in Britain, now called "Bath"others the Finnish who invented the sauna. The Turkish have a claim as well.

Their popularity died off in Europe with the Plague. Not in Asia! Nowadays, there are more than 5, sento across Japan, and the experience is almost meditative.

South Korean spas, jimjilbang, are more for having fun. Twenty-first century Korean bathhouses are Midget black women, known for giving you the scrub of a lifetime and crammed with entertainment and food.

In China, public bathhouses and hot springs really took off about years ago, though the Eharmony australia review bathing tradition took root much earlier among Buddhist monks and Tang dynasty royalty. Even back then, there were add-ons like back rubs and hairdressing. Today, the bathhouses in Shanghai are pretty international.

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There are Wife looking nsa Pontiac, Korean, and Chinese versions out there in the city, serving the heaving, naked masses of Shanghai. For rmb or cheaper if you check on Dianpingyou can spend hours soaking some heat into your frigid bones. Especially in winter.

Here are seven!

You may have noticed that our typically high standard of photography is looking a little more generic than usual. That's because the bathhouses wouldn't let us take photos inside for some reason.

Imagine that! Instead, enjoy this steamy stock photography we picked out just for you.