I’ve noted in the past that many spas sound like they should offer kinky treatments. Clearly, someone in the hotel industry reads our blog, given the following description (in somewhat faltering English) from the spa menu here in Tokyo:
Candle therapy
Spa welcomes this truly indulging treatment meant to indulge in this brand-new therapy using natural aromatic warm candles to bring you to heavenly relaxation while your body is warmed and nourished.
Hold on? Wax play? At £260 for 90 minutes? I’m in the wrong business…
The menu goes on to describe their Detoxify therapy, in which “Light to medium strokes incorporate a natural technique that helps stimulate the body.” Only £195. I’m just not quite sure who’s supposed to pay whom.
Slightly more affordably, before leaving Kyoto we treated ourselves to some incense from Lisn, a new offshoot of a 300+ year old company. Each of the aromas has a different name: we thought it would be rather nice to burn 221, 274, 96, 258 and 135 in the house during a scene (respectively “naughty”, “from white to red”, “tears”, leading to “embracing” and “true happiness”).
“Spa welcomes this truly indulging treatment meant to indulge in this brand-new therapy using natural aromatic warm candles to bring you to heavenly relaxation while your body is warmed and nourished.”
Well, I don’t know. Doesn’t ALL that inviting, I think I will limit myself to have my bum smacked…do they offer that as a therapy reducing cellulite? They should.
Sounds like J and I need to visit Japan and partake of some spa treatments!