THERMAE ROMAE (Roman bath)
The movie THERMAE ROMAE (http://www.thermae-romae.jp/index.html )
was released on April 28, 2012. Since then, it has amazed more and more people!
The story is a comedy about Lucius, an architect of public bath houses in ancient Rome, who time-travels to various modern day baths in Japan and explores the two cultures in the world “that have loved baths the most: the Japanese and the Romans.”
The original manga is written by Mari Yamazaki. The movie is directed by Hideki Takeuchi and distributed by TOHO.
I had a chance to see this movie! Let me say this is one of the best movies I’ve ever seen – from cross-cultural and comparative cultural point of view, from comedy point of view, from historical point of view, and from TOCHIGI point of view!!
Tenguyu at Kita-Onsen
Kita-Onsen in Nasu, Tochigi, was chosen as a location for the heroine’s parents house in the movie. Kita-Onsen is considered one of the secret baths (meaning “onsen” not known to many people.)
Here is the English website of Kita-Onsen.
( http://www9.ocn.ne.jp/~kitanoyu/mokujie.htm )
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