FUKUOKA -- An about 160-year-old hotel in Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture, has changed the hot spring water in its public baths only twice a year in violation of the Public Bath Houses Law, it has been learned.
Located in the Futsukaichi hot spring area, Daimaru Besso has also admitted to submitting falsified data to the prefectural government during the probe.
Under a prefectural government ordinance, facilities with public baths in use for two or more consecutive days must replace all the water at least once a week, and chlorine levels in bathtubs must be at least 0.4 milligrams per liter.
