The head of an upscale Japanese inn apologised on Tuesday for only changing the water in its hot-spring bath every six months, allowing bacteria to breed 3,700 times over the standard limit.
Local ordinances stipulate a weekly replacement of the water in which guests traditionally soak naked together after taking showers, with men and women bathing separately., said the facility had neglected to keep the water hygienic by using enough chlorine.“It was a selfish reason,” Yamada added, describing the lapse as a “wrongdoing that completely disregarded the health of our customers”. — where Japan’s emperor Hirohito once stayed — began around December 2019.
Since then, staff at the facility in the southwestern Fukuoka region grew even more complacent as the number of guests dropped during the pandemic, Yamada said.An inspection last year by authorities found double the permissible amount of legionella bacteria in the “falsified documents to claim that the chlorine had been properly added,” Yamada admitted.
A subsequent probe by health authorities detected a whopping 3,700 times the standard limit of legionella. The germ reportedly caused an individual who had visited multiple hotels including Daimaru Besso to fall sick.“My understanding of the law has been lax. I was complacent in thinking that legionella bacteria was just an ordinary germ that can be found everywhere,” Yamada said.“I feel sorry for our ancestors,” Yamada said.
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