Japan's Hundred-Year-Old Hot Spring Scandal: Changing Water Only Twice Yearly; Legionnaires' Bacteria Exceeds Safety Limit 3700 Times

A Japanese hot spring inn with a century-old history, 'Daimaru Bessou,' was recently exposed for changing its bath water only twice annually. Health inspectors discovered Legionnaires' bacteria levels exceeded safety standards by 3700 times, causing at least one customer illness.