Pre-reading questions:
- Do you like visiting an onsen? Why or why not?
- When is the perfect time to visit an onsen?
- Tell me about the best onsen you know.
Furosshu is a word used in Niigata prefecture. This word means to bathe in an onsen (hot spring) where local sake (rice wine) is added. Eighteen Ryokan inns have this service. Every 26th of the month, visitors get the chance to bathe in a sake-onsen. Bathing in sake is said to be good for skin.
Vocabulary:
bathe – [verb] to wash in a container filled with water
inn – [noun] a house where people can eat and rent a room to sleep in
service [noun] the work or action of helping customers
added – [adjective] additional
chance – [noun] an oppoutunity to do something
True or False:
- Furosshu is a word used in Akita prefecture.
- Furoshuu means to bathe in an onsen where local champagne is added.
- Fourteen Ryokan inns have this service.
- Every 16th of the month, visitors get the chance to bathe in a sake-onsen.
- Bathing in sake is not good for skin.