Japan Red Wine Bath

Japanese had tradition to submerge at wine pool.
Japan's love of Beaujolais Nouveau hasn't gone cold, at least in this mountainous hot spring resort where people began bathing in the light red wine.



Roughly two dozen visitors at the Hakone Kowakien Yunessun spa resort braved the cold temperature to dip in a wine bath for the midnight uncorking of this season's Beaujolais.






Although it was very cold outside, people came out for the bath and they were sweating and enjoying the wine. It remains to be seen whether the fruity wine will receive such a warm welcome elsewhere in recession-hit Japan, which is the world's biggest importer of Beaujolais Nouveau.