Toshizo Hirose’s Stamps Highlight the Unique Charms of Japan’s Public Bath Houses

What better reprieve is there from the hustle and bustle of Japanese city life than a trip to the local public bath house (sento)? Such is the focus of Toshizo Hirose, who has made it his life’s work to depict the unique characteristics of bath houses all across Japan in an equally unique medium: stamps. Each of […]

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