Coffee, tea, wine and sake are not refreshments at the Yunessun spa resort in Japan — they're what visitors bathe in. As well as these unusual types of baths, a special chocolate bath was offered for Valentine's Day.
The chocolate bathing experience seems like it would definitely be messy and intimate, but considering the number of people piled into the tub, it would probably be more of a novel experience than a romantic one.
At the spa, bathing in chocolate costs about $27 for two sessions. Although you'd need a regular bath to wash off after a chocolate one, the Yunessun spa resort boasts that this unique bath leaves bathers with good skin and an equally good, chocolately smell to top off the offbeat bathing experience.
Chocolate Bathing Experiences
Japan's Yunessun Spa Resort Lets Visitors Take a Chocolate Bath
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