2013 Travel Guide To California
Retreat and Reinvigorate
Soaking up California’s spa culture
by Lavinia Spalding (google+)
In San Francisco’s vibrant Japantown district, buses and bikes whiz by, teens congregate and people text as fast as they walk. But inside the Kabuki Hot Springs, the city vanishes. The only sounds in the dimly lit, Japanese-style communal baths are the gentle splashing of water and occasional strains of soothing music.
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