Inflation: This Japan wine pool will cost a lot more

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We all have our little guilty pleasures in life. For some, it's eating a good meal. For others, it's going for a wine bath at a Japanese spa.  

Hakone Kowakien Yunessun, an Onsen located in Kanagawa Prefecture, allows guests to immerse themselves in Beaujolais Nouveau, a red wine hugely popular in the Land of the Rising Sun. “It smells so good,” says a customer. It's warm and relaxing.”

The Japanese state imported 3.8 million bottles in 2020. This represents nearly half of the exports from the French region where it is produced.

This is a Japanese wine bath where visitors step in a pool of French Beaujolais Nouveau. Japan is one of its major consumers, but importing wine from France is becoming costly as the Japanese yen weakens pic.twitter.com/eRzHTmTv9v

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However, this attraction will cost more and more as the value of the Japanese Yen plummets. The price of a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau has doubled since 2021. 

“I work in the hotel industry and the rising price of alcohol puts a lot of pressure on businesses” , explains a visitor.