TOKYO -- When Tokuji Ito quit his job as an oil trader to run the family bathhouse, he was not sure he could keep the business going.
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New life flows into Japan's bathhouse culture
Younger generation of owners looks to modernization to reverse decline
The craft-beer bar and other modern twists have helped make Kogane-yu one of the most popular sento (public bathhouse) in Tokyo. (Photo by Yurika Kono)
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