Japanese joke pools
Pool lifeguard
…. This past Sunday, Tokyo Summerland welcomed 23,000 visitors, although the daily average in mid-August is closer to 15,000.
So many bodies in one place make work a challenge for water-quality experts controlling pool temperature and pH levels. The attendants, meanwhile, have to deal with the customers’ tempers.
“They come here to have fun and cool off, but some people, even before they get in, are already seething,” says Endo. “First the roads are crowded, then there’s a jam getting into the parking lot. There are already people arguing out there. Finally, when they get in they find all the lawn chairs are taken and they can’t sit down. You have to be as polite as possible, for example, when you tell people they can’t wear their eyeglasses in the pool-the smallest thing can set some of them off.”….more...
Yep, those are pictures of the fun at Tokyo Summerland . And people pay 2000-to-4500yen to go there because it’s better than public pools with endless silly rules and greater crowding. The Japanese even have a term about it, “imo-arai —like washing potatoes in a sink (イモ洗い).
YouTube video update via the kilian-nakamura.com blog.
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August 24th, 2005 at 5:43 pm
amazing that they didn’t just refuse entry after the first 10,000 people…
August 16th, 2007 at 4:57 am
Over on the Japanese blogs, there’s lots of Japanese whining about this is a video of a
public pool in Chongqing, China. Other Japanese are saying it’s CHIBIKKO pool in Yoshino Nara.
I began doubting my own news story of 2005-Aug-20— I’ve only been to the Toshimaen Piss Pool of Horror.
However, a quick google more shows photos of this Tokyo Summerland Wave Pool.