A century-old traditional inn in southwestern Japan, Daimaru Besso, has been found to have violated public bath house regulations. The inn, which boasts of having hosted Emperor Hirohito in the past, had only been changing its hot spring bathwater twice yearly, leading to legionella bacteria levels as much as 3,700 times over standard limits. In August, a local health office had found the bacteria levels to be twice those allowed under the prefectural government ordinance. The inn had maintained that it was appropriately replacing water and using chlorine for disinfection, however, an inspection in November by the prefectural government showed otherwise. The inn admitted in January that it had only been changing its water on two non-business days a year and had not been properly adding chlorine. The local government is now investigating the case for possible violation of the Public Bath Houses Act. The inn has since resumed the operation of its main common bath after meeting hygiene standards.
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