I'm pleasantly surprised that no one has posted this up, yet.
"“The aroma of pepper is said to have the effects of refreshing your mind, warming your burned-out heart and inflaming your passion,” explained a statement by spa complex Hakone Kowakien Yunessun in Hakone, one of Japan’s most popular hot spring resorts."
http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/07/15...ns-ramen-bath/
YouTube - Japanese Noodle Bath
I'm speechless. I literally wow-ed at the TV screen when they showed this. Different people have different takes on this. What are your comments? A load of melodrama or something to be actually investigated?
~CoolNard