Temporary mummification big in Japan (apparently)

[yanpa]

Why Japanese people are wrapping themselves up in cloth
If you don't like tight spaces, you might want to look away now.

Otonamaki, which directly translates to "adult wrapping", is a Japanese therapeutic method meant to alleviate posture problems and stiffness and it is gaining traction around the country.

The idea for Otonamaki comes from the practice of Ohinamaki, which sees babies wrapped up in cloth in a similar fashion. This is meant to help with their physical development.

Each session lasts around 20 minutes.
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[Grumpy Gramps]

And I wish, I had another meter of bathtub to stretch my tired bones; not going to be their customer anytime soon.

[Mike Oxlong]

As expected, Taro skipped the line and was the first customer.

[Coligny]

As expected, Taro skipped the line and was the first customer.

And it's an upgrade from his fundoshi fixation days...

[Takechanpoo]

Reporting by Mariko Oi and Yvette Tan

no wonder because this kind of weird japan articles are mostly written by those weak-head wannabe journalist girls as always.
fuckinggoddamn gaijin journalists always hire those weakhead girls as journalist, who just are personally intimate with them. and that kind of low quality articles are produced and scattered to the world endlessly. fuck you

[wagyl]

This is a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of journalism. There used to be two streams: massaging press releases to fit in the column space available, and investigative journalism revealing events and activities people were trying to hide from view. Only one stream remains these days -- guess which one -- and now that things are online there are no longer any column length restrictions. In this particular case, the big clue is that the photographs were supplied by the service provider: this is BBC as advertising, although very ineffective since the audience will not have easy access to the service and is unlikely to avail themselves of it in any event.

Essentially, the article would be identical no matter who gets to have their byline posted. Massage the press release to fit the editorial stance of the publication -- that being that the Orient is Exotique and Otherworldly -- and do a quick google search for a social media vox pop on the issue to cut and paste in as a graphic file, and then on to the next task.