http://blogs.saintanselmcollege.net/bethsalerno/2007/10/22/the-korean-baths/ My South Korea Blog Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:55:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://blogs.saintanselmcollege.net/bethsalerno/2007/10/22/the-korean-baths/#comment-25 Paul Calzada Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:29:08 +0000 http://blogs.saintanselmcollege.net/bethsalerno/2007/10/22/the-korean-baths/#comment-25 Ah-h-h....two of the top things I miss about Japan: miso ramen, and the hot springs. There is a ritual feeling about it. It's interesting how what is in American a casual, private matter can be a public, thorough undertaking in Korea and Japan (and other Asian countries?). In Japan, apparently simple every day activities, such as drinking tea, can be done with such meticulous precision that they become art forms. Is it any wonder that these two countries, so small and with so few natural resources in comparison to the US, could become the economic powerhouses that they are? Ah-h-h….two of the top things I miss about Japan: miso ramen, and the hot springs. There is a ritual feeling about it. It’s interesting how what is in American a casual, private matter can be a public, thorough undertaking in Korea and Japan (and other Asian countries?). In Japan, apparently simple every day activities, such as drinking tea, can be done with such meticulous precision that they become art forms. Is it any wonder that these two countries, so small and with so few natural resources in comparison to the US, could become the economic powerhouses that they are?

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