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title: "日本町"
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date: 2021-09-27T08:08:59-07:00
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- src: images/buchanan.jpg
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title: Buchanan Street Pedestrian Alley
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- src: images/ramen.jpg
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title: A bowl of ramen from Marufuku
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{{< figure src="images/buchanan.jpg" >}}
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This past weekend, Tess and I took a short, one-night staycation in San
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Francisco's Japantown. With all the flurry of things happening in our lives, it
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was so great to get away from home for a a short time and relax.
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We booked time at the Kabuki Springs bath on Sunday afternoon. We sat in the
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warm bath, dunked in the freezing cold pool, sat in the sauna and steamroom, and
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lounged on the beds around the pools. The lights were low, the music was chill,
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and it was so good to disconnect. This was my first experience in a communal
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bath, and I left feeling like I wanted to go every weekend. (Tess and I are now
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considering memberships.)
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One of the wonderful things about a clothing-optional communal bath is the wide
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variety of bodies you see. It was a great reminder of how diverse we are, and
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how broad the definition of "woman's body" can be. I can't say for sure if Tess
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and I were the only trans women there, but I think both of us came to feeling
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like just one of the women there to enjoy the baths -- not out of place or
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strange at all. It was a really great feeling.
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We spent the rest of our time in 日本町 wandering the shops in Japan Center,
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walking around the neighborhood, eating, and relaxing. For only being just over
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24 hours away from home, I was impressed how much it felt like a real vacation.
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{{< figure src="images/ramen.jpg" >}}
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