Originally hailing from France, Stephanie Crohin has embraced an aspect of Japanese culture that many expats can probably recall shying away from: ²õ±ð²Ô³Ù¨ (public baths). As an official ¡°²õ±ð²Ô³Ù¨ ambassador,¡± she makes the most of her trilingual language abilities to spread the word on Japan¡¯s bathing culture far and wide.
1. Were ²õ±ð²Ô³Ù¨ your first interest in Japanese culture? Japanese literature came first actually.
2. Is there an author whose work you were particularly drawn to? Jun¡¯ichiro Tanizaki. I discovered him during high school and later did a master¡¯s degree on the female characters in his work. There¡¯s a novel he wrote called ¡°Naomi¡± that I really like.
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