--- description: The ramen craze just went one step further title: You Can Now Bathe With Ramen Noodles image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # You Can Now Bathe in Ramen Noodles by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 20, 2015 12:36 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 20, 2015 12:36 PM CUT Ramen is one of the latest food crazes to sweep America, but when it comes to the noodle dish the Japanese don’t mess around. Yunessan Spa House in Hakone, a south-eastern town in Japan, is now offering ramen baths for its clientele. The bath, consisting of ramen pork broth and synthetic noodles, allegedly helps improve patrons’ skin. Ichiro Furuya, the owner of the spa, claims, “Lately people are very concerned about having beautiful skin, and they know the effect of collagen, which is contained in our pork-based broth. At this bath, everybody can have fun and take advantage of the healthy elements of ramen noodles.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3828034/ramen-noodles-bath/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3828034/ramen-noodles-bath/"},"headline":"You Can Now Bathe in Ramen Noodles","datePublished":"2015-04-20T12:36:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:55.018Z","description":"The ramen craze just went one step further","url":"https://time.com/3828034/ramen-noodles-bath/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Japan","food and drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3828034/ramen-noodles-bath/","name":"You Can Now Bathe in Ramen Noodles"}}]}] ```