The Daimaru Besso motel in Chikushino, Fukuoka, has in any case reopened its spa (Picture: Google)

A hotel boss has landed in sizzling water after potentially deadly bacteria was discovered in his visitor spa.

Makoto Yamada, the president of the company that owns the ryokan (conventional guesthouse) within the Jap town of Chikushino, has admitted the water in the spa bathtub was handiest changed twice a 12 months.

A well being inspection of the 158-year-antique onsen at the Daimaru Besso lodge detected legionella bacteria at 3,SEVEN-HUNDRED occasions the permitted stage, CNN suggested.

the normal Japanese bathtub on the resort uses water from volcanically heated hot springs, so Mr Yamada thought it was ‘secure’.

Local laws state it may had been modified weekly, however the management on the lodge admitted it was handiest done as soon as each and every six months.

Mr Yamada bowed deeply at a press convention earlier than apologising for the lack of motion.

He said: ‘i used to be no longer acutely aware of the legislation myself and concept legionella micro organism was once a typical bacterium that would be discovered any place.

‘I also thought that it was once protected for the reason that huge baths have been free-flowing so the water was once changed quite often.’

Mr Yamada confirmed that his staff had not noted to add chlorine for hygiene purposes ‘as a result of we selfishly disliked the smell of chlorine’.

The baths were temporarily shut down after the bacteria were detected remaining yr however have back to being totally operational. 

The hotel’s website read: ‘Our bath waters come from the Futsukaichi Onsen, which has been flowing for over 1,300 years, a logo of the unchanging historical past of the world.

‘Futsukaichi Onsen has been visited by way of govt dignitaries and monks for hundreds of years.’

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