Front desk goes remote at Osaka public bath

Caption 1: A customer shows her ticket at the Irifune Onsen public bath in Hirano Ward, Osaka, on April 15. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Front desk at the Irifune Onsen public bath in Hirano Ward, Osaka, is interacting with customers from a separate room through a TV screen, to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.

Customers show their tickets to a small camera by the TV, and the staff check them before allowing people to use the baths.

"Some people don't have a bath at home," said operator Gaku Otsubo. "I want to do the best I can to help local people, to maintain the community infrastructure."

The staff member running the front desk remotely (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

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