Today we went swimming at the public swimming pool in Seki-not the straightforward experience you'd imagine. They clean the pool every hour or so and there is an announcement for everyone to get out at this time. People either sit around the sides or get into the various jacuzzi set ups. After about ten minutes you are allowed back into the main pool but first the lifeguard leads everyone in a set of stretching exercises. Everyone joins in. No-one laughs. It is a genuine moment in Japanese swimming and then everyone is back in and off.
There is also a great deal of walking in the pool. There is a special walking pool with a current and bars for you to follow like a queuing system around the pool. In the main pool there are walking lanes roped off. So yet again the every day proves to hold hidden treasures of bizarreness to enjoy!
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