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00:00Sauna Omedetai presents, Sauna Center's 45th Anniversary Omedetai!
00:05Yay!
00:10This is so exciting!
00:11This is amazing.
00:13Hello, I'm Hiyadain.
00:14Hello, I'm Nurezuki-chan.
00:16Today is the 45th anniversary of Sauna Center.
00:20A new anniversary has been born.
00:22It really is today.
00:24This place was born 45 years ago.
00:26Today, we would like to celebrate the anniversary of Sauna Center with everyone.
00:30This time, we will be filming at the restaurant in front of the Sauna Center.
00:34Let's welcome the president of Sauna Center, Hideyo Yoshida.
00:39Everyone, please give him a round of applause.
00:44Thank you for coming today.
00:49Now that Hideyo-san is here,
00:51we will be looking back on the history of Sauna Center.
00:55I would like to enjoy this with everyone here.
00:58Now, let's watch the 45th anniversary video of Sauna Center.
01:04Taito-ku, Tokyo.
01:07There is a facility that everyone knows if they are a fan of saunas.
01:14Sauna Center, Uguisudani Main Store.
01:17Sauna Center, Uguisudani Main Store.
01:22Legendary.
01:24The sauna room has excellent settings.
01:27I was in there earlier.
01:29The water is good.
01:31The water bath is so comfortable that my voice is leaking.
01:38And the bathroom is clean.
01:41Everything is the best.
01:44Oh, no.
01:46And the food is delicious.
01:51How happy I am.
01:54I really feel that this is happiness.
02:01No one can live without feeling happiness.
02:05This year, the Sauna Center has come to a big end.
02:12The facility, which was established in 1979,
02:16has been in operation for 45 years in November.
02:20That's amazing.
02:22It's been a long time.
02:24I didn't realize it had been 45 years.
02:27It opened in November,
02:30so it's almost my life.
02:33That's right.
02:35The president, Hideo Yoshida, said so.
02:39He is also the president of the Japanese Sauna Spa Association.
02:44He and I are alumni of the Finnish Sauna Club.
02:52I asked him about the opening when Hideo was still in elementary school.
03:00This was the opening party on November 14, 1954.
03:07It says here,
03:09the opening party starts at 4 p.m. on the 16th.
03:13It's like a big opening party.
03:16I don't usually do it.
03:18This is the area around the front.
03:21This is my mother.
03:23This is my father.
03:25At that time, the name of the Sauna Center was Oizu,
03:29so I wrote Oizu.
03:32It's been 45 years since the opening.
03:35The Sauna Center provides the best sauna and hospitality
03:38while leaving the scent of the Showa era.
03:43It's beautiful.
03:46I'm approaching the reason why I'm still loved.
04:06The Sauna Center
04:18The Sauna Center has been loved for over 45 years.
04:25I asked the customers where the charm is.
04:32I like the atmosphere of the Showa era.
04:36It's calm and at home.
04:40I feel safe.
04:43I've been to many saunas, but this is the easiest one.
04:48The beauty of the sauna.
04:52I always buy a capsule.
04:54It's good.
04:56I buy it in the morning.
04:59The food is good.
05:02The dining room is also good.
05:06It's been 45 years,
05:09but there are so many people every day.
05:13Life is amazing.
05:16And this person is also a big fan of the Sauna Center.
05:20Mr. Noda of The Sauna.
05:24It's perfect.
05:28I used to live in Iriya.
05:31When I built The Sauna Center,
05:34I made a proposal there.
05:37It's a memorable place.
05:39There are many new and gorgeous facilities.
05:43It's not flashy,
05:46but the most important thing is that everything is over 100 points.
05:51I think that's amazing.
05:56Mr. Ikeda is a member of the Finnish Sauna Club.
06:00He says that he is fascinated by the people who work at the facility.
06:06Each person has a strong personality.
06:09The whole story of these people is the Sauna Center.
06:13It's like a local sauna,
06:16but it has a sense of family.
06:19That's the charm of The Sauna Center.
06:22I've heard about Mr. Hideo.
06:25What do you think of the president?
06:28It's like a man falling in love with a man.
06:31That's what everyone thinks.
06:34I think it's amazing that he works with the feeling that he will be the right-hand man of the president.
06:41And this is also a popular facility.
06:44Mr. Yoneda of Welbina.
06:47The charm of the Sauna Center lies in Mr. Hideo.
06:52The Sauna Center is Mr. Hideo Yoshida.
06:57Mr. Hideo Yoshida is the center.
07:03It's like a very gentle wind is blowing.
07:07The center is always windy.
07:11It's open there, so you can play music.
07:15It's an indescribable light and wind.
07:18That's what Mr. Hideo is like.
07:21For us, Mr. Hideo is like the sun.
07:24Stop it. It's embarrassing.
07:28Mr. Hideo, who has been bright and warm like the sun,
07:31and has livened up the sauna industry,
07:34I respect him.
07:38Mr. Fumio, the father of Mr. Hideo, the first president of the Sauna Center.
07:45He used to run a business hotel.
07:49Why did he start running a sauna again?
07:57Business hotels are usually twin, double, and single.
08:02It's full of singles.
08:06And they don't use unit baths.
08:10The rooms are not dirty at all.
08:13There are a lot of people who come to sleep in a single room and leave in the morning.
08:19So I thought about how to make it cheaper for them to stay.
08:27There are a lot of 24-hour hotels in Osaka that stay in the sauna.
08:34I thought that if I run a sauna, I could stop the customers.
08:38So I started running a sauna here.
08:40That's how I started running a sauna.
08:43That's what my father told me.
08:47The history of the Sauna Center began with the thought of making it a little cheaper and more comfortable.
08:54Mr. Hideo also joined after graduating from high school and started training.
08:59But the night before...
09:03As soon as I got a job, my father was hospitalized for six months.
09:10And he passed away six months later.
09:13I had no choice but to think about it myself.
09:17He lost his mental support, which he was going to learn a lot from.
09:23He spent 22 years trying on his own.
09:28That's what Mr. Hideo cherished.
09:33My father said,
09:34I can't help it if it's old, but I can manage to make it clean.
09:40He said,
09:41It's your job to think about it.
09:44If not, what else do you do?
09:46Sauna business.
09:50The Sauna Center is often praised for the cleanliness of the bathroom.
09:55That's the proof that the predecessors are still alive.
10:04Cleaning takes an hour in the morning and is done 365 days a year.
10:13Not only the tiles, but also the windows, chairs, and walls.
10:18Wow.
10:20The sparkling tiles are polished up to every corner.
10:28At the end of the cleaning, Mr. Nakagawa, who is in charge of maintenance, checks the water quality of the bath.
10:38When the condition of the sauna room is ready, it is released to the customer.
10:43Wow.
10:45It's dry in the morning.
10:48I raise the humidity once, ventilate it, and adjust it a little.
10:53Do you do that every day?
10:54Every day.
10:55As with the mat exchange, I look at it every day.
10:59Mr. Nakagawa and Mr. Yoshikawa, who support the Sauna Center without a shadow.
11:05They have been dating Mr. Hideo since they were children.
11:11Mr. Yoshikawa, who is in charge of maintenance, was the one who started that service.
11:18We will start at 6 o'clock. Thank you for your cooperation.
11:24A hot and comfortable off-goose.
11:28It is a specialty of the facility inherited from Mr. Yoshikawa.
11:34But this service started in a place that Mr. Hideo, the president, did not know.
11:41Just about 10 years ago, when I got on the plane, there was Mr. Yoshikawa.
11:52I didn't know him.
11:54What is this?
11:56When I said you, he said,
11:58I was interviewed, so I was talking.
12:02He said, you.
12:07Mr. Hideo, the president, has six children.
12:12As he inherited the Sauna Center from his father,
12:17the baton is passed on to the next generation.
12:21The sister shop of the Uguisudani main store.
12:26Sauna Center Inari-cho.
12:30Mr. Hideo's eldest son, Mr. Hidetaka, works there.
12:37He chose the same job as his father with his own will.
12:43I thought my father was busy, so I thought I could help him a little.
12:51I want to reduce the burden on him as much as possible.
12:55His father said something unexpected to such a high school son.
13:00At first, he said, no, it's impossible.
13:03I was working at a security company,
13:08but my father said it was okay, so I said, okay.
13:13He said, it's really hard.
13:15You have to work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
13:20Is that okay?
13:23A son who became a member of the Sauna Center and worked day and night.
13:30A proposal from his father who saw him.
13:35It was his fourth year as a member of the Sauna Center.
13:41At first, I felt like I was trapped in the shape.
13:48Customers are walking around in various stores.
13:52Even if I'm working hard here,
13:55when the flow changes,
13:58I thought it would be bad if I became stubborn like my family.
14:03So I asked Mr. Yoneda for a job.
14:06I worked in Fukuoka and Nagoya for about a month.
14:13Sakiya Welby sent him to study.
14:18What did Mr. Yoneda think when he was entrusted with a job?
14:24I asked him to study,
14:28but we learned a lot from him.
14:31I think he's a great son of Mr. Hideyo.
14:36He's really honest.
14:38He does everything with all his might.
14:41That was a big stimulus for our staff.
14:47So everyone was like, don't go home.
14:52I think we learned a lot from him.
14:56Hidetaka's younger sister also works at Inari-cho.
15:04At the new Sauna Center that opened this year,
15:08she's the one who's in charge of the towels.
15:12She's Hikari, the second daughter of the Yoshida family.
15:16When I first heard from my father,
15:20I was like, what's a towel?
15:22I was like, what's a towel?
15:25I was like, what's a towel?
15:27I was like, what's a towel?
15:29But I like to communicate with people.
15:33So I wanted to help my family run the sauna.
15:43So I told him I wanted to do it.
15:47He was like, sure, go ahead.
15:51The Sauna Center has been supported by his family for a long time.
15:59Mr. Hideyo, what will you do from now on?
16:04I always think about how to make customers happy.
16:14I just remembered.
16:16I told him not to think about making money.
16:20If I can make people happy, I'll get the money later.
16:25So I'm not thinking about what to do.
16:28I'm just thinking about how to make customers happy.
16:34I'm thinking about how to make customers happy.
16:37It's just us moving the business.
16:40I don't have a specific plan.
16:43I'm just doing what I can to meet the needs of the people in this area.
16:5745 years of business is just a passing point.
17:02First of all, customers.
17:04Family and staff are also important.
17:07The Sauna Center will continue to move forward.
17:13That was a great video.
17:15It was a great video.
17:17It was a really good video.
17:25I think everyone in this area really loves this place.
17:29I wonder if there are other facilities like this in this area.
17:38I think it's worth working hard to celebrate with so many people.
17:45I will continue to do my best to maintain this place.
17:54It's like a water bath.
17:56That's right.
17:58It's like a water bath.
18:04Bon Appetit.
18:06It's the 45th anniversary of the Sauna Center.
18:10I also celebrate it.
18:12Congratulations.
18:14Thank you for your hard work.
18:19I feel the history of this color and design.
18:24But it's not just old.
18:26It's beautiful.
18:29A lot of people sweat here.
18:32Sometimes people shed tears.
18:35What do you eat at such a legendary facility?
18:39Is it a classic ham egg?
18:42Is it a fried rice made by Osone-san?
18:48No, it symbolizes the Sauna Center.
18:52I'll have that.
18:55I'd like a smoked curry and a non-alcoholic lemon sour.
19:02It's great to celebrate.
19:05Sorry to keep you waiting.
19:07Here it comes.
19:09The smoked curry that President Hideo Yoshida liked.
19:14I can't wait.
19:16My appetite is stimulated.
19:20It's a golden chance.
19:25I can feel the smokiness before the spiciness.
19:28What's this?
19:29It's a new sensation.
19:31What does it mean to smoke a dragon?
19:35It's too innovative.
19:37And the revolutionary sound of the sauna rice.
19:40Non-alcoholic lemon sour.
19:45The sourness of smoked curry and lemon goes well together.
19:50It's new, but I feel relieved.
19:53It's new, but I feel relieved.
19:59Tradition can be made by continuing to change.
20:03The new standard of sauna rice.
20:08I found it.
20:21I found it.
20:22I found it.