Hotel chief apologizes for only changing the water in a spa bath twice a year instead of once a week, report says
. The baths were temporarily closed last year after the bacteria was detected but have since been reopened, CNN reported.
Makoto Yamada, the president of the company that owns the Daimaru Besso inn in Chikushino, apologized for the incident during a press conference, per the report. Yamada told the press conference:"I was not aware of the law myself and thought that legionella bacteria was a common bacterium that could be found anywhere, and also that it was safe because the large baths were free-flowing so the water was changed quite often."
He said the hotel's staff had not added chlorine to the water for hygiene reasons"because we selfishly disliked the smell of chlorine." Representatives for the Daimaru Besso inn did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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