Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Turkish 'doctor fish' nibble at Japanese market

"Turkish 'doctor fish' nibble at Japanese market
Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:16 AM BST167

HAKONE, Japan (Reuters) - The Japanese are known for eating more fish than any other nation in the world -- now fish may have a chance to get their own back.

In a beauty treatment imported from Turkey, bathers at 'Dr Fish', a new spa in the hot spring resort of Hakone, dip their feet into a warm pool teeming with fish that nibble away at dead skin and bacteria."

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