
The story is a comedy about Lucius, an architect of public bath houses in ancient Rome, who time-travels to various modern-day baths in Japan. The author explores the two cultures in the world "that have loved baths the most: the Japanese and the Romans."
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Air Date: 2012-01-12
In Rome in the year 128 AD, a Roman named Lucius Modestus is having trouble coming up with ideas for architecture. Wh...
Air Date: 2012-01-12
A year later, Lucius is commissioned by a sickly man to build an outdoor bath near Vesuvius. While inspecting a heate...
Air Date: 2012-01-19
As Lucius hears fancies about a bath closer to home, he once again ends up in modern Japan, this time in someone's ba...
Air Date: 2012-01-19
After he builds a bath using this knowledge, his invention gets round to the Emperor Hadrian. There, Lucius suddenly ...
Air Date: 2012-01-26
Lucius is sent to a hot spring near Vesuvius to build some public baths, managing to enlighten some smelly robbers li...
Air Date: 2012-01-26
In Japan, Lucius samples the delights of an amusement stand and a ramen shop before bringing some souvenirs back to R...