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Place: The Pool of Sacred Tears
Description: Not exactly a huge building, it's modeled more after Japanese architecture then Chinese and looks more like a store front then a bath house. It's owned and run by Alejandro Kai and his daughter, Dongmei, and could be open to more staff if needed.

That said, it's a two story building that looks worn with age, though it's actually in rather good condition and goes through full renovations and updates roughly every five-ish years. It's it's biggest point is an indoor public bath house separated by sex (trans/non-binary friendly). Off to the side of the building is a budding peach tree not bigger then a sprig.

The inside of the first floor has a counter and seating area, as well as an area for children to hang out. On either side of the counter are doors leading to the locker rooms for people to change and keep their clothing and items, as well as wooden benches. Complementary towels and slippers are available while bathing.

From there you reach the indoor baths which look more like huge hot tubs settled into the floors. As well as a huge bathing station where you wash before you soak. One section of the bath works more like a hot tub with jets and such while the larger portion is merely just hot water in which to soak. It's identical on each side except for the colors, men have dark slate and gold for their color scheme while the women have ivory and sapphire.

Off to the side of the front, where the main seating area lies is a sliding door that leads to the small botanical garden filled with cherry blossom and peony trees and a small pond filled with koi. There's a small gate usually locked excepting around the colder season and at night, where an outside "hot spring" is located. It's small, mostly due to it being separated for sexes, and can only fit a handful of people at a time.

Business times are 7 am - 12 am during tourist seasons, 8 am -11 pm in the off season. The bathhouse also sells drinks and packaged snacks from the counter, as well as purchase robes with the logo of the bath house on it, shirts, slippers and a key chain.

Behind the counter is a set of stairs that lead to the second floor of the bathhouse, which features an apartment. Most of the time it's left unused, but during the tourist season it's rented out as an Air B&B.

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Place: Golden Harvest Restaurant
Description: Golden Harvest is a hole in the wall type of Chinese restaurant situated across the street from the Pool of Sacred Tears bathhouse, owned and run by Niu Kai (husband to Alejandro Kai). It shares a similar looking store front on the outside, and size to accommodate both a decent crowd and the apartment situated above it.

Inside of the restaurant you definitely find that it's bigger then it looks on the outside (it's longer then it is wide) and are greeted by a podium in dark cherry wood. The check out counter is a few feet away in the same wood, with frosted set up behind it. The floor is a nice, sturdy tile in a lighter color as the walls of the front half of the restaurant host a dark color and golden carvings of the Four Heavenly Beasts in their cardinal directions. If one turns around immediately they'd be greeted by a carving of a phoenix. The lighting is warm and subtle and music plays softly through out.

As far as seating goes, on one side a set of booths line a wall under the tiger, separated by frosted glass at the tops of the seats to keep nosy neighbors from peeking over the seats. Separated by a folding partition is a small group of tables and chairs that range from seating two to seating four. There's perhaps three of each, with padded chairs for comfort.

On the opposite side set under the dragon, a large table sits, surrounded by chairs with a rotating portion built into the middle to allow for the sharing of large meals. This table is reservation only is often in demand during tourist season and holidays. The wood for all the seating is also dark cherry while the padded portions are a cream color embroidered with gold.

Along the back wall, situated next to the tortoise carving, is the door back into the kitchen. On the other side of the carving is another door that takes you to a hallway that houses the bathrooms, a back door to the outside, and a set of stairs behind a locked door that lead up to the apartment on the second floor. This apartment is where the Kai family lives.

While the restaurant prides itself on it's authentic Chinese food it is well known for it's noodles. The top dish is Secret Ingredient Soup.

Business times are 12 pm - 10 pm Sunday through Thursday and 12 pm - 12 am on Fridays and Saturdays. To-go orders can be called in starting at 11 am but are not available for pick up until noon. Please be aware that large orders will take more time to make and could take up to an hour depending on order size.

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Place: The Grand Palace
Description: The outside of The Grand Palace sports aged white brick and large windows to the side of a white door with glass that makes up most of it. The windows are framed by extravagant curtains of crushed velvet in a midnight purple and gold, mannequins sporting the uniforms of the staff inside with marble pillars on each side.

Inside it sports a luxurious European ballroom design with a high ceiling, colored an off white color and trimmed in gold. The floor is marble tile that goes well with the marble pillars that are located at even intervals around the room. In between the pillars are "rooms" sequestered off to allow for an almost private dining for the customers where they can be catered too by their personal maid or butler. Some of the "rooms" are even decorated to look as if they are set into a garden, with real plants in the background.

The style of food found inside is mostly baked goods and tea, going for the more formal tea party sort, though some sandwiches and other drinks can be ordered. A full menu is always offered as guests are seated.

Business hours are 11 am - 8 pm seven days a week.
If one is looking to apply it never hurts to try, as they employ a lot of college students. 18+ is preferable but 16+ is hire-able for greet and busing staff.

Uniforms are required and given to staff upon hiring and must be kept on premises after your shift in your locker.

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Place: COTE
Description: A sheep themed maid café, this trendy little spot has been open for at least two years and is located snuggly near the station to allow for maximum foot traffic.

Owned and operated by a rather secretive individual, or perhaps someone who just doesn't want to come out and accept the drama of saying they own a maid café, COTE sits snuggly in the basement of an office building; the stairs leading down rest directly beneath a large, gaudy sign that happily advertises what lies below. It is not uncommon to see an employee in full uniform standing out front and passing out flyers to passerby, and they are almost always dressed for the season as well.

The inside of COTE is what one would come to expect of a café, with fake windows on the walls, draped with lace curtains, and booths consisting of tables and chairs rather than the typical idea of an actual booth. It promotes the idea of a Victorian tea room in as much as it can without being an actual tea room, though it's likely the original intent was just to have it look like a fine dining room before things got a bit out of hand. Usually decorated with sheep themed objects, plushes, and whatever else, the appearance changes based on the holidays and general seasons.

COTE serves actual food along with a sweets buffet, and the menu changes along with the seasons and holidays. Special requests can be made, depending on the amount of time mentioned ahead, and menus for specific dietary needs are available as well. Alcohol is not served at any time.

Business hours are Monday to Friday, 10 AM to 8 PM, and Saturday, 10 AM to 10 PM year-round, save for national holidays. Sundays are open to request for parties or other forms of private celebration, otherwise COTE is closed that day.