Chinese man armed with selfie stick and dressed as woman arrested after getting into Japanese bathhouse to see 'magnificent view'

A Chinese male tourist who dressed as a woman to enter the female section of a public bath in Wakayama prefecture in western Japan was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of unlawful entry into the building, police said.

 Xia Liang, 36, allegedly went into a women’s dressing room at a seaside open-air bath in the town of Shirahama, a major tourist spot, wearing a kimono and long wig, at about 10.30 am on Sunday. 

He then wrapped himself in a towel and entered a women’s bath, according to the police.

 A customer alerted a clerk when the suspect began taking photos with a smartphone on a selfie stick.

 He did not take photos of women in the bath. 

Xia has admitted to unlawful entry, telling police he had heard the view from the women’s section of the baths was magnificent.