(むかしながら)

old-fashioned, traditional

(あつまる)

to gather; to come together

(にほん)

Japan

(せんとう)

public bathhouse, sento

(かず)

number, count

(ねんねん)

year by year / annually

(へる)

to decrease / to diminish

(いえ)

house

(おふろ)

bath; bathtub

(ある)

a certain (some)

(ひと)

person / people

(ふえる)

to increase; to grow

(しかし)

however, but

(さいきん)

recently

(わかい)

young

(あいだ)

interval, during

(にんき)

popularity

(たかまる)

to rise, to grow

(とうきょう)

Tokyo

(やすみ)

holiday, rest

(ひ)

day

(きゃく)

Customer; guest

(ならぶ)

to line up

(かべ)

wall

(え)

picture, drawing

(たいる)

tile

(もよう)

pattern; design

(しゃしん)

photograph

(とる)

to take (a photo)

(いんたーねっと)

Internet

(のせる)

to post, to put up (online)

(おおい)

many

(なか)

inside

(さうな)

sauna

(めあて)

aim, what one is after

(しゅじん)

owner, proprietor

(きんじょ)

neighborhood

(はなしをする)

to have a chat, to talk

(ばしょ)

place

(これから)

from now on

(つづける)

to continue

(はなす)

to speak, talk

(たてもの)

building

(あたらしい)

new

(かふぇ)

cafe

(つくる)

to make

(みせ)

shop, store

(でる)

to come out; to occur

is doing, has been doing (ongoing state/action)

Expresses a continuing action or resulting state. Formed with て-form + いる. Can describe an action in progress or a state resulting from a past change.

it is because ~

Gives a reason at the end of a sentence. Used here to explain why gasoline prices dropped (government subsidies).

as / in the role of

Marks the role, capacity, or status in which something is treated. Used here as 特別な史跡として (as a special historic site).

want to ~

Verb stem + たい to express desire.

To make ~ (adjective)

い-adjective stem + くする means 'to make something (adjective).' 安くする means 'to make cheaper.'

come toward (action approaching)

Indicates motion toward the speaker or a location. Here it describes rocks flying toward people.

昔ながらの銭湯に若い人が集まる

Young people are gathering at old-fashioned public baths

日本の銭湯の数は、年々減っています。

The number of public bathhouses in Japan is falling year by year.

家にお風呂がある人が増えたからです。

That is because more and more people have a bath at home.

しかし最近、若い人の間で銭湯の人気が高まっています。

Recently, however, bathhouses have been growing more popular among young people.

東京のある銭湯では、休みの日に若い客が並びます。

At one bathhouse in Tokyo, young customers line up on days off.

壁の絵やタイルの模様を写真に撮って、インターネットに載せる人も多いです。

Many of them photograph the wall paintings and tile patterns and post them on the internet.

中には、サウナが目当ての客もいます。

Among them are customers whose real aim is the sauna.

銭湯の主人は「近所の人が話をする場所として、これからも続けたい」と話しています。

The bathhouse owner says, "I want to keep it going as a place where people from the neighbourhood can chat."

建物を新しくして、カフェを作る店も出てきました。

Some bathhouses have also started renovating their buildings and opening a cafe.