Onsens and bath customs in various cultures

Feb 9, 2012 2:20 PM

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Jan 2012

I stumbled across an eccentric anime and manga called Thermae Romae
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."

i thought it was an interesting idea and we could discuss it in club sometime

Feb 11, 2012 10:28 PM

Phenggy

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Feb 2012

Bathing in Japan is "odd" coming from an American. Because of the shortage of usable water in Japan, they fill the hot tub up with hot water. Everyone that uses that hot tub must rinse themselves before going in the hot tub. The water of the hot tub is used throughout the day from the whole family until the plug is pulled.

As for public "hot tubs", you must not have a single tattoo otherwise you will be ask to leave. They do this because they associate tattoo with the yakuza. Just a random fact to toss out. ;D

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