• tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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    5 months ago

    Japanese home baths are almost always right next to a shower, and you take a shower before getting in the bathtub to soak. Because you’re clean before using the tub, a family will leave it full until everyone has had a bath. They still empty the tub after everyone has used it though-- it’s not like they keep the same water for days on end.

    It’s a similar concept at bathhouses, where everyone gets in the same baths after showering.

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      5 months ago

      Woah we used to do that when I was a kid, my dad would bathe after me. I thought we were just poor but now I guess we were just Japanese

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        5 months ago

        With that phrasing, I don’t know if you’re confirming your nationality or just discovering it. I’m excited for you either way

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          5 months ago

          That’s very nice of you. But I wasn’t really serious, according to myheritage.com.I am 1% Japanese. If it counts, half of my family comes from an island north of Japan o_o

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      5 months ago

      They also have covers for the bathtubs to help keep the water warm while no one is in it. At least, the old style rectangular ones do.

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      5 months ago

      I thought taking shower before bath was universal thing. Who are these nasty people that bathe in their own filth?