Hot Spring / Onsen
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Hot Spring / Onsen
Japanese Hot Spring / Onsen
Etiquette
Ensuring cleanliness
Swimsuits
Towels
Noise
Tattoos
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onsen
Now ever dreaming of taking a bath in a Japanese Onsen?
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- A term for hot springs in the Japanese language, though the term is often used to describe the bathing facilities and inns around the hot springs. As a volcanically active country, Japan has thousands of onsen scattered along its length and breadth. Onsen were traditionally used as public bathing places and today play a central role in directing Japanese domestic tourism.
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- Onsen are a central feature of Japanese tourism often found out in the countryside but there are a number of popular establishments still found within major cities. They are a major tourist attraction drawing Japanese couples, families or company groups who want to get away from the hectic life of the city to relax. Japanese often talk of the virtues of "naked communion" for breaking down barriers and getting to know people in the relaxed homey atmosphere of a ryokan with an attached onsen. Japanese television channels often feature special programs about local onsens.
Etiquette
Ensuring cleanliness
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- At an onsen, as at a sentō, all guests are expected to wash their bodies and rinse themselves thoroughly before entering the hot water. Bathing stations are equipped with stools, faucets, wooden buckets, and toiletries such as soap and shampoo; nearly all onsen also provide removable shower heads for bathing convenience. Entering the onsen while still dirty or with traces of soap on the body is socially unacceptable.
Swimsuits
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- Bathers are not normally allowed to wear swimsuits in the baths. However, some modern onsen with more of a waterpark atmosphere require their guests to wear a swimming suit in their mixed baths.
Towels
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- Onsen guests generally bring a small towel with them to use as a wash cloth. The towel can also provide a modicum of modesty when walking between the washing area and the baths. Some onsen allow one to wear the towel into the baths, while others have posted signs prohibiting this, saying that it makes it harder to clean the bath. It is sometimes against the rules to immerse or dip towels in the onsen bath water, since this can be considered unclean. In this latter case, people normally set their towels off to the side of the water when enjoying the baths, or place their folded towels on top of their heads.
Noise
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- Onsen vary from quiet to noisy, some play piped music and often feature gushing fountains. Bathers will engage in conversation in this relaxed situation. There are usually prohibitions against rowdiness in the washing and bathing areas. A small amount of excess energy and splashing around is usually tolerated from children
Tattoos
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- Many onsen ban bathers with tattoos, which in Japan, as in the West prior to the radical changes that have taken place in society, are perceived as a badge of criminality—Yakuza traditionally have elaborate tattoos. Despite this background reason, the rule is often enforced strictly against all, including foreigners, women, and even when tattoos are small and "peaceful"
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onsen
Now ever dreaming of taking a bath in a Japanese Onsen?
Re: Hot Spring / Onsen
Onsen feels great Never tried one in Japan. But there are lots near 六小山 I tried the onsen in ace water spa <3 felt great :3 Perhaps I'll try going to a Japanese onsen in the near future LOL nakey japanese women *A* nose bleed
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The Japanese can sometimes be daring...that's why there are some mixed hot springs in japan...though the are only a few of it...only daring people can go to a mixed hot spring...believe it or not I couldn't even do it
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