Japanese bathhouse as seen by a 19th century German visitor.The following rules come from a sign posted on an ishi-buro built in 1780 near Nagasaki:1. No noise allowed. One must be quiet.2. Watch out for fire danger.3. Those with venereal disease, epilepsy or leprosy are not allowed.4...
Built around a cascading valley of rice terraces that reflect the horizon’s endless play of colours, the Kai Yufuin hot spring ryokan by Hoshino Resorts, is one of Kengo Kuma & Associates' latest works. Composed of a public building, a bathhouse, guest rooms and separate villa suites, the...
Something like Japan-Historic-Homes.org may work. This may facilitate easy web searches. "Heritage" is arguably a more correct word to use but I think some folks may get this confused with modern homes which have a "Heritage style". "Historic" (or "Historical") does sound a bit dry and...
Visiting Baachan’s house is a joyful event full of hugs and a visit to the public bathhouse with all your cousins and aunties! There is a certain sequence of events for what you must do upon entering the bathhouse. First, you must wash up and get clean before you enter the big bath....
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Sexual promiscuity has even been valorized in much gay ideology as a salient and ennobling characteristic of the "gay lifestyle." But when it became clear that bathroom and bathhouse promiscuity was spreading new and dangerous venereal diseases, ultimately meaning AIDS, there was, and is, great ...
In Japaneseonsen, we practice the sanctity of theofuro(bath) insento— communal bathhouses where we relax with others in natural hot springs. Even though we’d shudder at going topless on a nude beach, mom and I think nothing of soaking naked in a public bath. My favorite one I went ...