Japanese bathrooms, or "ofuroba," are very different ... in sink This can be useful for washing pets and small children. 3. You sit down to wash yourself before getting into the bath Before getting ...

which is big enough for two adults to sit comfortably. The kids have their own old-fashioned pink-tiled bathroom next door, but they can enter the Japanese bath through a frosted-glass door that ...

Even if you don’t consider yourself a bath person, or are turned off by the idea of sitting in a tub of your own grime, you still might be charmed by the ritual of visiting a Japanese hot spring ...

He serves as global marketing chief of Nishimuraya Honkan, a Japanese ... wooden bath stool, like those you’d find at the shower facilities at Kinosaki’s bathhouses, to sit on while you ...

Japanese onsens -- bath houses where patrons relax naked together in mineral-rich water of various temperatures -- are a ...

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The Japanese bath house is a wonderful cultural experience that many tourists long to have. In this guide, you'll learn about proper etiquette and the ins and outs of going. Pictured here is an ...

But the striking stone sculptures are in fact the work of a Japanese craftsman acting on the orders of an affluent local chairman called Mutsuo Furukawa. They stand near the town of Osawano in ...

FUKUOKA, JAPAN -- The boss of a 158-year-old Japanese guesthouse has apologized for only changing the water in its spa bath twice a year, after it was found to be teeming with potentially deadly ...