Thursday, July 14, 2016

Japanese Bath

This is typical of the Japanese man being given a bath by his wife or even a mistress. Most men had at least one mistress and many had several and all were known by the wife and family. The Japanese way of life was totally unique to Japan and awkward to Americans. Besides being bathed at home, there were "public" baths where lines of people walked down to the bathhouse with a towel and rinsed off under a spigot of running water. There might be 25 people--men, women and children already in the water and all their eyes are on this American with his white skin and short brown hair who seems ashamed and tried to cover himself somewhat until he could get in the water.
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  1. Honest Abe LincolnJuly 25, 2016 at 10:09 AM

    Public bath houses were common and each neighborhood had one with heated water and the one I went in had about 25 people in it watching me undress and pour cool water over my naked body--that was supposed to rinse off most of the dust. Individual homes did not have baths but did have a large tub made of wood with a lid on top. It was heated by a hibachi under it and could get very hot. I came out of them pink all over from the hot water.

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