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41 sats \ 12 replies \ @cryotosensei 12 Dec \ on: Stacker Saloon
Did you know that Yatsushiro accounts for the majority of Japan’s igusa (soft rush) production? It is used to make comfy tatami mats.
Now you know!
cross-posted on my blog
Interesting! I have a question for you.
Most Japanese homes have a separate shower and bathtub. Before going in to the tub, Take a shower and clean your body, face and hair. For a family, the members share the same hot water in the tub, so it's important to clean yourself to keep the water as clean as possible. This is from the article https://miraiclinical.com/blogs/japanese-culture-blog/japan-crate-bathing-culture
Is it true that people in the house share the same bathtub water? I know it's kind of weird to ask, but I couldn't resist..
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Absolutely true. Sometimes people have cooperative bathtubs for a small apartment complex. It is important to follow the custom of cleaning first, bath tub after. I was relegated to being the last person into the tub where I lived because “gaijin”. I didn’t care, because I knew the drill and I got to stay in the tub as long as I liked. It was one of the older style where the water is heated and circulated by convection continuously. I made the mistake, once and only once, of falling to sleep in the tub. I almost did not make it out of the tub. I was very well done.
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Falling asleep in the tub must be scary thank goodness you were okay. Thanks for confirming it and sharing your experience.
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@Rothbardian_fanatic has answered your questions very well. So I will share the bathtub at my parents-in-law’s house. Yes we share the same water
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This bathtub must be the most Modern and up-to-date. It doesn’t look deep enough for the time I was there. The ones that I went into were all neck deep, however, they were more like a cube where you couldn’t stretch your legs out.
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Yes! He helped a lot. Thanks for sharing :)
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You’re welcome.
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There is another fact: In Japan they separate the toilet from the shower and bath. Usually, there is a toilet in its own smallish space and the shower/bath in the next door space.
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Wow! This is getting more interesting.
Also, they have separate flip flop for toilet and separate flip flop for guests?
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No, one apartment or house will have one toilet that is not in the same room as the shower/bath. They are usually in side-by-side rooms. The guests use the same facilities as the people they are visiting.
You only draw the bath once per day because the baths are usually up to your neck deep and take a lot of water to fill and gas to heat.
BTW, they also use on-demand water heating.
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Nice tatami. It is really the tops for sleeping on for short naps. Also stays warm on cold days, not like wood floors. It is kind of expensive now-a-days, though.
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Hey friend @cryotosensei thanks for sharing Japón culture since I follow you I have learned a lot about it, what particular name tatami where does it originate or what does it mean?
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