Tag: public bath

Akane and Riho make their intentions for Hayato clear at the local bathhouse. Episode 11 — “Fireworks of Love” The ...

One site I visit from time to time is Quora, a place to ask questions and get answers on various ...

J-List is based in Isesaki, a city of 200,000 in Gunma Prefecture that's pretty much in the exact center of ...

J-List will be at the San Diego Comic-Con this year in booth 4929, in the "Anime Alley" part of the ...

One theme I write about a lot is how Japan is a peaceful country where you'll almost never encounter violence ...

As an American who's lived outside the U.S. for more than half his life (as of this month), I can ...

Like many people in Japan, I am a 風呂人 furo-bito, or a person who likes taking baths in natural hot ...

One thing about the Japanese is that they seem hard-wired to appreciate nostalgia, whether it's eating the traditional candy they ...

One of the most useful words of Japanese is sumimasen, which generally corresponds to "excuse me," though like most aspects ...

It's funny the way a person's perceptions of a place can be influenced by stereotypes. For example, there are many ...

Back when I was single, I did a fair bit of traveling around Japan, hitchhiking or riding trains on "Youth ...

Today is the 17th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which destroyed the city of Kobe and greatly damaged nearby ...

Last time I wrote about our trip to Taiwan, which was both chaotic and fun. While I couldn't make myself ...

The other day I decided my hair had grown long enough, and that it was time to go get it ...

You may know the Japanese word sumimasen, which generally corresponds to "excuse me" and is one of the more useful ...

Japan has had a culture of bathing in public baths and natural volcanic hot springs for centuries, and I've really ...

Last time I talked about the way Japanese perceive Westerners, who kind of hold a special place in society here ...

I went with my son to a public bath the other day, always a fun way to relax and wash ...

If you want to learn about the cultural differences between East and West, I recommend marry a Japanese woman. The ...

I have the most interesting car: when I start it in the morning, it greets me with ohayo gozaimasu (good ...

Like many people in Japan, I am a furo-bito, or a person who likes taking baths in natural hot springs. ...

I love getting a haircut in Japan. The barber shop I use rents space inside a lobby of a large ...

Between studying Japanese for four years at SDSU and living here for 17, I've pretty much got the Japanese language ...

All in all, "here are your gums" is not something you'd expect to hear outside a discussion of orthodontics, but ...