Japan has many hot springs are Japanese say "Onsen" and pubric bath say "Sento". Although manners are both the same, the public bath to which a regular customer comes every day has severer manners. However, there are no English notes in almost all the hot springs and public bath. Refer to Wikipedia for the definition of a Onsen. And Japan is a country severe for manners. I write the manners and the guide of a hot spring for a foreigner here. You can enjoy local people and conversation, if the following manners are observed strictly. And Japan has mixed bathing. If your fate is good, it can mixed bathing with a Japanese woman. I held many expectations, when this fact was got to know. Although I visited many hot springs, a woman did not enter. You must not expect.
In many hot springs and public baths, effect was written in Japanese and it has stuck beside the bathtub. However, a scientific basis is not in the effect of a hot spring. It is effective for cancer care in the hot spring containing the radon containing a little radioactivity.
Onsen Manners (Including Public Bath)
- Don't swim in a bath.
- Don't run in a washing place (this is very dangerous).
- Don't put neither a towel nor a bath towel in hot water (from an ill-mannered person rubbing body using a towel in a bathtub).
- The body is washing, before into a bathtub. (Do you want into a bathtub together 1 month no wash man?)
- No drink and eat something.
- No smoking in the bathroom and dressing room.
- Not wipe body in the dressing room. (Because, your waterdrop makes wet dressing room floor, dangerous it)
- Don't put hair into a bathtub (long hair is tied up into a knot and put on the head).
- Don't rub the body in a bathtub or don't scratch.
- Natural soap use for consideration of environment at the hot springs.
If the above manners are protected, you will be a foreigner who attracts attention.
Top monkey photograph is the Jigokudani Onsen in Nagano. You can go into a hot spring together with a monkey.
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This cottage is my favolite one coin Onsen in Kumamoto the south side of Japan. Here is 24 hours open because if you insert coin then automatically hot spring water fill the bathtub. It is a lot of hot water overflow from bathtub. You can see this Onsen's more detail from under link. But text is Japanese only. You can see some room and bath photos. This Onsen is a charter, you do not enter together with other persons. That is, a bath can be taken together with lovers, husband and wife, or a family. This one coin onsen name is Kunugiyu. A lot of Onsen having this area. Price is cheeper 800 yen. If you want more information then please comment here.
http://www.lemonet.com/~kunugiyu/
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