Ofuro:
Japanese bath,A
Japanese style
bathroom, where one showers outside the
bathtub and then enters the
bathtub once clean. A
Japanese style
bathroom, where one showers outside the
bathtub and then enters the
bathtub once clean.The Japanese have a special relationship with water. Their land is full of water: mountains and rivers are everywhere; all over the archipelago rivers snake through valleys, cities, and then merge with the ocean. This ocean is never far away, nor are the mountains. And the Japanese, even the most urban, are very in sync with nature. Nevertheless, water still proves to be a force to be reckoned with in Japan. Torrential rains, typhoons, tsunamis, landslides... The dangers related to water are many. Despite this, the Japanese love the water. And if there had to be a single proof to this statement, it would be their bathing culture!
