What are the steps to soak in hot springs in Japan?

Go into the dressing room, change clothes, store things, tie the locker key rope to your arm, and take a towel to the bath. (Unlike bathing in China, you usually need to bring your own towel to soak in Japanese hot springs. ※. If you don't bring it, you need to buy it separately. If you stay in a hot spring hotel, you can use the towel provided by your room.

There are warm water and spoons in the vat at the entrance of the bath. You can pour warm water on your body from low to high, ready to adapt to the hot spring temperature. Of course, you can skip this step. ※.

Take a small bench to the shower area, choose an empty seat and start taking a shower. The shower be usually sit down. ※. The shower area is equipped with shampoo and shower gel, and there is also a small basin for watering the body.

After taking a bath in the shower area, take a bath in the indoor hot spring bath (don't rub your body in the pool, try not to completely soak the towel in the water, preferably put it on your head, refer to the practices of people around you), and then go to the outdoor hot spring bath after soaking. ※.

After soaking in the outdoor hot spring, simply wipe your body with a towel, and then steam in the sauna. The sauna room is equipped with an hourglass and a TV, so you can measure the time by yourself. After steaming the sauna, pour cold water on your body with a spoon in the cold water pool at the entrance of the sauna room, which can wash away sweat and make your skin taut again. ※. If you lack tolerance for cold water, you can go back to the shower area to wash your sweat.

Bathing places generally have drinking water areas. After washing the sauna, you can drink water to replenish your body's moisture. ※.

You can choose to use the shower to clean your body again. After the shower, you can basically take a shower. Wipe yourself with a towel and go back to the dressing room. You can blow dry your hair in front of the washbasin in the dressing room and tidy up your image. ※ The dressing room will basically provide hair dryers, cotton swabs, paper towels, razors and other items, and a few will also provide products such as creams, lotions and hair restorers.