Japanese people take it for granted, but tourists are shy and embarrassed. What are the three rules for hot spring bathing in Japan?

Many Chinese tourists now like to travel to neighboring countries, especially Japan, a country that has close ties with our country. Japan and our country have many similar cultures, but they are also very unique, which has always attracted the yearning of many Chinese tourists. Taking a hot spring bath in Japan is a very common thing. Japan has a very mature hot spring culture. Many Chinese tourists will take a hot spring bath in Japan. However, many tourists in Japan feel shy and embarrassed due to regulations such as taking a shower before bathing in hot springs and not wearing clothes when bathing in hot springs.

1. No tattoos on the body

Tattoos are a very common thing in many countries, but it is different in Japan. The Japanese are very averse to tattoos, because in the Japanese impression, tattoos are a symbol of social gangsters. When Japanese people see a person with tattoos, they always think that this person is a social gangster. Bathing in hot springs will expose your tattoos. Store owners do not welcome people with hot springs on their bodies to come to bathe in hot springs. This will make other customers feel uncomfortable, and then they will kick out people with tattoos.

2. Take a bath before bathing in hot springs

In the Japanese view, bathing in hot springs is a kind of recuperation for the body, and hot spring water is like medicine. If we have not taken a bath before bathing in hot springs, the dirt on our body will clog the pores, preventing our body from absorbing the medicine, and the therapeutic effect will not be achieved. In Japanese hot springs, there will be many people sitting on small benches and taking a bath with nothing to cover them, just like the big bathhouses in the north of our country. Many people may not be able to accept this. Anyway, I feel very embarrassed.

3. Be naked when soaking in hot springs

You cannot wear clothes when soaking in hot springs. The Japanese think that clothes are dirty. Bringing clothes into the hot springs will pollute the sacred hot springs. water. Moreover, clothes will block the human skin, making it impossible for people to better absorb the minerals in the hot springs and other substances that are beneficial to the human body. In this regard, I feel that neither women nor men can accept this practice. There is no privacy at all.

I still don’t go to Japanese hot springs anymore. It’s more comfortable to take a hot bath at home.