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Entrance to the sentō at the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum. Sentō (銭湯) is a type of Japanese communal bathhouse where customers pay for entrance. Traditionally these bathhouses have been quite utilitarian, with a tall barrier separating the sexes within one large room, a minimum of lined-up faucets on both sides, and a single large bath for the already washed bathers to sit in ...
Cagaloglu Hamami Luxuriating in a bathhouse was a stalwart of ancient Rome, where these first spas were the go-to spots for healing and relaxation. But there are still bathhouses all over the ...
Traditionally, men and women bathed together at both onsen and sentō communal bathhouses, but gender separation has been enforced at most institutions since the opening of Japan to the West during the Meiji Restoration. Mixed bathing (混浴, kon'yoku) is currently banned in Japanese public baths.
Chinese bathhouses have thousands of years of history and consist of numerous variations. The Chinese word for bathhouses in general is zǎotáng (澡堂); although in the stricter sense may refer to traditional, low-cost Chinese bathhouses to contrast with modern, upmarket Chinese bathhouses known as xǐyù zhōngxīn (洗浴中心) or just xǐyù (洗浴).
Hajime, officially Hajime Restaurant Gastronomique is a restaurant in Osaka, Japan named after its owner and chef Hajime Yoneda (born 1972). The restaurant was opened in May 2008 and only a year and a half later received a three-star rating in the Michelin Guide , the only restaurant in Osaka to receive that distinction.
While royal bathhouses and bathrooms were common among ancient Chinese nobles and commoners, the public bathhouse was a relatively late development. In the Song dynasty (960–1279), public bathhouses became popular and ubiquitous, [ 5 ] and bathing became an essential part of social life and recreation.
While Tokyo has been the site of numerous gay pride parades, Osaka has lagged in this regard. On October 22, 2006, Osaka hosted its inaugural Rainbow Parade, with more than 900 participants marching from Nakanoshima Park to Motomachi-Naka Park, near Namba Station. [1] The 11th annual parade took place on October 1, 2016. [2] [3]
Japanese bath may refer to: . Sentō (銭湯), a type of Japanese communal bath house; Furo (お風呂), a type of bathtub commonly used in Japan; Onsen (温泉), a Japanese hot spring traditionally used for public bathing