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マナー示唆例(4):Sakura House

SAKURA HOUSE - Taking bath in Japan
http://www.sakura-house.com/tips/living/sento/sento.htm

1. Bring a small towel, as well as a bath towel with you. Most "super sento" and "onsen" have free soaps and shampoos, but in places without, you'll have to bring your own.

2. Undress yourself at datsuijyo (changing room). Leave your bath towel with your clothes here. Usually there's coin operated lockers to leave your things, but we recommend you not to bring in valuable stuffs.
Take only the small towel, and enter yokujyo(bathroom).

3. If you have tattoos, people might see you with curiosity. This is because western tattoo is still rare, and strictly speaking, tattooed person in NOT allowed in public baths in Japan. (Though, foreign people or small western tattoo is generally OK)

4. Wash yourself at araiba(body washing area with showers, taps, and small chairs). The small towel is to scrub your body with soap.
Entering a bathtub without washing yourself is the least thing you can do.

5. Shaving your face or brushing your teeth is OK at araiba. But dyeing your hairs or washing clothes or underwears are against the manners.

6. Now put yourself into a bathtub and relax. Don't put the small towel into the water. Japanese people often put them on their heads.

7. If there's a sauna and you would like to try it, be sure to wipe your body with the small towel before entering.
After the sauna, be sure to take a simple shower to wash your sweat off before entering bathtubs again.

8. Before you leave, take a shower again, for the water in bathtubs should be clean, but many people have entered it, and it is better for you to wash yourself finally with running water.

9. Wipe your body simply with the small towel before going back to datsuijyo (changing room). People often do this at the entrance of yokujyo(bathroom).

10. Go back to datsuijyo (changing room) and wipe yourself well with your bath towel. Usually there's washstands with hairdryers that can be used.
Put your clothes on, and leave. Japanese people would spend around an hour at a public bath.