I'm quite familiar with the sentou. The first place we lived in Osaka actually did not have a shower, if you can believe that! So we would shower outside! Then in October we graduated to the sentou. What an experience! haha
I'm quite familiar with the sentou. The first place we lived in Osaka actually did not have a shower, if you can believe that! So we would shower outside! Then in October we graduated to the sentou. What an experience! haha
That's pretty wild. No shower or bath? I've yet to enter a place like that in Japan. The pictures in this post are of a sentou that is right around the corner from my house. I often pass it while taking my kids for walks and I've never seen young people entering or leaving it. I often wonder why people still use it, but I imagine it has to do with old habits and maybe even social rituals for the elderly people living in my neighborhood.
I enjoy going to the bathhouses here too, but when I go to them, I often go to larger and newer ones across town that have a variety of pools and relaxation rooms, etc. The sentou I frequent the most is always full of kids and families. The one in my neigborhood, like I said, never seems to be.