Record 077 · Heat · 1886
67%86.77.H
Onsen Protocol
Japanese bath culture
“The Japanese hot-spring session: cleanliness, soak, rest — a public protocol.”
Meiji-era public onsen rules made soaking a civic method. Temperature, time, no soap in the pool. Hardware is the spring; the protocol is the etiquette.
Opened communal hot-spring use as a specified session.
- Wash-before-soak
- Public soaking rules
- Rest after heat
Wash first. Then soak.
