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When I Lived In Japan, Going To A Bathhouse Was My Favorite Way To Relax. Here’s How You Can Do It At Home

We Americans get a lot of things right, but we’ve done bathing dirty. It’s time for us to repent from our bathing sins and wash ourselves clean – like the Japanese.

By Alicia Bittle7 min read
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First you shower, then you bathe. Who wants to soak for 30 minutes to an hour in a tub full of their own grime? Americans, that’s who. It’s nasty, and we need to change, but that’s not all we need to fix.