Category Archives: Why, Japan, why?

Japanese traditional inns’ #1 anxiety-producing rule is without a doubt, “You must bathe nude with strangers.” Naturally, those who come from cultures where nakedness is seldom allowed outside of intimate situations*—even within the family—this just feels wrong. And no amount of online assurance that “nobody cares how you look” and judgey admonishment to “just getContinueContinue reading “What’s the REAL reason swimsuits aren’t allowed in baths at Japanese inns?”