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Japanese home baths are almost always right next to a shower, and you take a shower before getting in the bathtub to soak. Because you're clean before using the tub, a family will leave it full until everyone has had a bath. They still empty the tub after everyone has used it though-- it's not like they keep the same water for days on end.
It's a similar concept at bathhouses, where everyone gets in the same baths after showering.
Woah we used to do that when I was a kid, my dad would bathe after me. I thought we were just poor but now I guess we were just Japanese
With that phrasing, I don't know if you're confirming your nationality or just discovering it. I'm excited for you either way
That's very nice of you. But I wasn't really serious, according to myheritage.com.I am 1% Japanese. If it counts, half of my family comes from an island north of Japan o_o
Now I just have The Vapors, "Turning Japanese" stuck in my head
They also have covers for the bathtubs to help keep the water warm while no one is in it. At least, the old style rectangular ones do.
I thought taking shower before bath was universal thing. Who are these nasty people that bathe in their own filth?
Most of them, pretty sure.