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Sentō (銭湯, Sentō?) is a type of Japanese communal bath house where
customers pay for entrance. Traditionally these bath houses have been quite
utilitarian, with one large room separating the sexes by a tall barrier, and on both
sides, usually a minimum of lined up faucets and a single large bath for the
already washed bathers to sit in among others. Since the second half of the 20th
century, these communal bath houses have been decreasing in numbers as
more and more Japanese residences come with private bathing rooms. Some
Japanese find social importance in going to public baths, out of the theory that
physical proximity/intimacy brings emotional intimacy, which is termed skinship in
Japanese. Another type of Japanese public bath is onsen, which uses hot water
from a natural hot spring
customers pay for entrance. Traditionally these bath houses have been quite
utilitarian, with one large room separating the sexes by a tall barrier, and on both
sides, usually a minimum of lined up faucets and a single large bath for the
already washed bathers to sit in among others. Since the second half of the 20th
century, these communal bath houses have been decreasing in numbers as
more and more Japanese residences come with private bathing rooms. Some
Japanese find social importance in going to public baths, out of the theory that
physical proximity/intimacy brings emotional intimacy, which is termed skinship in
Japanese. Another type of Japanese public bath is onsen, which uses hot water
from a natural hot spring