Mix bath, it is the men and women is in same a bubble inside hot spring move, be in Japan this is a kind of traditional culture.
This kind of thing appears in other country, may mysterious, appear in Japan not strange. Japan is originally so strange embryo country, especially about sexual respect.
Actually, so called men and women mixes bath, not be our imagination for the most part in that way, the men and women is direct and bare opposite. It is to be in water intrusion for the most part before wrapping bath towel, when giving water, also be to wrap go up bath towel. Of those direct take in everything in a glance, less now.
We know, japan is the country of many hot spring, wash bath to have very important place in traditional culture of Japan. Up to now, a lot of Japanese are daily must bath 3. In moment of Japanese ancient time, in a few devious and pallet environments, everybody scruples with respect to not very of the men and women not, add Japanese itself to be opposite of sexual culture adore, those who begin outdoors is same hot spring washs bath, this is a men and women those who mix bath begin.
According to account, be in China early Ming Dynasty period, japanese begins a men and women to mix bath. Arrived later latter-day, although Japan developed, but the member that domain narrow as person of low position is concentrated business is thriving, japanese loves bubble hot spring again, mix in view of field wait for limitation with water, a few bathhouse are built only have pool of a hot spring, the men and women mixes bath to be continued to withhold.
Quiet day last years of a dynasty or reign, a compatriots that calls Wang Tao mixes bath too to Japanese experience, the setting at that time described with the character after coming back: "The Fang Chi in one room is like ancient bronze mirror, freely makes an appointment with 2 a unit of length to make, the men and women is naked and into, in if enter,having block congress really.
To Japanese this is planted straight-out and opposite setting, praise oneself all along experienced and knowledgeable United States fellow saw, also breathe out continuously unexpectedly be overcome. After an American fellow leads a fleet to go to Japan, see this thing thinks Japanese is too cruel mean unwisdom is uncivilized, raised doubt to the morality of Japanese. One when keep this job in him cries " Japanese expedition is written down " in the book.
Although Japanese is willing to admit not quite, but when the men and women mixes bath because the place is narrow, hard to avoid produces a contact, the bathroom is lamplight commonly dim, constant somebody does dark drift along thing. The government ever also had issued a few orders that prohibit mixing bath, if set,10 years old of above must not mix bath.
Nevertheless, these bans did not punish measure however, do not have what awe force to people. Also with respect to nobody bird this ban.
According to the statistical number 2013, japanese whole area has 500 hot spring hotel that mix bath, 200 place field mixes pool of bath hot spring. A few field hot spring that mix bath often have annoy incident happening, still can often a few cover a rubbish of and so on to float.
For all that, today's Japanese still wants to preserve this tradition. Also appeal of small number of people bans a men and women to mix bath. But, more Japanese think, this is their traditional culture, cannot ban because of excrement of a few mice, cannot ban not only, withhold well even.
