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> How long do you sit in a bath? Another Japan resident here! It is common for a family to share a bath for the evening. (One at a time!) This works because ea
by komega 21d ago
> How long do you sit in a bath?
Another Japan resident here! It is common for a family to share a bath for the evening. (One at a time!) This works because each person showers to get clean before you get in the bath. Many also have folding bath covers, which help to avoid the water from cooling down and to keep the water clean during the showers. Still, nobody wants to be last.
> My immediate reaction to this is, “there’s a way for my house to be remotely flooded”.
A smart reaction! But most baths are also whole-room units, with a floor drain, and are intended to get wet. I myself have forgotten to stop the bath water a number of times (neither I nor my bath are so "smart") and while it is an unfortunate waste of water, there is no danger of flooding, only slight embarrassment.
- gwbas1c 21d agoA Japanese bath sounds a lot more like what Americans call a hot tub. BTW, Japanese bathing is somewhat visible in My Neighbor Totoro, a really cute movie.
- ThrowawayTestr 21d agoIf you look at a picture of one, they're basically tiny hot tubs.
- Groxx 21d agoIn most ways, yes. E.g. you clean yourself before you get in, so the water remains relatively clean after a few people. Unlike a hot tub though it's drained between uses, so it doesn't really have some of the nastier issues that hot tubs can acquire (nor does it need higher chlorine content to mitigate it).
- cynicalsecurity 21d ago> (One at a time!) That's unexpected.
- fransje26 21d ago> A smart reaction! But most baths are also whole-room units, with a floor drain Nice concept! Do you have any problems with mold build up?
- tecleandor 21d agoNot a resident but I have friends there and stayed in a bunch of different apartments. Bath rooms in smaller apartments, and also in hotels, tend to be, literally, whole-room plastic/resin structures, so it dries easier and if mold appears it's in the plastic surface and easy to get rid of it. I have a friend with a very big fancy apartment, and his huge bath room is covered mostly in tile and has very good ventilation. The bath even has a waterproof TV so you can watch a movie meanwhile!
- coryrc 21d agoIt's 98% humidity for months, you need to worry about the whole house!
- eru 18d agoAre you sure about that number? I live in famously hot and humid Singapore, and it's usually around 70% to 80% humidity here during the day. I find it hard to believe Japan is even muggier? I just randomly checked the weather for Osaka and Tokyo (on Google) and they have about 60% to 70% at the moment.
- coryrc 11d agoNo, I exaggerated slightly; but we're past the wettest season now AFAIK.
- ryan_lane 21d agoThese rooms have ventilation (and also usually a heater, cooling, dry mode). The ventilation can be set to 24/7 mode, which runs at a low setting, always on. Japanese houses/apartments also typically have a house ventilation system, meant to run when it's humid. Mold in general is a problem here, so ventilation is incorporated well. It's fun in the winter when you're running humidifiers but forget to turn off your house ventilation and don't understand why you're still so dry.