Bath time was interesting. At 10:00 pm, Keiko-san told me to go take a bath. My bedroom was right out in the living room next to the kitchen. Was I to get ready for bed and put on my jammies? I asked about this. I had to dig out my clean underwear and jammies with everyone in the room. Oh, well. The kids said good night and I headed to the bathroom to take my bath. The bathroom is different from the toilet room. There are three separate areas. The first area has the sink and washing machine (which by the way is much smaller than ours). Then, there is a sliding shower door leading down a step into the shower/bath room. It is all tile. You are to take a shower and scrub off all the dirt and wash it all clean. Then, you take the top off the bath tub and lower yourself in. It is really deep. The temp was set for 41 degrees Celsius. I soaked for about 10 minutes and then dressed for bed. Andy-san took his after me. I heard Keiko-san call for Yoshi-san after Andy was through. I was asleep and have no idea how long Yoshi-san soaked or even if Keiko-san chose to bathe that night. Everyone uses the same bath water. It makes sense if everyone is all clean when they get in.
By: Bret on October 28, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Wow I would hate that, its so… small! Well it looks small anyway but I dont know that for sure. It might be deep? I would not could not take a bath in that!
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Bret
By: Charles on October 31, 2008 at 11:17 am
It is so small.It is like tub for elfs!See you soon.
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Charles
By: Amanda on October 31, 2008 at 11:18 am
Hey! I agree with Bret. I would never, ever take a bath in the same bath water as anyone else! That would be gross. Oh, and that bathtub is tiny! I would never fit into it! Well time to go. See ya soon! Sayonara!
By: Sue Zupko on October 31, 2008 at 11:48 am
The tub is a bit short. We had some tall men in our group and they fit just fine in these things. Gotta bend your knees a bit. It’s more a sit up type of thing. I’d drown if I tried to lie down in it. It’s really deep.
As for it being gross, we swim in public pools where lots of dirty people swim. At least in this tub, all the participants scrubbed and rinsed well before using. It’s a lot less gross than I thought it might be, Amanda.
Our tubs don’t stay as warm, either. This was set to a constant temperature. It was nice. I didn’t have to keep adding warm water.