Translation guide
A bathhouse is a public facility for bathing, often with hot water. In Japan, this typically refers to a sentō (public bath) or onsen (hot spring bath). The concept is culturally significant and differs from Western-style bathhouses.
A neighborhood public bath facility where people go to bathe, often because they don't have a bath at home.
The standard term for a traditional Japanese public bathhouse. These are common in urban areas and charge a small fee.
I go to the neighborhood bathhouse.
A more casual, colloquial term for a public bath. Often used in everyday conversation.
I relax at the bathhouse.
A bathhouse using natural hot spring water, often at a resort or inn.
A bathhouse that is part of a larger establishment like a spa, hotel, or historical site.
In Japan, bathhouses are for bathing and relaxation, not for socializing in the same way as some Western bathhouses. Nudity is the norm, and tattoos may be prohibited in some places.
At a sentō or onsen, wash your body before entering the bath. Don't put towels in the water. These rules are strictly followed.
They recreated an old-time bathhouse.