掛かけ湯ゆ

noun

pouring hot water over oneself before entering the bath; pre-bath rinse

A customary practice at public baths and hot springs: scooping and pouring hot water over the body to cleanse and warm up before entering the shared tub.

• 温おん泉せんでは、まず掛かけ湯ゆをしてから湯ゆ船ぶねに入はいりましょう。

  At a hot spring, first pour hot water over yourself before getting into the bath.

• 掛かけ湯ゆをしないで浴よく槽そうに入はいるのはマナー違い反はんです。

  Entering the bathtub without doing the pre-bath rinse is bad manners.

noun

repeated pouring of hot water over oneself as a hot-spring cure

A therapeutic practice at certain hot springs where one repeatedly pours hot spring water over the body, often as part of a traditional cure regimen.

• この温おん泉せん地ちでは、古ふるくから掛かけ湯ゆによる湯とう治じが行おこなわれている。

  In this hot-spring area, a cure by repeatedly pouring hot water over oneself has been practiced since old times.