Name: How to Use a Japanese Hot Spring
Uploaded: 2020-08-14T19:11:06.000Z
Duration: 11 min 36 s
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We are here in Aizu-Wakamatsu at the Harataki Hotel and we're really excited because they are finally allowing

So, if you're coming to Japan and you want to use an onsen, we're going to give you a little guide

and you know exactly what to do. Come let me show you the ways of the onsen.

M-Are we about to get naked on camera. S-Let's get naked girl.  M-About to get naked on camera.

But we're gonna be in separate rooms though. It's not co-ed. Separate rooms. Men and women.

All right, rule number one: make sure you know which one is for men

and which one is for women. Usually women have a red curtain outside and men have blue.

But if for some reason they don't have color coded curtains,

which has happened to me before, you're gonna want to memorize this tiny tiny kanji to tell the difference.

All to myself. So whether you're staying in an onsen hotel, or you're just visiting an onsen,

they will have little tiny lockers for you to put in your like wallet and your cell phone and stuff. You can lock it up

and these keys are waterproof. But for the rest of your clothing,

we're just going to use a basket. You're gonna wanna dump all your clothing into one of these baskets here.

And then, you want to get naked. Sorry guys can't watch this part.

Time to test your knowledge of the onsen.

I'm gonna be throwing out some onsen facts to you guys. Some are true and some are terribly false.

We'll see how many of them you guys actually can call out for me. Right over here we have a lovely little basket.

It's filled with hair elastics. That is because it is extremely

rude to get into the onsen bathtub area with your hair touching the water. Is that true or false?

It's true. Do not let your hair drag in the water.

That's for you to guys if you have long hair. Imagine the gigantic hair balls that will form over

all the time of people. It would be like a monster rising from the ocean. Get your hair up.

Onsen fact: true or false? You must wet your hair before getting into the onsen.

This is actually an undecided one. Some people say you don't have to wash your hair

but you must get it wet before getting into the onsen. Other people say it doesn't matter just as long as your hair doesn't actually

touch the water. So I choose to not wash my hair today, but I will be pulling it up quite firmly

and applying this super adorable headband to ensure that no hair touches the water.

Most onsens will be providing you with two towels.

There will be a big towel for you to dry off with, and then there'll be this little, teeny tiny towel.

What is this tiny towel for? This teeny towel actually has two purposes.

and then also you can use it as a manner towel. So a lot of people that get naked will take this towel and just

kind of like cover up their lady or man bits when they're transferring between

showering and bathing and back and forth again; so get your tiny manner towel ready.

Now this over here is the onsen. It is not a bathtub for you to clean your body in. That is a massive faux pas.

When you come here the first thing you should do this clean off. Get off the lotion, the deodorant

that you're wearing before you go to soak in the actual onsen. You will be very highly judged

if you just step right into that hot tub. So guys, let's go get scrubbed.

Now, most onsens will provide you with shampoo and conditioner and body soap and maybe even face soap

if they're fancy, but not all of them do. So if you're paying to get into just an onsen

you might want to bring a little bit of toiletries with you.

This is an important ritual known as kuma kuma

Because there's been many people that have been visiting this onsen for like, years and years and years,

you don't want to kind of anger or disrespect the spirits.

So you scoop up a little bit of the water using this special bucket known as a karaoke.

And then you pour it back into the water.

That's total BS guys. I completely made that up.

This is an important bucket for  getting your body all warm and clean.

Yes, I'm cheating I am wearing a bathing suit. But normally, I should be naked right now.

Let's talk about the real use of this bucket, shall we? You can use it for when you're actually washing

but the real intention is to help you ease your way into hot springs. A lot of onsen are

totally nuts hot like you put your feet in and you're like aaarghh!

You scoop up some water, and starting at your feet

you slowly warm up your body to get used to it. So let's get used to this frickin' scalding hot onsen.

Guys, if you have your little modesty towel with you, you can pop it on the top of your head, like this, to keep it out

of the water. It's also quite nice if you dip it in cold water first.

But whatever you do, don't wring it into the onsen

It's considered very poor manners to do that. Just keep it up here

Now I know a lot of you guys feel uncomfortable with the idea of public nudity

But I gotta tell you if you come to Japan and you miss out on the chance to enjoy an onsen, guys

It's such a nice way to unplug. You can't bring your phone with you

You can't check Twitter, Instagram, YouTube. If you don't have another friend to come with,

you just got to kind of sit, enjoy the scenery, relax, and unplug

Why have I never seen a baby pigeon? Where are they?

I'm not sure if I've ever used a semicolon correctly in my entire life.

I just realized that I put a lot more effort into getting my cat to like me than I put effort into getting

Hmm. You know what? Your stomach thinks that all potatoes are mashed potatoes.

I wonder what Martina's doing? Probably not being informative whatsoever.

In Japanese, there's actually a really nice phrase which means "naked friendship".

And the concept is that everyone is the same when they're naked.

Nobody wants to be naked. You can't tell if anybody's rich, or if anybody's poor.

We're all exactly the same, so don't worry about people looking at you and checking out your scars, or if you're overweight,

or if you have a weird tattoo. Nobody cares. Naked friendship. Come to Japan, enjoy an onsen, get naked.

So, this was a super fun shoot because Martina did all the work

and all I had to do was soak in a tub and look reflective and stuff like that.

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