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Genius-level otaku figures out a way to take a bath with his favorite anime girls every day【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 13, 2019 - Tweet
KanCole superfan upgrades his regular bathtub to an ita-bathtub.
Japanese idol singers offer bottles of their used bathwater to fans at eye-popping price
- Casey Baseel
Feb 6, 2019
Group recommends pouring some into your own tub to make it feel like you’re taking a bath together with the idols.
Awesome Pokémon decorating idea: Turn your bathroom walls into a Pokédex!【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 15, 2019
Relax your body and improve your Poké-knowledge at the same time.
Capybara Onsen Challenge 2019: Which giant rodent can bathe the longest?
- Oona McGee
Jan 9, 2019
Furry representatives from five prefectures amaze everyone with their love of hot springs as they compete for this year’s illustrious title.
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- (bathing • bathing with yuzu • baths • capybara • Japanese baths • onsen)
Young Japanese women in survey more likely to pee in shower than any other sex/age
- Casey Baseel
Oct 23, 2018
Result also show a huge gap in in-shower urination attitudes between men and women for one age set.
Beautiful hotel on Japan’s northern island has frozen rooms, ice outdoor bath【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 26, 2018
Hokkaido gets cold in the winter, and this hotel gets incredible.
- Japan
- (awesome • baths • beautiful • cool.crazy • Hokkaido • Hoshino Resort • hotels • travel)
Japanese sento bath will let you bathe with 10,000 Sanrio Gudetamas【Video】
- Casey Baseel
May 29, 2018
Sanrio’s weirdly adorable lazy egg wants to have a soak with you and his 9,999 doppelgangers.
- Japan
- (baths • crazy • cute • Gudetama • hot springs • onsen • public baths • Sanrio • sento • weird)
How old is too old for a boy to go into the women’s hot spring bath in Japan?
- Casey Baseel
Mar 6, 2018
Child development expert weighs in on the tricky question, offers a solution from Japan’s samurai-era past.
- Japan
- (bathing • baths • culture • gender • hot springs • kids • onsen • Parenting • parents • society)
Garment aims to help breast cancer survivors enjoy Japan’s hot springs without self-consciousness
- Casey Baseel
Jan 23, 2018
Surgery scar cover is a rare exception to Japan’s traditional no-clothes-in-the-bath rule.
- Japan
- (baths • breast cancer • cancer • fashion • hot springs • onsen • society)
Sapporo police arrest 50-year-old man for entering women’s public bath
- Casey Baseel
Jan 13, 2018
Suspect tells officers “I’m a woman.”
- Japan
- (baths • crime • hot springs • onsen • public baths)
Onsen in Japan uses the same mysterious hot spring bathing system from Ghibli film Spirited Away
- Oona McGee
Dec 26, 2017
This is one of the most unusual hot springs in the country.
- Japan
- (baths • films • Fukuoka • Ghibli • hot springs • Kyushu • onsen • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • travel)
How to make your own KFC bath without Japan’s official Kentucky Fried Chicken bath salts【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 21, 2017
Eleven herbs and spices plus one bathtub makes for an unforgettable beauty ritual.
- Japan
- (bath salts • baths • beauty • crazy • funny • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • video • Village Vanguard • weird)
KFC cooks up fried chicken bath salts in Japan
- Oona McGee
Nov 1, 2017
Now you can soak in the Colonel’s 11 secret herbs and spices.
- Japan
- (bath bombs • bath powder • bath salts • bathing • baths • chicken • fried chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • LOL • wtf)
How long and how often do Japanese women bathe? Survey investigates
- Oona McGee
Nov 1, 2017
Responses suggest many women don’t have time to bathe every day anymore.
Need a soak? Amazing interactive map lists every public bath and day-use hot spring in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Feb 8, 2017
Whether you’re a backpacker looking to clean yourself up or just want to experience this aspect of traditional Japanese culture, hundreds of options are at your fingertips.
- Japan
- (baths • culture • hot springs • maps • onsen • public baths • sento • Tokyo)
Capybaras around Japan compete to find out which one can bathe the longest
- Oona McGee
Jan 18, 2017
How many hours do you think a giant rodent can bathe for?
It’s getting cold, so it’s time for this zoo’s capybaras to soak in their Japanese-style bath!
- Casey Baseel
Nov 2, 2016
For more than 30 years, this Japanese zoo has been keeping its capybaras cozy, and visitors oohing and aahing at their adorable hot spring-style setup.
Create 3-D artworks from hand soap with the Awamoko pen from Japan
- Oona McGee
Jun 17, 2016
Now you can make frothy 3-D art in an instant with a cute new device from Japan.
- Art, Cute, Japan
- (3-D • animals • art • Awamoko • bath time • baths • cats • cute • fun • latte art • MoMA • rabbits • soap)
Treat your feline like royalty with fancy cardboard cat baths from Felissimo
- Oona McGee
Jun 15, 2016
Encourage kitty to step up its love for cardboard boxes with a new lineup of elegant bath designs.
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