Comments on: Public bathing in a Japanese onsen

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:29:15 +0000

Sometimes the different baths are of different sizes. To be fair to everyone they switch genders day to day. The gender of the bath is indicated by a curtain with a Chinese character (for male or female)on it.
Having had an experience much Like Mr. Riel’s on my first visit to an onsen, I thought I knew the program on day two — actually the next morning. I left my Japanese friends behind, and walked downstairs and right into the bath that I had been in the day before. You guessed it — I had entered the women’s bath. Somewhere there are probably some Japanese women still telling the story about how the naked Westerner entered the women’s bath.

By: jessiev

jessiev — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:45:23 +0000

LOVE this. i’ve been there. what a great site you have!

By: Dave and Deb

Dave and Deb — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:22:25 +0000

Haha, we have been in that situation so many times. It is great going with the flow, but it can be very embarrassing at times. Glad you figured it out eventually.

By: Jayne

Jayne — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:55:36 +0000

Very humorous. Sounds like a wonderful experience – will look for the nearest onsen if we ever get to Japan. Which I hope to!