Japanese home baths are almost always right next to a shower, and you take a shower before getting in the bathtub to soak. Because you're clean before using the tub, a family will leave it full until everyone has had a bath. They still empty the tub after everyone has used it though-- it's not like they keep the same water for days on end.

It's a similar concept at bathhouses, where everyone gets in the same baths after showering.

[–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Woah we used to do that when I was a kid, my dad would bathe after me. I thought we were just poor but now I guess we were just Japanese

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

With that phrasing, I don't know if you're confirming your nationality or just discovering it. I'm excited for you either way

[–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

That's very nice of you. But I wasn't really serious, according to myheritage.com.I am 1% Japanese. If it counts, half of my family comes from an island north of Japan o_o

[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago

Now I just have The Vapors, "Turning Japanese" stuck in my head

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 4 points 3 months ago

They also have covers for the bathtubs to help keep the water warm while no one is in it. At least, the old style rectangular ones do.

[–] brb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I thought taking shower before bath was universal thing. Who are these nasty people that bathe in their own filth?

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 6 points 3 months ago

Most of them, pretty sure.