It’s said that Japanese people love taking a bath in the bathtub. We will explore Japan bath culture, and introduce Japanese word Ofuro (お風呂)
In Japanese bath is called Ofuro (お風呂)
Furo (風呂) here means taking a bath using boiled hot water or hot spring. It can be done in bathtub, bathroom, bath house. There is also kind of bath that do not use any water, such as sand bath and bedrock bath.
Nowadays, one can enjoy the effect and atmosphere of the hot spring just by putting bathing agent to their bath. Many Japanese people enjoy their bath while watching TV or reading.
There are more hot spring facilities with close access from center of the city such as LaQua, Oedo Onsen, Super Sento and more.
Now a little bit of knowledge on how you enter the bath.
Japanese people usually bathe and wash the body first with shower and soap before entering the bath. If one goes directly to the bath without washing the body first, it will regarded as rude. So, remember this when you go to Japanese hot spring.
Now let’s learn the word in the sentence!
l Nihonjin wa ofuro ga suki desu.
l Japanese people like taking a bath in the bathtub.
l Ofuro no ondo ga atsui.
(お風呂の温度が熱い)
l The bath temperature is high
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Thesaurus: These is other word related to ofuro:
★ Yubune ni tsukaru to kimochiga yoi desune.
(湯船に浸かると気持ちが良いですね)（Ofuro≒Yubune）
It feels good to soak in the bathtub
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Do you understand the meaning? Use them when you come to Japan!
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