Onsen / Ofuro / Japanese Baths 大浴場 • サウナ • 水風呂

Japan is a country with many ancient traditions. For Westerners, some of the most striking are those to do with bathing rituals. Furo, also known as Onsen / Ofuro, a traditional Japanese bath, is one of them.

For the Japanese, who have a particular predilection for water, bath time is not a moment of hygiene, but a moment of relaxation. In other countries, however, our bathing culture is completely different.

Onsen / Ofuro is an important part of the lifestyle of the Japanese, who after a long day's work come home looking forward to relaxing and warming themselves in these wooden bathtubs. This ritual, which does not seek to cleanse the body but the mind, was already put in practise by the Egyptians, who 5,000 years ago had discovered the benefits of this type of bathing.

Onsen / Ofuro is an important part of the lifestyle of the Japanese, who after a long day's work come home looking forward to relaxing and warming themselves in these wooden bathtubs. This ritual, which does not seek to cleanse the body but the mind, was already put in practise by the Egyptians, who 5,000 years ago had discovered the benefits of this type of bathing.

In Japan, families bathe in order. The eldest and male members go first. In a typical family, the order would be similar to this: first the grandfather, then the father, the son, the grandmother, the mother and lastly, the daughter.

For relaxes your the body, Le Premier Hotel present Japanese Bath (Ofuro, Sauna and Mizuburo).

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