Why do Japanese people wear a small towel every time they bathe in 'hot springs'?

Wondering why every Japanese person likes to wear towels every time this bath is revealed. Make sure you are extremely surprised by this explanation.

For Japanese people, taking a nude bath in hot springs (onsen) is not only a unique culture but also seen as a way to improve health, relieve the spirit of efficiency.

Most tourists coming to the land of cherry blossoms wish to experience this wonderful feeling once.

When it comes to taking a nude bath, you will imagine that the bathman will "not have a piece of cloth covering his body". But do you wonder why every person soaking himself in water puts a small towel on his head like that?

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People who soak in water put a small towel on their heads.

In fact, this tiny towel is extremely powerful - ensuring the health of one's own misery.

Normally, before taking a bath, each person will bring two towels - a large towel to wrap people and a small towel to wrap their heads. However, a large towel is not allowed to be carried down to the hot tub but to be left on the tank wall.

The small towel will be wet and put on the head to prevent heat loss, stabilize the blood pressure for the body, especially during cold winter days - when the outdoor temperature and water in the tank are big difference.

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The small towel will be wet and put on the head to avoid heat loss, stabilizing blood pressure for the body.

Besides keeping your blood pressure stable, this small towel also helps you absorb sweat quickly.

In addition, Japanese people attach great importance to cleanliness so hair will have to be neatly wrapped, carefully hidden in a towel, even though your head has been washed off the outside before going down to make sure the hair does not touch country.

And yet, you are absolutely careful not to let towels fall into the water because this is seen as polluting the water source. If you accidentally drop the towel, you will have to bring it to the shore to squeeze, but not "innocent" to squeeze the towel right in the stream.

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This small towel also helps you absorb sweat quickly.

It is known that Japan has many volcanoes still active and it is this seemingly harsh natural element that creates more than 20,000 sources of hot springs.

The hobby of Japanese hot spring baths originated when Japan was still an agricultural country, the leisure season lasted 6 months from autumn to spring next year.

Because of the cold weather, Japanese farmers look for hot springs to relax. The habit of taking a bath is formed, becoming a typical culture of Japanese people.

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The weather was so cold that Japanese farmers went to find hot springs to relax.

There is a special feature of Japanese bathing culture, which is that they are always "crazy" despite bathing with a lot of people, wearing something on their bodies when bathing in streams is a taboo.

This originated from the Edo period, hot springs were considered "truce" , officials and samurai were always 100% naked to prove to their opponents that they did not bring any weapons.