Japanese sauna, what is an 8 letter word?
The correct answer to this crossword puzzle question is the word - minamoto (8 letters).
If you turn to Wikipedia, then Minamoto, in medieval Japan it was the name of a group of clans that descended from those children of the emperor who were denied the status of princes.
The Japanese bathhouse is not only a culture, but also a way of life, and it was in bathhouse establishments that the Japanese exchanged news and made future plans. We know that Japanese public baths are called “sento” and before the advent of private bathrooms, entire families of Japanese bathed in them. There are also sento in Japan, which use the waters of natural thermal springs with open-air pools.
But the “sento” bath does not suit us in terms of the number of letters, so we choose another type of Japanese sauna as the correct answer: “minamoto” . After all, it is in this word that there are eight letters stated in the question.
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Basics of Japanese bath traditions
So, a bath in Japan is something different compared to everyone’s favorite steam rooms, stones poured with water, and birch brooms. To some extent, these are large bathrooms. At the same time, the healing and rejuvenating effect on the skin is no worse than in traditional Russian baths.
Today, the Japanese bath comes in three types:
The first two types involve individual use at home, or are used for visiting by 1-2 people at the same time. Sento baths are public baths that can accommodate more than 100 people at a time.
Regardless of what the Japanese bathhouse is called, what size it is or what it looks like, the philosophy and meaning of such establishments are the same. The therapeutic effect on the skin is not heated and humid air, but hot water or sawdust (in some cases, pebbles). Actually, the filler was selected precisely on the principle that it should accumulate heat well and warm the human body.
Sento device [edit | edit code]
The building in which the sento is located looks like a Japanese temple; at the entrance there is a blue noren (Japanese 暖簾) curtain, on which, in addition to the name, the hieroglyph 湯 (yu, hot water) is depicted.
As a rule, sento has male and female parts (compartments), their structure is identical. Modern sento most often consist of the following rooms: a changing room in which visitors leave their belongings, a separate room in which visitors wash thoroughly, and a room with a large pool of hot water that is common to everyone. Water temperature is about 55 °C.
Login [edit | edit code]
Although there can be many varieties of architectural design, the most traditional one is shown in the figure on the right. After the entrance there is a compartment where shoes are removed, which is continued in the form of two divided curtains (or doors) on the right and left. They lead to datsuiba - a place where they undress, separately for men and women. The female and male parts are very similar and differ only in small details.
Datsuiba [edit | edit code]
Inside the locker room, between the entrances, there is a bandai (番台) - a raised platform 1.5-1.8 meters high, where the attendant sits. Below this there may be a service door from ward to ward that is used only by staff. Above Bandai
Usually a large clock is hung.
The locker room measures approximately 10 x 10 meters, has a tatami floor and lockers for clothes. Sometimes it also has lockers for bath belongings of regular customers. The ceilings are high, 3-4 meters. The wall separating the female and male halves is two meters high. [ source not specified 3628 days
] Changing rooms also often have access to a small Japanese-style garden and toilet. There are often vending machines selling ice cream and drinks here. There may also be scales for weighing, and sometimes a stadiometer. In some very old sentō, the weight scale may be graduated in the old measures of "momme" 匁 = 3.75 g and "kan" equal to 1000 momme = 3.75 kg. Accordingly, the height meter in old sento can only go up to 180 cm. All kinds of advertising can also be posted here. The women's section may have cribs or changing tables, as well as mirrors. Decorations and advertising are different for each half.
Bath area [edit | edit code]
The bath area is separated from the locker room by a sliding door so as not to lose heat. As an exception, in Okinawa, where the climate is very hot, there is no door. The bathhouse is usually tiled. Near the entrance there is a small area where you can take bath benches and basins. The hall has a sufficient number of places for washing, on the sides and also in the center. Each place has two taps (Japanese: カランkaran
) - for hot and cold water and a hose with a shower head. At the end of the hall there are bathtubs, usually with several compartments with different water temperatures. In Osaka and Kansai the baths are usually located in the middle of the hall, while in Tokyo they are usually at the end. The wall separating the men's and women's departments is also about 2 meters high, the ceilings are 4 meters high with large windows in the ceilings. In some sento, the dividing wall (rarely) has a small hole, long ago used to allow members of the same family to pass soap to each other. On the wall at the far end of the room there is usually a decoration - a painting depicting Fuji or a traditional Japanese landscape, maybe a European landscape, river or sea views. In more rare cases, there may be a group of warriors or naked girls on the male side, and children playing or a beautiful beauty on the female side.
Features of the furaco bath
Furaco is a barrel-shaped structure divided into two parts. The larger one contains seats and a heated filler is supplied there for procedures, and the smaller one has a built-in oven (electric or wood-burning) that will heat the water to a temperature of 45-50 degrees Celsius. For the first visits, this is too high a temperature, but later the body adapts.
A visitor to such a bath must immerse himself in the water so that its upper boundary does not reach the heart. Even with this arrangement, the pulse increases to 120 beats per minute, and the pressure rises. Accordingly, you need to be more careful and follow the rule of placing a barrel in the washing compartment.
If you carry out the procedure correctly, you only need to be in the barrel for 10-15 minutes, which is enough to have the following effect on the body:
- stimulation of metabolism and immune system function;
- improving the functioning of the cardiovascular system;
- treatment and prevention of diseases of the kidneys, joints, lungs;
- toning the skin and opening the pores;
- removing toxins and waste from the body.
You can enhance the effect on the body by adding herbal extracts, aromatic oils, rose petals, etc.
After the visitor leaves the barrel, he is placed on a couch to rest. According to the rules, the body must be at rest for at least an hour. This time is enough for the body to relax, the muscles to tone, and the nervous system to calm down.
Social and cultural aspects[ edit | edit code]
Voyeurism [edit | edit code]
Most sento have a raised platform - a bandai - with an attendant who has a clear view of both halves. Most of these workers are girls, since the male part of visitors rarely objects to this, while female visitors will not feel very comfortable with a male servant. True cases of voyeurism are quite rare.
Children are allowed into the department of the opposite sex, for example, a little boy and his mother in the female half, or a little girl and her dad in the male half. In Tokyo, the age limit for this is set at 8 years for boys and 13 years for girls, but in other prefectures it may be different, for example 16 years in Hokkaido and 5 years in Hyogo.
What is the difference between the Ofuro sauna
Reading advertisements, many people want to know what it is - a Japanese sauna, but in fact it is just a bath complex, where there are not only traditional furaco barrels, but also sawdust ofuro. Ofuro is a rectangular container into which sawdust is poured. In essence, this is a box made of special wood treated under high temperatures with an equipped electric heating system. This design can even be assembled independently at home.
As a coolant for such a bath, cedar or linden sawdust mixed with aromatic roots and herbs is used. This mixture is moistened and heated to 60 degrees Celsius. After heating, the visitor must immerse himself in such a bath up to his neck for 20-30 minutes. This time is enough to remove toxins from the body, which will subsequently be absorbed by sawdust.
The maximum effect on the body occurs when the two types of baths described above are visited in one complex. To do this, the visitor first immerses himself in a liquid bath - furako, and only then in a sawdust bath - ofuro. Upon completion of the procedures, you need to relax, drink herbal tea, or even become a participant in a Japanese tea ceremony, if such a service is provided.
Japanese sauna Yasuragi
You've probably heard about the Japanese Ofuro bath, but as it turns out, it is part of the more ancient Yasuragi sauna. Nowadays, few people turn to history, preferring to call all Japanese steam rooms the name “Ofuro”. In fact, Ofuro is nothing more or less than the name of one of the barrels of water that is used for the soaring ceremony. The Yasuragi bath came to us from Japan in a slightly modified form. This sauna has its own sacred traditions and rules that allow for an unusual steaming process. This bathhouse takes its origins from the traditional religion of Japan - Buddhism. Therefore, the indigenous people firmly believe that Yasuragi is able to cleanse their body and soul from filth and sins.
Soaring in Yasuragi occurs in several main stages. First, the body must be cleansed of external dirt, so that it will be easier to subsequently cleanse the soul. The visitor must wash in a Japanese Furo barrel, which is filled to the brim with water heated to fifty degrees. After the external dirt has been washed off the body, the visitor moves to the next barrel, called Ofuro, where the temperature reaches sixty degrees. It is Ofuro, according to the Japanese, that cleanses the soul from sins.
In ancient Japan, such saunas were located in the homes of high-ranking citizens and they often enjoyed the steaming process. But the poor were forced to go to public baths, where the water could not be changed for a long time. Therefore, this sauna was not the most hygienic place. By the way, in such a bathhouse, fires were lit right under the barrels so that the temperature in them would always be high. Such hot water not only helped rid the body of toxins, but also prepared the spiritually developed Japanese for sacred meditation. After all, hot water relaxes muscles very well.
It is very difficult for an unfamiliar person to visit the Yasuragi sauna. After all, it does not consist in exposing the body to steam, but in placing it in water at very high temperatures. Some even call Ofuro and Furo barrels, cannibal barrels. After all, sixty degrees is real boiling water. That is why you need to first go into the less hot Furo barrel, and then into the hot Ofuro. Often, heated sawdust soaked in aromatic oils was added to barrels of water. This is not only useful, but also very pleasant.
The Yasuragi bath has an amazing effect on the body. It can open all pores, charge the body with health and immunity, prolong a person’s youth and tighten the skin.
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