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Communal bathing has been a vital part of Japanese culture for over 400 years, can I dare to say is older than America as a country 😄
Most of the onsen and public baths have this flag ゆ- which is a symbol for hot water ♨️
https://paragraph.xyz/@beecurious/how-has-the-economy-affected-public-baths-in-japan