Bathing in Japan It is common to take a bath at night before you going to bed. It takes about 10 mins to fill the bathtub with hot water in around 40 degrees Celsius. Then you can put a bath bomb or salt if you like, which I love very much. First, you wash your body, because you are supposed to keep the water clean as possible for other family members. You don’t change it for every single person. Once you soak your body into the water, you can enjoy its warmness, and stretch all your fingers and toes. It’s like heaven!! Then after you come out, you call the next family who will take the bath after you. You need to be kind of in hurry. Why? Because the water will become cold if you leave it for too long. You can re-heat it of course, but the gas is so expensive in Japan! So, to save energy, family members should take a bath one after another. However, my kids have grown up, and they have their own night time to spend. I can understand they don’t want to be rushed. Nobody can be relaxed if you are rushed to take a bath, right? So, I try to be nice as I can, but I push them anyway into the bathroom, like “Why don’t you watch that YouTube video in the bathtub?” But the young people might not think that way. They simply want to take a shower. The Japanese bath time might be less attractive in the future. It’s sad, isn’t it?