If you're a human of average size, taking a bath isn't always as relaxing as it sounds—especially when your legs are sticking halfway out of the water. The problem? Bathtubs are too small. But why?
It makes a ton of sense to make them as small as possible, given how much water it takes to fill them up. Unlike in Japan, we hardly use that water, while they leave them filled and keep using it.
Imagine always filling a pool just because you want to refresh for 30 minutes and then dumping all that water.
I remember staying at this wonderful couple’s BnB in Northern Michigan and they had a claw-foot standing bathtub, that thing was incredible. So spacious
At the Insight Meditation Center in Barre, MA they have an enormous claw tub. I was able to straighten my entire body inside it, and he completely underwater.
It makes a ton of sense to make them as small as possible, given how much water it takes to fill them up. Unlike in Japan, we hardly use that water, while they leave them filled and keep using it.
Imagine always filling a pool just because you want to refresh for 30 minutes and then dumping all that water.
Personally, when I’m taking a bath you can expect to not see me for the next 3-5 hours
Westerners don’t typically bathe every day, they shower. It’s more of a relaxation occasion here. It doesn’t make sense to keep it filled.
I remember staying at this wonderful couple’s BnB in Northern Michigan and they had a claw-foot standing bathtub, that thing was incredible. So spacious
At the Insight Meditation Center in Barre, MA they have an enormous claw tub. I was able to straighten my entire body inside it, and he completely underwater.