Bath Encounters

Or: Taking the Plunge
“Undress.”
Pity is an unknown concept to the tiny old lady. Even though we are towering over her, we are at her mercy. “Undress”, she repeats. At least that’s what we’re guessing her words mean, since our Japanese abilities don’t go beyond “arigatou”, “konnichiwa” and “sumimasen” at this point.
It’s a

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Welcome

Hello, and welcome to yet another Japan travel blog. Thank you for stopping by. I hope you’ll like it here.
My name is Anne, I am a German writer and translator with a passion for Japanese culture, language and history.
From kabuki to geisha and tea ceremony, from Shinto shrines to Buddhist philosophy, from Zen

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