Save Water - Shower Japanese Style | Showering Enthusiast

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TreeHugger:

Sami made a splash with his post on Navy showers, where you get yourself wet all over, as soon as you turn the shower on, and then turn it off while you soap up before, finally, rinsing off. It saves lots of water, but reminded me of my time in Japan, using their wonderful public baths. Everyone talks about the bathing part, but the showering is equally interesting.

To clean yourself before you got into the bath water, you did not use a conventional shower, but sit on a stool with a wooden bucket and ladle, soap and a sponge, and in the more modern showers, a hand shower that was is used when needed for rinsing and never left on to run into the drain. Read on…