Public baths in Japan

thumb|Outdoor onsen at Nakanoshima in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama thumb|thumbtime=9|A video showing the stool and shower used for cleaning off, an inside pool and an outside pool

thumb|260px|Entrance to the sentō at the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum is a type of Japanese communal bathhouse where customers pay for entrance. Traditionally these bathhouses have been quite utilitarian, with a tall barrier separating the sexes within one large room, a minimum of lined-up faucets on both sides, and a single large bath for the already washed bathers to sit in among others. Since the second half of the 20th century, these communal bathhouses have been decreasing in numbers as more and more Japanese residences now have baths. Some Japanese find social importance in g

hot spring in the city of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, Japan