Kakeyu (かけ湯マナー - Kakeyu)
The essential custom of rinsing your entire body with warm hot spring water using a bucket before stepping into the communal tub. Rinsing cleanses your skin and acclimates your body temperature to avoid shock.
Ensures shared bath water remains pristine. This practice reflects deep Shinto-oriented values of purification and consideration for subsequent bathers sharing the communal water.
Politely ask the bathhouse guide or hotel staff about standard bathing sequence.
What is the term for rinsing your body with warm spring water before entering the communal bath?