I've been thinking about this for a long time regarding the public baths in Japan.
First, it is embarrassing hanging around naked in front of all these people.
Also, bathing inside other people's dirt is just gross. Especially when your sensitive area is exposed to it as well.
Excuse me. They’re washing themselves first before soaking in that public bath. Also in their own homes, they do the same before entering their bathtub. What’s so gross about it anyway, it’s kinda like in a swimming pool and I actually found it more gross lol, at least, in their bath Japanese washes first.
Pools get chloride and are bigger in volumes. Also, no matter how good they wash themselves, there's still bound to be some filth left. In your own house it's only you, not other 10+ people as well.
Plus if they already have washed, why enter the bath naked? They could wear a swimwear.
Anyway, to me it's bizzare and very unnecessary, unless you wanna see people around you naked.
You know, if your ass is dirty, you'll dirty the water, whether you wear a swimsuit or not... Actually, wearing clothes in the water that haven't just been washed would actually be more dirty, wouldn't it? Anyways, you have to wash your body with soap and tie up your hair before bathing. It's definitely cleaner than American swimming pools. And it's the culture, dude. Not even trying to understand, you're acting super ignorant smh
