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It’s Japanese custom to rinse off before a soak in a bath or hot spring, and bathrooms usually feature the traditional stool and bucket that date back centuries. In fact, bathing isn’t traditionally practiced for cleaning; soap isn’t even brought into communal or private baths. Bathers wash beforehand on a small wooden bucket while sitting on a stool, so bathrooms feature an adjacent shower with a blend of the room's natural materials, whether hardwood floors or river-rock-inspired tile. The act of cleansing beforehand allows you to focus on the meditative, not functional, purpose of a nice, hot soak.