28-01-2023, 11:06 PM
According to Japan’s TV Asahi news, some young Japanese people are going even farther than that, and looking for apartments without a bathtub or shower.
That’s because you can still find sento, or public bathhouses, in Japanese towns. They’re not nearly as common as they used to be, but in a city with as many people as Tokyo, sento haven’t completely disappeared. There’s even a website, Tokyo Sento Fudosan (“Tokyo Public Bath Real Estate”), that specializes in helping renters find no-bath apartments that are within a short distance of a public bath.
https://japantoday.com/category/features...eport-says
That’s because you can still find sento, or public bathhouses, in Japanese towns. They’re not nearly as common as they used to be, but in a city with as many people as Tokyo, sento haven’t completely disappeared. There’s even a website, Tokyo Sento Fudosan (“Tokyo Public Bath Real Estate”), that specializes in helping renters find no-bath apartments that are within a short distance of a public bath.
https://japantoday.com/category/features...eport-says