What does /trv/ think about Sentos?
Looks good if you are a jap. I dont go to that kind of place japs need their own places away ftom subhumans
>>2917570You guys should go to a super sentō.
I went to one and everyone staired at me. It was super awkward. It was mixed men and women naked together. They kept saying "no no no, please leave, Japanese only". I told them I was Asian too and they needed to accept me. I'm not even brown so it was just racism. I told the front desk they needed to kick the racists out but they pretended to not understand my English.
>>2917570>be american>go to sento>fart on the stool>don't wash yourself before going into the bath>talk loudly>take photos
Would like to try one out next time I'm in Japan, but probably a super sento and not some small local spot like this because it'd be awkward as fuck.
>>2917741You just described every Chinese tourist.
>>2917556I stayed in such a bizzare "hostel" in Nishinari that the place had dirt cheap, clean private rooms and zero bums around BUT no shower. At all. So I pretty much had to go to the local neighborhood sento to wash myself.Was fine, really. The grandpas gave me a puzzled look at first but stopped giving a shit a minute later.I fail to see the point though if you have a bathtub at home.
>>2917733This story is completely made up. First, standard public baths (Sento) in Japan are strictly separated by gender by law; there are no "mixed naked" urban Sentos. Second, you were likely turned away not because of racism, but because you either broke bathhouse rules (like not washing before entering) or had visible tattoos. Japanese people get kicked out too if they don't follow the rules. Stop spreading fake experiences.
>>2917804Oh look another "racism doesnt exist in Japan" denying my lived experience.
>>2917834Oh look another "stop destroying my virgin incel fantasy with facts" post.
>>2917785Soaking in the big bath at a Sento is very relaxing.
I worked in a sento for a while, the owner was this weird old man who also owned the apartment building I stayed in. I had to kick Japanese people out all the time for having tattoos or even wearing a swimsuit in the bath.
>>2917834>my lived experienceReddit is down the hall and to the left
>>2918151Don't lie, local public bathhouses don't make enough money to hire staff.
>>2918161I was the only staff member although there was apparently a young woman before me who left suddenly. The owner was very weird, he never blinked and could walk up to you silently so you never noticed him.
>>2917556Went to one of these in Kyoto, really nice experience (i've never even experienced saunas or something. And considering my feet where killing me after walking all day, i really needed itOnly downsides were my own mistakes:--retardedly soaked the very towel i was supposed to use to dry myself later
>>2918169What kind of work did you do at the public bathhouse, as a complete novice?
>>2917556I went to one of these near a tourist spot in Osaka. All it had were South Asian men and very few actual Japanese guys. The South Asian men kept coming up to me asking "how tall?" and pointed at my dick while I was trying to soap up. It was very awkward and I won't be going back. What has happened to Japan?
>>2918481And then everybody clapped.
>>2918481Are you Appalachian by any chance? The same thing with South Asian men happened to me in Appalachia, except as soon as I got in the pool they all blitzed me and held me down and gang raped me. Well, at first it was rape, but by the middle of it I kind of liked it. They make me come there weekly and get fucked like a cheap whore. I think they might even be pimping me out, I never understand what they're saying. It's my dirty little secret. My Appalachian boy bussy gets moist just thinking about it.
>>2918446There's not really ANY skilled work required in that at all.
>>2917556No idea, can't go in because I have full body tattoos. I do enjoy private onsen though. And there was one onsen in Noboribetsu that allowed me in despite tattoos and that was nice too.
a chubby middle aged japanese man stared at me and furiously masturbated in the Turkish baths in spa world Osaka
>>2918446I folded tollows mostly and cleaned up the semen from the floors. Japen needs more high tech skilled indians like me
>>2917741Are you stalking me? How did you know that?
>>2918507A lot of sentos are relaxing the rules on tattoos nowadays.
Been to one in one in tokyo and one in kyoto and the kyoto one was very relaxing but after getting over the idea that I'd be naked it went like this>first time in sento in tokyo after long day>traveling with buddy and we've had a long day walking>we say fuck it and go>we get there and go in, small local join near Ueno if I recall>good reviews on google etc>lowkey >psyche myself up "okay we're doing this">turn around and friend already is walking in>lmao okay what am I worried about>walk in thinking nobody is going to give a fuck about me>look up and everyone is looking at me cause i'm the only white guy and probably one of the few that come here>oh well>wash my ass and get in>chilling in a nice tub>look up >japanese guy with the classic yakuza shoulder tats gets in tub next to me>gives me a kinda like whatever dismissive look cause i'm obv a manlet weeb>its cool so i chill some more>uneventful and we return to the hotel after overall 7/10 experience i'll do the kyoto one next
The Kyoto one isn't far from Kyoto station and is much bigger and more popular than the one I went to in Tokyo. I actually went back to it when I did a 2nd trip to Japan the next year. The first time I went was more eventful than the 2nd time so I'll tell you what happened.>Same as before, long day of walking>me and buddy say fuck it lets go to this one it looks good, its to the east of the station a few blocks before the river>tons of reviews, very clearly popular with tourists>get there, super comfy vibe>lots of merch, good sign nobody is going to give a fuck about tourists>go in, stash shit, wash ass >lots of japs, 1 other white guy besides me>very chill, standard lay out>one tub is brown water, i see there's a giant bag in it I think its a tea bag of sorts?>after a half hour talk to friend and ask how long he wants to stay>behind him the other white guy is looking at me, spreads his legs apart to show off his dick >I'm watching this out of the corner of my eye and tell my friend i'd like to leave sooner rather than later >go hide in the steam room with some random japanese guys for 10 minutes>jump into the cool pool and get really dizzy and we go8/10 good enough for me to return on my own the next year and I bought a hat fun. Moral of the story is fuck old gay Australians baka gaijin who cruise sentos go to the bathhouses in the west to do that shit that's what they're for not glorious nipponese sento When I go back to Japan I'll probably go to another one but yeah not looking to "make friends" at themOH! one more weird thing was the buckets they have to dump water on yourself, I watched a guy walk in and dump a bunch of water from a hot tub on his dick and then wash himself and I thought that was weird but then I saw someone else do it and like I guess that's a thing? seems weird thanks for reading my blog
>>2918446I had to give the customers their requested items e.g. towel, shaver and body wash, make sure they didn't break any rules (e.g. having tattoos or going into the wrong gender's side of the bathhouse), and clean up after them. If the water was too cold I also had to add wood to the furnace. I left after a few months because the owner was too creepy. Tbh some of the customers were as well, one guy used to come in and just stand in the changing room, while a very short man pretended to be a child so he could enter the women's side. Fortunately I caught him.
NO,NO,NO.SENTO is only japanese.GAIJIN isn't welcome.Tattoo is so scared,so evil,so disgusting.
>>2918886>while a very short man pretended to be a child so he could enter the women's sideKek he just wanted a cheeky peak you bloody benchood.