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betacon said:
robzo100 said:
Daily hot baths is common in Japanese culture. Hygiene in general has a bigger focus there and relaxation seems to be part of it (Onsens, Public baths, and bathing at home).

I would hope everyone in a first world country would at least once a day if not twice.

Haha, same. Well, as someone who thinks daily exercise is a necessary part of life yeah it would be mandatory from my POV to shower at least 1/day, sometimes twice if I exercise 2/day. But my point was mainly in relation to the fact that it's a hot bath as opposed to a normal shower. And they seem to like doing it before bed as opposed to the morning.

But then again there is also the hygeine/immunity theory saying that Westerners have developed less resistance to external germs/disease/bacteria due to their over-emphasis on cleanliness. Hard to say...