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On such a cold day, a public bath is the best!

Very cold days continue. I would be happy if I could relax in a public bath on such a day. When I searched the "Chuo Bath Association Official Site" and arrived at "Fureai no Yu", the current list of public baths in Chuo-ku was listed. If you click "Click here for detailed information" of each public bath, it will be helpful because each feature is written.

There are various information on the right side. You can see the contents of the Chuo-ku homepage and the Tokyo Bath Association. If you click on the "Tokyo Bath Association", you will be curious about the history of public baths and information for beginners of public baths.

Central Bath Association Official Website Fureai no Yu

 

Changes in the number of public baths in Chuo-ku

There is a table of the number of public baths from 1965 to 2021 based on December 31 of that year. According to the report, the peak of the number of public baths in Tokyo was 2,687 in 1968, but in 2021 it reached 481.

Chuo-ku peaked in 1965 and peaked at 51, but decreased to 26 in 1985, 14 in 1992, 10 in 2008, and 8 from 2020. . It is said that the cause of the decrease is due to the spread of home baths, the aging of regular customers, the high cost of renovating public baths, and the aging of managers. At present, the number of customers may be increasing due to the ingenuity and effort of each public bath. Thanks to the 8 public bath owners! Thank you! That's right.

 

The story that many public bath owners come from Hokuriku (Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa)

My mother born in the Meiji era was from Niigata, and my relatives and friends had many public bath managers, and the public bath in the town was also from Noto. Even now, many public bath owners and their parents are from the three prefectures of Hokuriku. I think that the patience, persistence, and honesty of those who grew up in the harsh natural environment of the snowy country have supported public baths in Tokyo until now.

In the past, the fuel was firewood, so heavy labor such as collecting and stacking firewood high, burning, and cleaning. It seems that Mr. Sansuke and Mrs. Menaka had a friendly relative to come and work together because he needed manpower anyway. Since then, it may have become independent, so the number of people in the same country has increased.