What etiquette should I pay attention to when I go to Japan to soak in hot springs?

Three steps and one soup, five steps and one soup. Japanese people's hobby of soaking in hot springs is world-famous, and it has become a culture. There is bound to be a lot of attention to culture, which should not be underestimated. No, a star recently made a big joke by wearing a bathrobe as a shroud when he was in a hot spring. It seems necessary to know the culture and etiquette of Japanese hot springs. Don't wear bathrobe as a shroud. The star who jokes about the shroud is Rainie Yang. In one of her TV series, there is a scene of wearing kimono bathrobe to wash hot springs. Rainie Yang's figure is graceful and her chest is slightly flat, which is the standard figure for Japanese to wear kimono, so she looks graceful in this shot. Shortly after she appeared, a friend pointed out that the way Rainie Yang wore a bathrobe was all wet. Because the habit of wearing bathrobes in Japanese hot springs is that the left lapel presses the right lapel, while the right lapel presses the left lapel in Rainie Yang, which is the way of wearing shroud in Japan. It is said that Lin Chi-ling, a beautiful woman, made similar mistakes. Speaking of which, Rainie Yang's mistake is really embarrassing. The reason is that Japanese bathrobe, a custom of pressing the left over the right, originated in China. Oriental dress, represented by China, has subtle differences with Europe and America in the treatment of skirts. European and American dress skirts, women press the left for the right, men press the right for the left. This is because European men's clothes are born out of military uniforms, and soldiers often put their right hands with weapons in their arms to keep warm in cold weather, so skirts are left and right, while women are the opposite to show the difference. In China, men and women are both left and right to show consistency. Older friends today may remember that the buttons of China women's cotton-padded jacket are also tied on the right. This custom is called "right-handed" Japan advocated China culture in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, so this dress habit was introduced into Japan, and it chose "clothing" when making kimonos to show that it is a civilized nation like China people. With the arrival of the Meiji Restoration, this custom of "right-handed" was gradually replaced by the European and American dress styles in the Japanese clothing industry. Only in places where ancient traditions were preserved, such as hot springs, were they preserved like living fossils. Rainie Yang only dresses according to the custom of contemporary clothes, but I didn't expect that the Japanese hot springs still follow the ancient style of China. After all, it's quite impressive to see traces of China's ancient culture in a foreign land. Just before taking a hot spring bath, we really need to ponder over the mystery. There is a lot of pressure to soak in hot springs in Japan. For example, we may take it for granted that taking a hot spring bath is taking a bath. In fact, after Japan entered the hot springs, no one took a bath. People just sit inside and talk quietly or close their eyes and do nothing. Japanese hot springs are not actually used to wash away dirt, but to make people enjoy the comfort brought by hot springs. Therefore, outside the pool of Japanese hot springs, there is a bathhouse similar to a public bathhouse, which provides soap and bath towels for customers to shower first, and then they can go to the hot springs after washing. If you use soap or bathe in hot springs, it will not only make people laugh, but also attract the intervention of security guards, because this behavior is considered to be the pollution of hot springs. Wouldn't it be a shame to think that people are uneducated and uneducated because of different customs, such as bathing in hot spring pools? Mixed bathing has nothing to do with pornography. Although Japanese hot spring culture has the shadow of China culture, it is exotic after all, so its uniqueness is really unique. What is most different from China is the phenomenon of "mixed bathing between men and women" in hot spring culture. If the concept of public bathhouse is used to set Japanese hot springs, the image of mixed bath for men and women is probably a group of men and women rubbing their backs around the bathhouse, which makes modern people feel incredible. In fact, the traditional Japanese mixed bath for men and women is considered to be quite elegant and not so unbearable. Japanese and China people have different views on sex, and they are more open and don't have too many taboos. In the cherry blossom season in Japan, men can touch women's bodies at will, while women can only avoid getting angry. According to the way of thinking that women in ancient China had to cut off their hands when they were pulled by the opposite sex, it must be rare for these cherry blossom viewing women to go home intact. The so-called mixed bath is actually more like socializing, but without clothes. Although they don't wear clothes, men and women must wear bath towels when entering the hot spring pool, and they can't take them off before entering the water. Hot springs in Japan are mostly outdoors with beautiful scenery. In the hot spring pool, you can overlook the surrounding lakes and mountains. Women with good figure in the pool often regard men's eyes as artistic appreciation at this time, which is a Japanese tradition. This openness to sex is also reflected in the fact that even where men wash hot springs, most of them are well-trained female service personnel, known as "female generals." For strong men, some "female generals" will also show sincere praise. It is said that hot springs in ancient Japan were once reduced to places for pornographic activities, but with the changes of history, this situation no longer exists. Nowadays, Japanese mixed bath hot springs are mostly high-end consumer places, and they disdain to establish contact with pornography, thinking that it will defile the cleanliness of hot springs and only ruin their reputation. Speaking of it, this mixed bath phenomenon is incredible in the eyes of foreigners, and it has caused many problems. The most lively one was 1945. After Japan's defeat, American troops stationed in Japan were considered immoral and strictly prohibited. If it is mixed, it is not allowed to operate. As a result, Japanese hot spring operators are very smart, and the means to ban mixed baths is often just to pull a rope in the middle of the bath, with the male bath on the left and the female bath on the right. Nowadays, a hot spring bath can be seen everywhere in Japan, which symbolically separates male and female baths with bamboo curtains and gauze curtains. It seems that men and women are separated, but the upper part is not connected with the lower part, which is still a mixed bath in disguise.