did you know a family named Jewell in Okinawa? On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 9:35 PM, sILVER bELLE <[email protected]>wrote:
> I have to agree. My daddy was stationed in Japan when I was 1-3 yrs old. > I was back as part of the USA and & Chorus & it was still the same. My > brother was born there. It IS the same way today as it HAS been for > CENTURIES. They are not ashamed of their bodies. > > ** > * sILVER bELLE* > > > > > > Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:07:06 -0700 > > Subject: Re: The NEW look in Japan... > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > The Japanese are NOT infected with the American Puritan Ethic (APE). > > When I lived there, outside of Hiroshima, they had a bathroom in > > public places, movie theaters, etc. Note I used the singular. > > Everyone went to the same room and there were no doors on the stalls. > > You would squat over a porcelain lined hole in the floor and empty > > your bowels. If you were a man and needed only to urinate you stood > > in front of a tiled wall with a pipe at the top spraying it while you > > did the same. The public baths did have separate dressing areas where > > you would put your clothes in a basket and then enter the large bath > > area, face the wall and sit on a short stool and wash and rinse off > > with a small bowl that you could fill as many times as you needed to. > > No showers. When you were finished, you would turn and face towards > > the bath which was a huge circle with steps. Women on one side, men > > on the other facing each other. The children could sit on the top > > step. You would sit as far down as was comfortable. When you started > > to overheat, you would sit on a higher step. Nudity is not equated > > with sexuality there as it is here. The same goes for much of Europe. > > And this was during the time when many women and some men still wore > > the kimono. > > Those of you with APE infected minds need to learn to get over it. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
