nakedness in the public bath

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danielle, erin, mia, and i went to the 銭湯 [ public bath ] together tonight. what an interesting and unique experience! we had been given free tickets and decided to take advantage. anyway, so we go to the public bath underneath kyoto tower hotel, check out a couple lockers, and head to the bathing area. we get into the changing room [ little hallway with more lockers ] and realize that one had to be fully unclothed upon entering the bathing area. after some expected giggling/nervous energy, we finally dropped our towels and embraced the experience.

we sat on little stools in front of the showers and thoroughly washed our selves from head to toe with the other women in there. then after wrapping our hair in a small towel, we entered the extremely hot bath in the middle of the room and soaked for a while. it was an amazing experience, and i hope to do it again one day soon ^_^

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