Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. 1. Viewing Japan from the Bath 1
5. 2. Bathing, History, and Cultural Change 19
6. 3. Bathing in the Modern Era 42
7. 4. Bathing Alone, Bathing Together 66
8. 5. Bathing Naturally 88
9. 6. Bathing in Ideas 117
10. BIBLIOGRAPHY 149
11. INDEX 153