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<blockquote data-quote="silentspace" data-source="post: 1220914" data-attributes="member: 14316">Nope.&nbsp; As far as I know, they are all open 24 hours.&nbsp; Like you, I asked the same question.&nbsp; The bath houses also function as motels (no, not the kind that charge by the hour.)&nbsp; There are communal sleeping rooms.&nbsp; What for?&nbsp; Not for sex, but for sleeping.&nbsp; These people work hard, and party hard.&nbsp; And they live in large metropolises, where it often takes a couple hours to get home.&nbsp; So on nights when they are out, they will end their night by going to a bath house, instead of going home.&nbsp; The bath house lets them refresh and rejuvenate themselves, more so, they believe, then simply crashing on someone's sofa.&nbsp; That's what I was told, anyway, and that's what it looked like.What you have to remember is that it is a totally different culture and society.&nbsp; Seems we were raised with certain stereotypes that its just hard for us to shake (&quot;Asian massage parlor&quot;).&nbsp; I'm sure they exist, but as far as I know most of these places are legit.&nbsp; Also, I think our Puritan background is suspicious about all kinds of &quot;touching&quot;.&nbsp; I don't mean to speak for you, I'm only speaking for myself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="silentspace, post: 1220914, member: 14316"] Nope. As far as I know, they are all open 24 hours. Like you, I asked the same question. The bath houses also function as motels (no, not the kind that charge by the hour.) There are communal sleeping rooms. What for? Not for sex, but for sleeping. These people work hard, and party hard. And they live in large metropolises, where it often takes a couple hours to get home. So on nights when they are out, they will end their night by going to a bath house, instead of going home. The bath house lets them refresh and rejuvenate themselves, more so, they believe, then simply crashing on someone's sofa. That's what I was told, anyway, and that's what it looked like. What you have to remember is that it is a totally different culture and society. Seems we were raised with certain stereotypes that its just hard for us to shake ("Asian massage parlor"). I'm sure they exist, but as far as I know most of these places are legit. Also, I think our Puritan background is suspicious about all kinds of "touching". I don't mean to speak for you, I'm only speaking for myself. [/QUOTE]

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