Ofuro!
One of my favoritest things ever about Japan is the Japanese bath. The idea is that you’ve got a whole room that’s tiled like a shower but it also has a bathtub in it. You wash yourself outside the tub and once you’re clean, you soak in the hot bath. It’s incredibly relaxing and combines the best aspects of a shower and a bath.
It’s always been our dream to have one so when we bought our house and had a chance to build out a basement, an ofuro room was the first thing I designed in the plans. Five years later, it’s finally ready!
May 8th, 2009 at 7:47 am
Congrats on the tub! Looks like you got all the accessories too. I love my ofuro-style tub (we ended up with an Americh Beverly 2-person [48"x48"x32"] acrylic tub). Relaxing, low-maintenance. Who needs jets? And I actually find the vertical sides more comfortable than the western-style tubs with the sloped sides.
(Oh and we use 2 ganged Takagi Mobius tankless heaters, probably overkill but we’d never know. And they have that awesome geek appeal!)
May 8th, 2009 at 8:51 am
Hey, we have a Takagi tankless heater, too, but just one. We got our tub from Sea Otter Woodworking: http://www.woodentubs.com/ . If you ever decide to go for a wooden tub, I highly recommend them!
May 9th, 2009 at 9:39 am
That’s awesome Mach. Enjoy.
May 9th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
That’s our dream too, when we have a house that’ll accommodate it. Yours looks great!