Japanese Baths- Machiya House Features - MACHIYA RESIDENCE INN KYOTO | Kyoto Holiday HomesJapanese Baths- Machiya House Features In Japanese the word for ‘bath’ is “furo (風呂)”. It is said that the word was originally derived from the word “muro” – which refers to a cave or cavern. Prior to the Edo period (1603 – 1868), Japanese baths weren’t the same baths that we know today. They were steam baths, in which a small space (muro) was filled with hot steam (the hot steam was used to softe
