Milk after Bath is Japanese Milk-Style…???

Yesterday, before returning from our hike, I stumbled upon a poster that left me intrigued. It claimed something I had never heard or seen before: drinking milk after a bath is Japanese Milk-Style. Naturally, I snapped a picture to figure out later where this idea came from.

Back home, I asked my wife whether she is familiar with this Japanese Milk-Style idea. She replied that it was typically something known from the Showa era when public bath visitors would drink milk after a hot bath. The public baths would among other services, offer and sell amenities such as bottled milk.

While my wife never took part in this practice herself, she mentioned its prevalence in Japanese culture, often depicted in anime from the Showa era.

Personally, I’ve never experienced a Japanese public bath, partly due to my reluctance to expose my tattoos in such settings. Consequently, I can’t attest to this ‘Japanese Milk-Style’ tradition firsthand. Plus, I’m not particularly fond of drinking milk.

Anyway, the fashion was created that it is refreshing, and marketing even claiming that it was healthy to consume milk right after a hot bath, which was never scientifically proven of course.

For those interested, I found more information about the poster online, which you can check out here. The website is available in both English and Japanese.

Stay curious and be surprised!

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