Some of us are shower people, and some are bathers. But there's a way to be both, as the Japanese discovered centuries ago when they developed the ofuro, or soaking tub. Traditionally, the Japanese ...

If you’re a bath person, there’s simply no better way to float away the day’s troubles than in a nice, hot, relaxing vat of water. Unless, of course, you could be in a deeper and more immersive vat of ...

You desire submersion, a sinking into hot water, an envelopment in warmth. You draw a bath and sit, but the water rises only to your abdomen. So you slide, down, down. Farther. And liquid heat finally ...