How to Take a Wa Style Bath: From the Onsen to the Comforts of Your Own Home - Paperback

by Jodi Sam (Illustrator), Jodi Sam (Author)

Improve your well-being and relaxation with "wa" (Japanese) style bath. This beautifully illustrated booklet can enhance your well-being from increasing better quality of sleep and relaxation, to helping detox your skin, and even boosting your metabolism and blood circulation. It truly is self-care in its simplest, purest, form. Included are easy step-by-step guides, tips and information from bathing experts that were either previously unavailable or difficult to find in English, along with time-tested Japanese bathing customs. Learn how to take a proper wa style bath--no matter at the onsen (hot spring), sento (public bath), or at the comforts of your own home. This will undoubtedly help both novice and regular bathers discover the many health benefits and joys of taking a wa style bath. Your body, mind and soul will definitely say "arigatou" (thank you) for it

Author Biography

Jodi Sam is an illustrator - writer - fashion stylist - daydreamer. Her love for the arts began as a young child. At age twelve, she was featured in Emily Carr's British Columbia Young Artist Exhibition, which toured cities across Western North America. Her work is now a part of the permanent collection of Chicago Children's Museum. In September 2013 her illustrated book, My Little Book of Happiness, was released internationally. After 6 1/2 years in Tokyo, she relocated back to her hometown of Vancouver, Canada in late 2016 and is actively working on her new projects. She decided to write "How to Take a Wa Style Bath" after benefiting greatly from taking Japanese style baths, which has brought relief to her chronic body pain. jodisam.com