Literature on Bathing in Japan
- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museumspädagogischer Dienst. Ed. 1997. Badehäuser, Schwitzbäder, heisse Quellen. Über Reinheit und Baden in Japan und anderswo. Berlin (Katalog)
- Koren, Leonard. 1996. Undesigning the bath. Berkeley
- Hendry, Joy. 1995. The ritual of the revolving towel. In: van Bremen, Jan and D. P. Martinez (Ed.): Ceremony and ritual in Japan. London: 210-226
- Clark, Scott. 1994. Japan: a view from the bath. Honululu
- Tsumura, Akira. 1992. Furo, the japanese trendy bath life. Tokyo
- Koren, Leonard. 1992. How to take a japanese bath. Berkeley
- Clark, Scott. 1990. The social and symbolic context of bathing in Japan. Michigan (Dissertation)
- Grilli, Peter and Dana Levy (Photos). 1992. Pleasures of the japanese bath. New York (First published in Tokyo in 1985 as "Furo: The japanese bath")
- Brown, Constance und Paul Chesley (Photos). 1980. Japan: ein Volk unter Dampf. In: GEO magazin 1: 84-98
- Fujinami, Koichi. 1936. Hot Springs in Japan. Tokyo (Japan Travel Bureau, Tourist library 10)
- Martin, Alfred. 1936. Das Bad in Japan. In: Ciba-Zeitschrift : Abhandlungen über die Geschichte der Medizin und Grenzgebiete 3, 35 (Vom Baden): 1205-1210
- Chamberlain, Basil Hall. 1891. Things japanese. London (various reprints; a german translation: ABC der japanischen Kultur. Zürich 1990)
- Morse, Edward. 1961. Japanese Homes and their surrounding. New York (Reprint from 1886)