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Originally Posted by littlenugget
I plan on going to an onsen or two while in Japan (Tanzen Onsen in Hakone and Oeda Onsen in Odaiba). I've read up on Onsen etiquette a bit. I'm just curious about female body hair. Do Japanese women shave "down there" or do most stay "natural"? In America, a lot of women fully shave. I don't want to go to an onsen and offend anyone or get strange looks/feel uncomfortable. 
Should I not shave prior to the trip? |
Maybe in your part of America, or according to a few scandal rags, but very few women in I have known do more than a bit of a trim - especially those older than their mid 20s.
And at the local Korean spa I have yet to see anyone who has shaved anything more than her legs and armpits.