This is a trip report.
I'm on a business trip to Nagano for 2 days and 1 night, but last night I stayed at a place called Kiso-Fukushima. Lacquerware shops are lined up, and there are several inns. The rooms and facilities are in good condition, and it is an old inn that feels like Nakasendo. A room of 6 tatami mats with a shared toilet and bath. I like this type of accommodation, but of course there are no amenities or facilities like business hotels. So far, it was within my expectations, but it was a more selfish policy than I expected, with no towels in the room or bath.
I might have been able to borrow it if I asked, but this is a good chance and an experiment. I use linen furoshiki ( plant-dyed linen furoshiki | iron navy blue ) to organize clothes for changing clothes and small items for traveling (it's the most compact and can be handled even if the amount changes, so I don't like furoshiki). is a must-have item for travel), and this is an attempt to use it as a towel. Since it is thin linen, even if you start drying it at night, it will definitely dry by morning. Also, I had a tenugui instead of a handkerchief, so with these two cloths, I thought I would be able to take a bath without using a towel.
So, as a bath set,
・Hand towel (instead of face towel)
・Linen furoshiki (instead of bath towels)
Do you feel comfortable in It's a modest experiment.
My gender is male, and my hair is now long and a little long (neither short nor long).
I've had tenugui many times before, so I passed without any problems. On the other hand, the most controversial point was whether the thinness of the linen furoshiki would allow me to wipe my body, but surprisingly (!), I passed without difficulty. I made some adjustments, such as wiping off the water with a tenugui towel, but it was a large size of 90cm x 90cm, so I cleared it without any problems. Originally, I don't use large pile bath towels, but even this thin is fine. I think I'll try it at home when I get home.
I think that linen plain weave fabric has a high potential as a towel, and I've been slowly recommending it on the product page. Pile fabric is also comfortable, but I personally feel that it is not always the best choice because it is difficult to dry (especially in summer) in Japan. In Europe, it seems that plain weave towels are often used as bath towels, and flax cultivation is thriving in this region, so there are probably many of them made from linen.
Plain weave of linen
Shuttle Linen 25HD Multi Cloth L (10 colors in total)
Vegetable-dyed linen furoshiki | Iron navy blue
This area is recommended not only for indoor use, but also for travel, gyms, public baths, etc. It's not bulky and it's light. The multi-cloth is stiff at first if you don't use it for a while. As I use it, it gets softer and I use it as a towel without any problems. (By the way, it may be difficult for women with long hair to consider the amount of water.)
Vegetable-dyed linen furoshiki | Only 2 left in navy blue . The color is also very glossy and looks great. It's called furoshiki because it's easy to understand, but it's a thin linen large-sized cloth (square: 90 x 90 cm), so you can use it with scarves, furoshiki, towels, anything. Why don't you make a linen furoshiki debut this summer?
Middle ground
I'm on a business trip to Nagano for 2 days and 1 night, but last night I stayed at a place called Kiso-Fukushima. Lacquerware shops are lined up, and there are several inns. The rooms and facilities are in good condition, and it is an old inn that feels like Nakasendo. A room of 6 tatami mats with a shared toilet and bath. I like this type of accommodation, but of course there are no amenities or facilities like business hotels. So far, it was within my expectations, but it was a more selfish policy than I expected, with no towels in the room or bath.
I might have been able to borrow it if I asked, but this is a good chance and an experiment. I use linen furoshiki ( plant-dyed linen furoshiki | iron navy blue ) to organize clothes for changing clothes and small items for traveling (it's the most compact and can be handled even if the amount changes, so I don't like furoshiki). is a must-have item for travel), and this is an attempt to use it as a towel. Since it is thin linen, even if you start drying it at night, it will definitely dry by morning. Also, I had a tenugui instead of a handkerchief, so with these two cloths, I thought I would be able to take a bath without using a towel.
So, as a bath set,
・Hand towel (instead of face towel)
・Linen furoshiki (instead of bath towels)
Do you feel comfortable in It's a modest experiment.
My gender is male, and my hair is now long and a little long (neither short nor long).
I've had tenugui many times before, so I passed without any problems. On the other hand, the most controversial point was whether the thinness of the linen furoshiki would allow me to wipe my body, but surprisingly (!), I passed without difficulty. I made some adjustments, such as wiping off the water with a tenugui towel, but it was a large size of 90cm x 90cm, so I cleared it without any problems. Originally, I don't use large pile bath towels, but even this thin is fine. I think I'll try it at home when I get home.
I think that linen plain weave fabric has a high potential as a towel, and I've been slowly recommending it on the product page. Pile fabric is also comfortable, but I personally feel that it is not always the best choice because it is difficult to dry (especially in summer) in Japan. In Europe, it seems that plain weave towels are often used as bath towels, and flax cultivation is thriving in this region, so there are probably many of them made from linen.
Plain weave of linen
Shuttle Linen 25HD Multi Cloth L (10 colors in total)
Vegetable-dyed linen furoshiki | Iron navy blue
This area is recommended not only for indoor use, but also for travel, gyms, public baths, etc. It's not bulky and it's light. The multi-cloth is stiff at first if you don't use it for a while. As I use it, it gets softer and I use it as a towel without any problems. (By the way, it may be difficult for women with long hair to consider the amount of water.)
Vegetable-dyed linen furoshiki | Only 2 left in navy blue . The color is also very glossy and looks great. It's called furoshiki because it's easy to understand, but it's a thin linen large-sized cloth (square: 90 x 90 cm), so you can use it with scarves, furoshiki, towels, anything. Why don't you make a linen furoshiki debut this summer?
Middle ground