Comments on: Goshi-Goshi Towel Defeats Foreign Towels

By: Best of Japan Probe 2007 - September to December : Japan Probe

Best of Japan Probe 2007 - September to December : Japan Probe — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:49:57 +0000

[...] 11: Goshi-Goshi Towel Defeats Foreign Towels – Your towels are nothing compared to the power of [...]

By: Dogeza: The Ultimate Apology? : Japan Probe

Dogeza: The Ultimate Apology? : Japan Probe — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:12:27 +0000

[...] might know that school girl uniforms and goshi goshi towels are Japanese cultural treasures, but what about the dogeza? The same TV program demonstrated the [...]

By: OsakaGuy

OsakaGuy — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:05:06 +0000

My Japanese informant says the goshi-goshi towels are made of nylon and are hard on your skin. She says that people who use them develop nasty rashes over time. So according to her, Bob’s suspicion above is spot on. I’ll stick with my 100% cotton wash cloth, thank you very much. It’s smallish, but long enough on the diagonal to get my entire back washed. It’s smaller than the too-long goshi goshi towel so it takes less soap, and it isn’t that hard to rinse for crying out loud. Parfect my ketsu!

By: bob

bob — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:36:40 +0000

parfect? and have you seen the skin conditions here? every second Japanese seems to have some freaky thing going on with their skin. it wouldn’t surprise me if the goshi goshi towels wash away the good germs along with the bad germs.

By: David

David — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:24:44 +0000

If you get the ones in the 100yen shops they are too small. I’m an onsen nut and I personally just like using the normal onsen towels, however in my shower I have a super scratchy one made of rayon that’s great for getting all those dead skin cells off.

Oh and if these towels are so great, don’t get me wrong I love them but, why does every decent super-sento have 韓国アカスリ?

By: J-ude

J-ude — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:20:23 +0000

Ah, a shameless plug for one of those all too common chinese mass-pirated-goods mall located in some obscure area. Well, good thing most of the goods there are Japanese copies since they won’t get busted on those.

Anyway, the only issue about these towels is that they are soft for getting most of the dead skin off ones back.
It’s like using a softer and longer version of those blue table cleaning cloths, and at least most of the name brands for those are made from anti-bacterial fiber.

By: Sish

Sish — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:43:14 +0000

I’m sold on just the fact that i can wash my back with it…
Im gonna have to head to pacific mall (wikipedia it) and see if i cant pick one of these up.

By: James

James — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:08:54 +0000

Whoops, forgot his name. Thanks!

By: Ken Y-N

Ken Y-N — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:01:56 +0000

The guy in the last clip (of which only 10 seconds play for me…) is 長州小力 Choshu Koriki.

I also like how they get a pretty young thing to try out the Japanese towel, but some bald fat ugly guy for the useless foreign junk.