furo
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thumb|280px|Senmyō (宣明), furo of Shōkoku-ji (built 1400, reconstruction 1596) in [[Kyoto, Japan]] thumbnail|right|180px|A traditional private furo in a Ryokan (inn)|ryokan in Kyoto thumbnail|right|180px|A modern acrylic furo in a Japanese apartment thumbnail|right|A JGSDF military furo in Camp [[Matsudo]]
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thumb|280px|Senmyō (宣明), furo of Shōkoku-ji (built 1400, reconstruction 1596) in [[Kyoto, Japan]] thumbnail|right|180px|A traditional private furo in a Ryokan (inn)|ryokan in Kyoto thumbnail|right|180px|A modern acrylic furo in a Japanese apartment thumbnail|right|A JGSDF military furo in Camp [[Matsudo]]
, or the more common and polite form , is a Japanese bath and/or bathroom. Specifically it is a type of bath which originated as a short, steep-sided wooden bathtub. Baths of this type are found all over Japan in houses, apartments and traditional Japanese inns (ryokan) but are now usually made out of a plastic or stainless steel.