Firewood and Japanese Ofuros!

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I like the Ofuros too. My former father-in-law built his own in a detached shed. The Ofuro itself was based on a plate of iron or steel and was wood sided. I'm not sure if it was square or round or rectangular but I think it was square or rectangular. I wish I'd paid more attention to how it was constructed. It was in a corner of the shed and was wood fired from outside the shed, opposite the door. I don't recall ever having looked at the fire box but I think it was basically just a bricked off area under the plate iron/steel with a chimney of some sort. That was the only hot water on the property although he did have indoor plumbing for sewer and cold water. He was nisei and spoke pidgin but his pidgin was so heavily Japanese influenced he was hard to understand. I would like to find instructions on how to build a solid but simple ofuro. I'd put it in a shed also.

Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.