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Yuki, a seventy-three year old widow, lives with her grandson, Dixon, a separate barracks room away from the rest of the family. When the falling snow reminds her of Japan, she prevails on Dixon to help her build a Japanese style\n  <i>\n   furo\n  </i>\n  , which they accomplish using scrap lumber and a discarded metal drum. Sitting in the tub, she reflects contentedly on her life.\n </p>\n <div id=\"authorByline\">\n  <b>\n   Authored by\n   <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Brian_Niiya\" title=\"Brian Niiya\">\n    Brian Niiya\n   </a>\n   , Densho\n  </b>\n </div>\n <div id=\"citationAuthor\" style=\"display:none;\">\n  Niiya, Brian\n </div>\n <p>\n  Might also like \"\n  <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/The Man with the Bulging Pockets (short story)/\" title=\"The Man with the Bulging Pockets (short story)\">\n   The Man with the Bulging Pockets\n  </a>\n  \" by Toshio Mori; \"\n  <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/The Old Man on Crutches (short story)/\" title=\"The Old Man on Crutches (short story)\">\n   The Old Man on Crutches\n  </a>\n  \" by Setsuko Nagata; \"\n  <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/Sundown in Topaz (short story)/\" title=\"Sundown in Topaz (short story)\">\n   Sundown in Topaz\n  </a>\n  \" by Sheridan Tatsuno\n </p>\n</div>\n","moreinfo":"<div class=\"section\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n <h2>\n  <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n   For More Information\n  </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n  <p>\n   Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki. \"O Furo (The Bath).\" In\n   <i>\n    Into the Fire: Asian American Prose.\n   </i>\n   Edited by Sylvia Watanabe and Carol Bruchac. 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