For a while, charcoal facial soap was really popular in Japan – it cleanses pores very well. An additional catch was that when you wash it off, the charcoal even cleans the used water.
While I think the amount is not enough to clean dirty used water in Tokyo, i thought that would be really neat. My question then was, although people often say that running water is a waste of our precious water – but if we’re running clean water, isn’t that better than giving only dirty water back to the ocean? I suppose the process of making clean water woulnd’t be too environmentally friendly but still..i’m not sure who’s right.
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You are mistaken. “Sekken” is a term I use to describe environmentalists, who behave like sheep–or rather, fish. Which reminds me of little pots I have loved.
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Hmm..I’ve never heard of that term being used that way. At least here, I’m using it to mean ‘soap’.
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There seems to be a bit of a misunderstanding here. There’re a couple of different types of sumi. The first is called “mokutan” which is a form of petrification of WOOD, not charcoal. “Sekitan” is charcoal. The facial soap you are referring to is from a tree, not charcoal.
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Hmm…I think the word charcoal applies to mokutan as well..at least according to wikipedia. 🙂
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