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Chozick, Matthew R. "Views from the loo queues"—21 July 2007 article from The Japan Times: Tokyo residents, foreigners on vacation, professors, and celebrities are interviewed about Japanese toilet use. Tokyo Toilet Map with pictures of public toilets in Japan. ToiletZone Picture of private toilets in Japan. Toilets in Tokyo
Although in Japan it is believed that the squat toilet is traditional, the trend in Japan is to move away from squat toilets: According to Toto, one of Japan's major toilet manufacturers, the production of Western-style toilets increased rapidly since 1976. [21] In 2015, only 1% of all toilets produced by this company were squat toilets. [21]
In Japan, the toilet sometimes has a built-in sink (whose waste water is used for the next flush) to allow users to clean themselves immediately. [35] Japanese toilets also often provide special slippers—apart from those worn in the rest of the house—for use within the toilet. [34] [36] [37]
A company in Japan has created smartphone loo rolls that will allow you to clean you phone while you are on the toilet. Toilet paper for smartphones installed in bathrooms in Japan Skip to main ...
Japanese chamber pot from the Edo period Chamber pot in Westerwald ceramics, early 18th century. Archeological find from Bruges. A chamber pot is a portable toilet, meant for nocturnal use in the bedroom. It was common in many cultures before the advent of indoor plumbing and flushing toilets.
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that restricting a transgender woman's use of toilets at her workplace was "unacceptable", a decision that may help promote LGBT rights in ...
The use of "toilet" to describe a special room for grooming came much later (first attested in 1819), following the French cabinet de toilet. Similar to "powder room", "toilet" then came to be used as a euphemism for rooms dedicated to urination and defecation , particularly in the context of signs for public toilets , as on trains .
The Tokyo Toilet is an urban redevelopment project in Shibuya, Tokyo conceived by entrepreneur Koji Yanai, of Uniqlo and Fast Retailing, and funded by the Nippon Foundation. It involves the construction of modern high-quality public restrooms , with the aim of encouraging their use and consequently the use of the public spaces they serve, such ...