User:JustinePorto/Public toilets in Japan
| Public toilets in Japan | |
|---|---|
 Garden Pier Green Park public toilets | |
| Language of toilets | |
| Local words | WC |
| Men's toilets | Men |
| Women's toilets | Women |
| Public toilet statistics | |
| Toilets per 100,000 people | ??? (2021) |
| Total toilets | ?? |
| Public toilet use | |
| Type | Western style sit toilet |
| Locations | ??? |
| Average cost | ??? |
| Often equipped with | ??? |
| Percent accessible | ??? |
| Date first modern public toilets | ??? |
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Hotels often provide plastic slippers for guests to use in their in room bathroom.[1]
Music is often played in public toilets to mask the sound of people using and flushing the toilet.[1]
Some public toilets play music when they dispense toilet paper.[1]
Culturally, the sound of women urinating is viewed as embarrassing.[1]
Japan Air was one of the few airlines to have sex-segregated toilets on airplanes. Their women's toilets were specially equipped and called, "Ladies' Elegance Rooms".[2]
Bidets were popular for personal use in 2018.[3]
Public toilets in Japan can sometimes be very high-tech. An airport in Japan has a bidet attachment, heated seat and wipes for smart phone cleaning.[3]
ben-jo is one of the local words for toilet.[3]
The squat toilet was very common in Japan for a long time. They have been begun to be phased out in favor of sit toilets. By 2017, only 10% of the remaining public toilets in the country were squat toilets.[4]
Toilet paper is very rarely available at public toilets.[5]
Western style sit toilets have become the norm in Japanese public bathrooms.[5]
Some people struggle to find the flush button in public toilets as control panels often have many options.[5]
Public toilets can be found in train and metro stations.[5]
Department stores often have toilets that can be used by the general public.[5]
Lifestyle magazine Lifestyle.INQ ranked Tokyo as having the cleanest bathrooms in the world in 2019. [6]
Public toilets in Tokyo are very clean.[6]
Public toilets often contain a number of features like bidets with water pressure control and sound to muffle the noises made while defecating. [6]
Most public toilets in Tokyo are free.[6]
Public toilets in Tokyo could be found in parks and train stations. Community toilets could also be found in department stores, restaurants and convenience stores.[6]
Japanese toilet paper is designed to dissolve in water. As a result, people can easily flush toilet paper without it causing issues with pipes.[6]
Quantity[edit]
A 2021 study found there were eleven public toilets per 100,000 people.[7]
Osaka had a density of 1.44 public toilets per square mile of public park in 2018.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Guides, Rough (2010-02-01). The Rough Guide to First-Time Asia. Rough Guides UK. ISBN 978-1-84836-573-5.
- ^ Molotch, Harvey; Noren, Laura (2010-11-17). Toilet: Public Restrooms and the Politics of Sharing. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-9589-7.
- ^ a b c Christine, Theresa. "Here's what bathrooms look like all around the world". Insider. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
- ^ Batra, Gautam (2017-07-31). "Public Toilets Of Different Countries Will Amaze You And Will Also Make You Feel Disgusted". RVCJ Media. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
- ^ a b c d e Guides, Rough (2014-10-02). Kansai: Rough Guides Snapshot Japan. Rough Guides UK. ISBN 978-0-241-01415-8.
- ^ a b c d e f "A look at the cities with the cleanest public toilets". Lifestyle.INQ. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ QS Supplies (11 October 2021). "Which Cities Have The Most and Fewest Public Toilets?". QS Supplies. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Park, Young Shin; Bliss, Donna Z. (2018). "Availability of Public Toilets in Major International Cities Using Geographic Information Systems". Neurourology and Urodynamics.