A Japanese style toilet is not a particularly pleasant experience, as you have to squat precariously over a "hole in the ground" style loo, which isn't too comfortable. To compound your discomfort, toilet paper is not often provided in these sort of toilets.
There is a solution to this dilemma, however! Walk down a city street in Japan and you will be bombarded with flyers. Loads and loads of people all desperate for you to have a leaflet about their latest special offer - its worse than Leeds University Union steps - I kid you not! However, some companies go one step further - instead of flyers, they hand out little packets of tissues featuring adverts - very handy indeed for those occasions when you find yourself stuck without loo roll!!!
It is rare though, that you will find one of these Japanese style toilets, unless you need to go in a station or similar public place. If at all possible, try to hold on until you get to a department store - you will be in for a surprise!!! Most toilets in places like this have heated seats, built-in bidets, warm air spouts to dry your bum, and a button that you can press to play a flushing sound so that nobody can hear you go to the toilet! The height of luxury, these toilets will never be without tissue, soap, automatic taps and state-of-the-art hand driers - I'll miss them when I have to go back to using grotty English public loos!!!! |
