Got questions? Need advice? Overwhelmed with your itinerary? Want to share your travel tips and experiences in Japan? Then this is the place for you! /r/JapanTravel is for any and all looking to visit Japan as a tourist. It's bad enough it's hard to find a bathroom. But people will spend like 30 minutes in the toilet.
What the hell are they doing? Here are a few more pictures from my trip in case anybody else finds this stuff interesting: Pic 1 is one of the fancier squat toilets that I saw, and to my surprise squat toilets were the norm, especially if you were in a smaller city or not in a major establishment. Pics 2 & 3 are of a lav sink drain most bathroom drains that I saw seem to go to what I assume was a shared floor drain, and.
One of the absolute essentials to having a pleasant trip is to be able to go to the toilet without worries. Here is some information about bathrooms in Japan that you ought to know before you embark on your trip. Hi all, just a question regarding the Japanese bathroom.
I saw modern Japanese bathroom on some YT videos, and they are consist of bath tub, shower heads, anti-fog mirror, and anti. Using restrooms in different countries can be intimidating. Let's take a look at the proper way to go about your business while in Japan.
The bathroom in a typical Japanese home consists of two rooms, an entrance room where you undress and which is equipped with a sink, and the actual bathroom which is equipped with a shower and a deep bath tub. The toilet is usually located in an entirely separate room. I never knew it was a thing to, until I came to Japan and in Tokyo (plus surrounding area) realized a lot of bathrooms don't have paper towel or hand driers.
The exception is in the touristy areas permalink embed save parent [+] Anoalka comment score below threshold-13 points-12 points-11 points5 hours ago (2 children). Bathrooms are universal, but the specifics often vary according to the culture. Normal is relative, and it tends to be extremely helpful when encountering new cultures to first explore and examine their unique norms.
As you might expect, Japanese bathroom design reflects the culture's values of cleanliness, harmony, and organization. It also reflects the culture's history of public baths. So it is no surprise that even Japan's bathrooms are one of a kind sites that sometimes amaze and perplex visitors.
We asked some foreigners living in or visiting Japan what confused, impressed and astonished them about Japanese bathrooms.