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	sneer 2008-10-22 05:53 pm UTC (link)
	Well, the rocket science toilet also qualifies, but mostly I was talking about this. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	plazmah 2008-10-22 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	Wow. And I thought the Indian toilet was tricky; at least I don't have to worry about falling into my own poodoo. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brennalarose 2008-10-23 01:42 am UTC (link)
	D: Oh my sweet Aunt Carly... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	undomielregina 2008-10-23 02:11 am UTC (link)
	They're really not that bad...much worse is having to shell out money for a few squares of toilet paper. If you need more, well, there's a water bucket next to the toilet with a cup in it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tofuknight 2008-10-23 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	D: (Reply to this)(Parent)

	brennalarose 2008-10-24 03:35 am UTC (link)
	You have to pay to... cries (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

undomielregina
2008-10-24 04:37 pm UTC (link)

I now feel like I have to be fair...it's an unbelievably impoverished society, and so the charge for TP is basically a way for a poor woman to make a little money off of rich tourists. Didn't mean I didn't have profound culture shock the entire time I was there, but the toilet issue was tied up with a lot of other things that freaked me out (ask me about the cockroaches on the train sometime...it was a sleeper car and I was stuck on it for 16 hours).

Also, I totally used the water bucket at least once, it works really well if you have a skirt on 'cause you just drip dry.

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	brennalarose 2008-10-24 05:36 pm UTC (link)
	True. Which, honestly, just makes it sadder and reminds me I really should buy more skeins of the recycled sari yarn. It may not solve the issue, but every little but helps. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	platedlizard 2008-10-24 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	Oddly enough there's a toilet like that at my local community college. Which is near Portland, Oregon. Only one I had ever seen like that in person. (That bathroom also had normal Western toilets.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	chaimonkey 2008-10-22 09:42 pm UTC (link)
	/snags link and forwards to Japanese teacher Mwahaha. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	eleutheria 2008-10-22 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	So there's no seat? Guess you're screwed if you can't squat for very long without falling over! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ayezur 2008-10-23 04:45 am UTC (link)
	Honestly the hardest part is peeing without getting it on your jeans. I never mastered it, and therefore had to take my pants off to use them. Quite the inconvenience. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	caito 2008-10-23 05:21 am UTC (link)
	Really? I think Japanese toilets are so much easier to use a lot of the time, especially when I'm drunk. The thing that gets me is when I have, like, a long belt-tie thing and it goes for a dip accidentally. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kenovay 2008-10-28 04:35 am UTC (link)
	Don't take your trousers down too far, is the way to do it. (This is not learned from Japanese toilets, this is learned from a lot of camping.) I couldn't figure it out when I was a kid, either, but don't pull your trousers down further than about mid-thigh.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	braidedbaka 2008-10-23 06:03 am UTC (link)
	There's usually a pipe or something else nearby that you can hold onto if your balance is shaky. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eleutheria 2008-10-23 06:05 am UTC (link)
	I don't know as that would help some folks much. Talk about disabled-unfriendly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	braidedbaka 2008-10-23 06:16 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, they wouldn't be much of an option for a disabled person. A lot of places will have one or two Western-style toilets along with the Japanese-style ones, though. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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