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To: cowtowney

LOL, well having spent 6 weeks in China, I will say that squat toilets are a problem. Can’t speak for men, but for women, it’s a major inconvenience...and even though we were in a large city, the only regular toilet I ever saw was the one in our hotel room. Even in the hotel lobby restroom (and this was a 5 star hotel with outrageous rates) the toilets were squat toilets. Many places you had to purchase sheets of tp before you went into the stalls, or carry your own. And in the parks, well there’s no such thing as toilets, just “trenches” that you have to figure out how to straddle. Definitely a bit of culture shock for me.


17 posted on 03/19/2008 9:17:46 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: dawn53

I vacationed in Japan last fall. First thing I figured out was the sign on the stalls for “western” versus pit style toilet. Most of the places I visited has half the stalls one way and half the other. Our hotel room had a real toilet of course.

I did notice how many women wore skirts over there and I bet that helps. Of course Japanese restrooms are insanely clean and well stocked with toilet paper so I didn’t encounter any other horrors that some mention.


29 posted on 03/19/2008 9:26:24 AM PDT by JenB
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