I have come to realize that the toilets in Japan are either far too high tech and complicated, or not much more than a primitive hole in the ground. As for the latter, I'm not sure of the proper Japanese term, but every foreigner seems to refer to them as "squatters."
Squatter (n.) : a toilet placed in the floor consisting of a flushing handle but devoid of a seat, or rather - a hole in the ground lined with porcelain upon which one is forced to squat over in an attempt to relieve oneself whilst holding one's britches aside and not urinating all over one's shoes or producing the dreaded "splash back."
note: toilet paper is rarely included...
If you are lucky enough to come across one of the more advanced plumbing fixtures in the country, you can be assured of comfort and cleanliness and that seat will be pre-warmed by some sort of internal mechanism. However, you can also be certain that it will take you a good five minutes or so to figure out how to flush the darn thing. There's a button to lift the toilet lid, a button to close it, a button to lift the toilet seat, a button to close it, a button that sprays clean water from one place, a button that sprays clean water from another place, a button that blows warm air... there is even a button which will create a simulated "flushing" sound so as to disguise any (shhhh!) "embarrassing" noises, should they arise. Be prepared to have the toilet sing you a song before you ever find the correct button to simply flush it.
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ohaio gozaimas, do itashmashte (sp) or in ingrish "alligator gonzales, don't touch your moustache about it"...
best photos i liked were the great spider(!), the little primitive statue with boobs and the hello kitty store. i'd seriously like to visit that hello kitty store (with a girl, or course). i remember japan has lots of great big stores with lots of neat little stuff like neat pens and papers and stuff i never seen like before. i know what you mean about the toilets and stuff: can be either very high tech (where they almost vacuum the stuff from out of you, clean it off and say thanks-come again kudasai!, or else very primitive with a hole in the ground with everybody watching as you do it. i liked going to movies there a lot. great japan movies you never see here. also can't understand a word because of no ingrish subtitows --imagine that? good porn movies too -- very sensually imaginative because not allowed to show honorabow pubic hairs (gomenasai) but very creative on showing any and everything else. i also like the temple shrine parks. good places to sneak off and smoke dope [but i don't do that enymore]. hope you get to climb fujisama sometime. must run now. collegge is too busy now. sayonora and kiss a dolphin for me...steve s, from the wyrrd
Hi!!
I red your blog!!
It's intresting and beautifull pictures!!
I hope next!!
HA HA HA!!!
This is pretty damn funny.
Although I can imagine the warm could be disturbing, but pleasant.
I hope all is well with the both of you.
Nick
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