Talking about toilets is awkward. Bathroom stuff isn’t really talked about (even though, I guess, it should be). This is what our current bathroom in Japan looks like: There was a time when my husband wanted to work for the best toilet company in Japan – all he talked about was toilets. He talked to my dad about toilets, he talked to my friends about toilets, he talked to his teachers about toilets. He talked to me about toilets much more than I liked. Toilets, toilets, toilets. All this toilet talk rubbed off me. I’ve started examining toilets in each country – and I’ve come up with some pretty interesting differences between the bathrooms in America and Japan. So I wrote a post about why Japanese bathrooms are better than American bathrooms. 1. Bathrooms in Japanese homes/schools/fancy restaurants have bathroom slippers Bathroom slippers are exactly what they sound like: slippers in the bathroom. Bathroom Slippers in Japan Most traditional restaurants, community centers, or Japanese schools will have these little plastic shoes for people to change into when they go inside the bathroom. This is supposed to keep the bathroom mess, well, in the bathroom. Every time you flush the toilet, [...]
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