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Japan is trying to help clueless tourists figure out their high

2024-09-20 18:35:01      点击:468

There are toilets, and then there are Japanese toilets.

Often more sophisticated than their western counterparts, even public toilets come with various features such as heated seats, in-built bidets and some even play you music.

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Tourists are often unable to understand the many controls, finding going to the toilet more complicated than they thought.

In a bid to make itself more tourist-friendly ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Japan's Restroom Industry Association has agreed to create a set of standardised icons, so all tourists will now know their backside wash from their small flush.

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Mashable ImageCredit: Japan restroom industry associationMashable Image(L-R) Large flush, small flush, toilet lid open/close, toilet seat open/close, stop, backside wash, bidet wash, dryerCredit: JAPAN RESTROOM INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

Under the new icons, future Japanese toilets will use eight icons representing eight different options: Toilet lid opening/closing, toilet seat opening/closing, large flush, small flush, backside wash, bidet wash, dryer and stop.

Mashable ImageGot 99 buttons but a flush ain't oneCredit: Li xuan - Imaginechina

"When foreign tourists use public toilets such as at hotels and sightseeing facilities, it is difficult to understand the operation buttons", said the association in a press release.

The decision to create standardised icons came after results of a 2014 survey showed that 25 percent of tourists did not know how to use a Japanese-style toilet, according to a report by Gizmodo.

Mashable ImageRamen or hot spring?Credit: Tokyo shimbun

This isn't the first time foreigners in Japan have gotten mixed up, with the country previously having to change its hot springs bathing symbol after tourists mistook it for a sign showing a restaurant selling hot food.


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