Japan - Public Bathrooms

Can you spot what's missing in these Japanese public bathrooms?







One fairly annoying thing about Japan is that in many public bathrooms there is no way to dry your hands after you wash them. Some bathrooms have the blower style of hand dryer, but many have nothing, no dryer, no paper towels, nothing.

Japan - Very Public Bathrooms

For some reason many public bathrooms for men in Japan have been designed so that there's not much privacy.

Japan - Outdoor Bathroom

While in Osaka earlier this year, I came across this semi-outdoor bathroom near the Osaka Castle. From the front the bathroom building looked normal, but once inside you saw that there was no back wall to the bathroom.

Japan - Bathroom

The perfect bathroom for people who worry that they might not have enough toilet paper to take care of business.

Japan - Bathroom Stairs

For some strange reason many of the bathrooms in the train stations have stairs going into them. I've been trying to figure out a reason for this, but so far I haven't been able to to come up with a good one. Maybe they don't like handicapped people?

Japan - Pee with a view

I was on the 12th floor of the Daimaru Department Store next to Tokyo Station when I needed to use the bathroom. I found this cool bathroom with a view.

If you have Acrophobia and Parauresis you are in big trouble.