The Infamous Japanese Toilet, Deconstructed.
This, the most infamous of Japanese toilets, is basically a hole in the ground. Can you see the large mosquitoes swarming around the hole waiting to bite bare bottom?
The toilet paper remains un-pilfered even in these circumstances of extreme isolation. This convenience is next to a shrine on top of a deserted hill.
No there are no handles, and yes this is a problem. When there is a flush, sometimes I have grasped the flush pipes to keep myself up and to stand up afterwards but in this flush-free “pot’ton” (the name for this toilet is an onomatopeaic word for the sound that one makes) variety there is nothing to hold onto at all.
Have you seen an early version of the movie “Mutiny on the Bounty?” The cruel Captian Bly ordered that drinking water should be avaiable only from a certain spot on the yard arm. All those that could not climb up into the rigging to recieve water were deemed not fit to recieve sustenance. Many died. Perhaps the Japanese toilet is another evolutionary hurdle. Those that cannot rise from their stool shall be doomed to toiletry oblivion?
All in all it is very harsh. I think that the Japanese must be have been very fit to use them.
Thanks to timtak for the contribution.
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