First time I was stopped by security 😰😵💫, but managed to get some pictures of the toilets at the new Kabukicho Tower.
alliejay and rohan10 Comments-
You in Japan? Travelling? I am too.
Yeah the toilets are amazing and they’re everywhere. Even if a place doesn’t have a separate room for handicapped toilet, they have retrofitted one urinal and one cubicle with grab bars and stuff.-
Just realized you live in Japan. Hello!
Yup, live here! Glad you are enjoying it!
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Wait, why were you stopped by security?
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Likely because they got flak for this and are a bit sensitive about people taking pictures there. It was just the one floor, others were fine.
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Yikes, their ‘solution’ looks awful. It looks like you’re doing your business in an office cubicle.
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Japan has the best accessible restrooms. Here in the States, they may be accessible but not always spotless.
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I am amazed at the accessible restroom found throughout Japan. They are generally clean even in some of the more crowded public places. I was getting very worried about the restroom situation in Japan as my partner needs my assistance using the restroom and we are opposite genders. Finding these eased our anxiety quite a bit. I just wish that US would put more of these type of restrooms in all public areas and in major shopping centers/department stores.
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Yes, I love them. And they are becoming more and more standardized lately (sometimes you didn’t know what you were going to get…).
I remember the challenges of using toilets like the ones you mentioned in the US when I was in Canada as a kid. Going out somewhere with my mom (caregiver) was always such a challenge – which toilet do you use?!
Appreciate you taking one for the team with security and taking these photos, Josh! I think if we could get the rest of the world to do 25% of what Japan does for accessible toilets, we’d be in a better place than we are now.
