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Pichi 🟪🍖🐹🎩 🍡🌸
@pichi
I refuse to believe that you know how to scan a QR code but don’t know how to use a toilet. There are signs in almost every bathroom in Japan on how to sit down and use the toilet. This is an island. You don’t stumble here by accident. I can’t believe this is that much of a problem. I understand people may not be familiar with the bidet washlets and need guidance, but I can’t believe how many signs are about sitting down on the toilet and flushing toilet paper.
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Luigi Stranieri
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Oh this is very interesting! There’s 2 main reasons for this over instructions in Japan. Some years ago I read an interesting article about it: 1. The transition between the 80’s to 00’s in Japan was taken very seriously by the government and was especially focused around the Japan Soft power and the image of a kind and lovely place. My wife always says to me that we can’t imagine how dirty was Japan in that times. When I landed here it was already a very clean country (1997) but the toilets were still a challenge for me. Japan has this strange record of transitioning from era to era in a very short time and create incredible short circuit, and the toilets use is one of that. 2. In Japan there’s a very subtle way to be polite and rude at the same time. We all know to who they’re talking to, but they use to refer to all nationalities to avoid to be considered racist or intolerant. The legend says that a precise tourist have problems with Japan rules. But it’s only a legend.
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Pichi 🟪🍖🐹🎩 🍡🌸
@pichi
lol, I can’t wait to hear this story in person!!!!! I can only imagine! I understand squat toilets are a challenge for foreigners and appreciate instructions on them. But western ones amaze me. I see signs 95% of the time!
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