Peeing Etiquette in Japan

[Manlenium]

They have much to teach us...

[cn06]

Wait, no handsoap and no towels? The Japanese must love sharing all the bacteria friends we have in our colon. Is this because the toilets tend to be the type that do the cleaning for you with a stream of water?

It's going to be a bit of a culture shock for me in public restrooms when I go this Christmas.

We should do some skiboarding Mahatma. Any places a reasonable distance from Tokyo?

[mahatma]

Guys don't intentionally pee on each others shoes. Everything else is spot on. I roared with laughter over the "joining" to pee. It's 100% true. You could be all alone in one of those cavernous highways stops that easily have 100+ urinals and some bonehead will walk in and saddle up right beside you. I've forgotten that's not normal anywhere else. It's also 100% true that you can piss anywhere in Tokyo as long as you are doing it with someone else. You could piss on the Emperor's dog. As long as you aren't the only one it's all good. I never have gotten over the lack of soap in the bathrooms. The lack of towels I sort of get. I always have a little tube of hand soap and a hand towel. Although, as a guy it's only appropriate to use a hand towel if you are in a suit. Otherwise, wipe your hands on your pants and then finish the last of the job by wiping your hands across your shirt. In older, country train stations they don't even have toilet paper in the crapper. But, I've never been in a public crapper anywhere that didn't have an above average selection of both "real" and cartoon porn.

[Roussel]

http://peachycomics.com/japaneseurinal.html

mahatma, please respond haha.