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"Flavien Vidal" (flyingfrenchy)
10/27/2015 at 04:32 • Filed to: None

And I’m not on a Japanese remote abandoned island... I’m in Shimbashi, middle of Tokyo :)

And if you’re wondering, yes I was using the toilet as intended while taking this picture :D

Anyway, lots of drinking before the Tokyo Motorshow tomorrow morning, yeah!!

DISCUSSION (14)

Svend > Flavien Vidal
10/27/2015 at 04:51

You have to wonder what sort of people these signs are aimed at.

I’m guessing the sort of people who really shouldn’t be out alone in public.

Flavien Vidal > Svend
10/27/2015 at 05:19

Well as I said, if I were in the middle of the amazon, it would be normal and understandable, but Tokyo?? lol

cnessel27 > Flavien Vidal
10/27/2015 at 05:25

Daniel Tosh is the reason, at least for the first one.

http://on.cc.com/1EFtdB9

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > Flavien Vidal
10/27/2015 at 05:32

Are there instructions everywhere in Japan??? Lol

Flavien Vidal > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
10/27/2015 at 05:33

Not sure... that was in a Lawson and I’m more of a Famima guy myself lol

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Flavien Vidal
10/27/2015 at 05:48

You’d be surprised how many countries I’ve been to where you can’t flush your paper. There’s just a bin in the toilet to put it in.

I wonder if they get a lot of tourists from those countries...

Fl1ngstam > Flavien Vidal
10/27/2015 at 07:38

It’s rare nowadays, but some people just aren’t used to that style of toilet seat. I’ve heard tell of footprints being found on them because folks just want to squat. This sign therefore does not surprise me. If only there was one to explain what the 12 different buttons on the control panel did in that toilet I was using in Yokohama...

jariten1781 > Svend
10/27/2015 at 07:46

It’s just inertia from the time when they were switching from squat/trench/whatever they’re called style to Western style toilets. I imagine they put up a sign in the 50s when they first installed them and folks had no clue what to do and they just keep updating it when they redo the restroom.

Happy Panda > Flavien Vidal
10/27/2015 at 08:21

In the Bangkok airport it’s the other way around. No putting toilet paper in the bowl, there are ladies there that clean the garbage bin after every ‘use’.

Ash78, voting early and often > jariten1781
10/27/2015 at 09:30

My thoughts exactly. Plus they probably see a lot of international travelers, including the 2-3 billion people who do use some variation of a squat toilet.

Ash78, voting early and often > Flavien Vidal
10/27/2015 at 09:31

“Dr. Tabata humbly asks that you do not engage in high-intensity training on these toilet seats, as they may break and result in personal injury or death.”

Flavien Vidal > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
10/27/2015 at 11:57

Well, my guess is that somebody who can FLY to Japan can use toilets normally lol

Flavien Vidal > Fl1ngstam
10/27/2015 at 11:59

Well, going to Japan implies that you took a plane to get there... So if you can take a plane and actually fly to the country, my guess is that you will be able to know how to use a convenient store toilet correctly :)

Fl1ngstam > Flavien Vidal
10/27/2015 at 12:06

I was kind of referring to Japanese people unused to “western-style” toilets. I’ve met some, and I’ve been to places in Japan which don’t have them...