Westcoastwild
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 26, 2016
Squat toilets are supposed to be somewhat common in Japan. However, it's also the land of the electronic bidet toilet.
I didn't quite get what the deal was with Chinese tourists though. I've been to China several times on vacation, and every hotel I've stayed at had Western style toilets. I've been a guest at personal residences, and the kind of toilets we're used to are pretty common. I would have thought that most people in China would have had enough experience with them that they'd know how to use them. Or perhaps there are those who stand on porcelain toilets even in China:
Yeah, but I'm going to guess you stayed with people who were upper class and hotels that were oriented towards foreign visitors? People use what they're comfortable with and I would guess a lot of private homes, especially older ones, have squat toilets.
Electronic bidet toilets ARE a thing in Japan but mostly in fancier hotels and train stations. And a lot of times, public restrooms have squat toilets. So I'm willing to bet that some older houses or hotels have those too, but Western tourists are fairly unlikely to see them because we generally stay in places that speak some English.
Most people probably do know better. But I would assume most people know better than to flush trash down a toilet and yet that happens all the time in the US. Signs are insurance against idiots, usually.