【Romantic comedy Archives】
There are Romantic comedy Archivestoilets, and then there are Japanese toilets.
Often more sophisticated than their western counterparts, even public toilets come with various features such as heated seats, in-built bidets and some even play you music.
SEE ALSO: NYC toilets are rated by poop emoji on this InstagramTourists are often unable to understand the many controls, finding going to the toilet more complicated than they thought.
In a bid to make itself more tourist-friendly ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Japan's Restroom Industry Association has agreed to create a set of standardised icons, so all tourists will now know their backside wash from their small flush.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable 
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Under the new icons, future Japanese toilets will use eight icons representing eight different options: Toilet lid opening/closing, toilet seat opening/closing, large flush, small flush, backside wash, bidet wash, dryer and stop.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable "When foreign tourists use public toilets such as at hotels and sightseeing facilities, it is difficult to understand the operation buttons", said the association in a press release.
The decision to create standardised icons came after results of a 2014 survey showed that 25 percent of tourists did not know how to use a Japanese-style toilet, according to a report by Gizmodo.
Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable This isn't the first time foreigners in Japan have gotten mixed up, with the country previously having to change its hot springs bathing symbol after tourists mistook it for a sign showing a restaurant selling hot food.
Featured Video For You
Someone came up with a night light for toilet bowls
Search
Categories
Latest Posts
The Worming of Acorn
2025-06-25 22:48Twitter CEO's account was suspended, and everyone made the same joke
2025-06-25 21:40How you'd love to troll your Trump
2025-06-25 21:15Sweet, Sweet Existentialism
2025-06-25 20:59Popular Posts
Battle of the Brands
2025-06-25 21:56White rainbows are the natural phenomenon you've never heard of
2025-06-25 21:50The inevitable robot takeover is here, and it's starting at the mall
2025-06-25 21:39No Really, You Don’t Need a Weatherman
2025-06-25 20:51Featured Posts
Retirement, Brought to You by Prisons, Inc.
2025-06-25 22:42Rare 'thunderstorm asthma' event take five lives in Australian city
2025-06-25 21:45Fitbit's Charge 2 takes fitness tracking to the next level
2025-06-25 21:12The Same F’ing Song
2025-06-25 21:03Popular Articles
A Rich Fable
2025-06-25 22:46Here's how you can finally catch Ditto in 'Pokémon Go'
2025-06-25 21:38Here's how you can finally catch Ditto in 'Pokémon Go'
2025-06-25 21:24A Letter to my Liberal Friends
2025-06-25 21:02Newsletter
Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest updates.
Comments (231)
Exquisite Information Network
Brand on the Run
2025-06-25 22:32Wisdom Information Network
They blocked Netflix, but no one's in a rush to regulate insecure 'smart devices'
2025-06-25 22:20Defense Information Network
The NHL has a new team and people are already mocking it
2025-06-25 22:09Happiness Information Network
J.K. Rowling sends 'Harry Potter' books to girl in Syrian war zone
2025-06-25 21:39Exploration Information Network
In the House of a Thousand Likes
2025-06-25 20:58