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Gun found in Japanese convenience store restroom, traced to forgetful on-duty cop

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 10, 2026
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A public restroom stall shock that had nothing to do with cleanliness.

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Toilet rubber theft baffles, grosses out Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 19, 2025

Dozens of rubber fixtures have suddenly gone missing from building’s toilet lids and seats.

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Policewoman forgets gun in restroom, continuing an odd trend in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 11, 2025

Well, at least she washed her hands, apparently.

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Studio Ghibli bath mats and towels will help wash your worries away

• Oona McGee
  Apr 9, 2024

Totoro, the Catbus, and Jiji from Kiki’s Delivery Service are now super absorbent…and fully cute.

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American comedian Jimy Kimmel was blown away by Japan’s bathrooms【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 3, 2024

“It’s like the whole country is Disneyland, and we’re living at Six Flags.”

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Tokyu Kabukicho Tower backtracks on its gender-neutral toilets, rejigging them to appease public

• SoraNews24
  May 19, 2023

New complex in Tokyo refashions its restrooms following public backlash.

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Someone crashed a car into Japan’s oldest restroom

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 18, 2022

Bathroom accident in Kyoto involves no poo, but there’s still a mess that needs cleaning up.

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• (accident • bathrooms • cars • crazy • culture • history • Kyoto • temples • Toilets • weird)

“I’ll kill you!” says Japanese schoolgirl when convenience store won’t let her use restroom

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 22, 2022

Japanese police say call of nature was no excuse for threat of violence.

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Japanese city’s plan to make convenience store restrooms public restrooms stinks, owners think

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 28, 2022

Free toilet paper isn’t worth the potential risks and smells, opponents feel.

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Tokyo condo frees up space by putting a shower in the kitchen

• Master Blaster
  Jan 17, 2022

Or is it putting a stove in the bathroom?

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Male deer breaks into Japanese high school’s women’s bathroom【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 1, 2021

Breaks multiple school rules.

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• (animals • bathrooms • COK • crazy • deer • funny • schools • weird)

Loaded gun found in convenience store restroom in Japan, cop’s on-duty poop to blame

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 21, 2021

That wasn’t the only piece of police equipment left behind either.

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How to escape when you’re trapped in a bathroom with a broken door【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 2, 2020

Japanese Twitter user’s advice is especially handy if you live by yourself.

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• (bathrooms • clever • door • life hacks • trapped)

Osaka shrine’s sacred horse provides no bathroom privacy, lots of laughs after “remodeling”【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 10, 2020

Horse just wanted to help, official Twitter account says.

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• (bathrooms • cute • funny • horses • shrines • video)

Stranger sticks 1,000 yen in man’s hand in Japanese train restroom, for a very good reason

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 28, 2019

Forcefully given, unsolicited gifts aren’t usually what anyone wants in a public bathroom, but this was an exception.

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• (bathrooms • COK • crazy • funny • money • stations • weird)

Shockingly dirty restroom in Tokyo train station has no poo, plenty of mysterious garbage

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 3, 2019

Neatly sorted litter is all from one specific thing.

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• (bathrooms • crazy • dirty • Kichijoji • medicine • restrooms • Tokyo • trains • weird)

Sexy Japanese model famous for curvaceous butt wins praise for photos of her otaku-style bathroom

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 8, 2019

They call her the Butt Craftswoman, but it’s the place where she parks her backside that has people excited today.

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Tokyo hotel asks guests to take their used toilet paper with them【Why Does Engrish Happen?】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 22, 2018

Translation trouble strikes as hotel ends up making a very awkward request.

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• (bathrooms • COK • funny • gross • hotels • Japanese language • language • linguistics • Toilets • weird • Why Does Engrish Happen?)

Japanese designers’ brilliant way to stop people forgetting their smartphones in public restrooms

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2018

Browsing while pooping is an internationally loved pastime, so here’s a clever way to make sure you never leave your phone behind.

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• (bathrooms • cars • clever • COK • cool • design • Hokkaido • life hacks • rest stops • Smartphones • Toilets)

Japanese Twitter laments phenomena of “middle-aged man indirect dick kissing” in public toilets

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 10, 2018

A colorfully inventive name for a not-so-uncommon problem.

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• (bathrooms • funny • gross • indirect kiss • Toilets • weird)

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