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Golf course outhouse is definitely “out” there with a little help from nature

KK Miller
May 6, 2016
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This is what happens when you don’t lay down a good foundation.

Japan
(bathroom • crazy • funny • Golf • nature • toilet • wind)

Osaka police on the lookout for elementary students who stole equivalent to $1,000 in six thefts

Master Blaster
Nov 20, 2015

Tsurumi Ward in Osaka has been the scene of a crime wave since November 3 in which two young boys believed to be in the fifth or sixth grade have stolen cash and property from six separate homes so far. The suspects are still at large, unless class is in session.

Japan
(children • crime • Osaka • theft • toilet)

Chinese mom thinks airline’s toilet is too small, makes her son poop in the rear cabin

Joan Coello
Sep 2, 2015

Anyone who has ever been on board a commercial flight would have probably noticed that aircraft lavatories tend to be smaller than regular public restrooms. Compact as they may be, though, the toilets on most commercial airlines provide enough room for an adult to get their business done. In fact, we’ve even heard of all those “mile high club” stories, so it’s probably all right to assume that those minimalistic restrooms are spacious enough for even two adults to slip in.

However, one Chinese mom on board a Shenzhen Airlines domestic flight felt that the toilet was too small, and made her son defecate on the floor of the rear cabin.

China
(airplane • crazy • gross • inconsiderate behavior • toilet • travel • weird • wtf)

Holy crap! Guy caught eating poop in ladies’ toilet

Jessica
May 20, 2015

Hold on to your lunch, guys, this story is pretty nauseating. A young man in Guangdong Province was caught in the act of eating feces out of a toilet in a public restroom.

China
(gross • toilet • wtf)

China’s toilet tech showing considerable signs of improvement

Master Blaster
May 12, 2015

Step by step China has been steadily gaining on Japan in various facets of life. The country has surpassed Japan to become the second biggest economy in the world and they are currently making strides in bullet train development and infrastructure.

But now a video from a Thai traveler gives us a glimpse at yet another way China is looking to overtake Japan, and it is one that may cut closest to the bone. We’re talking of course about fancy toilet technology.

China
(technology • toilet • washroom)

Don’t miss these painfully cute photos of lawless cats invading your privacy【Photos】

KK Miller
Jan 29, 2015

Your home is your sanctuary. It’s a place where you can relax and just be yourself without any distractions from the outside world. So, it should be a place that feels secure and private. But, when you own a pet, you quickly come to understand that the privacy you seek completely disappears. Even the most isolated room in the house, the bathroom, isn’t safe from your furry compatriot.

This is especially the case if you are a cat owner. As much as cats are independent animals and do things as they wish, they become really needy when their owners disappear to answer the call of nature. Find out how cats pierce the veil of privacy when their owners go to the bathroom after the jump.

Internet, Japan
(bathroom • cats • funny • privacy • toilet)

Poll reveals what we already know: Japanese toilets make no sense, confuse us all

Scott R Dixon
Jan 19, 2015

Between the futuristic Blade Runner-esque toilets and the slightly terrifying (but healthier for you) traditional squatters, Japanese restrooms can be a bit intimidating for a first-time user. And even for those who have lived in Japan for a while, using a public toilet can still be a daunting task. So to better understand restroom woes for those coming from overseas, Japanese toilet manufacturer Toto recently surveyed 600 foreigners living in Japan about toilets in the country and what confuses them most.

Japan
(Japanese style toilet • poll • public restroom • toilet • Western toilet)

Mystery in Shinjuku as woman plunges to death on visiting restroom

Master Blaster
Jan 19, 2015

A bizarre death occurred in the Kabukicho area of Shinjuku, Tokyo recently as a 22-year-old woman died after falling nine stories during a visit to the restroom. Although suicide hasn’t been entirely ruled out, this appears to be a case of highly unusual building practices as a door opening onto a sheer drop was also present in the room.

Japan
(accident • fall • Kabukicho • shinjuku • toilet)

Toilet slides and turd hats: welcome to Tokyo’s crappiest exhibition

Scott R Dixon
Dec 22, 2014

Imagine crowds of Japanese families donning poop-shaped plush hats and sliding into a huge toilet. No, this isn’t a scene from a dream brought on by a questionable bowl of ramen, this is just one of the many surreal exhibits from a Tokyo educational expo that organizers hoped would inspire visitors to “gain an increased appreciation of toilets.”

Japan
(exhibition • feces • funny • health • odaiba • poop • science • toilet • Tokyo • weird • wtf)

Japanese constipation survey reveals the most and least poop-frustrated prefectures

Scott R Dixon
Oct 21, 2014

There are certain topics that although you may be interested in, one just doesn’t bring up in polite company, the least of which being the regularity of a country’s bowel movements. But luckily our poop-curious friends over at Glico (as in the major Japanese snack company) recently completed a survey about constipation that gives us a very personal look at the health of Japan’s number two habits. The aptly named “Lifestyle and Constipation” survey has revealed which Japanese prefectures are keeping things downstairs regular and which ones are all clogged up.

Japan
(beauty • Glico • health • Kyoto • poop • Saitama • survey • toilet • Toyama)

Come for the toilets, stay for the food and fun at Bangkok’s airport-themed mall “Terminal 21”

Master Blaster
Oct 16, 2014

Asia is full of wonderful travel destinations. With a mix of rich history and rapid development, it’s far from a boring place to visit. However, the burning question on any traveler’s mind has got to be “Where can I see the greatest toilets of Asia?”

Well, that’s a subjective title but we’d like to submit a shopping center in Thailand’s capital Bangkok as a contender. The huge complex is called Terminal 21 and boasts over six floors of shops and eateries. There’s a lot of fun to be had here but the main attraction has got to be the internationally themed restrooms.

SE Asia
(Bangkok • Thailand • toilet • travel)

Trending prank leaves public toilet users down in the dumps

Master Blaster
Oct 16, 2014

There are a number of little niceties and services that make Japan a very comfortable place to live. Personally, my favorite has always been the folded toilet paper ends that can often be found in public restroom stalls everywhere. I don’t encounter them especially often, but when I do it brightens my day just like having a robin land on my window sill.

However, you can’t experience such joy without leaving yourself vulnerable to extreme disappointment as well. A prank has recently emerged in Japan which, although seemingly mundane and simple, completely shatters this sense of pleasure and leaves the victim a desolate shell of a person, just like having a robin land on your window sill and start projectile vomiting.

Internet, Japan
(fire hold • prank • toilet • toilet paper)

Japan’s pit toilets: An in-depth look

Amy Chavez
Jun 27, 2014

Like the aroma of fresh-baked bread or the sweet fragrance of a flower shop, the stench of a toilet can be just as memorable, albeit not in as nice a way.

Despite Japan’s reputation for high-tech toilets and Washlets that do everything except brush your teeth (thank God), a surprising number of households in Japan still have the old-style “pit toilets.” These toilets have a porcelain bowl, but no running water to flush in or out. You just squat over the hole and drop your goods into a cement pit waiting at the bottom. It’s basically an in-house outhouse.

Almost all the houses are this style on the islands in the Seto Inland Sea as well as many dwellings in Japan’s countryside. Our toilet reporter takes an in-depth look at how these pit toilet systems work. We bet you’re just dying to know!

Japan
(hanako • Japanese style toilet • kumitori • toilet • toilet god • ususama myo-o)

Genius Korean method for unclogging toilets is probably more trouble than it’s worth

Mike
Jun 11, 2014

So, you’re at a party and having a great time. The girl/guy you’ve had a crush on since you walked in seems to be really into you, the drinks are flowing, and the host is cool. But then you realise you have to poop. Like, really bad.

You excuse yourself, get to the bathroom and do your business only to find that the party’s all-you-can-eat Indian curry and Taco Bell buffet was a little more than your body could handle. Now you’ve got 11 inches of stagnant water staring you down and the romantic interest you were hitting on is knocking on the door saying she’s next in line to pee.

Do you: A) reach for the nearby plunger, B) exit the bathroom complaining loudly about the mess that “someone” left, C) escape through the nearest window, or D) use one of these patented South Korean toilet seals to clean up the whole mess?

Internet, Korea
(funny • invention • life hack • technology • toilet • wtf)

Japanese netizens share tips on how to be the ultimate bathroom creep

Scott R Dixon
May 8, 2014

While men and women may not ever agree to how to use the toilet or what the length of an appropriate bathroom visit is, we can probably all agree that nothing is worse than someone is standing right outside the bathroom door waiting for your visit to the porcelain throne to end. Yet, somehow a group of Japanese netizens have found several ways to make that terribly awkward moment even worse.

These netizens recently held an impromptu “contest” to find out the creepiest thing a man could say to a woman after she came out of the bathroom. Click below to find out who managed to come up with the worst phrase and why the only “winner” of this contest was bad taste.

Japan
(2channel • bad taste • bathroom • filthy • funny • gross • toilet • wtf)

Japanese housewives want men to kneel when they pee

Joan Coello
Dec 29, 2013

One of the pet peeves many housewives have is the accidental sprinkle when their husbands tinkle, which eventually leads to one of the things couples commonly argue over; putting the toilet seat up (or down). It seems it’s impossible for women to understand why men can’t keep their sprinkle within the bowl, and at the same time, men can’t seem to get why women get pissed over a tiny splash.

Some innovative housewives in Japan decided that the best way to solve this issue is to make the men go down on their knees when they use the potty.

Japan
(Japanese housewives • Japanese inventions • men • peeing • toilet)

Elementary school teacher arrested and suspended after entering women’s restroom

Master Blaster
Nov 26, 2013

On 22 November a 35-year-old man who taught at an Otsu City elementary school resigned after it came to light that he unlawfully entered the women’s restroom of Shiga University. However, according to the scant details of this case it appears this might just be a case of being in the absolute worst place at the wrong time.

Japan
(crime • education • toilet)

Kids these days don’t want to poop!

Rachel Tackett
Nov 22, 2013

It’s a fact of life: everyone poops. And yet society seems to have evolved some sense of embarrassment over letting people know that you’ve dropped a stinky load. We try to assuage these issues with things like private bathroom stalls and air fresheners in public restrooms. In fact, toilets in Japan will often have automatic noise makers to mask any embarrassing sounds that might slip past your posterior.

And yet still, a recent study shows that more than half of Japanese school children refuse to go number two until after they’ve returned to the perfect privacy of their own homes! They’ll hold it for hours rather than respond to nature’s call, their embarrassment about bodily functions eventually causing them to become chronically constipated.

Japan
(bathroom • students • survey • toilet)

Don’t like to be stared at while you eat? Have a toilet meal!

Joan Coello
Nov 1, 2013

What do you do in the toilet? Of course, we don’t mean the obvious “business”, but things that people usually do out of the restroom. Reading, for example. And with media and entertainment made accessible with smartphones and tablets, many of us surf the internet, watch YouTube videos, or play mobile games while on the toilet. A minority of Japanese practice benjo-meshi, literally translated as “toilet meal”.

As the name suggests, it means to have a meal in the bathroom. We always thought benjo-meshi was something unique to Japan, but apparently not! We found evidence of some westerners having meals on their toilets too!

Global
(bullying • dining • toilet • wtf)

Shinkansen stopped and searched by police because of passenger who really had to pee

Master Blaster
Oct 12, 2013

No matter what language you speak, words can sometimes have a way of landing us in trouble. Sometimes we exaggerate for the sake of making a sentence simpler by saying things like “just a sec.” Other times idiomatic phrases like “talk someone’s ear off” can lead to absurd literal translations.

And then there are times when a simple turn of phrase can inadvertently lead to a major incident involving the police and talk of a potential terrorist attack.