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More public bathroom awesomeness

I never thought I’d write so much about bathrooms; but I never knew how awesome bathrooms could be until Japan.  

Japanese toilets usually have a “sound” feature.  Sometimes this feature automatically turns on when you sit down.  The toilet plays loud water fountain white noise so that no one can hear you make bodily noises, like peeing and farting!  Genius. 


And I saw this gem of a PSA in a stall:


No toilet for long time!

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