We went from the best toilets in the world to some of the worst! This is going to be a “shitty” blog, so if you don’t want to read about that topic, stop now.
Tokyo has some amazing toilets! I know it’s a funny thing to write about, but if you’ve ever had the luxurious experience of pooping on a Toto brand washlet, you’d understand. Enough said.
Australia is not exactly backward in their toilets, but they could use improvements in some areas. For example, the simple toilet seat is made from a really cheap and flimsy plastic. I have been to many places now in Australia, from low to high end, and they all have this cheap poop seat! We couldn’t even find a nicer seat to buy for our own house! Those cheap seats are even expensive… everything seems to be expensive here.
Another interesting thing are the urinals. All men’s bathrooms have troughs! Big metal troughs where all the men crowd to pee! I have never seen an individual urinal in Australia. While the trough style might be a more convenient option for cleaning, it’s not really very nice. It gives me the impression that I’m camping instead of being at a nice museum.
One good thing though is that Melbourne has public toilets. I think that is a really nice thing for a city to offer. The public toilets look like subway stops, and have big staircases that lead underground. As far as public toilets go, they seem to be pretty clean and well taken care of. Luckily they have only certain hours of operation, because otherwise their location underground might make them a bit sketchy. It is interesting though that they keep the toilets open late during the Christmas season and for new years. I guess it’s much merrier if you have to pee then!
We were only in Tokyo a short time, but fell in love with the toilets! Both public (in dept. stores and restaurants) and private; they were tuly amazing. So sorry that the same can’t be said for Australia. Let’s hope that there will be many more wonderful things that Melbourne has to offer to make up for this one “shitty” situation!