Freddie 0 Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Anyone experience any non-flushing toilets still at resorts or hotels? Are there still areas in Japan that don't have flushing toilets? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Fair few of 'em in Nagano. Also a lot of septic tank bogs. The smell of a pumping honey truck close up is just appalling. Not breathing in doesn't keep out the stench. And the stink carries for up to half a kilometer, although it gets less offensive at a distance. (Which reminds of going for a walk around Otsu with some students a while back. A rather warm sweet smell came wafting up the road, and they all started sniffing and inhaling deeply and saying 'Aa ii nioi. Tabetai naa'. Then we turned a corner and there was a honey truck pumping sh!t n' p!ss. Oishiso.) Our toilet was upgraded to pipe sewerage only last year. Completely waterless toilets are a rarity now, but there are still a lot of septic tanks outside the big cities. Link to post Share on other sites
Raury 0 Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 In AU, we have what are called "long drop" toilets in some back-country and a lot of hiking areas. Basically a deep hole with a toilet put over the top of the hole. You think the trucks smell..... Link to post Share on other sites
sachiko 0 Posted May 23, 2002 Share Posted May 23, 2002 Yes, quite many rural areas of Japan still have no flushing toilet. I'm glad my apart has a flushing toilet, it's good to have it. How about in other countries? Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted May 25, 2002 Share Posted May 25, 2002 There are quite a lot around resort areas aren't there - especially the older places. Link to post Share on other sites
Freddie 0 Posted June 7, 2002 Author Share Posted June 7, 2002 Cheers. That really surprises me. Link to post Share on other sites
backatsap 0 Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 I just couldn't cope with a hole for a toilet. Link to post Share on other sites
Wizz 11 Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 My mate up in rural Nagano used to have a "Hole" as he called it. It was awful and embarrasing, he hated it. And I could see why. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 The problem with the simple holes in Nagano is that their contents sometimes freeze solid in winter. You then have to poke and chip away at frozen lumps of your own execrement before you think about doing any more. Or so I'm told. Link to post Share on other sites
Raury 0 Posted June 8, 2002 Share Posted June 8, 2002 Found a pic of the "long drop" at the hut in a place called Kuitpo Forest. Pretty basic. Dig a hole, stick a plastic toilet over the top. Put steel bars across so that people can't fall in. Link to post Share on other sites
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