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12-11-2008, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Kitsuneko View Post
Otearai is another common term for 'toilet'.

Also, I was told that in Tokyo there may not be toilet paper available in the public restrooms, and taking along a packet of tissues (or collecting the freebie tissue packets offered as advertising by some businesses) would probably be a good idea. I hope this is no longer true, but, best to be prepared...

This is a very old site (1997), but an eye opener! I hope the bad ones have been cleaned up by now...ugh.

tokyo toilet map
I`m yet to come across a toilet that doesn`t have any toilet paper but there are a few restrooms that don`t have soap.
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