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Originally Posted by wodin
Bringing it all together, I once ate at a chinese restaurant in Yokosuka, the facilities were unisex and consisted of a room with some holes in the floor.
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That was pretty much the norm when I moved to Japan. It took me a while to be able to stand at a urinal while the mop lady sloshed water all over my shoes... to say nothing of having a gaggle of co-eds doing their make-up at the sinks! Fortunately for my bladder, these days it's rare to find co-ed toilets. There ARE still quite a few rural co-ed public baths and co-ed hot springs resorts, and according to the advertising photos, they are frequented by beautiful young women. Unfortunately, when ever I've been in them, the youngest woman has been about 127... I don't mind the co-ed part of it, but these places are social gathering spots for folks to hang out (no pun intended) and gossip. And there is no better subject for gossip than a Foreigner showing up in the bath tub! And I don't even mind THAT part of it... It's when a group of little old ladies begin trying to see around my uni-sex modesty towel (about the size of a Kleenex and held somewhat in front of you) and giggling hysterically that I get a bit frazzled... Cross-cultural living has its moments...
Stitchawl