“Prime Toilettes” at Ikebukuro Station? Also Manspreading on train seats

[gmat]

From Japan Today. It's really about 100 yen pay toilet at Ikebukuro Station.

 

We try a pay-to-use premium Japanese toilet at Ikebukuro train station in Tokyo

https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/we-try-a-pay-to-use-premium-japanese-toilet-at-ikebukuro-train-station-in-tokyo

 

On a different track;

From SoraNews24;

Photo of manspreading on Japanese train stirs up heated debate and interesting solutions

https://soranews24.com/2019/01/25/photo-of-manspreading-on-japanese-trains-stirs-up-debate-ignites-interesting-solutions/

 

Also short news articles about trains;

 

New Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train to debut right before 2020 Tokyo Olympics

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190126/p2a/00m/0na/013000c#cxrecs_s

 

Tokyo railway firm to operate luxury sightseeing train with JR Hokkaido

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190126/p2a/00m/0na/020000c

 

 

Grant

[katoftw]

It is interesting to hear about the sightseeing train in Hokkaido.  I always thought that JR East would have been first to move into Hokkaido with one of their loco hauled trains for a cruise train of some thought.

[railsquid]

1 hour ago, gmat said:

From Japan Today. It's really about 100 yen pay toilet at Ikebukuro Station.

 

We try a pay-to-use premium Japanese toilet at Ikebukuro train station in Tokyo

https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/we-try-a-pay-to-use-premium-japanese-toilet-at-ikebukuro-train-station-in-tokyo

 

 

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, and was pleasantly surprised to find it was a wall-mounted baby-changing table. This was a rare find in a men’s room,

 

Not super-rare though. Though usually the adjacent multi-purpose toilet is preferable. I speak from experience.

[nah00]

On 1/26/2019 at 9:09 PM, gmat said:

Tokyo railway firm to operate luxury sightseeing train with JR Hokkaido

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190126/p2a/00m/0na/020000c

 

"Meanwhile, JR Hokkaido will benefit from the fee Tokyu will pay for the use of its tracks and the tourism business know-how it will be able to learn from its partner."

 

Also maybe some 'trains-not-falling-off-the-tracks' know-how...

[bikkuri bahn]

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Not super-rare though. Though usually the adjacent multi-purpose toilet is preferable. I speak from experience.

Yup, can find them in mens restrooms in Aeon shopping malls all over the nation.  May have been rare 20 years ago, but now pretty standard in recent construction, especially where families are likely to gather.