If there were a huge earthquake you'd think that a lack of toilets wouldn't be high on the list of problems facing residents. I get the health concerns but it's not like people 'need' toilets to take care of business.
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Forget about toilet shortages ... what about garbage bin shortages? How the heck can bigger Japanese cities expect to keep their handful of sidewalks clear when there's a severe drought of places to toss our empty PET bottles and melon-bread wrappers?
Well, there are a helluva lot of potted plants and trees in Tokyo in front of people's houses and various buildings too. That's what I'd use, and then can even use the leaves for cleaning up!
It'd be a little bit more complicated for us gals, if modesty prevailed.
Err.. guys, this isn't about people being prudes - the health and hygiene problems aren't about an individual's needs - it's about what would happen if half the population of Tokyo started using the potted plants and trees and anything else... cholera anyone? Gastro problems leading to dysentry leading to more problems...
Sorry to get all school teacher on you and ruin your fun though lol
Exactly. 800,000 people using the streets/potted plants/trees as toilets would not be a pretty sight.
Hmm ... that would be yet another reason to stay away from the big city
Well, no doubt there have to be way more than 800k potted plants around the city. But if that still sounds gross, then how about all the cement rivers running through the city? Most have a nice metal fence around them one could hang off of keeping one far from the deposit area and perhaps holding off the spread of disease.
About modesty, aren't all public toilets bugged with cameras already anyway?
Here's the scoop on new port-a-toilet "product"
http://www.letsjapan.markmode.com/index.php/2008/10/29/hi-tech-solves-
quake-toilet-shortage/
I think after a while I would just start taking a crap any place a could. If I could choose I would drop a turd at the nearest local park. Hell, all I would have to do is bring along a shovel and problem solved. After letting a big one go I would just dig a hole, scoop the monster inside, and cover it up.
Wait a minute...the subway would most likely be out of service. An underground crap fest would be all the rage in a post major earth quake in Tokyo.
That's a nice ending to a pleasant story. Thanks Freedomwv!
You very welcome