Toilets in JapanWho knew we could spend a whole lesson talking about toilets!?

© NSW Department of Education and Communities, 2013Funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace

Relations through the National Asian Languages and Studies in Schools Program.

Activity• Take a look at the following images of

toilets in Japan.• Consider the questions and comments you

see on each slide.

Japanese Toilet, by ElCapitanBSC CC BY-SA 2.0

Do you notice

anything different?

how to use the japanese-style toilet, by Yuya Tamai CC BY 2.0

Maybe we need to read the instructions first, to

see how it works!

Japanese Toilet, by Peter Mottola CC BY 2.0

This one looks a bit more

familiar, but what’s

happening up the top there?

Japanese toilets - Toilettes Japonaises, by BrainWashers CC BY-SA 2.0

See close-up on next slide.

Check this one out! What do you think all those buttons are for?

Japanese Toilet Settings, by justgrimes CC BY-SA 2.0

Pretty cool, eh?

Japanese Toilet Signs, by Danny Choo CC BY-SA 2.0

I wonder why they need instructions on how to use a toilet like ours?