If you wandered into a restaurant or public restroom and hear a phone camera “shutter” click, click, clicking… you’d be thinking “what is that creep doing in there?” Don’t worry…it’s just this creep….ME! Taking pictures of random Japanese rocket ship loos so I can translate the buttons here.
The fancy-pancy, R2D2 ‘bottom battleships’ are fascinating and terrifying at the same time.
If you’re desperately looking for the flush button… want to know a secret?
The flush button is often in the normal flush spot at the back of the toilet and, in fact, accessories aside… it can often be an old-fashioned restroom with a silver ‘push-down’ lever.
But incase you can’t find a more simple way to locate the button, here is a cheat sheet of loo symbols I’ve come across recently (that don’t have English attached.)
*I’ll keep adding to the list. I’m creepy like that.
Oh and if you’re wondering why the toilet makes a flushing noise – even when you first sit down – it’s to save you then embarrassment of someone overhearing you tinkle ( goodness gracious – I hope people don’t think I’ve actually gone in there to pee!)
It does make me laugh that my kids are most perplexed by a simple flush handle like this. They have no idea what to do.
