I am probably in the minority of gaijin who actually prefer Japanese squat toilets, at least in public restrooms. Not least of which because when facilities swap out the toilets, they usually don't make the stalls bigger so the giant washlet takes up almost all of the floor space. I have used so many public toilets that were obviously repurposed squat toilet stalls and struggled to get inside, and/or had the door pressing into my knees the entire time
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260619/p2a/00m/0na/019000c
Squat toilets mean you don't actually touch your butt to the seat, also squatting to poop is provably better than sitting. I get why people prefer Western-style sitting toilets but like, if you swap them all out then you need to account for Western toilets also being way huger and double the stall space lol
@renkotsuban i do wonder if they're harder for disabled people to use or if anyone has done studies on the required leg strength to be able to squat to use them
@Atatra Oh for sure, I don't think squat toilets are particularly designed with disabled people in mind, and I do think you gotta have some Western-style toilets in public restrooms. But also like, if you're gonna replace squat toilets with Western toilets, you gotta make the stalls bigger because having such cramped stalls barely larger than the toilets themselves also aren't great for disabled folks haha