Public Toilets in Japan are CHEAP… in comparison to Canada

I made a video about why Japan's public toilets are amazing and one of the reasons was that you always find them when you need to go. I speculated that perhaps there were so many because they were cheap to build and maintain. So, I investigated.

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[AboutHere]

So honoured for the shout-out - thank you! This was a really insightful that added a lot more to my understanding of the context in Japan. It's wonderful to have someone like yourself who has the connections and language to dive deeper into how these issues are treated overseas :)

[KatarupaYT]

The apparent normalisation of the idea that public toilets are a dedicated place for crackheads to shoot up in Canada is truly unsettling

[eladmajar]

i love the dephs of research that was put into this video

[Naoko]

I live in Japan and I appreciate it so much that the government offers the service of providing clean toilets literally everywhere. It makes everyday life so much easier!

[GojiMet]

I'm grateful for the public Bryant Park Bathroom in Manhattan. It is physically small, but it two stalls and like 2-3 urinals, and there are almost always attendants cleaning and ensuring everything is stocked. A diamond in the rough, and it has saved me many times when I'm walking around Midtown. The more private Macy's on 34th Street is also pretty good in a pinch, along with the Shops at Hudson Yards, but good public restrooms are really rare.

[hitachicordoba]

The recent movie Perfect Days gave me a new respect for the people who maintain Tokyo toilets. In LA it is very difficult to find a restroom unless you are eating in a sit down restaurant.

[stanarkissed]

In Canada, construction contracts are a popular way to launder stolen public money.

[girlzie]

I find it very wonderful how much Japan focuses on the elderly and disabled in the case of public washrooms.
I've never seen or heard of a washroom that provides a place for people with a colostomy or so many handrails in Canada.

[MrLiguinii]

It was so easy visiting Japan, knowing there will be a public toilet nearby almost everywhere we go (even in the woods). I wish we had similar utilities in Canada.

[moogiemoogs]

I like how you can just literally call the city government and they tell you everything you need

[loudmouthnewyorker]

This is the video that makes us say thanks Smell-A-Vision hasn't been invented yet.

[foo]

Love how this channel randomly has a toilet saga. Looking forward to the next arcs

[pipedemon]

I think that the cost of living in Vancouver is one of the highest in Canada. It is not representative of the rest of Canada. I would have liked you to compare with St John, Saskatoon or Winnipeg.

[ButacuPpucatuB]

This was very informative! Thank you 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

[etherdog]

In the same vain as this video, the film "Perfect Days" by Wim Wenders is about a guy who cleans the Tokyo Toilet Project toilets. A wonderful movie with Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" as the theme song. Good job as always, Greg!

[alphakennybody]

Here in San francisco the city wasted 1.7 mil usd on a single toilet

[CeritaFandaVancouver]

Thank you for sharing your thorough research and details data. I think just like housings, clean and maintained public toilets should be among top priorities. Imagine how often people have to hold on for hours until they get home, having to pay and eat in the restaurant each time the nature calls in, or running to the park or mall for it since nothing by the stations. Looking forward for the changes, inspired by the country like Japan.

[HumbertoHernandez]

"Honey, what are you doing?"
"I'm watching some guy talk about the costs of Japanese public toilets compared to Canadian ones, Martha!!"

[yaminogame]

the video we didn't know we needed.

[scocassovegetus]

Canada has to deal with vandalism. Where I grew up in Canada, public toilets only existed in parks, were only open during the daytime, and they were also built in a similar way to prison toilets, i.e. all stainless steel, no glass mirror (polished metal), steel entry door, steel toilet doors, etc..