shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Worth reviewing what type of sanitation services are available. If people are completely ignoring adequate public recepticles and bathrooms then that can be addressed a variety of ways but that seems relatively less likely in my opinion.
udon@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
You have never been to Japan, have you? If any country in the world has excellent public bathroom infrastructure, it’s Japan. Always clean, generally free, and within 1-2 minutes walking range.
shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
The already existing infrastructure may be of good quality but it doesn’t really matter if the capacity isn’t there to meet the volume of people.
In fact, let’s agree that your point is absolutely true. Wouldn’t it then br most likely that people would want to use those facilities and the only reason they may not be is because the wait is too long?
udon@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I agree that most people wouldn’t opt for that, but most tourists also don’t behave like that. The vast majority behaves very well, they are somewhat aware of Japanese manners and try to adapt (sometimes in sweet, dorky ways, but who am I to judge, I probably look the same).
There are a few people who do this and they ruin the image for everyone.
The issue is not the infrastructure, really. It is excellent and in excellent condition, across the country.
Imagine you have perfect toilets, some even designed by star architects, free to use for everyone and clean. And some fucker just decides to take a dump in someone’s garden, for whatever reason. Is that the problem of the infrastructure?
shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
For whatever reason? What could possibly be the reason? If the toilets are as remarkable and pristine as youve shared, it’s hard to imagine any reason someone would choose to do that. Unless you’re saying the tourist is doing it out of spite which still leaves us with the question of why.