Why does modern Japan still use squat toilets?

If you use a squat toilet, you will be sitting on a surface that has been used by many other people. Not only will you get dirty and wet, but you can also get skin diseases.

You may know Japanese toilet models with convenient functions such as self-cleaning, seat temperature adjustment, automatic lid opening and closing... However, there are still some public areas and private homes in Japan that install squat toilets.

Sanitary equipment familiar to Asians has many uses. Photo: KCP.

Sora News reported the reasons why this type of toilet still exists:

1. Good for health

One of the popular exercises when exercising is squat, making the legs stronger, the body firmer. If you pay close attention, the squatting posture is similar to squatting. Therefore, the squatting area is also called squat toilet.

In addition, scientists have proven that squatting is a natural sitting position, helping to avoid hemorrhoids and appendicitis. When you sit on a toilet, the rectum does not open completely, but is like a tube that is tied. The waste in the intestines is not completely flushed out. The correct way to go to the toilet is squatting.

The squatting position is similar to the squat exercise.

2. Don't have to share the toilet with anyone

If you use a squat toilet, you are sitting on a surface that has been used by many other people. Not only do you get dirty and wet, but you can also get skin diseases. Some people put paper on the seat but this solution is not really effective. In some places, water is provided to clean the seat but not many people use it.

With a squat toilet, you don't have to worry about getting dirty from other people.

3. Simple design, easy to clean

For many people, cleaning the toilet is the most boring and worst chore when cleaning the house. Not only do you have to endure the bad smell, you will have to clean stains in many small corners of the toilet, toilet lid, and water tank.

Meanwhile, squat toilets have a simple shape so you don't have to spend time cleaning them.

According to VNE