Why does modern Japan still exist squatting?

The type of toilet seems to have been obsolete still installed in many public areas and some families.

You can know the types of Japanese toilets with convenient functions such as self-wash, adjust the seat temperature, open and close the lid . However, there are still some public areas and residential houses. Japan installs squatting toilet .

Sora News has provided reasons for this type of toilet to exist:

1. Good for health

One of the most common exercises when exercising is squat, making your legs stronger, your body toned. If you look carefully, the posture of squatting is similar to squat. Therefore, the squat area is also called squat toilet.

Squat sitting posture is similar to the action of squat.

In addition, scientists have demonstrated that squatting is a natural sitting posture, helping to avoid hemorrhoids, appendicitis. When you sit in the toilet seat, the rectum does not fully open, but rather like a knotted tube. The intestinal waste is not completely discharged. The way to go to the bathroom is to squat.

2. Don't have to sit in the toilet with anyone

If you use a stool, you will have to sit on a surface that has been used by many others. You can not only get dirty, but also get skin diseases. Some people lined up paper seats but this solution was in fact ineffective. In some places, the water supply cleans the seat but not many people use it.

With a squat style, you don't mind getting dirty with others.

The familiar sanitary equipment of Asian people has many effects.(Photo: KCP).

3. Simple design, easy to clean

For many people, cleaning the toilet is a boring and worst job when moving. Not only do you suffer from odors, you will have to clean stains in a lot of small corners in the toilet, toilet lid, water tank.

Meanwhile, the squat toilets are simple in shape so you don't have to spend time cleaning.