I moved from North Carolina to Japan with my family. I was surprised at how family-friendly bathrooms are.

Sat, 08/31/2024 - 07:19

A young foreigner woman looks around an alley with yellow paper lamps lanterns in the background in Japan. — A woman looks around the streets of Japan
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I moved to Japan with my husband and our daughter in 2022.
The public restrooms were the one thing that surprised me the most when we first arrived.
Not only are they always clean, but they are family-friendly.

I moved to Japan from North Carolina with my husband and our young daughter in the spring of 2022. My husband is in the US military and this has been his first overseas assignment.