A selection of some of my favourite Japanese toilet signs and instructions. Or, at least, the ones I managed to take photos of:

Always grateful for the ones that had an obvious flush button. Where it wasn’t obvious, we had to guess. With mixed success…

This one wasn’t so much a flush button as…

I liked this one. None of this gymnastic, crossfit-style toilet use:

Now this one was a mystery for a long time. Turns out that it is the control for the running water sound that plays very loudly in some toilets as soon as you get into the cubicle. Perhaps useful for those with prostate issues. Of course, this was in the women’s loo…

And now a series of armrest toilet controls:

I particularly like this one. It promises a “flushing sound” but will it actually flush?:

And now to share a little bit of genius. These were in most toilets in malls and large train stations (women’s toilets, anyway). I thought they were a very clever idea for Mums with young kids: