Why Do Some Japanese People Eat in Restrooms? Exploring Cultural Differences and Toilet Meals

2023-10-27 13:55:18

A warning in Japanese convenience store restrooms reminds customers to “please do not eat or drink in the restrooms.” (Picture/Photo from Facebook “Japanese Oji-san”)

“Japanese Oji-san”, a Japanese blogger in Taiwan who often shares cultural differences between Taiwan and Japan, shared a photo on Facebook on the 27th. The photo showed a warning posted in the restroom of a Japanese convenience store, reminding customers “Please do not use the restroom.” diet”. As soon as this article came out, many netizens were dumbfounded, but in fact this is the daily life of some Japanese people.

“Japanese Oji-san” posted a photo on Facebook on the 27th. He explained that this is a warning that is occasionally seen in Japanese convenience store restrooms. The note says “Please do not eat or drink in the restroom.” He It is also said that some Taiwanese people may not understand this phenomenon, but in fact there are people in Japan who really have to eat in the bathroom to feel relaxed and comfortable.

As soon as this article came out, many netizens were dumbfounded and left messages such as “Eating in the toilet is really incomprehensible! It feels quite disgusting” and “Do you like to eat with the special smell of the toilet?”

In fact, Japanese Youtuber Yoshida Koichi once made a video to introduce six aspects of Japanese culture that Taiwanese people cannot understand, including eating in the toilet. This phenomenon occurs because some people may not like to eat with colleagues, or there are People with social anxiety don’t like to be looked at strangely by outsiders when they eat alone, so they choose to eat in the toilet, which is why the term “restaurant rice” was extended.

According to the 2013 Japanese Social Survey, as many as 12.08% of respondents have eaten in the toilet, and the highest proportion is among young women.

“Toilet meals” have become a daily routine for some Japanese people. (Picture/reproduced from Di’s Servant Wikipedia)
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