Is lack of toilet paper a common occurrence in Japan?

6/30/2015 11:30:10 AM

I have just come back from a month in Japan, travelling through Tokyo, Takayama, Kanazawa, Osaka and Kyoto, mainly in tourist sites.

There was toilet paper in every western style toilet except one at the Heian shrine in Kyoto which had a vending machine selling toilet paper right outside.

6/8/2015 6:46:15 AM

What I experienced is, that you mostly have toilet paper in the Kanto-Area, but there are many public toilets in the Kansai-Area lacking toilet paper. A friend from Kansai can confirm this fact, too. Maybe, thats why it’s written down in a travel guide like Lonely Planet.

6/8/2015 4:31:48 AM

It’s common in public toilets, yes, especially those located in unattended locations such as public parks and small train stations. On the other hand, toilets in stores such as convenience stores or shopping malls, or in large train stations, virtually always have paper (you may even get lucky and have a “washlet”).

A related and somewhat more common issue is that the washbasin area doesn’t always have hand soap.

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