The Japanese toilet prompts specifically say "no eating and drinking". Why is this?

The Japanese toilet prompts "no eating and drinking", mainly to prevent the smell of fasting in the toilet from affecting other people, so it is clearly required that eating and drinking in the toilet is not allowed. For Chinese tourists, it is completely impossible to eat or drink in the toilet. After all, domestic toilets are very dirty, but Japanese toilets are not. Japanese toilets are very clean and even eating in the toilet has become a local habit.

1. Japanese toilets are very clean, and it has become a local custom to eat and rest in the toilets

Japanese toilets not only have no odor, but are replaced by a light fragrance, even among many white-collar workers It is also popular to "eat lunch in the toilet" or take a break. In Japanese life, they believe that toilets have "toilet gods" who can bring good luck, so the cleaning and protection of toilets are also very good. There are even some people with high mental stress who are accustomed to eating in the toilet and dare not eat in the canteen. A famous local psychiatrist calls this "lunch companion syndrome."

This shows that Japanese people really attach great importance to toilets, because it is common to eat in toilets.

2. Since most people eat in the toilet, the smell produced affects other people, so it is explicitly prohibited in many places

Japanese toilets are indeed very clean, and there are always people in the toilet. Behaviors such as eating and surfing the Internet will affect the normal use of other people. Therefore, many public toilets now have "no eating and drinking" warnings posted on them. The most important thing is to worry that your smell will affect other people who use the toilet normally. After all, this is a public toilet, not a private toilet at home.

Perhaps it is difficult for us to understand the Japanese way of eating in the toilet, but we should respect the local warnings and don’t try it no matter how clean it is. Trying the local toilet restaurant is enough.