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| | Although there has been a movement in Japan to discard many of its time honored traditions, bathroom etiquette remains strong. When you walk into neatly any women's bathroom in any public venue in Tokyo, you will find an Otohime. The Otohime -- or Sound Princess -- reproduces the sound of a flushing n order to help mask over some of the more unpleasant sounds that can occur with bathroom use. Prior to the Otohime, approximately 90% of all women in Japan admitted to flushing twice when the used public facilities to mask their own bowel related noises. |
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