Public Toilets in Japan are CHEAP… in comparison to Canada

I made a video about why Japan's public toilets are amazing and one of the reasons was that you always find them when you need to go. I speculated that perhaps there were so many because they were cheap to build and maintain. So, I investigated.

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Sources
Toshikan (toilet builder) https://www.toshikan.net/original.html
Survey of users of public toilets https://www.mlit.go.jp/common/0011716...
Yokohama city public toilet cost https://www.townnews.co.jp/0106/2023/...
Yokohama city to trial public toilet partnership with Lawson https://www.lawson.co.jp/company/news...
Sumida-ku stats 1 https://www.city.sumida.lg.jp/kuseijo...
Sumida-ku stats 2 https://www.city.sumida.lg.jp/kugikai...
Sumida-ku stats 3 https://www.city.sumida.lg.jp/kuseijo...
Winnipeg more than just a washroom https://www.wpgfdn.org/health/amoowig...
City of Burnaby toilet costs https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news...
Public washroom costs Vancouver https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vanco...
City of Burnaby exploring building more public washrooms https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/burna...
List of Countries by GDP (PPP) per capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Historical exchange rates https://www.ofx.com/en-ca/forex-news/...
Tokyo Llama (channel about renovating an abandoned Japanese home)    / @tokyollama  
Urban park law https://www.chisou.go.jp/tiiki/kokuse...

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