Top Story: 15.February 2006

UNI SEX

It was late thursday evening when I wandered into one of those corner restaurants just next to Ueno railwaystation. I was about to meet my female associate. Once I went to the restroom and sat down in my thoughts, it struck me to hear womens voices in the washroom. "Gosh", I thought, I must have mistaken this to womens restroom. But no, I was in the right place. The toilet they had, was a unisex toilet. Just like in planes. The room where you can wash your hands, was shared, while women and men had their separate toilet rooms. The women cheerfully fixed their makeups and brushed their hair, when men checked their ties. Nothing strange there, as if it had been all natural for centuries! But what's behind all this?

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