The following is from a tweet by Tsukasa Shirakawa that we just discovered.
Tsukasa Shirakawa
@lingualandjp
Security guards must control the genderless restrooms in the Kabukicho Tower.
The public has yet to learn what it is for.
The government that jumps at new things has lost sight of its purpose.
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tekuteku.
@tekuteku9
I went to Kabukicho Tower.
First, I scrutinized the restrooms to avoid any danger, keeping in mind that that area is very unsafe.
A security guard was standing in the aisle to the restrooms on the second floor, and when a man came in, he told him to go this way to urinate.
For some reason, men were hanging around without going to the restroom in front of that guard and distributing on their PCs.
The security guard was there, so the suspicious people seemed hesitant to go further.
It is GJ, the security guard.
When I arrived at the genderless restroom, there was an attendant, this time, explaining loudly how to use the bathroom and guiding people to the toilet one by one.
It was a hard job for one person to deal with everyone coming one after another.
The restrooms were mainly empty with no one waiting in line, but the man walking in front of me circled in front of the toilets, perhaps needing to know which restroom to use, and then went into anyone's bathroom.
Since the door to the restroom was closed, the user had to check the electric board at the entrance to see if it was available.
The attendant repeatedly told us to knock on the door before entering, even if it was showing vacant, and to be sure to use the upper large inner lock since there are two internal locks.
There must have been many people who locked the lower lock and left the upper one unlocked, and the door was opened.
I have heard that bathroom doors are left open when not in use for security reasons.
That means that if there is no attendant in this genderless restroom, a sex offender could easily commit a crime by sneaking into the women's bathroom and waiting without locking the door.
That's scary.
Will there be attendants on duty? Is it just now?
I'm worried about it.
Inside the restroom, the ceiling is high, and there is no perfect gap to the top, but there is a little gap under the door, and I feel that if I shout, it will be heard outside. But I'll have to try this one out to find out.
The SOS button was on the wall behind the toilet.
It was difficult to push it in a panic.
A sanitary box opened electrically, probably because it was for women.
The inside of the toilet is not tiny but not large either.
Anyone with children can use the restroom.
Do not come to the gender-less restroom with children.
Users are afraid to go into separate restrooms with their children and make them wait at the sinks.
In the women's restroom, if the child leaves the toilet first, they can wait in the safe women's bathroom, but in this restroom, they could quickly be taken away while the parents are in the restroom.
I don't think anyone would come to such an unsafe place with a child.
I want to think so.
Conclusion.
The genderless restrooms in the Kabukicho Tower are safer than the public restrooms if they are staffed with security guards and attendants.
But then, I still wish they would have made it a women's restroom and a genderless restroom.
To begin with, that area is so unsafe that it is dangerous to walk on the street, so it is better not to go there.
