At 10:14 PM 5/27/98 -0700, you wrote:

Bill Seney wrote:

Looking at the GIF Jim Lazar posted (Thanks!) I noticed one thing
seems to be
missing.

As I understand it, in traditional Japanese homes the bathroom is
reserved for
bathing.  This fits well with what we have seen: an inner bath with
the furo
and an outer changing / laundry room.

This leaves the question - where are the toilet facilities? Anyone
have any
ideas?

It may be the area under the stairs on the first floor. Or there are two
small square areas behind the inner and outer bath rooms. Either could
be the toilet facilities. Since I dont' plan on doing any bathroom
destruction, I didn't really spend any time on that subject. I'd think
the area under the stairs would be most likely (less distance to cover
for the people upstairs for those late night trips).

No, the floorplan clearly shows one toilet. 
It's behind the door on the left as you enter the laundry & changing room.
(It's the door with the "Knock" sign on it.) 

Open that door and you enter a little square room with a small sink. The 
door on the right leads into another tiny room with the toilet.

According to the floorplan, it's a squating type toilet, sort
of a ceramic oval thing set in the floor. I've never used one, but I saw
them in Japan. 

J.

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