Is it still illegal to have cameras in the bathroom? Because hammers and spray paint are cheap and easily concealable.
this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2026
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And there is a market for cheap monitors.
So we get to punch or spray paint the screen, right?
Fuck advertising
This is in Japan. They are respectful of property.
I see this less of an issue than the overall lack of public restrooms outside of the major subway stations in Japan in general.
The vast majority of comments here are painfully unaware of Japanese societal norms and I can guarantee that these won't be vandalized with exception to maybe the most alt cultured youth areas such as Amerikamura.
Yes. When I was there, I was amazed by the public toilets in Tokyo.
One step closer to the ferengi ideal.
The paper is already there, the glue will arrive soon...
It's a bathroom, you can produce your own glue.
That's the one I meant.
Ads to go along with some entertainment while I poop, right? Right?
be a shame if people constantly smeared shit on the screen.
I don't think that'll happen in Japan.
Nobody from there for sure. Peak tourism season though?😬
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These will be destroyed in microseconds, and rightfully so.
Toilet stalls are one of the most frequently vandalised things.
In Japan, though? In the states, oh they're already destroyed. But Japan?
Do you think crime, hooliganism, or protesting doesn't exist in Japan?
Their public toilets are immaculate. They have a strong sense of public responsibility.
Japan is a paradise, don't you watch anime?
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Saw this in a bar once. You could see the SD card storing ads hidden in a vent. People mistook it for a camera and got the place full of police officers. Not a good move
Look if I see a screen in a bathroom I'm NOT trusting that there isn't also a camera
And if there's not a camera, that screen was broke when I got here.
If there's a camera in the bathroom then you definitely have a home run lawsuit, at least in America.
But we're talking about Japan....
The computers in the restroom are literally free, you can just take them. It's a free computer with a screen!
Too good to be true 🤩
Yes, put screens in a restroom where I can put a knife through them while shitting and nobody is gonna know.
I've been finding more restaurants restrooms have TV screens but usually they are playing cartoons or somehow Nick At Nite reruns which I had no idea still existed.
returns to the table after an hour
"Sorry, hat to finish some episodes"
For sports bars with event nights it is kind if useful, so you don't feel like you've missed the entertainment. I've only seen TVs like that on the waiting area of a casino bathroom once though.
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Places have been doing this for years but not with screens. Just like a bulletin board with ads. Even on your table.
Places like that, you don’t go back to unless you have to. In laws couldn’t understand why I didn’t like their favorite pizza place.
Before that people used to write phone numbers on the stall walls advertising things.
How I met my wife.
The difference is most ad systems with screens also have a camera built in to the hardware, because they’re just repackaged tablets.
If I want faceless companies to watch me shit I’d buy meta glasses, but I really really do not want that.
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Look, if the revenue goes straight into maintaining the restroom and keep it from looking like, well, a public restroom I honestly don't mind.
Something tells me that's just wishful thinking, though...
If we could get public restrooms like the ones in Japan just for watching a few ads, I’d be all for it…
Pretty sure I saw advertisements on screens in bathrooms in American nightclubs and bars over twenty years ago. I think they didn't have one per cubicle, though.
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