"Madra Dubh" <ccaine@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> "Ryan Ginstrom" <ginstrom@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > "Madra Dubh" <ccaine@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> > > On a more serious note.
> > > You guys posting to (I assume) life.in-Japan live there?
> >
> > Most of us.
> >
> > > If so, where?
> >
> > Okinawa, formerly Aichi.
>
> Many, many years ago I was stationed in Sasebo, then Hachinohe, then
> Yokosuka.

I did some research/intern stuff in Yokosuka once. Fairly nice place, but I
hear it gets a bit dicey at night. All the foreigners, you see.

> Which reminds me of those outdoor benjos in Japan.
> Whoa!
> Talk about clearing your sinuses.
> I would imagine they are all gone by now.

I have never seen one, except of the porta-potty variety.

But lots of homes still have no sewer hookups. A (probably dated) figure I
have seen puts it at 1/3 all homes in Japan. The stuff from the toilet goes
into a septic tank, and the stuff from the sinks/showers gets treated at the
home level, then goes straight out into a (usually) covered storm gutter,
destined for the river.

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Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom