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Old Dec 6, 2014 | 1:13 pm
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As a veteran of Glastonbury, Reading and a whole range of other festivals, I was no stranger to the portaloo. The worst public toilet I ever came across was in Japan. Specifically, on the very outskirts of Kurama during their fire festival.
It took me some time to locate a toilet, and when I finally did, (and it was a unisex facility) saying I was keen to use it was an understatement. I remember opening the door... and then holding my breath and closing it as quickly as I possibly could. I dashed away as fast as my crossed legs would allow me. Ended up being the one time I have ever urinated in public in Japan, having my parents and my fiancé act as a human shield was definitely one of the trip's low points

The only explanation I have for the grotesque level of filth I encountered is that the portaloo had been used previously at another location (somewhere mountainous with limited access except by rough terrain) and thrown, unemptied, into a lorry where it was left unsecured to rattle around on the bumpy journey before being dumped into the Kurama field. Either that, or some of the locals were fed up with enduring the hoardes and got together in order to fill up and then throw around the portaloos as a form of revenge on us visitors.

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