Shineko> I am a bit lost, reading my other posts, you can see I think the Western style ones are better. You said that the Japanese style ones are easier for you to use. Could you expand on the reasoning behind that? Not trying to put down your opinion, I am just curious how you see them as easier to use, cuz my legs afterwards feel like i just got a workout, that is why i said i feel sorry for old, injured and handicapped people
First of all, I would like to make sure that it is my "opinion" about which one I prefer, I never intended to say that it would be better for everyone, just that I prefer it over the western styled toilets.
I never had the problem with the legs feeling like they had a work out, not even when I had diarrhea and I used the old styled toilets. The reason for this is, that I was already used to be in a position like that, often in the train when it was rather full, but not too full, I was reading manga/books like that as it was easier to read them like that because I had no need to hold to anything, I could keep my balance easily even when the train was moving. So instead of the short 5-10 minute toilet session, I had gotten used to be in that position for over 30 minutes.
Also I felt comfier to use the old styled ones instead of the western styled ones, hard to explain but that is how I felt about it. Maybe the reason for this is, that the human body was supposed to do "it" like that. Of course, I can fully understand that this might be a problem, if your legs cannot handle it very well.
Of course, I do understand that the old styled toilets are hard if not impossible for old, injured or handicapped people. I was just stating my own opinion how I prefer to use them myself. There should be always the easiest option for old, injured or handicapped people, basically a toilet made for handicapped people, which anyone is able to use rather easily.