Man lived above Japanese toilet for three years (but wasn't disposing of his urine)

[muriel_volestrangler]

A man has been arrested in Japan after he was discovered living in the loft above a public toilet.

Takashi Yamanouchi had been living in his unusual abode for three years in Usuki, south-western Japan, before it was discovered by an electrician carrying out repairs, the Mainichi news website reports. He moved in after a previous occupant left, he told police.

He's thought to have accessed the relatively spacious loft space by climbing on top of the toilet stalls and squeezing through a maintenance hatch. A local authority employee who accompanied police said that the squat was "neat and tidy" with a gas stove, electric heater and clothing. The only blot on the unwelcome lodger's copybook was 500 plastic bottles which appeared to be full of urine, police say.
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Meanwhile, Usuki authorities in Japan have carried out a search of all of their toilet facilities following the eviction of Mr Yamanouchi, and reassure the public that they are now free of interlopers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-39693361

So the one facility he had easy and legal access to, he wasn't bothering to use ...

[Nitram]

1. Sounds like a Japanese novel.

Edogawa Ranpo (Taro Hirai's pen name) wrote a story about a man living inside a sofa in the lobby of a hotel.