KTX bathrooms

Generally, public bathrooms in large heavily trafficked areas of Korea are really really nice. I'm talking about places like highway rest stops, Seoul Metro stations, and the like. I've posted previously about nice bathrooms in the Seoul Metro, and more recently about female bathroom cleaners in men's public restrooms.

In that last post I mentioned that I'd never before seen a sign saying that men should not use the bathroom while it was being cleaned by a female employee. The sign was in the KTX (bullet train) station Dongdaegu.

Recently in our local KTX station, Singyeongju (i.e. "New" Gyeongju), I saw a more typical sign, warning about the presence of a female cleaner but not suggesting that anything should be done about it.

The men's bathroom at the Singyeongju station is really really nice. Take a look at this:

Those are urinals on the right; the stalls are on the left. Separating them is a natural wood partition with each section designed to look like old-fashioned Korean-style courtyard doorways. On the back wall is a photo of a traditional Korean village. Just visible on the left, decorating the walls and doors of the stalls, are pictures of iconic Gyeongju archeological treasures.

And check out this specialized stall. Remember, this is the men's room.

Agi-rang hamkke 아기랑함께 means "together with a baby"

If you really need to sit on a toilet and you've got an infant with you, you're pretty much out of luck in most public bathrooms. But not here.

Fold down the little seat, strap the kid in, and do your business while entertaining (or consoling) the little tyke. The inside walls are decorated with cartoony, kid-friendly images: balloons, flowers, etc.