How do you say "Western-style (toilet)" in Japanese?

Name: Two Stall Doors in an Old Japanese Station. Only the Kanji Tells You Which Is Which.
Uploaded: 2026-08-18T10:07:01Z
Duration: 25 s
Description: Learn to say 洋式 (yōshiki) — Western-style (toilet). A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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Two Stall Doors in an Old Japanese Station. Only the Kanji Tells You Which Is Which.

To say Western-style (toilet) in Japanese, say 洋式 (yōshiki).

Two stall doors, no pictures, and only the kanji tells you which one you're walking into.

洋式 yōshiki Western-style (toilet)

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In this video

洋式と和式。 yōshiki to washiki. Western-style and Japanese-style.
洋式トイレはありますか？ yōshiki toire wa arimasu ka? Is there a Western-style toilet?

Kanji in this phrase

トイレは: といれわ
洋式: ようしき
和式: わしき

Why this phrase

Older stations, parks and temples still run squat toilets alongside Western ones, and the only thing telling you which is which is a kanji on the door or the wall map. 洋式 is the sit-down one; 和式 is the floor-level one. The same 洋式 and 和式 split shows up on accommodation listings, so the word pays off twice.