Jazz Kissa Coltrane vs. Donut Prefecture
Kōenji's two finest stalls, separated by a railway crossing and an unbridgeable philosophical divide.
Jazz Kissa Coltrane
The restroom at Jazz Kissa Coltrane has not been renovated since the Carter administration, and it has not needed to be. There is no washlet. The soap is unscented. Through the door, Miles Davis is playing, and he has been playing since 1978.
Donut Prefecture
Donut Prefecture's restroom is a small white room of astonishing silence. The Washlet is mid-range but correctly calibrated. The paper is printed with small donuts, a decision this publication respects but does not understand.
Scorecard
The verdict
The arithmetic is final. Coltrane's perfect Silence score and venerable Scent match Donut Prefecture's superior Apparatus and Cleanliness to the point. The publication records this tie with neither satisfaction nor regret.