“Cars 2” pokes a little good-natured fun at Japanese culture

On June 24, Disney and Pixar will release Cars 2, the sequel to the hugely successful animated film about, well, cars.

The sequel finds the cars in Japan this time, for what looks like some sort of international race event.

A new trailer has been released for the film, and it includes some digitized representations of Japan, including the skyline, one of those elimination challenge TV shows, and a trip to the restroom by the car Mater, in which he gets quite confused at the colorful Japanese bathroom.

Watch the trailer after the jump.

Click here to view the bathroom clip (it’s the second clip at the bottom).