#2 Weird & Wonderful Toilets
You just don't know the pleasure of sitting down on a warm toilet seat when you've had to get up in the middle of a chilly night. Our bums are spoiled. I never knew what I was missing. We are seriously considering getting a Japanese toilet for our US house.
Toilets are heated.
They have all sorts of cleaning options.
They can play music/fake flush to mask unpleasant sounds in public restrooms.
You sometimes have an option of a strong flush & smaller flushes.
Some have sinks on the back for more efficient water use.
In homes, toilets are in separate rooms from the rest of the bathroom - there's no waiting to take your shower while your brother (let's say Tim, here) is reading the morning paper on the toilet.
Japan has a mix of "seat" toilets and squat public toilets.
Japanese public bathrooms are normally very clean, which makes it nice when you're out for a night on the town, sightseeing, at a concert or any other place that usually has questionable bathrooms.
What may be the most uncomfortable part of the trip is that that there will be 7 of us (well, 6 1/2 - Lola only uses the toilet when she wants to) sharing one toilet for two weeks.
So when you finally make it into that closet sized room - enjoy the warm seat and try one of the features (please make sure you are sitting down if you are playing with the buttons).
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| A sink that does it all - lather, wash, dry |
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| Regular buttons on a toilet - most do not have nice English translations |
2 comments:
I can verify that the toilets are incredible. There appear to have been improvements since I was there in 2006. Here are the details from my blog - http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/math/skiptyler/jfmf/day5.htm
I could even go as far as saying "life changing" ^_^ Please feel free to chime in with your Japanese experience too - or even give me some ideas for the "30 things"
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