You wanna know why Wikipedia is so damn amazing?
Just look at this entry on Japanese toilets. There ain't no way any encyclopedia could ever have an entry on Japanese toilets as detailed as this.
Japanese toilets
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Wikipedia's Japanese Toilet page contains an impressive/disturbing amount of information about Japanese toilets, their history, and the cutting edge of Japanese toilet tech. It covers everything from the traditional squat toilets, to the contemporar... Read More
ah... brings back memories of trips to t_city. tricky to navigate in business suit and pantyhose. :-)
I heard one of the big turning points in Washlet adoption was a commercial that showed something like a hand holding some chocolate. The chocolate is eaten but there is a stain left on the hand. The person takes a tissue and rubs and rubs and rubs trying to get it clean but of course it never comes clean. Cut to picture of Washlet.
I don't think it was quite as graphic as chocolate but it does seem like a very effective commercial. Once you've seen it it would be hard to go back to just wiping your ass with TP.
extrmly funny!
Interesting and detailed article. It reminds me
Tokyo Toilet Map:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~AD8Y-HYS/index_e.htm