It’s “Appreciate Other Countries’ Hygiene” Day
October 11th, 2006 by StephLet’s review these amazing advances in restroom technology:
Toilets with a “small” and “large” flush function. Brilliant!
Sinks located *outside* the restrooms, so there’s no dirty handles to handle after you’ve washed up. Plus, then everyone can see if you actually wash your hands or not. ;)
Heated toilet seats for winter. And don’t get me started on the singing bidets.
BYOHankie instead of wasting paper towels (though this is annoying until you realize, hey, DUH, I don’t have to have wet hands for the rest of my life and can bring my own towel)
October 11th, 2006 at 3:09 pm
I still haven’t figured out the towel thing. I am still annoyed. BUT the hot air hand dryers, where they are available, are fantastic.
October 11th, 2006 at 3:10 pm
Incidentally, those of you in Seattle can have the Japanese hand dryer experience at the conveyor belt sushi place in Fremont.
November 1st, 2006 at 2:02 pm
so the small and large flush is for number one and number two? does it save a lot of water?
November 5th, 2006 at 8:57 am
Heck yeah. The big flush is BIG. Water use in Japan is generally shocking compared to what we’re used to in southern California. It’s a very wet country.