Despite Japan’s frigid winters, most Japanese homes do not have central heat. As a result, Japanese bathrooms, and in turn, Japanese toilet seats, tend to be quite chilly during the cold months. In order to combat this unpleasantry, Japan’s high-tech toilets have heated toilet seats to ...
Japanese Toilets Chinese Toilets: Chinese toilets are actually considered pits. Most of the toilets in China are squat toilets, and it is a proven fact that these types of toilets are beneficial for the digestive system. Big cities have at least one western style toilet in public restrooms in ...
Japanese toilets typically have dual-flush capability. However, whether the handle goes up, down, left, or right for the big or little flush depends on the manufacturer. Learn the Kanji for "large" and "small". They're in the set of80 kanji symbols children learn in first grade. You ne...
Traditional Japanese toilets, or the washiki toire, involve squatting over the urinal. They are very uncommon in modern homes. As previously mentioned, you will find them mainly in public toilets, tourist destinations, and old buildings. Read also Public Restrooms In Japan - A How To Guide Th...
The age of the high-tech toilet in Japan started in 1980 with the introduction of the Washlet G Series by Toto, and since then the product name washlet has been used to refer to all types of Japanese high-tech toilets. La erao de alte perfektiĝintaj necesejoj ekis en Japanio en...
Japan is known as a land of extremes, and even in modern-day urban Tokyo, you can find "washiki (Japanese-style, hole-in-the-ground)" toilets, and in extreme contrast, the high-tech toilets of today. Not only are the high-tech "yoshiki (Western-style)" toilets more comfortable, they...
With Shintō, that culture will be Japanese. Many Shintō shrines are austere, with no public facilities. This one at Heian-jingū or the Heian Shrine in Kyūto is a rare public toilet at a Shintō shrine. Hindu Toilet Rituals and Regulations The Manusmṛti is a Hindu religious text, ...
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I will always remember the first time I walked into a Tokyo bathroom and, with the automatic lift of its lid, a Japanese "smart toilet" happily greeted me. It didn't end there. Mounted to the wall was a panel of buttons, illustrated by stick men and symbols open to wild interpretatio...
For those living in smaller apartments or homes, wall shelf decor can be a game-changer in maximizing limited square footage. By utilizing vertical wall space, you can create storage solutions that don’t take up valuable floor space. This is particularly beneficial in areas like kitchens, bathr...