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Potty Training Followup

Nils — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:26:55 +0000

In October I posted a toilet training video I found on YouTube. That gem of Japanese entertainment tried to teach you and your kid how to take a dump; with a special guest appearance of Hanky-san. However, if you and/or your toddler need some further practice, they made this little toy to demonstrate the principle to your kid:

And of course it’s important to learn how to use public bathrooms, too – especially if you are stuck in Japan and get confronted by their weird domestic toilets.

Enjoy.

Toilet Commercials

Nils — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:27:01 +0000

I know, I know. I really wanted to post fewer commercials. But we just haven’t run out of material yet. Today, I want to share two commercials for high-tech toilet seats with you:

I guess for the genuine experience you have to add the toilet mp3 player, and use poetry toilet paper when you are done. And for more toilet wackiness, revisit the toilet training video!

Japanese Toilet Training Video

Nils — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:55:06 +0000

The following cartoon is designed to teach Japanese kids how to use the toilet. I think any further explanation would be a waste of bytes. Just… watch:

I can honestly not decide whether or not this is real… but I fear it is. Any brave souls who’d rip that tune and play it on their MP3 toilet?

Update: My Japanese friend says this is actually a commercial trying to sell the device at the very end. Kind of elaborate for that.

(Via Esquire.com.)

Poetry Toilet Paper

Nils — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:20:58 +0000

When you are done using your MP3-enabled toilet, what better way to clean up with some poetry toilet paper? They are printed with toilet-themed haikus. Of course you have to be able to read Japanese to enjoy them. I don’t, but I still had to include this little gem in the archive of Wacky Japanese Stuff.

(Via Akihabara News.)

MP3 Toilet

Nils — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:45:58 +0000

The Japanese are a very modern people. Everything is high-tech: Everything is automated, the seat’s heated, and since 2005 they also have the capability to play MP3 music while you make use of the facilities:

The MP3 player is not integrated into the seat-part itself, but rather an external computer which is mounted to the wall. Music is fed into the toilet via SD cards.

Good music to play while taking a dump include David Hasselhoff, the Spice Girls, Britney Spears or pretty much any of those rap-stars-of-the-week.

The MP3 Toilet is made by the toilet company Toto.

(Via Akihabara News.)