Why You Need to Try a High-Tech Japanese Toilet

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Published 2019-04-23
Once you use a toilet with a heated seat that washes and dries your tushy automatically, you can never go back. In Japan, about 80% of Japanese homes have electronic toilets, and it’s easy to see why.

Lifehacker staff writer Nick Douglas ventured to Tokyo to learn what it took for Japan to accept high-tech toilets into their homes—and what it’ll take for Americans to do the same.

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All Comments (21)
  • @Calmdown1354
    First crap back in the UK after visiting Japan I felt like a caveman! We literally used the toilet at every opportunity over there. The holiday was awesome but the toilets were definitely our fondest memories 😁
  • @PeterEhik
    Watching this while sitting on my offline toilet
  • @getaasciesh1
    It is hard to describe the feeling you get when you seat down on this toilet. You will be surprised every time. When in Japan, I sat down even when I had to just pee just because of the warmth and feel good.
  • @ClarkPotter
    Have been to Japan. Can confirm. The ascendant joy of use conveyed in this video is not overstated an iota.
  • 1. How do you wipe. 2. Who else is here after watching the latest episode of South Park?
  • Just don‘t tell everyone else how great it is. I heard there was a kid two years ago writing about this in the school newspaper.
  • @htasul
    I'm always envious of these. It seems like such a stupid thing that they aren't everywhere in the western world.
  • @HYNKZL
    With the toilet paper shortage bring them to North America.
  • @NarendranAshok
    Japan is truly ahead of the rest of the world in increasing human convenience through technology. God bless Japan.
  • @DDL954
    randy marsh brought me here