Japanese Toilet Etiquette

Wow.... seriously.....just wow...

Quality innovation from Japan. I feel like such a wild animal haveing ever peed with out one of these.

wtf i have never heard about doing a pee with kneeling.
Is this some new etiquette rule ??

Despite the illustrations, this sounds like it would be more of a problem in low-to-the-ground, Japanese toilets than Western ones.

The only time I ever have any problems with splashing is after a few drinks when my aim takes a turn for the worse. Now that I think about it, the angel-knee pillow might be a good place to rest your head after a few too many.

for the love of god ^^ ^^
what's japanese been developing on lavatories anyway XD
this is seriously LOLS^^

kneel before the oval holed desk XD (reference from wisefreeman news)

lol at the lying down option.

Peeing while kneeling down??? Hell, I don't even sit down to do that, so kneeling is kinda out of the question. On an off-note, I've always wanted a urinal in my bathroom.

How in the world does one knock their dolphin on the inside of a toilet? @_@

wow...

I usually go for the sink

Lying down of course, if you pee any other way, you're crazy.

I do a handstand when I do number one.

Bah! Better to die on your feet then to live on your knees!

I sit down, so I can relax and forget about aiming or noises (I find very uncomforting all the big noise of splash from large range, specially if there are guest at home). Also, can do the bombing at the same time, is far way convenient. And as @Phenie said, how can you knock your dolphin with the sides of the toilet???

But also is convenient standing out when you're not in your throne, like on restaurants or gas stations.

That will convert your regular WC into an urinal. Useful if you don't like to sit down, but it's not my case. But I like urinals! If there are bidets on bathrooms (for women?) why not urinals?

I pee on the seat on purpose.
J/K

Always sit down, except at school or public places where the seats are disgusting and dirty.

.... let me guess.... a woman invented this... (not trying to start a war) just that for some reason people want men to sit down to do number 1....and its just... nutz..

Somehow I think being on your knees to do your business would actually take more energy than standing. But I can see how it can reduce "splash damage." I've never really had any of those problems though.

I wish I looked half as ecstatic taking a whizz as those men are.

sheese, I live in the desert, I usually just lean against a mesquite tree... xp I see a considerable lack of aim in this article, eh? JK, you "should" clean up after yourself, if you be that messy.....

LOL!!
the best thing i read this morning. extra power for today.
thanks a lot danny.

xD ... Wowww

Do they have urinals in homes? Judging by that picture they do. Having a separate urinal would solve alot of problems right there. Unless your worried about missing your target in a public urinal you could bring those along with you. That thing makes no sense.

sitting on the toilet is as intamite as I want to get to it...

I don't know why so many guys have a problem with sitting down to pee. Except in public, where the urinals often need a good scrub before attempting a landing. But at home where a clean urinal is a given, I find sitting down a great way to relax and catch up on some reading.

Wow... this is not something I was expecting, not at all!

awesome gadgets !!

Father trained/forced/kicked my ass to sit down on the seat whenever I pee, if peeing in the house. For public I don't care to sit down as you don't know who did what to the seat already so I just pee standing.

Leave it to Japan to pave the way in toilet technology...or urinating technology?...something like that. It's really a good idea, but I think I will stick with my own way of peeing thank you. :D

Regarding the poll: I always pee laying down. It turns bathroom time into a video game like scenario! Just hope you have good aim. XD

I prefer sitting since I did that when I was a child. Kneeling seems awkward... yes its the time to go nature calls (seriously) XD I'll try kneeling just once, to tell the difference. XDD

I'll probably laugh if I see this in anyone's home

Seriously.. kneeling.. Yeah no.. I'd never stand up again my knees would lock up in that postion. Bad knees run in the family. Guess thats why ya'll never see me kneeling in front of the boss.

But seriously, At home, or friends houses that I know keep their toilets clean (Emphasis on this.. Clean is a nessicity) Then I'd prefer to sit to wee. Just easier on me.. I can do some deep thinking while I'm there.. and when drunk sitting takes care of the whole aim and balance thing.

Now, if not clean.. then stand all the way. Or if All thats a available is the side of the garage.. well then Stand and salute ^_^

At home and at friends places I always sit to pee. No aiming and stuff. Just do it.
At public toilets I prefer to stand. Don't know if the one before had hemorrhoids.

incredible useles... xD

I don't know what I'm more amazed at. The product themselves or the that the man on the left is peeing out blue wee...
He should get that looked at.

I have to say that the illustrations are totally wrong too. Water pouring from a tea kettle has very little pressure behind it, when a guy pees his bladder is forcing the stream out at a much faster rate. kneeling down like that is a sure way to get pee all over your clothes, and that's gross.

toilet accessory fail.

Am I the only one that until now thought there was only one way to pee?

LOL genius but too much work just to pee.

Does anyone actually have a urinal at home, or is this implying you should take this unit with you?

I hope Tenshi No Hizamakura will help you guys meet a target as perfectly as possible.

Nice. :D Would make a good foot stool perhaps.

I find your recent fascination with the loo rather disconcerting, Danny.

... This makes no sense.

The guy in the green looks a bit too happy to be peeing..

O_O

LOL

Couldn't help laughing...

-.-

why not make higher toilets XD?

I'll keep my American style toilet as this doesn't happen in my experience with them.

Lying down...? XD

ah..........no. Nuff said.

wonder who pees lying down @.@
and lol at some of the comments. they could have just given a big funnel with a pipe attached to it if they are so concerned about pee flying here and there. pee in the funnel, and the pipe goes to the toilet. just put a tumbler of water down the funnel after you pee to clean it up.

i could have used these the other night. after drinking (heavily) sometimes it's a bit difficult to remain standing.

just be careful not to slam that toilet seat on your dolphin >_<

They might as well make a strap-on laser-sight or something =_="

I can´t imagine how would people lay down to pee, that is hilarious.

somehow, I thinks this will sell well... because its an "only in Japan " item :D

Otaku: "ITEM GETTO!"

at home I always sit. i much prefer the easier cleaning.

one guy said he never splashes... dude, look closer.

out in public it is always standing.

meh...i never heard of any1 peeing kneeling down or lying down on teh ceiling.
this is some wack invention right?does it work?

I am pretty sure I wouldn't like using this device. I've had very few mishaps anyway, except, like others noted, after drinking. Standing up is the way to go for me...

Definitely sitting down when at home or somewhere that I trust the cleanliness of. Did it since middle school. Hate misfires, splashing, noise, clean-up, etc.

What's with the 9% lying down...... O_O

midgets & little children might find this item useful.

Can I also have Oppai on the back of the toilet seat so I can hold onto that and keep my balance?

Dunno about that kneeling thing, but I really wish people in Brazil were at least a little more clean when going to the public restroom...
Wrote a rant on it sometime ago:
http://xspblog.com/2009/02/02/toilet-target-practicing/

lol Funny.

I prefer sitting though.

One (wiki) word: LolJapan

Just LOL @ angel's blessing the toilet!

But I cannot disagree that it has a innovative (?) concept.

Wonder how these will sell, seems pretty useless to me.

Maybe it will sell better if they moe-fy it?

another bizzare japanese innovation xD

LOL ahahahahha only the japanese =P

lol,who gonna buy these @_@

In all my years I've never heard of anyone lieing down to pee, only if you were in the hospital and had surgery, I did, and they put a catherder in the dolphin, it sure did hurt when they took it out. Secondly I don't have a stand up urinal in my house just regular toilet.
Just stand and do it, if you splash cleanit it up. and it would be kinda hard to carry those around with you wherever you go, kinda inconvient.
When i was growing up and went to my grandparents house before they had indoor plumbing, they had an "Outhouse"...lol one side for women and the other side for the guys. Talk about stink????? phew phew.

OH NO- i am guilty of the kneel....
i mean comon...
it's faster!!! ^^"""
and cleaner!!!!
AND YOU DONT HAVE TO AIM AT ALL!!!

i do it *ONLY* during the winter since i dont like sitting my bare ass on a cold plastic seat in the morning okay???!??? and im usually half-awake and aiming is too much of a pain...
....

(im pretty bad at justifying myself...^^")
im probably the only person here who (admittedly) actually does the kneel

wtf haha!! =D

And what happens when someone doesn't know what it's for and pees standing up and splashes on the kneeler? Good idea, but definitely need some kind of instruction XD

I think the kneeling in front of the urinal is a bit overkill.

And I think I'd feel gross using those more than once especially if other people used them as well.

This. Now this is what I call innovation. It's weird and almost unnecessary but I'm sure there are times where people wish they have one because their dolphin wasn't aiming properly xD.

Do they expect me to really pee on my knees?... *will probably try that next time he has to...*

This is really um... interesting O_o I'd give it a try.

DO NOT WANT

Hmm... never thought that guys would have problems going while standing up. I just love the expression on the guy in the illustration.. XD

I'll have to show this to my guy friends and see what they think.. XD

Heh.. but .. no, actually I have nothing to say to this... :)

Interesting, intertesting. People will actually pay money for that ><

<.< they make it sound like peeing is a chore
this is truly wierd

A revolutionary way of peeing ^^

lol kneeling~ wtf! haha

lmao that's awesome. i have an elongated bowl so it doesn't hurt my dolphin when i sit down

It really doesn't surprise me to see a product such as this coming from Japan. Not surprising to me, however, is that the states would outright reject such a product since many men in this country are stubborn and refuse to accept that they need to use such a thing!

Interesting... o_o;;

Thats almost as cool as the chopsticks with the fan stuck on them to cool down ramen before you slurp em down.

I... Er... why don't you just... sit down?

Looks useful...

love how they look like mini toilets.

and I accidentally voted that I pee standing up but I am a lady and not in the woods.

hahaha.

Do not want.. ^^; Kneelpee-ing just sounds / look / feels so wrong.

Impractical!

wow u dont see that everyday.

LOL! 8% pee while lying down........

Oh my, I never had imagined such product exist.......

I've seen many odd things in my life. This ranks up there.

sure is a waste of $58

So the toilet is now deemed holy enough to be knelt in front of. I just hope they don't add the custom of clapping your hands after you finish. >.>

that makes 9% that pee lying down
Anyways if I really need to be quiet about it I'll kneel a bit to close the distance. Why not just use some phonebooks or something? those typically don't cost 5800 yen...

Slaps forehead. Hard.

Wow...there are even 8 % of people peeing by lying down....Great...

I'm pissed! (sorry ^^)

Not mentioning when someone before you lost his balance and spilled around...

I think I can proudly proclaim that I am one of very few people who actually bother to clean up the toilet if I happen to make a mess during peeing time. This device is for people who can't bother doing that and need help.

Oh, the innovation...
Kudos to the 9% of people who pee horizontally though xD

Don't forget to wash your hands afterwards: http://mustwashhands.blogspot.com/

how about we just piss in a specially designed cup then pour it into the toilet.....

Wait...is it even practical to bring this around???...

i prefer to clean my mess to have to kneeling to pee. and i cant imagine the 9% of the votes going to pee in the toilet...(°°;)?

chalk one down for wierd stuff from japan that strangely makes sense........keep em coming

They just had to look like toilet bowl themselves. I can find one naughty use for these. ^_^

ummm...right...intersting but strange. I really dont know what to say other than...wow.

kneeling to pee?

what's next? taking a shit lying down?

their toilets must be so low to pee in such a position

9% pee lying down.

HOW?

Good idea to avoid flashback. Not sure I want to be closer to the 'throne' while doing the business however.

Yeah... no.

Anyway, everyone knows the trick is to aim for the porcelain at an angle.

adding moe elements to this product would sure be a ht...

hold up... how many people have urinals at home? show of hands.

or is the product deflate-able and small enough to fit in your back pocket so you can use it at every toilet you visit without spilling all over the place?

lol! awesome stuff.

I remember those toilets in Japan with electronic stuff, looks like the inside of the Knight Rider car, nice to see they still have classic ones, but seriously these look so unreal :-)

That is good for "Mom" since she's the one who do the clean up! For guys, who cares?!

I wonder if these pillows and new positions will help with prostate problems...They seem a bit wimpy though. Men should stand up and let it fly!

I´ve seen weird posts but this one beats ass!!!

It is so freaking hylarious to find out this kind of stuff..........dern!!!

LMFAO. Who the hell pees laying on the ground? Anways, I usually sit at home because I don't feel like cleaning up afterwards or I am half-asleep and don't want to have to clean everything within firing range. However, when I am in publice, I always pee standing up.

I don't think kneeling is really going to help that much, but what do I know. I'm sure most people using it would think it a foot rest and use it for that...

Fancy little invention. :D

I feel like pushing someone in while they pee on their knees

That is some invention. It might become useful.

Always wondered why the urinals didn't make musical flushes like the toilets did...

WOW WTF 0_0!??!?!! >_____<

Wait.... Lying down? how would you do that?

Lol. When I first looked at the first picture, I thought there were a pair of mini-toilets with a soft cushion for the lid. I guess they kind of designed it that way to illustrate it's relationship to an actual toilet.

this would be useful when you have the urge to barf after drinking too much. i know plenty of people who kneel @ the porcelain alter every time they've had too much of the jesus juice (^_^)-b

also, i know a bunch of people that pee lying down. my patients do that all the time. especially during the overnight shift when they're sleeping. good thing for adult diapers >^_^<

So.. the next logical step would be creating wings to convert sitting toilets to squatting toilets?

innovative but so unnecessary

I was just reminded of that screen from Robocop where the other executives fled the toilet after the evil EVP entered. One of them pee-ed on his own pants in his haste to get away. How will one escape if one is kneeling?? Haha!

sure come in handy..

OOoo Im so buyin one! Maybe the discount econ version xD

seems like too much effort just to get a quick leak, you know, arranging the knee thingies and all XD

hmmm someone had good idea

WHAT THE FU-!

That is really disturbing, needless to say you all should upgrade to USA style toilets. Even with these you can accidentally buy the wrong seat and get a long forward one where you, a male, sits down and something is crammed into the front of the bowl which is a major malfunction. Anyway they have water saver one too here.

The real toilet etiquette world wide should be, you pee on the seat you get hit in the head with a base ball bat, every time. You leave stuff in the bowl you get hit on the head with a base ball bat. You don't close the seat and the lid after you are done, you get hit in the head with a base ball bat, every time.

Taking a leak in a bowl shows ones advance in evolution. Those males who try to make the deepest most mighty drilling into the water sounding Niagra falls noise are cavemen. The best idea is to take a leak above the edge of the water in the bowl to make the water spin thereby not making noise which would wake up every one in the house at 1:30am , 3:30am and 5am.....................

Had to wait to post on this one because it took some time to cycle through how to respond and down with little toilets!!!!! :D (nothing personal we live in different worlds after all) / big smile.

Greatest thing I have seen in the last week. That was one of the biggest highlights from japan was seeing how fancy our toilet was.

Luckily I don't have any that kind of symptoms.

Interesting, very japanese !

this is what you called creative and innovative

reminds me of the time when i went to the toilet half asleep, i missed and made a mess all over the place.

AWESOME! Japan has create a more easy and creative way for you to do your pee. LOL!

That is the funniest thing that I have even seen in my life.

Wow... just wow. I LOL'd literally at the 10% who take a whizz by lying down.

Seriously, who the hell would take a leak while lying down?

<.< how do you pee laying down?...................nvm i um i dont think i would ever use that <.< i dont miss so i dont really need something like that

....WOW...okay..lol i guess its kinda coool.... ><; LOL

Whether it me pissing or masturbating, the Japanese surely do everything with cleanliness and comfort ;P

wtf did they made that for!

Haha-everything for the comfort.

So... who pees lying down?

Should be standard in every home!

I hate splashing my boots when i do #1's

That actually makes a lot of sense. Will never use one though.

would like to have one but not use it in the cr though and i doubt that it will be available here

Personally I always sit down. Unless it's a urinal.... I wonder if I'm abnormal?!

O: i think my uncle need one of those...or maybe three... xD