ウォシュレット

外国では珍しいが、国内ではあたりまえのウォシュレット。初めて日本に来たときに使ってみて、飛び上がったときを思い出しました。
しかしなんとすばらしい発明だっと今も僕は思います。とくに変な食べ物を食べた後のGERI。そのGERIをお尻のあちこちに拡げるよりも、ウォシュレットの水ビームのほうが効率がいいと思います。外国では”BIDET”(”ビデ”と発音します)というのがあり、トイレのとなりにおいてあるお尻を洗うモノだ(写真はここ)。しかしビデを使うと、うんちが終わったあとにビデに移動しないといけない。移動している間に、便が床に落ちたり、その便でうっかりとすべったり、頭を強く便器に打つ危険性もある。
この記事を書く的は外国にいるリーダーに日本のウォシュレットのすばらしいさを紹介するためだった。。。ごめんなさい。
便を拭く・洗うネタみつあります。
- 昔の日本では「籌木(ちゅうぎ)」と呼ばれる木でできたお箸みたいなものを使ってお尻を拭いた。籌木の写真はここです。昔の人って籌木をお箸と間違えて使っていないんですかね?そのときのお味は。。。
- 明治維新後ではトイレペーパーがなかったため、輸入していたそうです。
- 携帯するウォシュレットがある。これはトリビアになるのかな。
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ecchi student
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Didn't the Japanese start using chugi in the Nara period? I read that somewhere.
ecchi student
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Didn't the Japanese start using chugi in the Nara period? I read that somewhere.
ecchi student
http://tofusando.blogspot.com
Didn't the Japanese start using chugi in the Nara period? I read that somewhere.
ecchi student
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Didn't the Japanese start using chugi in the Nara period? I read that somewhere.
Student
The water they used in Keio Hotel was warm. Cold is better. :V
study
lool
Animator/ graphic designer
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Used it before...pretty efficient but has a weird sensation?
Student
Remember the phrase "getting the wrong end of the stick"? In Rome public restrooms sometime a person would grab the wrong end of the Chugi and thus the phrase is born.
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ahh washlets, one of the must experience items in Japan. guaranteed to literally knock the muck out of your tushie. ^^
Overman
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Wait, we have washlets too here, right? I mean, it's not exactly unknown here.
Overman
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Anyone figure out how to use three shells yet? (bonus points to the one who can figure out where that reference came from).
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demolition man. ^^ btw about ur comment. do you mean bidet? it is similar but not exactly the same. this thing keeps the seat warm and spurts warm water up the tushie. even if you're a bidet user it'll make you jump a bit in suprise. ^^
manager
Hi May i know whether there will be a Unicorn ver 2 in the future?
Student
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lol i've used those so many times lol it's fun to experiment with all the buttons and stuff :]
manager
Hi , can a strike PG used a non PG weapons?
Ha!
Got one put in when I remodelled my house last year. It is from Toto and when I ordered it, it came directly from the factory in Kyushu, Japan. It is great, warm seat, nice cleaning with remote control. Both my wife and I's bottom cannot live without it now @@
Graphic Design student | Receptionist | Otaku
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Interesting post, Danny...
Hikikomori in the making
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This would be great in a water gun fight...
Student Engineer
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no, a CPS 2000 or CPS 2500 would =p.
Student Engineer
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Import to the United States please! I would totally buy one for my house.
Would want to test it's effectiveness, though! If it chalks up to what it's supposed to be, for $230USD I'll buy!
Gamer, the hardcore kind
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What? Toilet paper has it's own web site? That's rich. lol
Lucky I hadn't made breakfast before reading this, but if I had the chance, I'd try out a washlet. Maybe it could be an option if it's fast and effective enough..?
daydreaming
Hihihihihi I brought one portable washlet back from Tokyo 2 weeks ago...great reminder
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SD Card MP3 Players integrated into a toilet seat? Wow.
Seriously, best innovation. EVAR.
Overpaid Computer Nerd
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I would love to get a Toto washlet for the Master Bathroom but the damn things are so expensive in the States. In Japan there are several manufacturers so the competition keeps prices reasonable. In the states you will spend a MINIMUM of $1000 for a washlet to attach to your existing toilet.
My in-laws have one of these and it tried one for the first time last year. First off having a HEATED toilet seat is the next best thing to heaven on a cold winter morning. Remember that most Japanese homes do not have central heating. The toilet is usually freezing in the morning....except in Japan where you can get your buns nicely toasted. The actual cleaning is done with heated water too. I had my reservations about using it but my wife talked me into it and I'll be damn it is fan friggin tastic. Seriously you'll wonder why the hell you've lived in the stone ages so long...
And don't even get me started about the sink the Japanese build into the top of the toilet tank...
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These are "da bomb" but just gotta be careful.
First time it will feel like a water pick firing at your ass! You will lose sensitivity over time ala "deVirginization".
Aside from that on the National Hi-Tech toilets there's a sensor for when you open the bathroom door the toilet seat cover will rise up.
You then press the button to make the toilet seat go up or down depending on your "needs".
The bathroom is a sacred place in Japan. Seriously...sanitation is key in this country. One of more cleaner countries in the world up there with Singapore.
Freelance Artist
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Had one of these types of things in my first house in Switzerland back in 1994. Nothing new.
Head Lackey and Scape Goat
What I find most interesting about this post is the fact that Danny had a COMPLETELY different writing style / voice than what he has currently.
n/a
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This makes me think of Golden Boy when Naoko told Kintaro "Don't use that towel by the toilet"...
"Are you alriiiight? You're sweating really profusely!"
Grocery Store Clerk
Seems a little unconventional for me.
Grocery Store Clerk
The skirting water scares me a bit.
HR Manager
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we rented one at home...a serviceman would come round once a month to check and repair it. It had a bulit in heater...an air freshner function and multi-jet stream functionality...I think we had it for 6 months and then my missus called the guy in to remove it and we back to a regular seat...funny that even when we had the thing I still used paper......
Student / Wannabe Artist
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just imagine:
a japanese washlet that runs on a pentium 3, 755 Mhz, 128 MB ram and windows CE. that's why they can play music off SD cards using windows media player.
built-in technology that doesn't violently shoot water up your anus, microsoft has developed a technology that will give the sensation of the soft hands of a loving maid cleaning your behind.
College Student
Since I do not have the luxury of a jet spray toilet, but grew up in the culture of using water to wash one's anus...Here's how I do it.
1.) Our bathroom floor has a "flippable" drain cover, the purpose of this is to prevent larger
objects like hair and poo from getting trapped in the cover itself.
2.) After defecating and flushing, i flip up the drain cover, and stand on the bathroom floor
with my legs slightly spread apart.
3.) While holding a small basin of water (which we locally call a "tabo") with my
right hand, I then let the water flow down my anus, and at the same time spreading
out the inner cheeks of my buttocks with my left hand. The
purpose of such spreading, is to let the water thoroughly wash my anus.
4.) If done correctly, the poop particles and grime is washed away from the anus and goes
down the drain.
5.) When the water that is flowing down my anus is clear or no more pieces of poo are being
washed away, I now let water flow through my left hand to wash away any grime or
pieces of poo that might have sticked to it.
6.) I will then pour liquid antibacterial soap on my left palm, and wash my anus with
the soap, Afterwards i will then rinse away the soap from my anus and left hand.
7.) Next, I open the faucet with my right hand, pour soap again on the whole of my left hand
and then wash and rinse it
8.) Then i put disinfectant alcohol or sanitizer on both my hands.
9.) Last I dry and put baby powder on my buttocks to preserve it's smoothness. ^^;
I so agree with u! My Jpz MIL loves her washlet and is always *telling* me use it (she's old, so I don't get pissed off when she says inapropriate things like that) I prefer wet wipes and did an ahm... erm...*cough*... "experiment", and Lo! and behold. Wet wipes are better than the spray. Nothing beats a bidet though, IMHO.