JAPANESE BATHROOMS Are Weird and Wonderful! 🚽🧐🇯🇵 Foreigners Experience Japanese Toilets
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 พ.ค. 2024
- What is it about Japanese bathrooms and toilets that sets them above the rest? I filmed every single Japanese bathroom over the course of our trip across Japan, and what I found is that there's a lot to love! The bidet, heated seats, defogging mirrors, adjustable showerheads, mini toilet sinks that refill the tank, the wet room concept and so much more! This video is a deep dive into why Japanese bathrooms are so great, plus we'll also share a bit of our experience with public baths and onsen. If you're planning a trip to Japan, we've also got some Japanese bathroom etiquette tips for you!
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A Tour of ALL the JAPANESE BATHROOMS We Encountered! 🚽🧐🇯🇵 Foreigners Experience Japanese Toilets!
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What Is Unique About Japanese Toilets and Japanese Bathrooms?
Japanese toilets and bathrooms are renowned for their innovation, cleanliness, and the high level of technology they incorporate, reflecting Japan's culture of respect, cleanliness, and appreciation for technological advancements. Here are some unique features that set them apart:
Japanese Toilets
High-Tech Features: Many Japanese toilets, often referred to as "washlets," come equipped with an array of features such as heated seats, bidet functions with adjustable water pressure and temperature, air drying, and even deodorizing functions. Some models have touchpad or remote controls to manage these features.
Hygiene: The emphasis on hygiene is paramount, with the bidet function for posterior and feminine washes being standard. The use of water for cleansing is considered more hygienic and environmentally friendly than toilet paper alone.
Sound Features: Some toilets have a sound feature, often a button that, when pressed, plays music or the sound of running water to provide privacy by masking any noises.
Energy Efficiency and Sustainability: Modern Japanese toilets are designed with energy efficiency in mind, with features like eco-friendly flush options that use less water and automatic lids that open and close to minimize the need for physical contact.
Self-Cleaning Technology: Toilets with self-cleaning features sanitize the bowl and the seat, further emphasizing the cultural importance of cleanliness.
Japanese Bathrooms
Separation of Wet and Dry Areas: In many Japanese homes, the bathroom is divided into separate areas for the toilet, sink, and bath/shower, enhancing cleanliness and functionality. This separation allows multiple people to use the bathroom space for different purposes simultaneously.
Deep Soaking Tubs: Traditional Japanese bathrooms often feature a deep soaking tub, or "ofuro," designed for relaxation and unwinding, not just for cleansing. The bath water is typically shared among family members, with each person cleaning themselves at a shower or wash area before entering the tub.
Advanced Bath Systems: Some households have electronically controlled bath systems that can automatically fill the tub to a preset level and temperature. These systems can also keep the water warm, allowing for the traditional practice of family members using the same bathwater.
Waterproofing: Given the emphasis on bathing, Japanese bathrooms are designed to be completely waterproof, with floor drains allowing for easy cleaning and the entire room to be used as a shower area.
Heating and Drying Functions: To cope with Japan's humid climate, many bathrooms are equipped with drying systems that can quickly dry clothes or towels, as well as heating systems for comfort in colder months.
In summary, Japanese toilets and bathrooms stand out for their innovative use of technology, commitment to hygiene, and unique cultural practices surrounding bathing and restroom use. These features showcase Japan's forward-thinking approach to everyday life, blending tradition with modern convenience and sustainability.
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Even though I love all your videos, this one was so much fun! When we were in Japan we also were intrigued by the toilets. Your unique take on all of the features of the bathrooms made me smile throughout. I am really enjoying your videos from Japan. Keep them coming!
Aww, thank you! Glad you enjoyed this quirky episode. 😊
My favourite is it can make sound of trickling water … gives u added privacy and when u are relaxed it just makes the whole operation easier
Ahh, yes! We came across that feature in some of the public toilets we encountered.
Great to see the Apa Hotel's bathroom again 😂. Japan's toilets are incredible
Yup, they're a great little business hotel! Gotta love that their locations are always right next to a train station.
Hi Sam and Audrey well I have had a Japanese toilet here in Montreal for 5 years now.....after landing in Japan for a transfer and I saw the toilets in the airport I said to myself that is what I want back home............Great video,,,,,,,,,,,,,Effie from Montreal
Very cool! Way to make it happen.
Forget heated seats, Japanese toilets give you the full spa treatment, leaving you feeling cleaner than your conscience after finally finishing Marie Kondo-ing your closet lmao. Japan is definitely a great place to be. I just remembered last year when I was here to film one of our TV show episode. Definitely coming back!
I am so happy! I can't wait to see more videos from Japan! So cool!🤩
Yayyy, glad you're enjoy the Japan adventures. We've still got lots of episodes coming up. The next video was one of my favourite destinations of the trip. 😊
Great video on a topic that's difficult to talk about tastefully.
When I was young, I practiced as a sailor on a ship. The ship was very old and 4 toilets were located around the ship's exhaust pipe. The temperature in the booths was like in a bathhouse of 60 °, if you touched the wall, you got burned. First, you had to pour cold water on the toilet or put a cold towel on it so that you could sit down.
Oh, my! That sounds like torture. I think I'll take my icy cold Canadian toilet seat over a toilet that feels like a sauna.
What's YOUR FAVOURITE thing about JAPANESE BATHROOMS?! 😊🚽🚿
This is a great idea for a video. I'd love to see more supercuts... about food, hotel rooms, anything.
Thanks for the suggestion. We'll keep this in mind for future trips and videos!
Bidets are readily available in the US. I have family members who have installed them. I took pictures of all the different types of flush mechanisms when I was in Europe. Pull the chain, push a button, find the lever on the floor. So many styles. Thanks for this video. It's always fun to see the cleverness of other places. And remember - in some home you may have to swap the regular slippers for toilet slippers!
Ahh, pull the chain reminds me of some of the older toilets in South America! With the big water tank up top. It's interesting to see how toilets vary around the globe.
Great video about the bathroom experience in Japan. Heated seats, luxury bidet will make that inevitable trip to the washroom even more pleasurable 🤩🤩🤩
Hello guys! Enjoy your Japan trip! Yes Japans bathroom always interesting!
Thank you, Luzzy! 😃 Gald you enjoyed this video.
Best toilet I found in Tokyo was at the JAL lounge at Haneda Airport. It had the typical heated seat and multiple bidet options, but it also dried AND played music! New goal in life is to get one here to Tennessee. Another great video. Thanks guys!
Thank you for explaining this , my daughter had her bathroom redone and added a bidet to the toilet , she’s in California 😊
That's awesome! I feel like bidets are slowly catching on in North America. I have a couple of friends who had them installed. Once you get used to it, you miss it!
I too love the Japanese toilets, especially the bidet!!
They are such a great invention! They are also super popular in Argentina, though over there it's a standalone bidet that's right next to the toilet, so you just scoot over.
Oh, how things have changed since I first went to Japan to study and then work in the 1970s and 80s! At that time, the biggest topic of discussion among people I knew from the U.S. or Canada (i'm from Hawai'i) was the Japanese squat toilets, which were actually the norm at that time. My host family had one as did most public restrooms. Many toilets s out in the rural areas or old homes did not flush -- they were just holes that led to a septic tank. Even at my university in Tokyo, there was only one Western toilet stall in the women's restroom in our clsssroom building, and all the "foreign" students from the U.S. or Canada wanted to wait to use it. It was funny to see some Japanese students say they didn't want to use the sit-down toilet because they did not think it was sanitary to sit where others had done their business. Even into the 90s at some colleges in Hawai'i, there were signs for foreign students (mostly from Asia) with illustrations on how to use a sit-down toilet, but you'd still see shoe prints on some seats from those who preferred to get up on the seat and squat! For Americans, everyone (including me), talked about not being sure which way to face when you used a squat toilet (You should face the wall), and how hard it was, especially for women, to hold up your clothing and not let skirts or coats dip into the toilet. And the hardest thing of all was to use the squat toilet while riding a moving train! However, even back then, the little sink above the flush toilets that ran water to rinse your hands were very common (I still don't know why other countries don't use this water-saving device), and they avoided the wasteful and messy use of paper towels by expecting people to use their own handkerchiefs (now hand towels are sold everywhere). The way families dealt with cold toilet seats (because home bathrooms were never heated) was to use soft fabric toilet seat covers. Now, of course, Japan has taken advantage of their skills and innovation in technology, and the toilets are what everyone from other countries rave about. I could write a lot more about bathing, but no room here. Just one more cultural thing to note - Have you seen the button to make a water sound in public restrooms so that people in nearby stalls can't hear you peeing? In Hawai'i, I often heard Japanese women flushing the toilet as soon as they entered the stall so as to drown out the sound, and thought, "What a waste of water!"
Oh, wow! Thanks for sharing your experience - it sounds like it was quite a fast progression. I would say nowadays Japan is the country with the most modern and futuristic toilets in the world! And yes, we did encounter the button that makes water sounds in the public bathrooms. I had to try it every time I saw one! The sounds ranged from rainfall to waterfalls.
This was very interesting. I love the recycling of the water it’s so smart! How to make a home ultra luxurious having a Japanese toilet and your own onsen I’m totally agree with Sam! Maybe you can do something similar in your hotel that would be incredible! With wine tasting vending machine in the lobby 😜🙏🏼🫶🏼 better than ice machine and unhealthy 💩 snacks vending machines right ?
I can’t wait to go to Japan 🇯🇵 ❤
My lovelies that’s it for now
Sabrina 🇫🇷🇬🇧
日本のバスルームの紹介ありがとうございます🙏
ウォシュレット付きトイレを使うと、ペーパーで拭くトイレにはもう戻れなくなりますよ😆
国々の環境によって異なりますが、日本のトイレが世界中に広まって欲しいです
Great video...the squat toilets are okay if you can take care of business under a minute!! haha Cheers from Toronto!
Yep, if you're not used to it, it's hard on the knees!
I had the same experience Sam!! I was staying at a Ryokan in Nagano, & had no idea how to stop it!! It was awful!! I had to call the front desk for help! There were no pictures or colors to depict anything.
Still, I love the Toto toilets! Japan is one of my favorite countries!
That sounds like a classic 'Welcome to Japan' moment! 😅😅
too funny!!! Thanks for sharing
An odd but definitely satisfying video from you guys. We went to a Japanese spa while there and really enjoyed it. The Japanese toilets were like futuristic compared to some of the nasty squat toilets that we encountered while living in China for 8yrs. The stories we could tell you about the Chinese toilets!!
Haha, oh, I'm still traumatized by Chinese toilets. I remember walking into a public bathroom were none of the stalls had doors. And don't even get me started on the roadside toilet stops... 😅
@@samuelandaudrey Try having a toilet with happy hot pig snorts behind you. lol
Great episode. We finally got a look at the compact Sony camera that Audrey has been using in this trip (via the bathroom mirrors). What model is it, exactly? And if it has the interchangeable lens, which one are you using?
It's the Sony ZV-1F vlogging camera. We wanted something a bit more compact so we weren't lugging around 2 full frame cameras. No interchangeable lens on this one. I don't love it, but it got the job done.
@@samuelandaudrey thanks. It did a great job of audio and framing your face while walking.
Most toilets in Australia, public and private have dual flush controls.
You guys are ahead of us! Newer constructions here have the dual flush, but the home I grew up in didn't.
lindo video ,abrazos desde argentina.
Muchas gracias. Saludos!
Just add a bidet or bidet seat to your toilets at home. I wouldn't live without. Even a cheap one is quite usable.
Great video. Who came up with this idea?
We thought about making this video on our very first trip to Japan. It seemed like a fun way to document all the futuristic toilets and onsen along the way, so we finally made it happen on this most recent visit.
Bathrooms in Japan have a step up or a step down because you should be taking off your house slippers and putting on your bathroom slippers before entering. And taking off your bathroom slippers and putting your house slippers back on. For sanitation purposes, you do not wear house slippers in the bathroom and bathroom slippers in the rest of the house.
Ahh, that makes sense! We did encounter the bathroom slippers in the few guesthouses where we had shared bathrooms.
As a Canadian. I only know this because my brother has lived there for over 30 years.
The bidet is a great idea but one big disadvantage of raised toilet seats is your legs weaken and you lose your ability to squat in old age (unless you intentionally exercise those muscles). Also trying to fully defecate on a raised toilet seat is difficult because the stool doesn't have a straight path out of the colon thru the anus the way it does when you are squatting. It would be interesting to see a video like this if you visit China or India to see what their bathrooms are like.
Too much information.
Very true! I've noticed that cultures that don't squat don't develop those leg muscles. We put the theory to the test in my family, and most people could not get down into that position. 😅 And the bathroom stories I have from travelling in rural China about a decade ago. I wish I had been filming bathrooms back then!
im searching because theres a sink on top of my toliet LOL
You got to love those Japanese bathrooms. If only the west could learn something about the importance of an efficient bathroom. The japanese have it figured out. Harriet and i always love them when we travel there. When you think about ? What room do we spend the most time in.? Of course, It's the bathroom. As always Guys .A great video.👍👍👍
Sending you Hugs 🫂 and 💋 Kisses from Richmond, Va. Harriet, Jim and Yuki
Glad you guys enjoyed this quirky toilet episode! Maybe this should be an ongoing series. 😅 Wishing you a great weekend!
Yes, Harriet and i love our toilets. Japan has the best.
Hello. Is that a Sony camera? May I know the model please?
It's the Sony ZV 1F vlogging camera. We got it before the trip because we wanted something small and discrete, but the image quality isn't amazing. We used it for our chatty clips, however, our Panasonic GH5 also came on the trip and that footage is at a different level.
I am planning to buy that Sony ZV 1F. Thanks for the feedback. I am from Australia.
Video quality or Photo quality is your issue? thank you
@@bmacavanza193 Both! We're just a little picky because we're used to full-frame cameras and we spend a lot of time editing videos and photos. However, for a pocket-sized camera, it gets the job done. Half the footage in our Japan videos was filmed on this camera.
thanks again. I am convince to purchase that model. btw. We really like your Japan video. We went there last July. And planning to be back sometime in Christmas 2026.
I’m watching this sitting on a frozen cold American toilet seat with no bidet :(
We know that feeling all too well! 😅 BRRRRR! 🥶
You two are thr only couple who can talk crap.... luv ya both,,,xxxx
Haha, thanks for watching Paul! We do have a fascination with Japanese toilets. Maybe this should be a new segment - toilets around the world! 😅💩
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Toilet seat with heat? Come on neve use a letrine in the end of the patio?
Can't say I've had that experience!