The Japanese toilet Institute – Yes, it is really exist – has started a new campaign for Japanese on how to use the toilets. The campaign is called “Let’s love the toilet”.
Well, what’s there not to love? as we all know that Japanese people are crazy about their toilet’s. They have robots to clean it for them, and they spent so much time there, that they offering some golf games while you are thinking on your boss.
The campaign aim is to educate the people on how to leave the toilet for the next person (how can I know if it’s a boy or a girl?? oh, the dilemma!) , and how to save on toilet paper. It appears that according to a research done by this prestigious institute, men use 132cm of toilet paper, while women use only 99cm. The institute is waiting to see if the campaign will end in a huge toilet paper savings. We just can’t wait.
[Asahi] via [DannyChoo], Toilet image [Flickr]
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If you want to kids to also learn about toilets in the Japanese way, just let them watch this:
A new photos exhibition reveals that the Germans have taught the Japanese how to make hotdogs. It wasn’t part of a cultural exchange, but during World War I, where the German prisoners showed their guards how to prepare Germany favorite food.
It seems it all started in June of 1918, when the prisoners showed their methods to Yoshifusa Iida, a government official that spread the techniques around the nation. Since then the hotdogs or susages, have made a round trip around the world, so in the end you can find this in Harajuku in Tokyo:
Via [Mainichi]
Photo by InfoMofo
If you ever wonder why the toilets are taken for so long, than you might want to consider a new habit from Japan. For only $11 you can get a complete golf play set for the bathroom. The set includes a golf matt, a club (57cm long), two balls, flag and a cup set. The unique bonus to this package is the “Do not disturb!” sign that comes in the package.
We can’t understand why Japanese people are so bored when going to the toilet. This is the reason they invent all kind of crazy stuff like this.
Product Page (Japanese) via Rinkya
As we’ve already know, Japanese people loves their pets. It can be their robot dog, or a nice parrot. In recent months many people in Japan fell in love with “Oto-San” – a cute dog from Softbank commercials. Softbank is one of the largest mobile operators in Japan, and it sells the iPhone in the country for instance.
Oto-San is featured in the commercial as the head of a Japanese family and promotes the mobile operator plans. It’s popularity grow so quickly that now Softbank decided to release a DVD with Oto-San daily life. The DVD is scheduled to be released during September.
In order to sign his new movie contract Oto-San has arrived in a limousine to the headquarters of Softbank, and signed the agreement with Softbank president Yuichi Kato. Two scary looking bodyguards escorted him all the way from the limo to the building.
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The “getting it green” doesn’t pass by Japanese companies. After the solar powered television from Sharp, the next item is of course the keyboard. Now you will be able to sit in your yard and play games with the keyboard and the TV – with no electricity needed at all. How about that?
The new keyboard is rechargeable by a small solar panel right above the numeric keypad, that can be charged from indoor light also.
In addition, it’s maker promises that you can use it for up to 10 meters away from your computer. You can also find the usual additional keys like volume and video player controls. It’s weight is 840g excluding 2 AA batteries needed for operation.
Unfortunately, Buffalo, the maker of the keyboard doesn’t say for how long it can work without recharge. The price is $123 and it currently sells only in Japan.
[Product Page] (Japanese) via [AkihabaraNews]
