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]

P.S.

If you want to kids to also learn about toilets in the Japanese way, just let them watch this:

A new world record was set in Japan. Toshie Kawakami (57) was announced as the person with the longest eyebrow in the world at a length of 17.2cm (6.7 inch). Kawakami says she hide the eyebrow behind her ear.

A barber once accidentally chopped her eyebrow hair down to 3cm, but it quickly grew back. Apparently Kawakami is going to set a new record soon. The eyebrow grows at a rate of a centimeter a month, so Kawakami is going for the 20cm record in about three months. We wish her and all weird Japanese people good luck!

[Asahi] Via [tofugu]

Many times its work related when they are killing themselves at work. Sometimes it is when their pet is lost, and sometimes it’s just because they have to talk to the opposite sex.

Here comes to the rescue the stress relief vase or Sakebi no Tsufu. The principle is simple: you shout into the vase and that cause you to become calm and relaxed.

We have to admit hat Japan have a long tradition of spiritual relaxation that are sometimes beyond western eyes – but we fail to see how a weird Japanese vase can make you relaxed.

For $48 it surely makes the manufacturer pretty relaxed about its revenue. If you are really in stress, just shout on anything. Trust us; it will have the same effect.

More: [Amazon Japan] via [CrunchGear]

If maid cafes are new to you (and even if they don’t) you might be surprised to know that the Japanese have taken it a step ahead. The new trend is drag maid cafes where men are dressed as maids.

They are dressed as women and greet customers as women, but they are not. The cafes can be found in the Akihabara districts in Tokyo – which the technology district. The neighborhood attracts the Japanese otaku, the young people that are admiring anime, manga and video games. And it seems that are willing to pay more for this service.

Watch the full video for more:

And if you want mom to serve you coffee – Then Tokyo also got a place for you.

Japanese people are love new technologies and gadgets. Even if the gadgets are a bit weird. Take the new laundry dehydrator for example, it looks weird but it’s pretty cool.

Most clothes dryers use heat to dry the clothes. The problem with such dryers is that they use lot of electricity, and sometime even ruin delicate clothes because of the intense heat.

The fast laundry dehydrator uses dehumidification to extract the water out of the clothes within 3-5 minutes. Leaving them dry and without any damage. The only problem is that you have to hold the cloth while doing that, which may require several hours if you aren’t’ doing laundry each day.

According to the manufacturer this process also saves energy, which is good for both your electricity bill and planet earth. The dehydrator from Somela will cost $173 (18,000 yen).

This isn’t the first time Japanese scientists try to re-invent the laundry machine. Back in August, Toshiba introduced a new washing machine that is also a dryer and an air-conditioner. While will someone want this weird washing machine? We have no clue. But Toshiba thinks you’ll pay about $2,949 dollars (310,000 Yen) in order to have this kind of washing machine at home – models not included.

Product age (Japanese): [Rakuten], Translated [Rakuten]

Toshiba Washing machine (Japanese): [Watch Impress]

A new robot is supposed to clean urinals. The engineers at Mertec Engineering, the company that brought us this life-changing invention, claim that the robot can save eight liters of water while cleaning urinals. And it does this in only 10 seconds. If you happen to be in Kobe airport, you can watch the invention in action.

The robot is called “DASUBEE” that after the letters DCBA, which are ACBC backwards. The origin for that name is the reverse process which help the robot clean the urinals. No points on copywriting here.

Anyway, If you want it to help you with your cleaning chores, you should prepare to cough up 1,000,000 Yen, which are like $9,600. Let us save you the calculation, you can buy lot’s of brushes and detergent with this kind of money. In the mean time you can relax with a bunch of robots killing each other or some useless robots.

More: [3yen]

Source (Japanese): [Robot Watch]