User Experience of Japanese Toilets

25Aug09

How do you flush?

On a recent visit to Tokyo I was amazed at how fluid the user experience of everything from trains to restaurants is. It seems that whenever you have a question, they have already thought of the answer.

One thing that drove me up the wall though after spending 10 min in a toilet, was: “Where is the flush?”

You can water you behind and/or front at different speeds, with sounds (several volumes), have a nice smelling perfume etc…

But the flush? Sometimes difficult to find, sometimes automatic when you stand up.

I love domotica, but you can get too far….

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