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KITAKYUSHU, Japan – A toilet bowl used by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, a modular bathroom created for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and a prototype warm-water spray device for cleansing those hard-to-reach ...
Many visitors regard Japan as the gateway to the future. Technologically speaking, the East Asian country is so much more advanced than the majority of other nations, from huge robot butlers that ...
Step into any public restroom stall in Japan and you’re likely to be enveloped in a soundscape. No, not that kind. It’s the babble of running water, perhaps peppered with cheerful tweets and birdsong, ...
The Shibuya district of Toyko is home to 17 über-modern public toilets. In 2020, the Toyko Toilet Project invited renowned creatives in Japan to design the facilities. The project includes bathrooms ...