What I miss about Japan: Washlets aka High-Tech Toilets

Most toilets in Japan are equipped with modern electronic washlets aka high-tech toilets. They are somewhat similar to the bidets in Europe, but more high-tech in terms of presentation and operation.

On the first day inside our hotel room in Chuo, Tokyo, the inquisitive Dutchman quickly discovered in the toilet the washlet buttons on the wall. While inside the loo, he asked me what the buttons were for, so I explained in lay man’s term that it is to clean his bum.


The washlet buttons inside our toilet in our hotel room in Tokyo, Japan. You can use the spray or the soft version, and for the women, the bidet function. You can as well adjust the water pressure that suits you. Cool, huh.

‘Have you tried it?’ he asked curiously.

‘Yup.’

‘How did it feel?’

‘Hello? You have to try it yourself!’ I shouted back. ‘Don’t be such a wussy.’

OK, I will stop here before its going to get TMI, haha.

If you’re not used to it you’ll probably find it a little bit funny, and er, a little bit tickly as well, haha. It does not hurt to have a little bit of a toilet adventure in a different country huh? Eventually you will get used to it. I did, and on the second day I was already using it like a pro.

It’s very hygienic and saves you from using a lot of toilet paper and wet tissues. It will give a new meaning to recycling and help save mother earth initiatives (think of WWF for example) but will obviously increase your water consumption, and I mean the bill of course.

Honestly, I kind of miss it.


This washlet button with a full instruction on how to operate it is taken from the toilet of Tokyo Haneda International Airport. I am liking the 'dryer' function here. 

So when you are in Japan, expect your toilet experience to be laced with some kind of high technology =)

Travel Period: November 2014
Destination: Chuo (Tokyo), Japan

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Location: Chuo, Tokio, Japan

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