The Rise of the Japanese Toilet {Toto washlet toilets with bidets!}

New York Times ^ | 29th May 2025 | River Akira Davis and Kiuko Notoya

[FrankRizzo890]

Just how much have bidets taken over in Japan? The restrooms on the bullet trains have them. THAT’S how much they’ve taken over.

[VanShuyten]

“ The restrooms on the bullet trains have them. ”

I believe the writers at the NYT finally saw “Bullet Train” with Brad Pitt. His infatuation with the Shinkansen toilets was pretty funny.

I can remember back in the early 80s when the Japanese train toilets were porcelain trenches that flushed directly on the tracks.

[William Tell]

Look up Luxe NEO 120 on Amazon.com. About $40 and relatively easy to install.

If your experience matches mine, you will never go back.

My brother was immediately converted after using mine.

His two sons were immediately converted after using his.

[Winniesboy]

I prefer the bidet as a separate unit, independent of but adjacent to the toilet. Would never go back 15 years after installing these installing these - now feels very uncomfortable visiting a house without them. I wonder if one of the reasons for the success of the Japanese multi-function unit is the lack of space in the average Japanese house?

(By the way - were you moved to post this item as light relief after your recent theological heroics?)

[Menes]

Hello,

you are most certainly right with your assumption. Japanese dwellings, at least those in the big cities, are significantly smaller on average than Western ones.

I believe that separate bidets, while taking up more space, will be easier to maintain, as well as being more reliable in the long run, than the ingenious Japanese contraptions.