10 Things That Might Surprise You in Japan
First Time in Japan Life in Japan
To avoid getting culture shock, read up on these 10 quick travel tips before your first trip to the land of the rising sun.
Japan Campaigns to Tout its High-Tech Toilets
Japan to use a campaign on its high-tech toilets as a means of attracting tourists.
7 Reasons I love My Japanese Bathroom
From bathroom slippers to toilet covers, Grace from Texan in Tokyo offers up a list of essential features you won't see anywhere else.
From Sea to Summit—27 Hours of Exhaustion
For experienced climbers and hikers, hitting the trail leading to the top of Mount Fuji from the fifth station is doable, from the first station is a challenge, but from the Pacifi...
Calling All Bookworms!
Ikebukuro's newest hotel offers a book lover's paradise with comfy beds that are hidden away in bookshelves.
The Truth About Toilet History
It's easy to get a chuckle out of toilet humor, but the reality is they're vital to our modern lives.
Funassyi's Toilet Cleaning Time
Funassyi spends more time playing than cleaning, which is all the better for our amusement anyway.
6 Designer Public Restrooms
While the public restroom has largely been shunned as an architectural subject in the Western world, in Japan it stands as its own archetype.
Japan's Accessible Toilets Second to None
These expansive spaces give you plenty of room to move, even in a wheelchair.
Toto Created a Toilet Goalie?
One of the world's greatest goalkeepers is actually a toilet.
12 Reasons Why Japanese Bathrooms Are the Best
Adorable Aiko from "Life Where I'm From" outlines her very scientific reasons why Japanese bathrooms are second to none. She has us convinced!
Toto Toilet Gallery at Narita Airport?
Toto's toilet gallery at Narita Airport aims to show foreigners the joys of owning a Japanese toilet.
12 International Toilets that Shock Japan
Think Japanese toilets are odd? Well, these 12 international toilets throw Japanese people for a spin!
Luxury for Your Lower Parts
You can become the proud owner of Toto's top-end Neorest at prices starting at ¥352,000.
28 Businesses & Regions Receive Toilet Awards
Despite the already remarkably high quality of public toilets in Japan, members of Japan’s national government are spearheading a nationwide campaign to upgrade Japan’s public toil...
Impress House Guests With Toilet Paper Origami
Take your hospitality skills to the next level with toilet paper origami!
Schoolgirls Create Disaster Relief Toilet
A group of Japanese high school girls has created a sanitary and cost-effective portable toilet.
See Japan's Latest Toilet Paper Dispenser
A new Japanese toilet paper dispenser automatically cuts the perfect amount, and then folds the edges of your toilet paper into neat triangles for the next person to use.
