At my hotel, I found the toilet that pre-loaded extra water into the toilet when you sat down for a cleaner flush experience to be a nice function. It was also nice that it had not just a bidet but a bottom washer as well.

Dang. I thought this thread was about the US economy.

I think you're confusing this thread with "That sucking sound...", Pickles' as-yet-unborn thread where he goes into further detail about Japanese men and their post-onigiri noises. Or when they tilt their head to the left to tell you how muzukashii something is...

Hmmm... I don't really understand anything, but I guess that's because I have been hanging around in this forum...

At least I found this interesting article when trying (:)) to decode muzukashii from muzukashii.

<loud teeth-sucking sound>,...chotto......

:)

You guys have way tooo much time on your hands!! :P

Wash your hands, guys! :D

Sanosuke!

I've been assuming that the 'extra water being pre-loaded' when you sit down was water being channelled and pre-heated for that bidet function so that it comes out fresh and warm.

I think an automatically updating magazine rack would be quite useful. Thinking of patenting the idea and licensing it to Toto.

Am I the only one who, whenever I see a Toto toilet seat, always thinks of Dorothy's line, "Toto too?"

Mine came with a wall mounted remote control - which is in fact actually wireless - but thankfully it uses infrared so it's line-of-sight only!

The autoflushers are the worst though - the ones in the ANA Lounge at NRT flush for me at least three times during the process of getting in, out and actually performing in the cubicle.

Those have now evolved to a brushed steel detachable unit about the size of a pack of spaghetti. Matches the fridge in the kitchen actually. :) The buttons are even a retro round shape in polished steel.

Of course in the kitchen the disposal is certainly more dangerous than an incorrectly selected water spritz temperature. ;)

Back to the original topic, the Otohime confounds me.

Whenever I walk through the hallway at work and hear it sssshhhhing from inside the ladies' room, I want to shout "I KNOW YOU'RE PEEING IN THERE! THERE'S NO FAX MACHINE IN THE TOILET!"

I guess it saves water, but then again, loud music would work just as well... I can imagine it now... go into the toilet, pull down your pants and "Eye of the Tiger" starts playing...

Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" may be more appropriate.

Brilliant! Maybe we can develop a version where you can choose your music--somehow the 80s channel does seem oddly appropriate...

I have heard of versions that are more along the "babbling brook with chirping birds" line, but never came across one, so may be apocryphal. Certainly there are no birds in the toilet, either. :D

Nah, shows more talent to get in cadence with say, the 1812 Overture. :)

I could swear that I have seen a Panasonic/National washlet with MP3 player function in some catalog. It plays MP3 off a SD card inserted into a slot on the remote control. I bet the MP3 player will go quite nicely with your loo with integrated speakers and lights.