5. How to use a toilet

(most of them) are hi-tech

Latest surveys say that over 60% (more in cities) of Japanese toilets are the high-tech type with in-built sprays and other features.

They’re like hi-tech bidets. They are for spraying you after you’ve used the toilet,  blowing hot air up at you to dry you, playing noises/sounds/music to disguise any sounds you are making, … and more.

There will be a control panel usually attached to the cubicle wall, or occasionally on the side of the toilet seat.

These control panels –

• are all different (even if from the same manufacturer).
• have some (a few?) English labelled buttons – but some don’t even have Japanese language labels – just graphic symbols.

One tourist reported finding a toilet that had 23 different buttons on the control panel.

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