Hot jets of water up the bum enjoyed by majority of Japanese men

By Ken Y-N ( August 19, 2008 at 21:43) · Filed under Hardware, Lifestyle, Polls

Hot water bum washing toilet seat is... graph of japanese statisticsThis is a matter that I have pondered about, so it’s interesting to see BlogCh addressing the issue of hot water bum-washing toilet seat usage.

Demographics

Between the 29th and 31st of July 2008 658 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed an internet-based private questionnaire. 51.2% of the sample were male, 13.2% in their twenties, 47.0% in their thirties, 28.6% in their forties, and 11.2% in their teens or fifty or older.

I’ve used the hot water spray twice; once on a toilet with a built-in drier, and once without. Both were rather unpleasant experiences, and the lingering feeling of dampness downstairs was quite disconcerting.

Bum-washing toilets?

View Results

Research results

Q1: Do you use a hot water washing toilet seat? (Sample size=658)

  All Male
N=337		 Female
N=321
Every time (to SQ1) 49.2% 57.9% 40.2%
Sometimes (to SQ1) 25.2% 16.3% 34.6%
Don’t use (to SQ2) 17.3% 16.6% 18.1%
Never used (to SQ2) 8.2% 9.2% 7.2%


Q1SQ1: What do you call a hot water washing toilet seat? (Sample size=490)

Washlet 95.1%
Shower toilet 3.7%
Beauty toilet (in a French accent) 0.6%
Clean wash 0.0%
Other 0.6%

Washlet is actually a trademark of TOTO, the first company to develop a home-use seat for Japan. Although the French for toilet seems to be toilette, the “toilet” in “Beauty toilet” is rendered in Japanese as トワレ, which is toware, roughly how “toilet” might be badly pronounced in French.


Q1SQ2: Why don’t you use a hot water washing toilet seat? (Sample size=168)

  All Male
N=87		 Female
N=81
Don’t need it 39.3% 54.0% 23.5%
Worry about hygiene of it 28.6% 16.1% 42.0%
Don’t like the feel of it 10.7% 8.0% 13.6%
Never used a toilet with one 10.1% 12.6% 7.4%
Scary 4.2% 2.3% 6.2%
Other 7.1% 6.9% 7.4%

Q2: Do you know the maker of your home toilet? (Sample size=658)

Yes 61.1%
No 38.9%
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    • 7 Comments »

    1. PeterD said,

      August 20, 2008 @ 04:47

      I guess the “scary” response would cover the concern that the damn thing won’t squirt at my bum, but instead hit who knows where (and possible resulting embarrassment from wet clothing). Hence, I have never used one.

    2. feitclub said,

      August 20, 2008 @ 08:56

      My wife lived with her parents up until we were married, and even though they have one in their house, she has never used it. Me, I can’t enough of that function. The only reason we don’t have on in our apartment is the sheer expense - those things cost a lot more money that you’d expect, and they use a lot of electricity since they are essentially always “on.”

    3. www.japansoc.com said,

      August 20, 2008 @ 11:58

      Hot jets of water up the bum enjoyed by majority of Japanese men…

      The best part of waking up is a hot water jet in your butt. Ken of What Japan Thinks gets to the ‘bottom’ of how Japan feels about its butt washing technology….

    4. Jason said,

      August 20, 2008 @ 14:16

      I’ve had a heated seat and heated water-jet washlet for the past 3+ years and absolutely love it. It is just ludicrous to think of every using just paper again.

      To concerns about the water jet missing its target, it is extremely accurate.

      I am really worried if I will be able to import one into the U.S. when I move back next year.

    5. Kevin said,

      August 20, 2008 @ 15:51

      At home (here in Japan) I use the squirter EVERY time I am “on the squat”. Away from home, I do whatever I can to find one. Cannot understand why the U.S. has not adopted such a thing. Think they would be quite chearper to produce in the U.S., actually.

      Think about it, does one feel clean after working in the garden (on the car, etc.) and merely wiping their hands on a dry towel? Methinks not.

    6. RMilner said,

      August 20, 2008 @ 17:40

      I love ‘em.

      It’s not so different to a bidet as used in Europe.

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      August 20, 2008 @ 22:22

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