What’s so special about a toilet in Japan you ask? Well, I thought that the one in my hotel room (photo below) was already extreme with the two temperature heated seat, and the control panel down the right side with three buttons and a rotary control.

From the front to the back, the controls are:

• Stop
• Shower
• Bidet
• Status Light
• Heated seat temperature setting
• Water jet pressure control

That’s not the most advanced though it seems. Reading the in-flight magazine on my flight from Tokyo to Taipei, I discovered an article describing the author’s visit to a friend in Tokyo. It seems that his toilet actually talked to its user. It told him he was overweight and more (seems it analyses what you give it and reports on your health too!).