What heck... I'm from Brazil an I'm watching a american plumber reviewing japanese plumbers ... it's actually interesting...neat What a time to be alive
plumbers are expensive... yes. here in Brazil, they wanted to charge me 1200 coins to find a leak at my house. Other plumber spent 2 days searching. And by sealing the water tanks we found the leak route. So I made by myself an aerial route to the water tanks. So 200 coins for the plumber, 200 coins on pvc tubes and connectors and one weekend day with a help of my father in law. Problem solved. Well, it is not pretty, but it worked, lol.
Heh, I remember as a kid in the 90's playing video games on my Super Nintendo, I'd imagine that I was playing against some random person half way around the world. Online gaming existed in small numbers at the time, but I was too young and computer illiterate to be familiar with it. But even if I was, I never would have imagined how common it would become. It's probably more common to play online now than local online gaming. And I actually miss the days of playing Goldeneye 64 with a bunch of friends in the same room. There's a lot more interaction and reactions to what happens are immediate. You don't have to wait for them to type something in the chat window. But with local you could see what was on their screen. I'd always make a note of where they respawn and place proximity mines there so they'd get blown up the second they respawn. lol But personally, I'm not a huge fan of online gaming. I've only played games online literally a few times. These days I play games to get away from people, so it kind of defeats the purpose. I have agoraphobia and my computer area is sort of like my safe space. So having other people interacting with me on the computer (at least in real time) feels like it violates that safe space and just makes me feel uncomfortable. Especially if there's a webcam involved. I actually had an idea for a system where you'd each have your own headset display with headphones, sorta like a VR display, but without the 3D so you could only see and hear what your character experienced and couldn't cheat by looking at the other players' screens. Even if such a product was released, it would have only been useful for 5-10 years until online gaming became popular.
Why those „from see-thru to privacy“ thing doesn’t exist in the US or outside Japan in general? Because it would be smashed to pieces 5 minutes after being installed.
True enough. Here in San Diego the city spent $250K on a single "Portland Portable" and installed it on the street downtown... then removed it less than a week later, because it had been totally trashed.
There would be graffiti and scratches on ours in Germany. Normally, there are no public standalone toilets outside because of vandalism. The free toilets on the Autobahn are always a mess. The city relies on restaurants to provide toilets.
Those toilets are specifically designed to keep out the homeless and people doing nonsense like shooting up and passing out. The whole reason they go from transparent to opaque is because there is a timer. If you don't finish within the allotted time, it turns transparent and unlocks. Why would there be any other reason to have a transparent to opaque toilet? Why would you want that.
That's not a second sink or urinal that you're seeing in that restroom, it's an ostomy toilet, or for the layman, a toilet to clean out your colostomy bag. I had the same question in 2016 and a architect who had done work in Japan clued me in.
That makes sense as the japanese population is aging massively. Soon it will just be one giant nursing home for the largest number of above a century old people
@@captaincanuck4576 not at all. the design is a simple vacuum with fittings for #1 and a butt gasket for #2. The complexity people attribute to it have to do with waste storage and treatment. These are not things a toilet does. A toilet receives doodoopeepee to be delivered to waste management. Shopvac and duct tape. That'll be 23 million dollars please.
Was told the toilet room walls being transparent was because people were worried about people lurking in the loos, this way you can see it's empty before going in.
We installed a viessmann boiler in japan, the plumbing in the building was steel pipe with a pex liner...when you threaded the steel pipe together the pex would seal Into the fittings with orings, it was a trip. Oh, and can't forget they had black & Grey water sewer lines to the city center system.
Wicked video, you are well informed sir. The sink/toilet idea is something I have tryed to convey to building buddy's for years. From a layout perspective its quite smart. The bathroom only needs to be as wide as the toilet. Not a counter top and walk way. Also the tub/shower situation is worth a look. Recirculating tub water to keep the temp up. I will try to get footage.
Note that with Japanese houses being very small, combing a sink with a toilet allows for bathrooms to have a very very small footprint. Half bathrooms in America look like Versailles compared to the tiny toilet at my grandma's home
Perhaps a few words about the difference between aerobic and anaerobic would be helpful here. I have never heard of an aerobic septic system before. Aerobic bacteria refers to the group of microorganisms that grow in the presence of oxygen and thrive in an anoxygenic environment. Anaerobic bacteria refers to the group of microorganisms that grow in the absence of oxygen and cannot survive in the presence of an anoxygenic environment. A septic system is anaerobic by definition---as far as I know.
The one with the cellophane-like plunger wasn't Japanese. It's got Korean writing all over it. edit: And potentially, that plunger is not good in that the poop particles could get pushed up through the holes where the water comes. Possibly, it would get stuck there. And the bidets they have here in Korea often don't have the sensor for being seated. At my previous school, I sometimes got water shot at me because the thing would stop when you shut it off then as it retracts, it would shoot out again randomly... Good times...
@@OGDACMAN86 which state has a large population than Japan or even population density? Japan's population is over 123 million vs California 4 million Japan is 140 square miles which makes it 20 million square miles smaller than California yet has 3 times the population.
They didn't mention the heated seats, and the tunes they play to cover unpleasant sounds on toilets over there in Japan. They're not all expensive either. Most urban homes in Japan have a version of those.
I just wanted to point out that a few of those videos are not actually Japan. (One's like Korean (that cover plunger thing) because I recognize Korean writing.) Also, those "holes on the ground" toilets are actually quite common in Asia not just in Japan. I remembered going to HK 10 years back and their gov buildings still uses those. But anyways, it's interesting as always. Love your vids! :]
there just generic videos for generic viewers...... just a few happen to know some facts and details of witch there is not enuff of us for them to care there selling videos
@@lukelegg9915 nobody goes to the bathroom in a clear glass stall, and "forgets" to lock the door so that the glas blurs . that just doesnt happen in real life, only in "cool story sad fantasy land"
I'd hate to have it: you fill the toilet tank with filthy water possibly containing fecal material and you let it sit for hours at a time. God forbid tou have a guest with epathitis that uses that toilet;
@@AlessioSangalli it's akin to sink water, since it's coming from the water main, to the sink, to the toilet. If there is enough fecal matter that the faucet would be dangerous to use then that's not the sink, that's neglecting to clean your toilet.
@@TheStickyfingers88 yes but if you use it to wash dirty hands it not clean anymore. Also, I assume one uses soap to wash hands after taking a dump. Will the soap residues sitting in the tank for hours at a time not have any effect on the flushimg mechanisms?
Hey Rodger on the second video he is using a piece of wood sharpened to a point to plug the hole on the main. We call it broomsticking. Common practice. You then cut the wood flush with the main and put a permanent repair clamp over it. We do it when the corporation valve on the main has to be removed or gets hit during excavations.
The reason the see-thru toilet is not in USA is that it is actually a functioning art exhibit that came out, I believe, in 2020. You must lock the door for the fog glass to activate, and there is a huge warning, but it is quite embarassing when someone doesn't... I hear it is also made self-cleaning too
I've spent some time in Japan. It was there that I discovered I wanted a washlet (bidet toilet seat) for my home, which I now have. I am now married to a Vietnamese lady--Vietnam using bidets due to their history as a French colony--only the Vietnamese use "hand-bidets"...essentially the same thing as your kitchen veggie sprayer, but at the toilet. So I have the hand-bidets in 2 bathrooms and a Toto washlet on a Toto Drake II in the master bath. I love the Toto setup--both the toilet and the washlet. They are superior products IMO. The electronic opaque glass has been around a while, but Japan has taken the lead on innovative use for public toilets. Back in 2009, I did encounter some squat-toilets, but on subsequent visits have seen fewer and fewer. They are disappearing in preference to the western-style toilet. Squat toilets are actually more hygenic (your skin doesn't touch anything), but less convenient--and with an aging population they are problematic. 2 things I didn't see on your video that exist in Japan: self-cleaning, self-drying public toilets and most recently public toilets similar to the glass one you showed where you can see out, but nobody can see in. The thought there is to prevent attacks on ladies coming out of a public toilet, as they will be able to see the potential attacker. I think the one you showed is a similar concept. Finally, you don't see TP in the stall there, which is very common. One thing westerners have to get used to is TP might not be available. Many expect you to have your own--which is why all the department stores hand you packs of tissues (Kleenex) on the way out the door. That, or there should be a bidet you can use.
having over 40 years in construction trades, I always look how how stuff is made and put together. I have seen stuff that was simply genius and others that were pure ignorance. Really enjoy your channel. Keep up the good work.
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL. Thanks for this video! I lived in Japan for 11 years, from early 80s to early 90s. My first (very cheap) apartment had a toilet like the one with the faucet on top… brilliant idea. I miss the Japanese plumbing install philosophy of keeping the toilets separate from the bathing space. My toilet in that very basic apartment was in a separate room from the bath. The bathing room was small but included an adjacent soaking tub and shower. The idea is to shower and clean yourself, THEN get into the deep cube-shaped tub for a good hot soak. Awesome. The tub had its own recirculating gas instant hot water heater plumbed through the outside wall, and would recirculate the water while you bathed. I learned to reuse that (clean!) water, and would leave the tub full of fresh water all the time in case there was an earthquake (very common there) so I’d have water to boil for drinking, just in case. I’m looking for a Japanese-style simple soaking tub now for my bathroom in Virginia. So far, no luck.
One funny thing in quite a few public toilets in shopping malls in Tokyo at least is that they had a "Privacy mode", which was basically an option on the toilet remote to play white noise, or generic music to cover any sound you might make and avoid "embarrassment". Although I'm not sure if it was yours, or anyone else in the toilet. Also as a practical non plumbing thing, it was not unusual to find an over sized toilet stall in both men and women's toilet for parents who were alone but looking after a toddler. Inside the stall was a child seat mounted on the wall so you could put your toddler in the seat inside the stall with you while you went to the toilet.
Japan rarely supplies toilet paper for public restrooms. It has caused a secondary market of packets of toilet paper being passed out on the street with marketing materials on the packaging. Way better than the paper marketing fliers they try to hand out in the US.
Have you even been to Japan? In Japan all public restrooms have toilet paper. All train stations that have public toilets are stocked with Toilet paper. Even the remote bathrooms in the public park have rolls of Toilet paper. They even have deer gates in the park toilets to keep the deer out from eating the toilet paper if you head to the hiking trails out on Miyajima island in Hiroshima Bay . That is just regular tissue they hand out. It's called Tissue-pack marketing (Tisshukubari) is a type of guerrilla marketing that is a phenomenon in Japan. Companies use small, portable tissue packages to move advertising copy directly into consumers' hands. Because flyers end up tossed out, but a pack of tissue is something that people will use and hold, since it's useful. Or give to friend or relative that needs tissue. I think you are mixing up China. That is the country you have to carry your own roll of toilet paper.
@@ecospider5 I've come across public toilets without paper, but it seems pretty rare nowdays. There's a horrible, cramped old squat toilet (with a wonky tap on the sink) in a park near me, and someone STILL not only stocks it with toilet paper, but puts the little triangle fold on the end when they do!
So, that second one... every Sailor in the US Navy is taught to do that in boot camp, and again throughout our careers. It's called a soft patch, and it will hold water pretty well.
@@tell-it7649 just like with a vehicle, you can buy a jalopy or a rolls royce and they'll both take you to your destination. Just depends on how much money you want to spend and how much luxury you want. 😆
It gets better. Look at that Toilet agai nand wathc what is on the lower left side of it. An outlet with an Plug in it. Ofc it needs electricity from somewhere. I dont know about you but i dont see alot of Bathrooms with an low outlet like that. Or even an low outlet like that near the "soon to be" Toilet Position. Add to that all the codes surrounding how to do electrical wiring in an Bahtroom ... that Toilet will cost you alot more than 50k.
I had originally planned to visit japan before this pandemic hit. I really enjoy the culture over there when it comes to work ethic and stuff like that. My Aussie buddies wanted to take me.
A lot of toilets in Japan will have a button that plays a sound, like a recorded toilet flush sound. Because women in Japan were so self conscious of any bathroom noises, they would repeatedly flush the toilet. This was using an excessive amount of water, hence the button. Makes noise but no water waste
It's interesting that you called out the lack of toilet paper in the public restrooms. When I was living there, most restrooms didn't have toilet paper in them at all, but a lot of local arcades, karaoke boxes, and shops would hand out promotional packets of tissue. At first I had thought that they were just like Kleenex packets or something, but they're actually meant for being tucked away as emergency public restroom toilet paper.
I'm going to buy such a sink+toilet some time later this year to replace one of our toilets, duo to the small size (about 1.2m² room with slide door). Gonna be hard to find one for there's not much use for it in Germany.
40 years ago I saw an entertaining aquarium mounted above the toilet tank that had the fill water spinning and lighting up a variety of colorful playful of plastic spinners, water wheels, waterpower lifts for marbles, fountains and then into a small hand washing sink before draining into the toilet tank. Very creative idea.
I’m a first year plumber’s apprentice (UA 68 South Texas) never thought I would be I. This trade growing up but I do enjoy the career very much. There’s so much to learn, so this is pretty interesting to watch!
My wife lived in Moscow up until a decade ago. The apartment buildings they have there get shut down once a year for maintenance on the hot water (from what I’m guessing it’s hard and builds a lot of calcium) so they need friends in other apartments or use gym memberships to shower. Fun fact for the day.
Parker makes a shop air line system with aluminum pipes that get a bead/flare on the end and composite fittings that attach them together that looks very similar to the pipe fittings you saw around 7 minutes in. It's called Trans air. Not cheap, but works very good and if you design it properly it saves you on running costs for compressed air. They also make a smaller version called fastpipe that works kind of like pex/sharkbite.
That plunger film thing is bad because if the bowl is full of water and tank is full too when you push it and water doesn't immediately go down the drain (if there is a strong blockage) the water from the bowl will come up the rim jets and into the tank, force open the flapper valve and will push giant amount of water into the tank and might overflow the tank.. Now tell me if that does not make sense?
5:45 1) Vandalism isn't nearly the problem in Japan that it is in the U.S. 2) I don't know about you, but I wouldn't completely trust it to remain opaque for the duration; e.g., power failure.
Well then you make opaque the default and/or battery backup, though realistically just put some film to hid the bottom half. This is just designers trying to be "kewl". Apart from novelty value no one asked for that toilet.
People misunderstand how these work. Opaque is the default unpowered state, you have to keep a current running through it for it to remain transparent.
Better for you, as it puts more pressure on your bowels so you "evacuate" more. Plus, just think is people were forced to squat on a regular basis it would probably help their mobility into old age.
Yea how does that seat plunger work how is it letting air in to do it’s work? Also why you need to fill it all the way should just push the air work or does it compress to much?
When I went to Japan, we had a person with us that couldn't go to the bathroom for two weeks. They had to give her some medicinal herbs. That hole in the ground just didn't work for her.
I don't know when you went to Japan, or where you went in Japan, but the western style toilets are far more common than the ones that are holes like that. Also, the bathrooms that have the hole ones almost always also have western toilets as well. This could be a more recent trend, though; I was living there for most of 2020 and that's the experience I had.
Here's a tip that might prove useful: If you happen to find yourself in a place with only the traditional Japanese squat toilets, find a McDonald's because they all have western style toilets. Don't worry because it's Japan and the bathrooms are immaculate. This came in handy when I first went to Japan 35 years ago. I was in Himeji and the place I was staying at only had the squat toilets and I am nowhere near that flexible. I would think that this situation is rare these days because the traditional squats seem to be on the way out and anything built in the last 30 years or so will be almost exclusively western style.
The otohime (sound princess) is a normal part of Japanese bathrooms. It plays music or the sound of flushing because Japanese women don't want to be heard in the bathroom, so they would flush constantly. The stereo isn't a luxury item, but simply a way to save water.
I stayed in a hotel in Snhenzhen China that had the inlet for the toilet coming from the hot water tap pipe for the basin. It was onbviously deliberate as the cold water tap was closer to the toilet. I thought it was an excellent idea but it only works well if the basin and toilet are in the same room.
What heck... I'm from Brazil an I'm watching a american plumber reviewing japanese plumbers ... it's actually interesting...neat
What a time to be alive
plumbers are expensive... yes. here in Brazil, they wanted to charge me 1200 coins to find a leak at my house. Other plumber spent 2 days searching. And by sealing the water tanks we found the leak route. So I made by myself an aerial route to the water tanks. So 200 coins for the plumber, 200 coins on pvc tubes and connectors and one weekend day with a help of my father in law. Problem solved. Well, it is not pretty, but it worked, lol.
Heh, I remember as a kid in the 90's playing video games on my Super Nintendo, I'd imagine that I was playing against some random person half way around the world. Online gaming existed in small numbers at the time, but I was too young and computer illiterate to be familiar with it. But even if I was, I never would have imagined how common it would become.
It's probably more common to play online now than local online gaming. And I actually miss the days of playing Goldeneye 64 with a bunch of friends in the same room. There's a lot more interaction and reactions to what happens are immediate. You don't have to wait for them to type something in the chat window. But with local you could see what was on their screen. I'd always make a note of where they respawn and place proximity mines there so they'd get blown up the second they respawn. lol
But personally, I'm not a huge fan of online gaming. I've only played games online literally a few times. These days I play games to get away from people, so it kind of defeats the purpose. I have agoraphobia and my computer area is sort of like my safe space. So having other people interacting with me on the computer (at least in real time) feels like it violates that safe space and just makes me feel uncomfortable. Especially if there's a webcam involved.
I actually had an idea for a system where you'd each have your own headset display with headphones, sorta like a VR display, but without the 3D so you could only see and hear what your character experienced and couldn't cheat by looking at the other players' screens. Even if such a product was released, it would have only been useful for 5-10 years until online gaming became popular.
I love this comment
"I was in a Japanese hotel and took a peek at the plumbing..."
That's an unusual fetish, even for Japan.
Would expect it more in a German hotel TBH.
Why those „from see-thru to privacy“ thing doesn’t exist in the US or outside Japan in general?
Because it would be smashed to pieces 5 minutes after being installed.
True enough. Here in San Diego the city spent $250K on a single "Portland Portable" and installed it on the street downtown... then removed it less than a week later, because it had been totally trashed.
There would be graffiti and scratches on ours in Germany.
Normally, there are no public standalone toilets outside because of vandalism.
The free toilets on the Autobahn are always a mess.
The city relies on restaurants to provide toilets.
I really wish you were wrong.
Those toilets are specifically designed to keep out the homeless and people doing nonsense like shooting up and passing out. The whole reason they go from transparent to opaque is because there is a timer. If you don't finish within the allotted time, it turns transparent and unlocks. Why would there be any other reason to have a transparent to opaque toilet? Why would you want that.
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That's not a second sink or urinal that you're seeing in that restroom, it's an ostomy toilet, or for the layman, a toilet to clean out your colostomy bag. I had the same question in 2016 and a architect who had done work in Japan clued me in.
Wow
That makes sense as the japanese population is aging massively. Soon it will just be one giant nursing home for the largest number of above a century old people
That was my conclusion too- I saw a similar one in a new facility in my town. I appreciate that focus on an aging population.
I subbed because this guy is so positive. We need more of that
It's quite common for toilets in Japan to be more sophisticated than the one on the space station.
The from the space station sucks, hehe literally.
That's why I love japan. Who else is going to over engineer stuff for us
space station is a butt gasket attached to a vacuum. anyone with a shopvac and some duct tape has a more sophisticated system.
@@ScreaminMadMurphy that's a bit of a claim to make
@@captaincanuck4576 not at all. the design is a simple vacuum with fittings for #1 and a butt gasket for #2. The complexity people attribute to it have to do with waste storage and treatment. These are not things a toilet does. A toilet receives doodoopeepee to be delivered to waste management.
Shopvac and duct tape. That'll be 23 million dollars please.
In Turkey public restroom was a hole in the floor with a small bucket and spigot to flush it down.
Same in all over Asia and probably Africa 👍
In rural China you're the flush. Poop and then flush onto the ground below the hut with your urine.
Thanks to Top Gear I've come too see that is the standard. Being 6-4 I'd dread visting those places.
And you need to know how to squat
Was told the toilet room walls being transparent was because people were worried about people lurking in the loos, this way you can see it's empty before going in.
I'm remember seeing the glass that changes from chear to solid in Vegas 15 years ago. Rich people have it in their houses too. 😂
good thing is it goes opaque if the power goes out instead of clear.
@@kenbrown2808 Wow
@@joeh858 it's cool stuff
That "plunger" is just asking for sh*t water to be pushed up into the tank
I envision the adhesive seal breaking and the flood to follow...
@OneHairyGuy and created as a way to plunge a toilet without having to worry about expelling waste particles into the air.
When you said aerobic septic system with the bike on screen I thought it was pedal powered lol
Same
We installed a viessmann boiler in japan, the plumbing in the building was steel pipe with a pex liner...when you threaded the steel pipe together the pex would seal Into the fittings with orings, it was a trip. Oh, and can't forget they had black & Grey water sewer lines to the city center system.
Wicked video, you are well informed sir. The sink/toilet idea is something I have tryed to convey to building buddy's for years. From a layout perspective its quite smart. The bathroom only needs to be as wide as the toilet. Not a counter top and walk way. Also the tub/shower situation is worth a look. Recirculating tub water to keep the temp up. I will try to get footage.
Note that with Japanese houses being very small, combing a sink with a toilet allows for bathrooms to have a very very small footprint. Half bathrooms in America look like Versailles compared to the tiny toilet at my grandma's home
1:57 think that dude got it the other way round, up 小 for small, down 大for big
Perhaps a few words about the difference between aerobic and anaerobic would be helpful here. I have never heard of an aerobic septic system before. Aerobic bacteria refers to the group of microorganisms that grow in the presence of oxygen and thrive in an anoxygenic environment. Anaerobic bacteria refers to the group of microorganisms that grow in the absence of oxygen and cannot survive in the presence of an anoxygenic environment. A septic system is anaerobic by definition---as far as I know.
The one with the cellophane-like plunger wasn't Japanese. It's got Korean writing all over it.
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And potentially, that plunger is not good in that the poop particles could get pushed up through the holes where the water comes. Possibly, it would get stuck there.
And the bidets they have here in Korea often don't have the sensor for being seated. At my previous school, I sometimes got water shot at me because the thing would stop when you shut it off then as it retracts, it would shoot out again randomly... Good times...
there are a lot of things in japan that i wish we would adapt to have
@@OGDACMAN86 not entirely true Japan has a little more the 1/3 of America's population and is only a little smaller then California
@@OGDACMAN86 what state has 130 million people lmfao
@@MrTehpker Apparently none. Ill admit my ignorance. I def didnt realize 130 mil could fit on that island. Lol
@@OGDACMAN86 which state has a large population than Japan or even population density?
Japan's population is over 123 million vs California 4 million
Japan is 140 square miles which makes it 20 million square miles smaller than California yet has 3 times the population.
They didn't mention the heated seats, and the tunes they play to cover unpleasant sounds on toilets over there in Japan. They're not all expensive either. Most urban homes in Japan have a version of those.
The heated seats alone are to die for.
Yes he did. He very clearly mentioned the heated seats and music.
Literally been waiting for this video for so long!
Heard many years ago that the USSR had some crazy sink traps with moving parts etc. Love to get a visual on some.
I just wanted to point out that a few of those videos are not actually Japan. (One's like Korean (that cover plunger thing) because I recognize Korean writing.) Also, those "holes on the ground" toilets are actually quite common in Asia not just in Japan. I remembered going to HK 10 years back and their gov buildings still uses those. But anyways, it's interesting as always. Love your vids! :]
there just generic videos for generic viewers...... just a few happen to know some facts and details of witch there is not enuff of us for them to care there selling videos
Those squatty potties in Japan, so it's definitely not Japan. And they don't wipe with their hands either, so definitely not Japan.
I went to the bathroom in the middle of the city and forgot to enable the privacy glass
🤣🤣 i’m dead
wow cool story bro, not real tho
@@samjanssens1509 and how do you know?
@@lukelegg9915 nobody goes to the bathroom in a clear glass stall, and "forgets" to lock the door so that the glas blurs . that just doesnt happen in real life, only in "cool story sad fantasy land"
@@samjanssens1509 I mean it can happen, if you've got to go badly enough you may forget to hit the button
A friend once told me I was strange for having a bidet. I told him I wasn't strange, I just had a cleaner assh___ than him.
Nah, you just sprayed poop spatter all over your butt and pants. Little poop particles all over the place.
2:21 i think you can retrofit your toilet replacing top of the water tank with one that have faucet
Yes, UA-cam algorithm this is much more important than sleep
Don't attack me like that
@Draven Luciano omg lol did u find anything of interest
I've seen the sink toilet lid before in America, I thought it was awesome because it recycles the grey water from hand washing to flush the toilet.
The sink filling up the toilet is pretty slick
I'd hate to have it: you fill the toilet tank with filthy water possibly containing fecal material and you let it sit for hours at a time. God forbid tou have a guest with epathitis that uses that toilet;
@@AlessioSangalli 👍🏼
@@AlessioSangalli I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure the water that fills your toilet is clean.
@@AlessioSangalli it's akin to sink water, since it's coming from the water main, to the sink, to the toilet. If there is enough fecal matter that the faucet would be dangerous to use then that's not the sink, that's neglecting to clean your toilet.
@@TheStickyfingers88 yes but if you use it to wash dirty hands it not clean anymore. Also, I assume one uses soap to wash hands after taking a dump. Will the soap residues sitting in the tank for hours at a time not have any effect on the flushimg mechanisms?
You can get most of those "diamond" toilets from the 2nd to last in the US from Toto.
@@restopesto9448 King me! :)
Hey Rodger on the second video he is using a piece of wood sharpened to a point to plug the hole on the main. We call it broomsticking. Common practice. You then cut the wood flush with the main and put a permanent repair clamp over it. We do it when the corporation valve on the main has to be removed or gets hit during excavations.
The reason the see-thru toilet is not in USA is that it is actually a functioning art exhibit that came out, I believe, in 2020. You must lock the door for the fog glass to activate, and there is a huge warning, but it is quite embarassing when someone doesn't...
I hear it is also made self-cleaning too
dude you got the funkiest accent i have heard in a while and i have lived in about 8 different countries
I never knew plumbing is such an interesting field of work! i love these videos! Thank you very much for your content, greetings from Germany:)
my grandparents had a hightech toilet back in the 90's
I saw one of your truck s a few days ago in Garland, Texas
I've spent some time in Japan. It was there that I discovered I wanted a washlet (bidet toilet seat) for my home, which I now have. I am now married to a Vietnamese lady--Vietnam using bidets due to their history as a French colony--only the Vietnamese use "hand-bidets"...essentially the same thing as your kitchen veggie sprayer, but at the toilet. So I have the hand-bidets in 2 bathrooms and a Toto washlet on a Toto Drake II in the master bath. I love the Toto setup--both the toilet and the washlet. They are superior products IMO. The electronic opaque glass has been around a while, but Japan has taken the lead on innovative use for public toilets. Back in 2009, I did encounter some squat-toilets, but on subsequent visits have seen fewer and fewer. They are disappearing in preference to the western-style toilet. Squat toilets are actually more hygenic (your skin doesn't touch anything), but less convenient--and with an aging population they are problematic. 2 things I didn't see on your video that exist in Japan: self-cleaning, self-drying public toilets and most recently public toilets similar to the glass one you showed where you can see out, but nobody can see in. The thought there is to prevent attacks on ladies coming out of a public toilet, as they will be able to see the potential attacker. I think the one you showed is a similar concept. Finally, you don't see TP in the stall there, which is very common. One thing westerners have to get used to is TP might not be available. Many expect you to have your own--which is why all the department stores hand you packs of tissues (Kleenex) on the way out the door. That, or there should be a bidet you can use.
8:25 Automated "When did I poop" calendar?! Shut up and take my money. This is the Fitbit of feces and I love it.
That toilet hole that you do your work called alaturca but i dont know why 😂
I definitely agree that nowadays we should be looking at implementing grey water systems in new build houses
having over 40 years in construction trades, I always look how how stuff is made and put together. I have seen stuff that was simply genius and others that were pure ignorance. Really enjoy your channel. Keep up the good work.
Love your vids bro!
I've lived in Japan a fair bit, really modern toilets now deodorize the room too.
great channel. i always thought that the sink on the toilet tank is beyond genius.
2:38 It's all fun and games until you're doing your thing, and then the toilet malfunctions and the seat retracts from under you
Or starts playing the National Anthem and you are forced to stand!
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL. Thanks for this video! I lived in Japan for 11 years, from early 80s to early 90s. My first (very cheap) apartment had a toilet like the one with the faucet on top… brilliant idea. I miss the Japanese plumbing install philosophy of keeping the toilets separate from the bathing space. My toilet in that very basic apartment was in a separate room from the bath. The bathing room was small but included an adjacent soaking tub and shower. The idea is to shower and clean yourself, THEN get into the deep cube-shaped tub for a good hot soak. Awesome. The tub had its own recirculating gas instant hot water heater plumbed through the outside wall, and would recirculate the water while you bathed. I learned to reuse that (clean!) water, and would leave the tub full of fresh water all the time in case there was an earthquake (very common there) so I’d have water to boil for drinking, just in case. I’m looking for a Japanese-style simple soaking tub now for my bathroom in Virginia. So far, no luck.
One funny thing in quite a few public toilets in shopping malls in Tokyo at least is that they had a "Privacy mode", which was basically an option on the toilet remote to play white noise, or generic music to cover any sound you might make and avoid "embarrassment". Although I'm not sure if it was yours, or anyone else in the toilet.
Also as a practical non plumbing thing, it was not unusual to find an over sized toilet stall in both men and women's toilet for parents who were alone but looking after a toddler. Inside the stall was a child seat mounted on the wall so you could put your toddler in the seat inside the stall with you while you went to the toilet.
The expensive toilet part is like that bobs burger episode with the talking toilet.
Or the super potty from The PJ's. lol
I agree with everything you said.
LA has some crazy plumbing ideas... They use rain to flush the toilet (sidewalk)! But not everything flushes...
These kind of videos are awesome. Its really cool to see how things are done elsewhere in the world.
Japan rarely supplies toilet paper for public restrooms. It has caused a secondary market of packets of toilet paper being passed out on the street with marketing materials on the packaging. Way better than the paper marketing fliers they try to hand out in the US.
Have you even been to Japan?
In Japan all public restrooms have toilet paper. All train stations that have public toilets are stocked with Toilet paper. Even the remote bathrooms in the public park have rolls of Toilet paper. They even have deer gates in the park toilets to keep the deer out from eating the toilet paper if you head to the hiking trails out on Miyajima island in Hiroshima Bay .
That is just regular tissue they hand out. It's called Tissue-pack marketing (Tisshukubari) is a type of guerrilla marketing that is a phenomenon in Japan. Companies use small, portable tissue packages to move advertising copy directly into consumers' hands. Because flyers end up tossed out, but a pack of tissue is something that people will use and hold, since it's useful. Or give to friend or relative that needs tissue.
I think you are mixing up China. That is the country you have to carry your own roll of toilet paper.
Some don't
I wouldn't say rarely these days. All train restrooms do, subway maybe not. Hotels, shopping malls, etc. definitely.
I was in Japan 25 years ago. We had to use the tissue packs almost everywhere. Especially the malls and train stations. Maybe it is different now.
@@ecospider5 I've come across public toilets without paper, but it seems pretty rare nowdays. There's a horrible, cramped old squat toilet (with a wonky tap on the sink) in a park near me, and someone STILL not only stocks it with toilet paper, but puts the little triangle fold on the end when they do!
Definitely should use the water from the sink etc to close our bathrooms.... That's just wasted water.
So, that second one... every Sailor in the US Navy is taught to do that in boot camp, and again throughout our careers. It's called a soft patch, and it will hold water pretty well.
You're literally flushing your money down the drain buying a $50,000 toilet. Lol
Technically you’re always flushing your money down the drain, if you’re on city water
Not if you're rich enough
@@tell-it7649 just like with a vehicle, you can buy a jalopy or a rolls royce and they'll both take you to your destination. Just depends on how much money you want to spend and how much luxury you want. 😆
It gets better.
Look at that Toilet agai nand wathc what is on the lower left side of it.
An outlet with an Plug in it. Ofc it needs electricity from somewhere.
I dont know about you but i dont see alot of Bathrooms with an low outlet like that. Or even an low outlet like that near the "soon to be" Toilet Position.
Add to that all the codes surrounding how to do electrical wiring in an Bahtroom ... that Toilet will cost you alot more than 50k.
@@kaitan4160 it should be wired for wet locations like you would for an outdoor outlet with gfci.
I had originally planned to visit japan before this pandemic hit. I really enjoy the culture over there when it comes to work ethic and stuff like that. My Aussie buddies wanted to take me.
At 4:27 with the clip of yellow plastic plunger to unclog the toilet is in the Korean language written on the plastic wrap.
I like when people, like this, knows that things are different outside his country, and doesn't bash them for doing things differently
A lot of toilets in Japan will have a button that plays a sound, like a recorded toilet flush sound. Because women in Japan were so self conscious of any bathroom noises, they would repeatedly flush the toilet. This was using an excessive amount of water, hence the button. Makes noise but no water waste
It's interesting that you called out the lack of toilet paper in the public restrooms. When I was living there, most restrooms didn't have toilet paper in them at all, but a lot of local arcades, karaoke boxes, and shops would hand out promotional packets of tissue. At first I had thought that they were just like Kleenex packets or something, but they're actually meant for being tucked away as emergency public restroom toilet paper.
5:10 that's really gonna suck when your hands go straight through it into poop water
The washing hands thing should become mandatory.
that sink/fill for the toilet thing is simply mind boggling why we don't have that here...in the USA id totally use that
Pumpkin soup 4:28 😂
I’ve fitted some of these futuristic toilets, over in Scotland, they’re quite interesting, the wiring that goes into them is crazy.
I'm going to buy such a sink+toilet some time later this year to replace one of our toilets, duo to the small size (about 1.2m² room with slide door). Gonna be hard to find one for there's not much use for it in Germany.
Oh you is doing it!!!
40 years ago I saw an entertaining aquarium mounted above the toilet tank that had the fill water spinning and lighting up a variety of colorful playful of plastic spinners, water wheels, waterpower lifts for marbles, fountains and then into a small hand washing sink before draining into the toilet tank. Very creative idea.
I’m here cuz I saw that the thumbnail used a part of M Charizard card
2:23, that's basically the flare they put in brake lines on cars.
Wow I've never been this early!!!
I don't know if that "plunger" is from Japan or not, but it does happen to be covered in Korean writing.
Pretty advanced over there, it’s nice to see
I’m a first year plumber’s apprentice (UA 68 South Texas) never thought I would be I. This trade growing up but I do enjoy the career very much. There’s so much to learn, so this is pretty interesting to watch!
My wife lived in Moscow up until a decade ago. The apartment buildings they have there get shut down once a year for maintenance on the hot water (from what I’m guessing it’s hard and builds a lot of calcium) so they need friends in other apartments or use gym memberships to shower. Fun fact for the day.
Parker makes a shop air line system with aluminum pipes that get a bead/flare on the end and composite fittings that attach them together that looks very similar to the pipe fittings you saw around 7 minutes in. It's called Trans air. Not cheap, but works very good and if you design it properly it saves you on running costs for compressed air. They also make a smaller version called fastpipe that works kind of like pex/sharkbite.
Love the sink above the toilet, clever way to save water
I wonder if it’s true if you live on the other side of the equator when water drains it swirls the opposite way?
That plunger film thing is bad because if the bowl is full of water and tank is full too when you push it and water doesn't immediately go down the drain (if there is a strong blockage) the water from the bowl will come up the rim jets and into the tank, force open the flapper valve and will push giant amount of water into the tank and might overflow the tank.. Now tell me if that does not make sense?
5:45 1) Vandalism isn't nearly the problem in Japan that it is in the U.S. 2) I don't know about you, but I wouldn't completely trust it to remain opaque for the duration; e.g., power failure.
Well then you make opaque the default and/or battery backup, though realistically just put some film to hid the bottom half.
This is just designers trying to be "kewl". Apart from novelty value no one asked for that toilet.
People misunderstand how these work. Opaque is the default unpowered state, you have to keep a current running through it for it to remain transparent.
A Real man's Job Respect ✌️
Having to squat would suck so bad especially if I really have to go..Lmao
Better for you, as it puts more pressure on your bowels so you "evacuate" more.
Plus, just think is people were forced to squat on a regular basis it would probably help their mobility into old age.
that “plumger” is actually Korean
whoopsie :(
Pali pali chingu
I was about to say... you beat me to it. Lol
@@cherrysdiy5005 And you beat me to commenting "beat me to it".
@@tabortollefson Haha, just when you are about to make a comment and someone else made it. Been there done that! Have a good night.
A smart toilet that could determine if a courtesy/flush before you plug it would be cool.
Play some ominous music and shouts "Godzilla!!"
Americans can't even take care of their local McDonald's restrooms let alone a high tech one
Question about the cellophane/plunger at 4:55. Wouldn't the air pressure just go up the holes in the rim and into the tank??
Yes, that’s why you’re not supposed to keep flushing if the toilet clogs up. Don’t want poopy water backfeeding into the tank.
@@Rayden440 That's impossible. Poopy water can't get into the tank simply by flushing.
Haha! I love these reactions to foreign plumbing!
I might have to call you up to come down here because my toilet keeps rising for no reason
It’s the float inside the tank.
Ghost poop
@@moocow6350 if so, easy fix.
A lot of the toilets show were ADA accessible units, the big sink with a flush handle is for emptying and washing out things like colostomy bags.
The first one reminded me of Blu-Lock fittings
The novelty plunger actually started as inmates clearing the drain to smoke so they don't get caught with contraband
As an American who has traveled to Mexico I have seen some sketch plumbing. Love the sink back toilet
By default, the toilet plays Nickelback to completely hide when you are actually going.
God I'd rather listen to my dad after superbowl Sunday on the toilet
Yea how does that seat plunger work how is it letting air in to do it’s work? Also why you need to fill it all the way should just push the air work or does it compress to much?
My understanding of plungers was you use them to back a clog out, not shove it forwards, in order to avoid bursting pipes.
Japan is the most advanced country in the world. The way they innovate is out of this world.
I love the camera showing Rogers Custom Ear phones or CIEM’s
Make no mistake towards Japan's workmanship/quality, Tagagi tankless units are stellar. Newest line condensing units extraordinary.
When I went to Japan, we had a person with us that couldn't go to the bathroom for two weeks. They had to give her some medicinal herbs. That hole in the ground just didn't work for her.
I don't know when you went to Japan, or where you went in Japan, but the western style toilets are far more common than the ones that are holes like that. Also, the bathrooms that have the hole ones almost always also have western toilets as well. This could be a more recent trend, though; I was living there for most of 2020 and that's the experience I had.
Here's a tip that might prove useful: If you happen to find yourself in a place with only the traditional Japanese squat toilets, find a McDonald's because they all have western style toilets. Don't worry because it's Japan and the bathrooms are immaculate. This came in handy when I first went to Japan 35 years ago. I was in Himeji and the place I was staying at only had the squat toilets and I am nowhere near that flexible. I would think that this situation is rare these days because the traditional squats seem to be on the way out and anything built in the last 30 years or so will be almost exclusively western style.
@@kurt9395 I have only come across one squat toilet and that was at a Monestery on Mount Olympus on Cyprus and that was 9 years ago.
Yeah, there's no squat toilets in Japan. Sounds like you're full of it.
The otohime (sound princess) is a normal part of Japanese bathrooms. It plays music or the sound of flushing because Japanese women don't want to be heard in the bathroom, so they would flush constantly. The stereo isn't a luxury item, but simply a way to save water.
I stayed in a hotel in Snhenzhen China that had the inlet for the toilet coming from the hot water tap pipe for the basin. It was onbviously deliberate as the cold water tap was closer to the toilet. I thought it was an excellent idea but it only works well if the basin and toilet are in the same room.