High Tech Toilet

Miscellaneous Thoughts on Japan

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March 14th 2006
NOTE: Our hope was to post a link to a snapfish album with all of our Japan photos but uploading the pictures is painfully slow so the complete album will come at a later date. The toilets in Japan vary wildly from the Japanese toilet to the western toilet to the super-duper deluxe western toilet. The western toilet is like the toilets that we are all used to so no picture is attached. The J ... read more

Asia » Japan

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more