Japanese toilet draws in the crowds
There has always been something a little different about your typical Japanese toilet.
Lavatories with heated seats, built-in bidets and remote control functions have been in operation in Japan for some years. But a jewel-encrusted toilet worth around £85,000 – now that’s something new.
Not that this particular toilet was actually used as a functioning loo, however. Instead it was installed in a shopping centre showroom to put a smile on the faces of the Japanese after a particularly difficult year.
Japanese toilet maker Inax teamed up with Austrian jeweller Swarovski to build a lavatory studded with more than 72,000 pieces of cut crystal. The finished item was put on display in a showroom in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district.
The Inax brand is owned by Lixil, an interior-fixture company. "2011 was a really tough year for Japan, with the earthquake and tsunami disasters," said Lixil's Shintaro Kaai. "We wanted to do this to cheer everybody up."
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