There's a comedy there waiting to be filmed. I'm glad there's an emergency stop button.
B > On 13 Aug 2015, at 15:36, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > > One of the things I enjoyed about Japan is the way they embrace > technology (beyond North America and Europe), while holding on to old > traditions and habits. > > Toilets are an example. Although one still finds the traditional > porcelain oval on the floor, this is the high-tech model we found in > our hotel bathroom: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18069314 > > Here is a close-up of the control panel: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18069315 > > Both images were taken with the K-5 II S and DA 18-135 xoom. > > Bento, or more politely obento, is the more traditional term for a > toilet. Literally, it means "convenient place." More modern usage is > tearai or otearai, meaning "hand washing place." Also in common usage > today is toire, the Japanese pronunciation of "toilet," which is often > used were Westerners are expected. > > In the airports and train stations, one is offered a variety of toilet > choices. In a Narita men's room, there were urinals plus 6 stalls: > three were high-tech toilets virtually identical to the one in our > hotel room; one was the same, but also featured a car seat type of > provision for holding a child while one used the toilet; the fifth > was a typical American-style toilet, without the bells and whistles; > the sixth was a traditional squat-on-the-floor porcelaian oval, for > those who cling to the old ways. > > The Japanese people and culture fascinated me this year as much as > when I last visited there, in 1967. > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
