Chinese toilets

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Toilet slides and turd hats: welcome to Tokyo’s crappiest exhibition
Scott R Dixon 7 hours ago



Imagine crowds of Japanese families donning poop-shaped plush hats and sliding into a huge toilet. No, this isn’t a scene from a dream brought on by a questionable bowl of ramen, this is just one of the many surreal exhibits from a Tokyo educational expo that organizers hoped would inspire visitors to “gain an increased appreciation of toilets.”

The exhibition, called Toilet!? Human Waste & Earth’s Future, unfortunately finished its three-month run at the National Musuem of Emerging Science and Innovation in Odaiba in October. Visitors to the exhibition were greeted by disturbingly cute poop mascots, such as a “feces ambassador” and a character named Wipey who “loves flushing everything.”

▼ Meet Toire-no-suke, Britto (whose yellow color is representative of healthy bowels) and Pritney, who was recently “shocked to learn of her intestinal age”


Image: Miraikan

Lucky visitors to the exhibition walked through different areas where they could learn all about how to evaluate your bowel health from looking at your feces, the best way to drop a deuce, and what happens to your number two once you flush it down. The visit ends with a catchy little number called “Thank a Toilet.”

▼ All aboard the world’s crappiest slide


Image: Miraikan

▼ Listen to a preview of the newest hit “Thank a Toilet,” sure to be hitting the charts soon


The whole idea behind the project is to demystify what goes on behind the bathroom door and have a more frank discussion about bowel health, sanitation and sewage-related environmental problems.

▼ Also, your toilet is not happy when you call it “dirty” and “stinky,” not appreciating its difficult job


Image: Miraikan

No word on whether this truly crappy exhibition will be making an encore performance or heading overseas anytime soon, but check out the video below to see some more of what we all missed at Toilet!? Human Waste & Earth’s Future.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have a toilet to say thank you to.

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Way to harsh a shopping spree.

Browned off! Shoppers covered in poop after overfilled septic tanker explodes all over busy Chinese street

At first eyewitnesses in Hechi city thought there had been a car accident
But when they got closer, they found a tide of foul-smelling brown sludge
Payouts look unlikely after lorry and waste firms each blamed the other

By Dan Bloom for MailOnline
Published: 08:47 EST, 29 December 2014 | Updated: 11:14 EST, 29 December 2014


Stunned shoppers were showered with sewage when an overfilled septic tanker blew up.

The passers-by sought medical attention after having their faces covered in foul-smelling brown sludge in Hechi, China - and the owner of this shop was even less fortunate.

He complained it would take a week to clean up after almost every item on sale was coated in thick, hazardous slurry.


Sludge: Unsuspecting shoppers were showered with slurry when a septic tanker blew up in Hechi, China

Eyewitness Dong Tang told local television: 'I noticed some people gathered in the street and thought there had been a car accident.

'I wasn't really paying attention, but then the smell hit me. It was disgusting.

'Then I realised that a tank filled with some disgusting brown liquid had exploded, scattering it all over the street and the people who were shopping or walking past.

'At one of the shops, just about every item on display was covered in brown liquid. The shopkeeper was highly agitated.

'He complained that everything was ruined and said he needed to shut the business for a week to clean up the mess.'



Stench: Some walked away from the scene covering their noses, while others sought medical assistance

Any hope of compensation looks futile however - because the firm which made the truck has blamed the firm which operated it, and vice versa.

A spokesman for the company that handles the collection and storage of waste in the south western city said the incident was caused by a technical fault with the vehicle.

The company said those affected should seek compensation from the vehicle manufacturer.

The manufacturer, meanwhile, told local media that explosions typically result from poor maintenance and failure to follow the proper operating instructions.

Police said the contents of the truck had mainly been from local sewers, but it also emptied septic tanks from public toilets from time to time.

Spokesman Cai Chin said: 'No-one suffered physical harm, but many of those covered sought medical attention for fear that chemicals used in the cleaning process, or indeed diseases from the sludge, could cause harm to those affected by the blast.'


Stuff happens: But the operators of the sewage tanker (pictured) blamed its manufacturers, and vice versa

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Ok, so that's a bit of bad luck.

What would you do? Jump in your car and go home like that? I think I would just strip down and find the closest hose! Toss the clothes and drive home naked.

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China to launch 'toilet revolution' across tourist sites



China is promising that a "toilet revolution" will take place at tourist sites across the country this year as it gears up to increase the number as well as the quality of public toilets, the head of China's National Tourist Administration said this past Thursday.

Around 33,500 new toilets will be built at tourist spots in the near future and another 25,000 will be renovated as part of a three-year nationwide plan, Li Jinzao, head of CTA, said in a People's Daily report.
　
Li admitted that the current state of public toilets in the country leaves much to be desired and should be improved to meet with international tourism standards. He said that by 2017, China's toilets will boast a "three-star rating" and will be "of adequate quality, hygienic, free of charge and effectively managed"...yey?

Maybe it will even inspire people to stop peeing on historical structures.

Meanwhile, billions of RMB will be invested in the country's tourism sector in the coming three years, Li estimated.

By Lucy Liu

[Image Credit: Todd Mecklem]

I'll believe this when China gets Wushu into the Olympics.

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Not toilets, toilet paper. This is just the beginning of the article as you need a subscription to read it all, but you get the idea.

China seizes toilet paper with Hong Kong Chief Exec Leung Chun Ying's face on it
Published on Feb 7, 2015 4:16 PM


This photo taken on Dec 23, 2014 shows novelty toilet paper with the image of Hong Kong's Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (right) in a flat turned into a recreation of the main pro-democracy protest site in Hong Kong. -- PHOTO: AFP

HONG KONG (AFP) - China has wiped the smile off pro-democracy activists' faces by seizing 7,600 rolls of toilet paper featuring Hong Kong's pro-Beijing Chief Executive Leung Chun Ying pulling a series of ridiculous expressions.

Hong Kong's Democratic Party said the toilet paper, along with 20,000 packets of tissues, were to be sold at a popular Chinese New Year fair opening next week before the products were seized by the mainland authorities.

The Democratic Party - the largest pro-democracy group in the southern Chinese city - hoped to sell the tissues to raise funds for their activities ahead of a week-long holiday beginning on Feb 19. "I think the Chinese government just wants to suppress all different opinions," the party's chief Lam Cheuk Ting told AFP, adding that the Chinese authorities seized the products at a factory at an undisclosed location on the mainland on Friday morning.

"Our products are just some kind of joke, which presents no harm to so-called national security," Mr Lam said. "It is a violation of freedom of expression," he said, adding that activists were working on a backup plan to ensure the product range would still be available, but refused to give further details.

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This makes me proud to be an American. Here in America, we can print anyone's image on toilet paper with no fear of reprisal.

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Japan wins here. No question about it.

Chinese shoppers flock to Japan for preferred toilet seats



Chinese shoppers have long traveled to Japan to stock up on superior-quality disposable diapers for their babies. Now, they're eyeing a Japanese product of luxury for their own derrières.

That is, of course, the toilet seat. Anyone who's been to Japan could tell you that the country produces some **** fine toilets. With their various spray features and heat options, toilets in Japan are far beyond just a porcelain bowl. They play music, they follow commands and they will probably one day take over the human race. Travelers from China to Japan have recently been scooping up bidet toilet seats like novelty keychains, according to China Real Time:

News segments on the shopping frenzy shown on Chinese state television showed a Japanese store manager bemused by herds of Chinese tour groups who take just one afternoon to clean out, so to speak, his entire store. Price per bidet? Just 2,000 yuan ($320) a pop.

Picking up on the trend, the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily just will not admit to China's, and let's face it—much of the world's—shortcomings when it comes to the modern toilet. “Do Japanese toilet lids smell better? the editorial questioned. “Hopefully our countrymen will buy Chinese products, because supporting our country’s industries - isn’t that a kind of patriotism?”

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