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The Regio Toilet is So Awesome, It Has Its Own Soundtrack
Posted by Sean Fallon at 9:00 AM on April 23, 2008
Like most of the premium toilets made in Japan, the Regio has hidden cleaning sprays and a tankless design that utilises a combination of water and air power for silent, earth-saving flushing. However, the aspects that make the Regio unique can be found in the luxurious extras. For example, it plays soft, relaxing jazz music when the lid is lifted. In fact, Jazz pianist Yoshiko Kishino contributed original pieces specifically for the Regio toilet soundtrack. Now that is a resume booster!
Other features on the Regio include a Sharp designed "mechanism that kills germ-emitting ions," an illuminated toilet bowl, and a seat that is extra wide for those with more ample buttocks. Naturally, all of this luxury will set you back a few—to the tune of 462,000 yen in white ($4500) or 556,500 yen in black ($5400) to be more specific. [Inax via Trends in Japan]
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BigViper
Posted 10:45 AM 23/4/08
this toile is the shit!
BigViper
Elliuotatar
Posted 10:08 AM 23/4/08
If it plays this, SOLD!
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Elliuotatar
hanswurst0815
Posted 10:05 AM 23/4/08
@kahibbi: In the second image it looks like the toilet paper is black.
hanswurst0815
misterwight
Posted 9:57 AM 23/4/08
Hold the phone..."an illuminated toilet bowl"?!
Only in Japan.
misterwight
xanderbeedle
Posted 9:41 AM 23/4/08
Now people can't tell Apple off for charging $100 more for the black model...
xanderbeedle
bosskev
Posted 9:32 AM 23/4/08
OK, so 92BuickLeSabre outfoxed me with his "up to eleven" parody in the previous Giz story; I reclaim some of my personal pride herein with one I almost let get away...
Jazz music and toilets...so, if you hum along, is that scat singing?
bosskev
JBKing
Posted 9:16 AM 23/4/08
I personally prefer taking my craps to the "Rocky" theme.
JBKing
ninjagin
Posted 9:15 AM 23/4/08
If only it played "Working in a coal mine", I would be sold.
ninjagin
johnnyabnormal
Posted 9:10 AM 23/4/08
PIano? Talk about some tinkling... Why not lift the lid and have the sound of yawning? Better yet, the sound of water dripping.
johnnyabnormal
bosskev
Posted 9:09 AM 23/4/08
Ah, that's nothing. My toilet makes foghorn noises. Every morning before I go to work.
bosskev
kahibbi
Posted 9:09 AM 23/4/08
I LOVE that toilet paper ... not that it would stay orange that long. But it's cool looking now.
kahibbi
Seanross
Posted 11:02 AM 23/4/08
It needs an epic song while taking care of business then some type sound effect for when you get a Flawless Victory
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Seanross
johnnyabnormal
Posted 11:45 AM 23/4/08
@BigViper: hahaha...
johnnyabnormal
EQC
Posted 2:02 PM 23/4/08
Click the Inax link -- bathroom with huge sliding glass doors right onto the beach. No obscured glass whatsoever. Crazy!
Also: where's the toilet get the compressed air from? Does it have to be plugged in? Or does it somehow use the water pressure to pressurize air for each flush?
EQC
Kaiser-Machead
Posted 3:03 PM 23/4/08
This could have some detrimental effects. I'd hate to suddenly be conditioned in such a way that I involuntarily take a dump when I hear soft jazz.
Kaiser-Machead
--Tito--
Posted 3:00 PM 23/4/08
@EQC: I had a toilet that had compressed air, if you have a lot of dumed things the air combined with the water slushes the stuff and blasts it down the drain, I forgot how but it gets air sort of like you said.
--Tito--
humorbot
Posted 4:07 PM 23/4/08
@Kaiser-Machead: Involuntarily?
humorbot
Kaiser-Machead
Posted 4:51 PM 23/4/08
@humorbot: Uh yeah, that's the ticket.
Kaiser-Machead
fastmike
Posted 4:47 PM 23/4/08
No honestly I wasnt gonna comment
fastmike
Mith
Posted 7:15 PM 23/4/08
@Kaiser-Machead:
haha, like Pavlov's dog.. You listen to some Ella Fitzgerald and your sphincter suddenly relaxes on its own
Mith
cygnusx8
Posted 1:29 AM 24/4/08
Never had a single problem with my $300 toilet. I guess I can spend $4,200 that I saved on things that actually spark my interest.
cygnusx8