When my parents visited me in Japan, they were struggling with Japanese toilet controls. I made a video breaking down all the vocab for a Japanese toilet for anyone else who wants to get the most out of one if they visit.

I hope this helps someone!

Here is the video:

Here is the Japanese vocab broken down in the video:

停止

おしり

ビデ

洗浄強さ

弱(じゃく)

強(きょう)

温度設定

温水

便座

also 大 and 小 on the toilet handle

Here is the Kanji that I did not feature in the video, but I will post here anyway:

節電

ノズル掃除

8時間切 2秒押し

電源/点滅:異常/点灯:完了/着座

Edit: Glad to hear people found it useful! If you have time, please check out my video on the treatment of Hokkaido brown bears as well.

Bear parks are a relatively unknown issue that I think more people should know about. Thanks!

6 comments
  1. Very useful indeed especially as I’m finally visiting Japan for the first time in just over a week! Thanks!

  2. > When my parents visited me in Japan, they were struggling with Japanese toilet controls.

    The second or third day my parents were in Japan the first time, they found out about washlets for the first time because we saw some while browsing in a home centre. They both immediately wanted to try them out, and went into the bathroom in the home centre. My dad was out a few minutes later as expected, but my Mom wasn’t. After about 10 minutes I decided that I had to poke my head into the ladies’ room and figure out what was wrong, just as my Mom had finally figured out that it wasn’t going to automatically turn off on its own.

  3. Oh my gosh thanks for this! My parents are coming soon and I’m sure they’re appreciate the tutorial 😹

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