Functionally it makes sense to me, although I would want a hand-washing sink in the toilet room.

In America bathrooms tended to be toilet sink and tub all in one room because indoor plumbing was done all at once in many areas, except in very large houses that did have sinks and running water quite a bit earlier than they had toilets.

There are a number of houses in my neighborhood with very early sinks in the bedrooms.

I also like the idea of the sink faucet higher. No bending. Minimal bending to wash face. Only question would be would it splash an awful lot?

One of the reasons for lower vanity sinks used to be so that your elbows were always higher than your wrists so that all water ran down into the sink. If your hands are wet and you have to turn off a faucet valve or reach such that your wrists are higher than your elbow, the water runs off your elbows and onto the floor. People are getting taller, so what this dimension is, is changing.

Cpartist, that's what I was thinking! You are totally making me laugh.

I had to find out how that worked. That bidet thing has a blow dryer on it.

I really don't know what to do with that info.

"I really don't know what to do with that info."

Ok I just spit my water I was drinking out on the screen!

"That bidet thing has a blow dryer on it."

I guess one then can really say they have a hot a$$. Please don't get me started more.

Cpartist- I think we share a sense of humor. I'm totally amused by our convo. :-)

Oh, there's a toilet, Kohler, $6,000. Bluetooth enabled, remembers your personal bidet settings and music preferences.... Some people have too much money.

Bluetooth enabled? I remember many years ago my Mom and Dad were traveling overseas and my Mom called us long distance. She was so excited to tell us she was calling us from the bathroom because she had never seen a bathroom with a phone in it.

Better still, is this $6k toilet like the spa baths with the lights that change color inside?

And yes, I got my sick sense of humor from my mother.

What happens if the power is out. I think paper is needed for the fallback position. There is such a thing as being too dependent on technology.

And here is the amazing toilet

I love how they have pics of all these hot people with the toilet in the background.....

Argh. I'm no good at posting on the bathroom post.... I just end up going right down the toilet.... :-D

OMG palimpsest! Can you imagine if they have no fallback position for their back position?

I watched the video. Interesting.

Like Pal, I also think that a toilet room should have a sink. I appreciate the design history too.

I have bidet seats in both my bathrooms. My DH won't touch them. I use them exclusively. You need to use a bit of TP. This assures you are in fact clean, and drys you. If you want to use the dryer you can, after getting mostly dry with one pass of TP.

I don't have the room for a separate toilet room, it would be nice.

The description of the shower usage was interesting too. In my house I have an on demand hot water heater. Each time the hot water is shut down, it will stop heating. When turned back on, a cold water section is added, to the line, as the heater gets going again. So I keep my water running usually. If I try the on/off method, and I'm quick about it, maybe the cold water intrusion into the hot water line will be minimal or absent. Worth a try.

The reason that most Americans would not embrace Japanese style, or on/off style of showering voluntarily is because our bathrooms (and even our showers) have gotten big enough that you would be cold if you did this. My only finished bathroom right now is in the basement and it's barely 5x6'9" and has a 7 foot ceiling. With the vent fan on removing the steam pretty efficiently, if I turn the water off, I am cold in a few seconds. The bathroom has supplemental heat, which I use a lot. And this is a small bathroom. Smaller than some showers.

The shower area in the video might work because it's a small room, but I wonder if he runs the vent fan while he is actually using the shower or after. I think it probably works in Japanese bathing places because they let the steam build up, which we don't do in America. (because it's not really good for the bathroom or the house to do so).

Chilling with a running fan has been my experience too. The first bathroom remodel I did is 6.5x9. Tub only, no shower. Before remodel, and no exhaust fan, there was no problem while getting chilled. Now with the exhaust fan it can become slightly drafty will bathing. I do notice that the warming wires can warm the room up though. It's different now after remodel. I don't bath often so not an issue that I deal with much.

I don't know. I am cold when I turn off the shower water. Always. It's why I insist on having closed doors on my shower. Without the doors, it feels drafty. I could never turn the water on and off like that. I stand under the water even when I'm soaping up. I just keep the part of my body being soaped out of the water.