The Toto Toilet museum in Kokura City, Fukuoka is a real fine. It’s just one of those places that you don’t expect to be very good until you turn up one day and it blows your expectations out of the water.
Today we take toilets for granted, but obviously the technology of toilets have changed considerably over the decades from the basic and very substandard models of yesteryear. The first thing you noticed when you walk in is how big the museum is. Not only spacious, but the interior design and the atmosphere of the place is incredible as well. As you walk through from room to room and exhibition to exhibition you soon realize how much you didn't know about this product that you use on a daily basis!
There’s just so much to see and explore. Not only do you have a timeline of when different technologies came into place, but it also shows the transformation of the toilet in different continents of the world and obviously in particular Japan.
Did you know that the TOTO toilet company was originally a ceramics and porcelain company? Of course, when that market became saturated, the TOTO company had to look elsewhere and one of the most dynamic markets at that time was in the bathroom sector. All I can say is that, not only will it be an incredibly interesting attraction but you will definitely learn a lot. You never know that information might come in handy one day!
If you don’t have a TOTO toilet, it’s about time you got one. It will change your life in so many ways for the better.
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