Japanese Airlines First to Install Bidets in the Air

by Justin Glow Jul 9th 2007 @ 1:00PM

Japan's All Nippon Airways have announced they will be installing bidets in the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner, set to be delivered in May of 2008. This is a first for any commercial airline. (Vladimir Putin had a bidet in his private jet, however.)

With over 60 percent of Japanese households sporting a bidet, this makes sense. But I can't help but wonder just how much larger the lavatory will have to be to accommodate this. Will the bidet be built into the toilet, or will it be separate? Or will it be a hand-held spray bidet that are common across Asia? The bidet-toilet combo makes the most sense due to the constricted space, but the Dreamliner is a big plane, so who knows?

Someone is going to have to teach me how to use one of those things.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jul 9th 2007 @ 2:26PM

tseliot said...

Wow. That is slightly disturbing. I have never used one of those either.

Hand spray bidets? How does that work??

Jul 9th 2007 @ 10:30PM

J said...

You insert the tube as deeply as you can tolerate. Once firmly fitted, you turn on the water pressure. Not just a bit, but full blast, as you squeeze your sphincter as tight as possible. Stifle that initial yelp of anguish as you ARE on a plane after all.

Jul 10th 2007 @ 9:28AM

DriverG said...

Unlike in Europe, the Japanese - being the technophiles they are - don't typically have seperate bidets, but toilets with built-in remote-controlled sprayers like those made by Toto. They'll probably go with something like this on the plane.

http://www.totoneorest.com/home.html

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