Japan a go go

Bad title for the  post. But I am feeling slightly embarassed. The fact is that I have just been in Tokyo for the first time. I loved the city and the people and the way things are done there, and I really wanted to write something intelligent and highbrow about a culture that has perfected the art of eating, dressing, interacting with one another so that everything is thought of and conscious. However I can't come up with anything that I am sure hasn't been said before. One thing that I didn't know though, is that the Japanese with their ever present knack of spotting when something could be embarassing to someone, have added a soundtrack to their toilets. This means when you are just about to (or think you are about to) produce some horrible noise or revealing sound, you press the little button and it plays the sound of the toilet flushing. The toilet of course does not flush. But you feel better and dare I say safer to release whatever it is you needed to do in peace. I did wonder if the other users of the toilets think "Oh there is someone flushing the loo" or "Oh, there is someone playing the sound of the toilet flushing". But to be honest it doesn't matter. It gets you and everyone around you out of potential embarassment. Oh and yes, the seats are generally warm. 

More from someone who di more research on the matter

PS. I hope to come up with something more erudite about Japan soon. But I am now in Shanghai!