Bathrooms - A National Obsession

Ask anyone who visits a friend's house, especially if it's a beautiful, big house, and no doubt someone would have grilled them on what the bathrooms were like. If you take a trip to Buckingham Palace, the poshest restaurant in town or the hippest bar, the bathrooms are often the   key talking point. Did they have new, high tech hand dryers? Automatic flushing loos? Were they unisex bathrooms? And, crucially, were the bathrooms clean ? God forbid if the bathrooms in question didn't live up to standards. There's nothing that ruins the reputation of a bar or restaurant more than unkempt bathrooms!

Bathrooms for the House Proud

In fact, perhaps tying in with the UK fixation with property - a phenomenon that's been dubbed 'property porn' - bathrooms are something of a national obsession. Bathrooms have evolved from functional places, moving from the spider-infested outdoor lav to bathrooms that feature state-of-the-art spas, power showers, entertainment systems and steam rooms. In fact, the country that probably outshines the UK when it comes to stunning bathrooms is Japan. Renowned for embracing modern technology, the country's bathrooms feature high-tech toilets.

Bathrooms: The Luxury Loo

Japan is enthralled with its bathrooms, witnessed by the huge popularity of the superloos - it's been estimated that almost 70% of Japanese households feature the high-tech toilets in their bathrooms. The toilets can warm themselves up before the next visitor sits on them, wash your bottom with warm water once you've been, play soothing music and eliminate bathroom odours. It's little wonder these toilets have taken Japan's bathrooms by storm.

Bathrooms Cross Cultural Borders

The fascination with bathrooms and toilets certainly seems to cross cultural borders. In South Korea a local politician ran a campaign to improve the public bathrooms across the country. It's been reported that the politician was so keen on bathrooms he built his house in the shape of a lavatory. On a more serious note however, the desire for beautiful (and clean) bathrooms may be derived in the fact clean, functional and sanitary bathrooms are crucial in safeguarding health. It's thought the high death rate in Britain before the invention of sewers and clean water was due to contaminated water carrying disease - issues that still plague many developing countries.

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