‘Bathrooms across the world’ Archive

Bathroom Cats 03/02/2012 No Comments

Domestic Cats are not known for their affinity with water – preferring to look after their bathing needs for themselves.  But some cats seem to buck the trend, either liking to sit in a bathroom sink, ball-up in a basin or have a full-on swimming session in the bath.  Does your cat like water and [...]

US hotel chains choosing to remove bath tubs from their bathrooms 16/05/2011 No Comments

Some of the biggest hotel chains in America are choosing to remove bath tubs from hotel bathrooms, instead going for more luxurious shower enclosures. A decade ago, 95% of Holiday Inn’s new built hotels had baths, but that has gone down to 55% now. Marriott have also planned to get rid of baths in 75% [...]

A colourful new concept for urinals 04/05/2011 No Comments

Following our blog post a few months ago about Sega fitting urinal games in toilets in Japan, details about another quirky urinal have appeared online. The thermochromic urinal is a heat sensitive wall which changes colour depending on the temperature. It starts as just a blue wall and can change to a variety of colours [...]

Five unique bathrooms from around the world 16/03/2011 No Comments

Who says your bathroom has to be boring? After our blog post a few months ago about the gamer bathrooms, we’ve compiled a list of some of our favourite unique public bathrooms from across the world! The world’s largest bathroom China is one of the most populace countries in the world, so it makes sense [...]

Luxury toilets account for 4% of all household power used in Japan 11/03/2011 No Comments

In this blog, we regularly discuss the weird and wacky toilets from across the world. And it’s safe to say a fair number of them come from Japan (you’ve got to love a place where Sega install gaming in public toilets). More than 70% percent of all Japanese households have high tech toilets known as [...]

Sega fits urinal games in Japanese public toilets 17/02/2011 No Comments

Men using the bathroom in certain bars and games arcades in Toyko might find something they wouldn’t necessary expect – video games to help them improve their aim! The games are installed in four locations across the city and allow users to test their accuracy as they answer the call of nature. The Toylet uses [...]