Comfy crystal encrusted toilet…in Japan of course

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Inax, Japan's premier toilet maker, is displaying a toilet decorated with 72,000 Swarovski crystals at their Ginza showroom of Lixil, their parent company.
Doesn’t it look like a comfy throne for your special someone for Christmas?
And, it would only cost $128,000 (USD) if you needed to have one made in order to crystalize your loved one’s tush in Swarovski style.

Swarovski crystal toilet graces Lixil's showroom
The Mainichi Daily News | December 13, 2011
— Lixil Corp. began displaying on Monday a ritzy toilet covered by 70,000 pieces of crystal from Swarovski AG of Austria at a showroom in Tokyo. Although the toilet is not for sale, it would be priced at 10 million yen…
…“The item reflects our wish that the coming year will be a bright year,” a Lixil official said, adding, “This year has brought us lots of gloomy news.”

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5 thoughts on “Comfy crystal encrusted toilet…in Japan of course”

  1. Since I am Prince Precious, my Realm needs to buy me one of those Swarovski toilets.

  3. $130,000 crystal toilet on display
    Sky News | December 17, 2011
    …    Kazuo Sumimiya, director of Lixil's Ginza showroom, said the sparkling toilet was designed to please the 'god of toilet', a Japanese tradition that dates back hundreds of years ago.

    'In Japan, we believe that there is a deity existing in the toilet, that's why keeping our toilet clean and taking good care of it have been a Japanese custom since long ago,' Sumimiya said.

    Japanese wives' tales promise young women that they'll have a beautiful form and enjoy an easy early birth if they keep their house's toilets clean, an old-fashioned ruse to trick children into taking their daily chores seriously...more...

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