This is the remote control for a Japanese bidet toilet seat. The dial controls the pressure which shows up on the bar scale (at the moment it's set at "2"). The buttons under the readout are for "wide" or "narrow" spray, and "front to back" adjustment. The lower buttons are for "Powerful" or "mild" spray, bidet, and "blow dry," (high, medium, & low). The buttons on the top are for lifting the seat and 2 choices for flushing the toilet. If you don't choose, the toilet flushes for you anyway. This one doesn't play music or give recorded flushing sounds to save water. It also doesn't have massage and pulse modes like some others. "According to a Cabinet Office survey, only 14.2 percent of households had bidet-style toilets in 1992, but as of March 2010, 71.6 percent did." Toto and Inax make up the majority of sales, but National Panasonic and others also sell them now.

This little baby is why Marcia loves our house. It is an automatic bidet. These are actually very common in Japanese households, most every family has one. After Mariko's parents got one installed Mariko was insistant that we also get one. You can adjust the temperature, pressure, angle, heat the toilet seat, butt dryer, and it has a special "female"mode. Also it comes with a self closing toilet seat (women must love that!). The front also opens up to reveal the "advanced" settings, fan speed, auto-mode, seat temp, etc. Where can you get one you ask, eBay of course! You seriously can get anything at eBay :-)