2 Airlines to Feature Bidets on 787

Jul 11th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

Have you ever felt a little un-fresh because your airplane didn’t feature a bidet? Me neither. But some people apparently did, because 2 of Japan’s airlines - ANA and Japan Airlines, will outfit their new 787s with bidets.

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Ralph July 12th, 2007 10:36 am :
I don’t know if y’all have experienced one of these.

My first was in a hotel in Tokyo back in my 20’s in 1996. I woke up in the middle of the night half asleep needing to go and not understanding the whole high-tech toilet gismo I just pressed all the buttons and then jumped two feet in the air and needed to take a shower afterwards.

Definitely a cultural shock I will never forget. So they should provide warning signs or instruction cards for (country-folk) foreign passengers. ^^
tseliot July 12th, 2007 3:31 pm :
Wow. Yeah it is definitely a cultural shock. I’ve only used one of those once when I was in Tokyo. Definitely not my thing. I don’t even know how it works or how they would put it on a plane.

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