Toilets in Japan

building that needs to be watched on how much water it uses is the toilet. The toilet can use up to almost three to five gallons of water every flush, and in most industrial sized buildings that over thousands of gallons of water a day. When just thinking about how much water that is being used it is outrageous. So engineers have come up with a new toilet appliance known as a low-flow toilet. A low-flow toilet does what a toilet needs to but instead of using the whole five gallons of water it…

While sitting down and rolling toilet paper, my heart just became so excited because of where I was. I was getting the opportunity to help people out and just by rolling toilet paper I was making a difference. I was helping in something so underlooked, I realized that it’s the small things that count, truly. After this, I got to go to the clothing ministry…

“incessant bowing” (40). He was told to stand up and say, “Aye” when spoken to rather than lower his eyes in respect (59). The Americans felt that Japan did not “treat foreign visitors kindly” (62). They felt they would “boil us in big pots and skin us, too” (58). Differences in religion created prejudices between the Japanese and the “barbarians”. In Japan, the Buddhists believe it was wrong to kill any creature. In order to rectify this situation when killing for food, the Buddhist would…

photographic technology might have suited our complexion, our facial features, our climate, our land” (9) The point he is making here is that modern day technology, which was developed in the west, doesn’t captivate Japan and its people as beautifully as it could, had it been invented in Japan. Tanizaki is making the notion that while developing technology, westerners didn’t pay any more attention to the Japanese, than they would a shadow. As well as Westerners not acknowledging the Japanese…

The third Japanese water issue is that the price for tap water has risen up in recent years. The main cause is the decline of population in Japan. The infrastructures in Japan that delivers drinking water to homes and processes the drinking water are superannuated in many places. However, local water supply agents do not have enough money to maintain and repair these water facilities and water treatment facilities because revenues have been dropping in recent years due to loss of water users.…

For example, the author of this commercial obviously thinks that Charmin is the number one brand for toilet paper. That is all an opinion though because everybody has different tastes. Since the author believes that Charmin is the best toilet paper around, it must also mean that the author believes that it is the softest and longest lasting toilet paper. Another appeal that is used is pathos. The bears set off an emotional aspect that gets the audience to watch the commercial…

The passing of House Bill 2 (HB2) in North Carolina has been surrounded by controversy. Some groups have stated that the bill is designed to protect citizens of the state and therefore needs remain law. However, others believe that the bill is transphobic, homophobic, does not represent the state in the best light, and needs to be repealed. Both groups defend their positions by saying that the action they would like to see is the best course of action for the state and its citizens. Ethically,…

Halloween from a candies point of view is waiting to be chosen by someone from a bowl, and being put in a bag. Some pieces of candy get lucky because they are at the bottom of the bowl, and might not get picked. Other pieces of candy are unlucky, and get chosen, and they get scared being in a bag, and having other candy landing on them. They think they’re safe, but little do they know is the people are going to eat them. The candy start to hear talking, “Jordan what kind of candy did you get…

It was a Wednesday morning at Peters Elementary, I was steadily copying down the week's homework waiting for the morning announcements. After I finished copying down the homework I turned around to talk to my friends Benjamin and Vincent about Minecraft, when the announcements abruptly came on asking us to stand and do the Pledge of Allegiance than saying, “Are you interested in joining Pentathlon?“ In my head I wondered, “Man, what is Pentathlon? It sounds like something a nerd would join.”…

In the article “Mega Marketing in Japan” Ethan Watters describes the tragic issue of suicide in Japan, while in “The Nature of Stress”, Selye describes the idea of stress and the misconceptions society has had about stress. These two articles significantly correlate to one another as one progresses through the readings. It becomes evident that the reason behind the consistent suicide issue in the Japanese society was due to their misconceptions of stress. The key to depression is the…