TOILET WITH THE MOST FUNCTIONS
With a list price of $10,200 (£8,185), the Toto Neorest is a
technologically advanced toilet that features 10 functions
above and beyond those of the average lavatory. These
include a lid that lifts automatically, a
temperature-controlled seat and foot
warmer, user washing and
drying, air freshening and
auto-cleansing. The
Neorest can be operated
using a remote control,
although it can also be
flushed manually in the
event of a power cut.FIRST TOILET
THEME PARK
A theme park dedicated to
the toilet opened in Suwon,
South Korea, in Jul 2012.
The Restroom Cultural
Park surrounds the toilet-
shaped home that once
belonged to Sim Jae-duck
(see above left).
As of 27 Nov 2012, the
free-to-enter park was
attracting an average of
10,000 visitors per month.
Among the exhibits are
poo sculptures (above),
traditional Korean squat
toilets, European bedpans
and Marcel Duchamp’s
famous porcelain urinal
sculpture Fountain,
originally created in 1917.
As of 8 Dec 2016, the
park had a 4/5 rating on
the travel site TripAdvisor.TALLEST HOUSE SHAPED LIKE A TOILET
This giant 7.5-m-high (24-ft 7-in) toilet-shaped house was built as the
home of “Mr Toilet”, aka Sim Jae-duck (1939–2009) – a former mayor of
Suwon, South Korea, and founder of the World Toilet Association. The
4,500-sq-ft (418-m²) property was designed by architect Go Gi-woong
and completed on 11 Nov 2007 – in time for the first general assembly of
the World Toilet Association and Sim’s election to the role of president.MOST EXPENSIVE BATHROOM
Jeweller Lam Sai-wing (CHN) built a HK$27-m (£2.4-m;
$3.5-m) washroom in his Hong Kong shop made entirely
out of gold and precious jewels. The toilet bowls, wash
basins, toilet brushes, toilet paper holders, mirror frames,
wall-mounted chandeliers, wall tiles and doors were all
made out of solid 24-carat gold. Sadly, much of Lam’s
throne room was melted down after his death in 2008.FASTEST TOILET
Bog Standard is a motorcycle and sidecar hidden under a bathroom set
comprising a bathtub, sink and laundry bin. Built by motoring enthusiast
Edd China (UK), it was presented on the set of Lo Show dei Record in Milan,
Italy, on 10 Mar 2011, where it reached a top speed of 68 km/h (42.25 mph).
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