The first time you come across a toilet in Japan you may observe that the toilet is plugged into an outlet. What!? Some of the features of Japanese toilets include seat warmers, bidet's with variable water pressure and temperature, deodorizer, and in some cases they have the a button that just makes the toilet flushing sound. My favorite is that the actual flushing handle can go in two directions: pushing forward is to just let water in for when you've just urinated, and pushing backwards is to flush the contents out. Very utilitarian and efficient. I'm very surprised that this has not caught on in America, since the archetypal American man is one with his toilet.
The name of the company that manufactures these is a Japanese company called Toto, founded in 1917. Supposedly, the most sophisticated toilet in the world is the Toto Washlet Zoe (wikipedia - Toilets in Japan).
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