Japan's toilet are a source of wonder for many people -- everything from the heated seats to the self-cleaning functions are so unlike what we see here in the West. Well, one man took the time to explain Japan's toilets in great detail -- Morinosuke Kawaguchi -- at a recent TED x Tokyo event.

TED, which stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design, is a regular conference that hosts influential speakers, dreamers and all sorts of people to share their bits of wisdom. Getting tickets to a TEDTalk is pretty damn expensive, but thankfully they put them online for people to watch as well. I highly recommend watching Mike Rowe, of Dirty Jobs fame, and Tim Ferriss' TEDTalks. They're enlightening.

In this talk, though, Kawaguchi goes through all the advances in Japanese toilet technology and where it comes from in a humorous and awkward manner -- I think the translator wasn't quite sure how to phrase some of the particulars of "doing your business" without tripping over herself. Still, it provides an interesting light on where things are in the Japanese toilet scene, and where they plan to go.

Check out the video down below, and learn what consumer-generated toilet media looks like.