Publisher's Synopsis
This book starts with the aesthetic embarrassment brought by the introduction of electrical appliances into Japanese architecture: unprecedented brightness, ubiquitous electrical wires, and tiles that are incompatible with wooden buildings... Then he talks about toilets, the Japanese are undoubtedly full of poetic imagination, because the hut must be built at a distance from the main house, surrounded by lush greenery, squatting in the dim light filtered by the paper window, not only can Bathing in phytoncide, you can also listen to the sound of wind, rain, birds and insects while doing errands (including mosquitoes and flies?), so the most unclean place in the house has become the most elegant place...
