Did you know that November 10th was "Good Toilet Day" yesterday? The quality of Japanese toilets is often praised by foreigners, but we, who use it every day, tend to forget its benefits.

It should also be remembered that the toilet paper type senryu collection "Toilet Senryu Grand Prize", which is full of love for such toilets, is released by TOTO on November 10th every year.


The Toilet Senryu Award is a contest in which TOTO recruits episodes related to toilets, such as toilet failure stories and interesting stories, in the form of "5, 7, 5" senryu. The top-ranked phrases are published as "Senryu Shu" printed on toilet paper every year.


This year, which marks the 10th time, a total of 26 "10th Toilet Senryu Memorial Award", "Green Challenge Award", "10/10 (TOTO) Award", and "Kids Award" were selected from 33,042 phrases. Post a phrase. Some of the works are as follows.

It's strange that a clean toilet can't be polluted (Kin-san V) / Grand Prize Otohime makes me and the earth relieved (Winnie the Pooh) / Green Challenge Award Japanese (Machan) who is not good at Japanese style・ 10 prizes

In addition, the prize-winning works are lined with phrases that are full of love for the toilet more than you can imagine. If you keep it in mind before wiping your butt, let's flush it with gratitude for the toilet.

The price of the senryu collection is 350 yen (tax included). Available at bookstores, Bookshop TOTO (store only), and the TOTO website. It will be discontinued as soon as it is out of stock.