{"id":29334,"date":"2025-11-28T18:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T18:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=29334"},"modified":"2025-11-28T18:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T18:04:13","slug":"human-washing-machine-goes-on-sale-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=29334","title":{"rendered":"Human washing machine goes on sale in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>After wowing World Expo visitors, a human washing machine is now on sale in Japan, a company spokeswoman said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Users lie down in the pod, close the lid and get cleaned like clothes in a washing machine &#8212; but without the spin &#8212; while music plays.<\/p>\n<p>A prototype of the device, called the human washer of the future, attracted long queues at the six-month Expo that wrapped up in Osaka in October after welcoming over 27 million people.<\/p>\n<p>Made by Japanese firm Science, the device is an update of a product displayed the last time Osaka hosted the event, in 1970.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our (company) president was inspired by that as a 10-year-old boy at the time,&#8221; Science spokeswoman Sachiko Maekura told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The machine &#8220;not only washes your body but also your soul,&#8221; she added, while also monitoring users&#8217; heartbeats and other vital signs.<\/p>\n<p>After a US resort company contacted Science to see if the prototype would be commercialised, the firm decided to produce it for real.<\/p>\n<p>A hotel in Osaka bought the first machine and is preparing to offer the service to hotel guests, the spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n<p>Other customers include Yamada Denki, a major consumer electronics retail chain in Japan, which hopes the machine will draw people to visit its outlets, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because part of the appeal of this machine is rarity, we plan to produce only about 50 units,&#8221; Maekura said.<\/p>\n<p>Local media reported that the retail price will be 60 million yen ($385,000).<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After wowing World Expo visitors, a human washing machine is now on sale in Japan, a company spokeswoman said Friday. Users lie down in the pod, close the lid and get cleaned like clothes in a washing machine &#8212; but without the spin &#8212; while music plays. A prototype of the device, called the human [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}