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1102
「GOAL」
Good evening everyone. It's Neoyama, the local staff.
The day has finally came…
Yes, indeed…
It's already been a month since we started this campaign,
and today is the last run!
So much happened during the journey…
we will have an overview of the journey some other time.
We headed off from Odawara today, and straightly headed to Tokyo!
Of course, the BGM used in the staffs' car is、
Sun Plaza Nakano Kun's
"Toilet Bike Neo! OH! OH!"
It surely gives us some energy!
(You can listen to this song from CM on the left menu)
We went to a kindergarten in Tokyo!
Line up everyone!
Line up all of you who wants to ride the bike!
Ask Zako so you can ride on the bike!
What a great smile! They're both looking wonderful!
The teachers are wonderful as well!
We did a picture-story show as well. Zako's really good at it.
The children were totally into it.
So, finally we're in Sakurashinmachi.
Look at the number of people welcoming us. It's incredible.
Momo, the staff, is so touched she's already in tears.
It was a long journey indeed.
Thank you to you too, Momo.
Here's all the riders we had in this journey!
Thank you so much to every one of you,
who went on a journey with Neo!
It would be great if we can travel again some time!
To everyone who gave us great support in our journey!
To all of you who rode Neo!
Thank you so much to every one of you!
Neo and all the staffs are very happy that
we finished this journey safely.
Thank you so much, from the bottom of our hearts!
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…
To tell you the truth…
This journey still goes on, for just a little more.
On Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th, we will be going to the TOTO Ishimaki showroom.
On Thursday the 10th, Friday the 11th, Saturday the 12th, and Sunday the 13th, we will be going to the TOTO Sendai showroom.
We will be having an exhibition there.
Once decided, I will let you know about our further schedule through this blog.
DAY
1101
"A supporting song for Toilet Bike Neo!! Made by Sun Plaza Nakano Kun!!"
It's the local staff Neyamao, and I'm really really excited.
I'm so excited so excuse my typos.
Why? It's b-b-because, a special someone made a
supporting song for Toilet Bike Neo.
Who is…
Oops, sorry.
This is our reliable technology staff, Brother Kinugawa.
I'm so excited that I put on the wrong iamge.
What?
Getting sick of it already?
I'm sorry, I really am.
Ta-da-! There you go.
Yes he is. As you all know, it's Sun Plaza Nakano Kun!!
Runner, from when he was in Bakufuu Slump, is now a
typical supporting song played by brass bands for high school baseball!
The grand old man of the supporting song world (if such thing exists), Mr. Nakano,
sympathized with the TOTO's approach to the environment and the toilet bike's activity, and made a supporting song!! Thank you so much!!
Now, please listen to it.
"Toilet Bike Neo OH! OH!"
(Neo pretended singing to Nakano's song in a hotel)
【Today’s Eco Corner】
"Green Remodel" is a renovation that creates healthy and energy-saving living environment.
If you would renovate your house, please refer it to Green Remodel's way of thinking.。
※Toilet Bike Neo was created in order to advertise TOTO's approach to the environment.
TOTO is not related at all with the production of biogas used as the bike fuel.
DAY
1101
"Friend or foe!? A man with a choker ring appears."
Good evening, everyone. It's Neoyama, the staff.
When I woke up in the morning, an unknown man was sitting on Neo.
This is not good. My instinct was telling me that.
Starting Neo, everyone was freaking out, and noone was able to ask him
who he was, and what he wanted from us.
What shall we do?
I, Neoyama, decided to talk to him.
I am really not courageous at all.
I was probably freaking out the most among everyone.
I was so scared that I was about to pee in my pants.
Thank goodness I had used the 4.8L Neo Rest bathroom earlier.
"Uhm h-h-h-h-h-hi..."
Then he answered,
"It's Captain★Zako. I will be the rider starting today."
No way.
I couldn't believe he was the rider.
Plus, he seems to be a really nice guy.
You really can't judge a book by its cover.
I was taught that I shouldn't judge people by their looks,
so I'm sorry Mr. Shoji for not keeping what you taught me.
So there you go. It's Captain★Zako, the rider starting today.
Let's do this!
We first headed to the service area, Izu's Bellybutton.
I looked everywhere, but I couldn't find anything that looked like a bellybutton.
Apparently, it means the middle of Izu.
We had the first dog toilet rider.
Next, we went to the Myotoku Temple known as the Toilet God.
This can be said to be the highlight of this journey.
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Worshipping the guardian spirit of Tousu (=toilet), Ususama Myoo,
this Myotoku Temple specifies on bringing luck to illness in the lower body.
Neo also used the
water for washing hands…
and made a money offering…
What did he wish for?
We met so many people today as well!!
We even filmed videos today.
So we came all the way from Numazu, Izu, then Odawara.
Tomorrow, we will go to Tokyo, and goal in the TOTO Technical Center in Sakurashinmachi.
It's quite exciting.
Oh, by the way, we got a big news the night before the goal.
I will take some time on it tonight, and write about it in the next article.
【Today’s Eco Corner】
Saving water is very important. If you save water, you can save electricity.
If we save water all together, we can save a great amount of electricity.
「Saving Electricity by Saving Water」
※Toilet Bike Neo was created in order to advertise TOTO's approach to the environment.
TOTO is not related at all with the production of biogas used as the bike fuel.
※TOILET BIKE NEO does not have the mechanism to run on the rider's waste. It runs biogas fuel (fertilized, purified and compressed livestock waste and household wastewater) provided by Shika-oi Town in Hokkaido and Kobe city.
Therefore, the NEO REST seat doesnot function as a toilet, and has been
created for promoting TOTO's environmental efforts.TOTO is not involved
with any motorbike or biogas production business.
The Washlet, CeFionTect, Tornado Flushing…
TOTO, which has been evolving Japanese toilets, is in fact a professional in all kinds of plumbing products.
TOTO has set up the project “TOTO TALK” to inform everyone about what we have done in the past, and what we will do in the future.
From November 2009 to August 2011 we created a conceptual model “NEO version 2” that contains all kinds of desired functions,
could be seen at the exhibition and on the web.
(For more information click here)
This year…
Though NEO version 2 was equipped with 23 of those desired functions, there was one function which it regrettably did not have… That is, mobility.
Though we were fortunate enough for many people to come and see it, as well as those who visited the website, it was impossible for us to go and meet people ourselves.
Therefore, TOTO TALK this time will be making a toilet
which can move.
Also, using this mobile toilet we would like people to know that we launched “TOTO GREEN CHALLENGE” in 2010, which is TOTO’s environmental initiative.
From a plumbing product manufacturer’s point of view, we would like to inform everybody about the environment.
(※For more information about the TOTO GREEN CHALLENGE, click here)
Since our motive is to inform everybody about environment, we also would like to put more effort into making this “running toilet” eco-friendly.
So we decided to create a futuristic and the ultimate eco-friendly motorbike toilet “TOILET BIKE NEO”.
For one month from October we will be promoting about the environment and will go on a journey over 1000km from a factory in Kokura to Tokyo.
This site will notify you about plans, production and the final product.
Since our motive is to inform everybody about environment,
we also would like to put more effort into making this “running toilet”eco-friendly.
So we decided to create a futuristic and the ultimate
eco-friendly motorbike toilet “TOILET BIKE NEO”.
※TOILET BIKE NEO has been created for promoting TOTO's environmental efforts. TOTO is not involved with any motorbike or bio-gas production businesses.
Along with electricity-usage and cars, plumbing products is responsible for the majority of CO2 emission from homes. So by 2017, we will aim to provide plumbing products which emits 50% less CO2. (※relative to 1990)
In order to do this, we will be taking on various challenges.
This is our vision for the environment, named “TOTO GREEN CHALLENGE”
TOTO GREEN CHALLENGE has 3 goals from different planes:
- Product and services: Provide plumbing products that emit 50% or less CO2 (※Relative to 1990), expand “HYDROTECT” products and services that have air purification functions (NOx Removal)
- Manufacturing : Not only the functional aspect of products, but production, logistics, and promotional activities.
- Socially responsible & an educator : To contribute to the environment with society from the biodiversity perspective, and to train people to have a higher environmental conscience
As a plumbing products manufacturer, TOTO will reduce impact on the environment, working very intensely , on a global scale.
→For more information, check out the TOTO Website
