Japanese Company To Start Selling "Human Washing Machine"

Everyone has an “agitator” in their family, but now you can have the entire human washing machine as well. A Japanese company called Science is now selling its human washing machine that became popular at the Osaka Expo. The machine, called the Mirai Human Washing Machine, is a capsule that people lie down in to get washed by tiny bubbles and a mist shower in about 15 minutes. The whole process includes drying and has sensors that check your health while playing relaxing music and showing calming images.

Electronics store Yamada Denki will sell the machine at its Tokyo location starting December 25, where people can try it out. You’re not going to buy it out of petty cash, though; the machine costs around $400,000. A hotel in Osaka already bought one to offer to guests, and since the company will only make about 50 of them to keep them rare, there’s only 49 left.