日本名古屋一家初創公司生產出了全世界最小的可攜式馬桶，可以輕鬆放進口袋或化妝包，在你內急卻又沒有廁所時，這種口袋馬桶可以救你一命。
日本名古屋的初創企業Kokenawa公司生產出了全世界最小的可攜式馬桶「口袋馬桶」，在你內急時可以救你一命。
When you gotta go, you gotta go, but what if there’s nowhere to go? We hardly ever give the humble toilet a second thought in our day-to-day lives, but most of us could hardly imagine our lives without it. In war-torn regions and areas affected by natural disasters toilets are among the most sought-after amenities, but apart from insufficient portable toilets and unhygienic latrines, there aren’t too many options. Actually, there is also the Pocketoilet, a packet measuring7 centimeters tall and6.5 cm wide that can fit in virtually any pocket or purse.
當你內急時肯定要上廁所，但如果沒有廁所怎麼辦？我們在日常生活中很少會想起馬桶，但多數人都無法想像沒有馬桶的生活。在戰亂地區和遭受自然災害的地區，馬桶是最急缺的便利設施，但是除了數量不足的可攜式馬桶和不衛生的公共廁所，並沒有太多其他選擇。事實上，還有口袋馬桶可供選擇，這種馬桶包長7厘米寬6.5厘米，可以裝進幾乎任何口袋或手提包。
30-year-old Yoshinori Kokenawa, the founder of Kokenawa Inc., came up with the idea for the Pocketoilet in2019, while volunteering in the city of Nagano which had been devasted by Typhoon Hagibis. One of the first things he noticed was the long lines of people waiting in front of conventional portable toilets.
現年30歲的Kokenawa公司創始人古手川義則2019年在遭受颱風「海貝思」重創的長野市做志願者時，萌生了口袋馬桶這個創意。當時他最先注意到的一件事就是在傳統可攜式馬桶前大排長龍的人們。
"Even though people were working as fast as they could to get the area back on its feet, they had to line up30 minutes or more every time they used the bathroom,」 Kokenawa recalled.「I wanted to do something about this.」
古手川義則回憶道：「即使人們儘可能快地使用馬桶，他們每次想用馬桶也都要排隊30分鐘以上。我想做點事情改善這一情況。」
Credit: Kokenawa Inc.
In December of2020, Kokenawa’s company launched the Pocketoilet, a tiny portable toilet that can be used virtually anywhere. It consists of a bag made of special, durable fibers and a packet of coagulant. The bag can be affixed to a toilet seat or even a trash can, and tests by the company have found that almost no odor emanates from one of the bags when left indoors with feces inside it for a week.
2020年12月，古手川義則的公司推出了口袋馬桶，這種微型可攜式馬桶幾乎可以在任何地方使用。該產品包括一個用特殊的耐用纖維製作的袋子和一包促凝劑。這個袋子可以固定在一個馬桶座椅甚至一個垃圾桶上，該公司經測試發現，裝有糞便的袋子放在室內一周也幾乎不會散發出臭味。
"They can fit even in a woman’s makeup bag, so we hope people will carry them with ease,」 Kokenawa said, adding that his company has so far sold about50,000 Pocketoilets.
古手川義則說：「這種馬桶甚至可以裝進女性的化妝包，我們希望人們都能輕鬆攜帶。」他補充道，他的公司迄今為止已經售出了約5萬個口袋馬桶。
