A boy tries to look past the opaque glass of an occupied toilet at the transparent public toilets that becomes opaque when occupied, designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, at Yoyogi Fukamachi ...

You wouldn’t expect an award-winning acting role to come from something called the Tokyo Toilet Project, but that’s what happened for veteran Japanese actor Kôji Yakusho. The project, which involved ...

Along with taking in temples and cherry blossoms, Tokyo visitors can now join a curated pilgrimage of the city’s more modern wonders: its public toilets. Penelope Panczuk was inspired to hop on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: "Hi toilet." "Close the door." Tokyo visitors can now join a curated pilgrimage of the city's public toilets The Tokyo ...

At first glance, the concept sounds absurd—maybe even inappropriate. How can a city council commission transparent toilets as vestiges of urban privacy? The surprising answer comes from Japan’s ...

Public bathrooms aren't always the cleanest places to do your business. But Japan, a country known for its innovative toilets, wants to change the perception that public toilets are "dark, dirty, ...

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Restrooms in Japan are widely known for being clean and high-tech, with bidets, heated toilet seats and even the recorded sound of flushing water so others won’t hear you doing your business. But some ...

The Shibuya district of Toyko is home to 17 über-modern public toilets. In 2020, the Toyko Toilet Project invited renowned creatives in Japan to design the facilities. The project includes bathrooms ...