Tokyo has unusual transparent public toilets, here's what you need to know

Japan has yet again proved that its technology is way ahead of its time. They recently introduced glass toilets as a new way of avoiding the unhygienic conditions of overcrowded toilets. But would you be able to go to a transparent toilet in the middle of a busy park? Probably not. Yet it seems that this innovation is the new thing.

The transparent toilet

The toilets in question were installed in the city of Tokyo. They were designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban along with a team of ten other designers. They are made of ‘intelligent glass’ whose colour varies between blue, pink and yellow.

The transparent glass was used specifically so that the outsiders can monitor the toilet’s condition after the previous user left. The scrutiny of being watched creates pressure on the user to leave the place clean. When someone is inside, everything becomes opaque and people outside can't see you. Once outside, the glass becomes transparent again. Crazy, isn't it?

A strange experiment

As per the Guardian, this toilet facility opened up in the Shibuya region in 2020. These toilets are also a new strategy to replace the old toilets around the area. In addition to being transparent, the toilet also lights up at the night in order to alert the passer-by of its presence.

This article is translated from Oh! My Mag FR.

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