Tokyo’s Solution to Public Toilet Safety and Hygiene: Transparency

Not quite figuratively. Here’s what they did

The toilet in Yoyogi Fukamachi Mini Park, designed by Shigeru Ban. Photo by Satoshi Nagare/The Nippon Foundation

How many times have you declined the call of nature just to avoid relieving yourself in a public toilet? Me? A lot of times. All the time, even. I mean, is it even safe? Is it clean? Did the last person leave without thinking of the next user, in this case, me?