Facilities can be open or private as needed.” All 17 of the facilities that have been ear-marked for what’s known as the Tokyo Toilet Project are located in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward, an area ...

A sweeping new trend is changing the old image of public toilets. The Tokyo Toilet project of "cool and beautiful" restrooms is led by famous Japanese creators. Their designs were the setting for ...

Now the Tokyo Toilet project is taking the concept a step further by reimagining 17 public toilets that are safe and truly accessible for all. Video by Shiho Fukada and Keith Bedford Animation by ...

The toilets are part of the Nippon Foundation’s project “The Tokyo Toilet” to make public restrooms reborn as a comfortable convenience. Ban is one of the 16 creators who are supporting ...

An excruciating five-minute wait prompted Manami Momose to embark on a multiyear research project concerning “toilet disparity” at public restrooms.

His team was inspired by the Tokyo Toilet project, which saw 17 public conveniences introduced in the city’s Shibuya district, commissioned by The Nippon Foundation as a “symbol of Japan’s ...