On the second day of my trip, I decided to visit some of the public toilets under The Tokyo Toilet project. The idea was inspired by the film Perfect Days . Since the public toilets under this project are scattered around western side of Tokyo, I visited a few in Shibuya area, which are quite close to each other. One notable location is Yoyogi Park. One of the highlights of these designer toilets is the transparent toilet. Its transparent glass walls will turn opaque when the door is locked. This feature is based on the electrochromic effect. However, this feature is unavailable during late autumn and winter, which coincided my visit. The key takeaway from this visit: an eye opening experience about toilet culture and social inclusivity. Yoyogi Park The transparent toilet Another transparent toilet in community park The park in Yoyogi Hachimangu Shrine Another view of the park Mushroom design public toilet
Due to short duration of stay in Beijing, I only managed to visit the Olympic stadium, which is a stone throw away from the hotel I stayed. Unfortunately, the stadium closed for public at 10pm. So I was only able to take a glimpse at aquatics center (above). The public peacemaker (公安) chased everybody off at 10pm. What a bummer.
The aquatics center (in blue light) is at the far left.
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