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posted by Fnord666 on Monday August 24 2020, @03:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the peek-a-poo dept.

Japan: See-through public toilets open in Tokyo parks:

Transparent public toilets which light up "like a beautiful lantern" have been installed in Tokyo.

The see-through loos have opened in two parks in Shibuya, a commercial part of the Japanese capital which is renowned for its shopping facilities and quality of nightlife.

The toilets use coloured "smart glass" which turns opaque when they are occupied.

The glass technology has been used so people can identify whether the toilet is clean - and if anyone is currently inside.

Users have already said how, once inside the toilet, they cannot tell if the glass is opaque or not - giving them the strange feeling they are on display while spending a penny.

[...] There are plans to open more of the transparent toilets across the same neighbourhood by next spring.


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  • (Score: 2) by darkfeline on Tuesday August 25 2020, @03:50AM

    by darkfeline (1030) on Tuesday August 25 2020, @03:50AM (#1041463) Homepage

    I don't know what you're trying to say. If you're saying a society where you can buy sex toys next to the children's toy section in a big box store has repressed sexuality, then Hitler was a saint who believed in racial equality.

    >the US might not sell that stuff in groceries, but go 2 miles down the road to the adult shop

    If you need to head down to the seedy district, that's a much stronger case for cultural repression.

    Really, you're confusing the hell out of me. It sounds like you're saying the state that sells guns at Walmart that most people shop at is just as repressed or more repressed in gun ownership than the state that requires going down to a special gun shop that most people don't shop at. That's just silly talk.

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