A few months ago, I caught the picture Perfect Days. The Oscar-nominated film by famous producer Wim Wenders followed a Chinese bathroom custodian who performs his career with fervor and passion and featured some cool-looking facilities in Tokyo.
Now, I normally do n’t give public toilets a second thought – I walk in, take care of business, wash up and walk out. However, the toilets in the movie, which I later learned were a part of the Tokyo Toilet Project ( TTP), piqued my interest enough that I decided to check them out during my trip to Japan earlier this month.
THE Korea Bathroom Task
Launched in 2020 by The Nippon Foundation non- income company, the TTP’s aim was to encourage the use of public toilets and remove the stigma of them being dark, illegal and unsanitary, specifically for children and women.
17 people toilet located around the Shibuya district  were redesign and made more accessible by sixteen world-renowned designers, architects, and artists, including Tadao Ando, Kengo Kuma, Shigeru Ban, and Nigo. This explains why many of them appear to be art installations.