Tokyo installed see-through public toilets in a park to let people inspect their cleanliness before using them, at which point the glass turns opaque

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• Two see-through bathrooms have been installed in public parks in Tokyo, Japan.
• They are made from colored "smart glass" so people can see how clean they are inside before using them. The glass then turns opaque when the bathroom is locked and in use.
• The toilets are part of a project that is redoing 17 of the city's public bathrooms with different designers to make them accessible and for people to want to use them.
• The goal is to fight assumptions that public toilets are "are dark, dirty, smelly, and scary," said the nonprofit foundation behind the project.
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Tokyo has installed two see-through bathroom facilities in public parks, allowing people to see how clean they are before deciding to use them, at which point they turn opaque.

The bathrooms are made of colored "smart glass," which then "turns opaque when locked," said Shigeru Ban, the architect behind the designs.

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