Japan Introduces Smart Public Restrooms (Toilets) in Tokyo Constructed With Smart Glass

Smart Public Restrooms (Toilets) in Tokyo Constructed With Smart Glass

By Tom Okure, Ph.D. 

ICMS, Inc Reports 

In Tokyo Japan, an impressive smart public restroom design is being introduced to embrace diversity which can accommodate anyone. The restroom project is an initiative referred to as “The Tokyo Toilet Project” and employs sophisticated smart glass technology designed to make modern restrooms in Japan “accessible for everyone regardless of gender, age, or disability and to show the potential of an inclusive society.

The glass panels are of many colors and quickly become opaque when the cubicles are locked

The smart glass (transparent) toilets designed by 16 global creators were introduced on August 5, 2020 and the brainchild of Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban. The smart public toilets are initially “located in Haru-no-Ogawa Community Park (5-68-1 Yoyogi) and the Yoyogi Fukamachi Mini Park (1-54-1 Tomigaya).”

The smart glass transparent technology appears to be similar to the technology used in transitional eye glasses but with a quicker response immediate effect time turning immediately from clear to opaque when the toilet door is locked. The immediate transition from clear glass to opaque makes people assured using the toilet facility that they will not be watched from outside while using the toilet inside.

 According to” Nippon Foundation” many public restroom users in Japan especially those using restrooms located at a park typically complain or worry about two things “the first is cleanliness, and the second is whether anyone is inside” … “Using the latest technology, the exterior glass turns opaque when locked. This allows users to check the cleanliness and whether anyone is using the toilet from the outside. At night, the facility lights up the park like a beautiful lantern.”

In 2019, Tokyo Japan prefecture had an estimated population of 13,929,280 with the greater Tokyo area considered to be the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37.393 million residents as of 2020. Tokyo as a modern city has so many futuristic design innovations. 

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