They are clean, spacious, and above all transparent. These unusual public toilets recently installed in a Tokyo park hide nothing, and especially not their ambition to fill an essential need: to reassure its users.
When no one is sitting there, the toilet blocks are surrounded by walls covered with a film through which an electric current passes, making them transparent, accessible to all, equipped.
But once occupied, the cabinets become opaque. The door lock triggers the mechanism thus protecting the privacy of users even in the event of a power failure.
These experimental toilets were developed with the aim of reinventing the public toilets of the City.
The transparent, installed sets are the work of a famous Japanese architect who wanted to tackle two recurring problems of public restrooms.
Making toilets transparent not only reassures people about their cleanliness, "but also in terms of safety, because you can check that no one is showing up inside".
Residents of the neighborhood appreciated the initiative. "Public restrooms are often dark and dirty, so I really appreciate the cleanliness aspect of the place," said one resident.
Japanese toilets are multifunction toilets full of technology and options, to make this intimate place a space of unparalleled comfort and hygiene. In Japan, more than half of households have this toilet system.
Japanese toilets are fixed either to the floor or to the wall and are connected directly to the drainage network . At first glance they are similar to conventional toilets.
While the first electronic toilet models that appeared in the 1980s were very simple, today manufacturers are very experienced and very efficient. Most "washlets" are equipped with all imaginable technologies related to home automation and practical functionality for the intimate hygiene of the person.
The seat is equipped with a screen or an arm on the side where the control buttons for the various functions of the device are located.
When the infrared sensor detects the presence of someone, the seat opens automatically. You can adjust the seat to the height and temperature that suits you so that your stay on the “throne” remains a pleasure even if the room is cold or poorly insulated.
The heated seat can of course be controlled by the user at any time at the desired temperature between 30°C and 40°C.
Once you're settled in, an air purifier kicks in, pumps out odors and sprays the scent of your choice.
When you leave the WC, an “energy saving” mode is automatically triggered, the seat is no longer heated, the temperature of the seat decreases by itself.
Integrated cleaning system :
One of the most famous options is the built-in bidet. It is a shower system inside the bowl, which projects hot water for a perfect cleaning of the private parts.
The flow rate of the water jet as well as its temperature can be adjusted simply using the screen.
Like on a shower head, the toilets have an adjustable water jet mechanism, a massage mode, to make it more pleasant, another to increase the size of the drops...
Although the majority of people use both, from a certain pressure, the jet can be enough to clean themselves and can even replace paper.
Once the cleaning is done, it's not over, you can activate a configurable hot air dryer.
The massage system greatly helps people who have compression difficulties. Also the cleaning nozzle does not touch the user's body at any time and automatically cleans itself before and after use.
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