The Tao of loo: A toilet with its own Japanese garden
If you run out of toilet paper, there are plenty of substitutes.
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Fancy answering the call of nature au naturel but don’t like getting too down and dirty? Japan recently saw the opening of a public toilet in a veritable Garden of Eden that designers say is the largest of its kind in the world.
Created by architect Sou Fujimoto, the single, glassed-in cubicle commands a view of cherry, plum, and peach trees in a rural part of Ichihara City, east of Tokyo.
It’s located by Itabu Station along the scenic Kominato Railway, and you can hear the old-school trains clunking along as they pass.
Surrounded by a 6-foot wall, the elegant loo stands in a 240-square-yard garden that is being planted with rape blossom and clover.
Sorry guys, it’s for ladies only.
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