Deep Dive #2: Seventeen toilets designed by famous architects and featured in the film “Perfect Days”!
These are all public toilets, so they are open 24/7, and they’re FREE!
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Perfect Days is a movie about a day in the life of a Tokyo Toilet cleaner…
but this story of an ordinary man living his life in a quietly extraordinary way is as thought-provoking as it is heartwarming. And the toilets themselves deserve accolades as Best Supporting, because they are well worth a pilgrimage!
What is “The Tokyo Toilet” project?
Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward hired Japan’s most famous architects to renovate seventeen public restrooms. Each solution is a masterpiece of design, innovation, new materials, and paying attention to the needs of the community around them.
Whether you visit all these fabulous peeatoriums or just a few, they’re guaranteed to delight your eyes and prompt plenty of lively discussion! But don’t take my word for it—click here to see photos of every toilet and its special details, or keep scrolling and use this as a guide to see them for yourself, day or night! (I’m including both daytime and night photos of each toilet, so you can choose when best to see it.)
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Here’s how to get to all the Tokyo Toilets in one day, by train:
Start at Sasazuka Station and walk to:
#1 Sasazuka Greenway
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#2 Hatagaya
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#3 Nanago-dori Park
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#4 Nishihara Itchome Park
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From Toilet #4, walk to Hatagaya Station, take the Keio New Line to Hatsudai Station and walk to:
#5 Nishi-Sando
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After enjoying Toilet #5, walk to Minami Shinjuku Station, take the Odakyu Line to Yoyogi-Hachiman Station and walk to:
#6 Yoyogi-Hachiman
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#7 Haru-no-Ogawa Park
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#8 Yoyogi Fukamachi Mini Park
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Toilet #8 is right next to Yoyogi-koen Station, so from there take the Chiyoda Line to Meiji-jingumae Station, change to the Yamanote Line and ride it one stop to Yoyogi Station. From there, walk to:
#9 Urasando
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Get back on the Yamanote Line at Yoyogi Station and go one stop to Harajuku Station to see:
#10 Jingumae
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#11 Jingu-dori
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Walk to Harajuku Station and ride the Yamanote Line to Shibuya Station, change to the Keio Inokashira Line and get off at Shinsen Station. Walk to:
#12 Nabeshima Shoto Park
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Get back on the Keio Inokashira Line at Shibuya Station, and ride the Yamanote Line to Ebisu Station. Go out the West Exit to see the next four toilets.
#13 Higashi Sanchome
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#14 Ebisu Park
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#15 Ebisu Station West Exit
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#16 Ebisu East Park
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Return to Ebisu Station and get on the Hibiya Line to Hiroo Station. Go out Exit 4 and walk to:
#17 Hiroo Higashi Park
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If you’d like to spend another few Perfect Days in Tokyo, they’re here:
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Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Japan, produces the monthly e-magazine Japanagram, and blogs at Only In Japan and The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had
