{"id":81209,"date":"2014-03-03T16:28:28","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T07:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47687"},"modified":"2016-04-01T02:52:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T17:52:06","slug":"oita-city-street-gets-see-through-toilet","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/oita-city-street-gets-see-through-toilet\/","title":{"rendered":"Oita City Street Gets See-Through Toilet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wakakusa-dori Shopkeeper\u2019s Association in Oita City has installed a unique public toilet to help bring customers back to the area. The walls of the toilet are transparent, clearly revealing the interior to passers-by, but as soon as anyone enters, a sensor is activated that switches the glass to a frosted state. The Association got the idea from similar initiatives reported last year in France and Belgium. When it applied for a national government community revitalization subsidy, its proposal was accepted for its uniqueness. The toilet is open from 7:00~22:00 and local eateries, fast food restaurants and clinics will contribute to cleaning and lock-up duties. There are also security cameras nearby to discourage vandalism. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun 3\/3<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47776\" alt=\"2014_139399744722-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/2014_139399744722-1.jpg?resize=240%2C251\" width=\"240\" height=\"251\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Image source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oita-press.co.jp\/localNews\/2014_139399745633.html\" target=\"_blank\">oita-pres<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wakakusa-dori Shopkeeper\u2019s Association in Oita City has installed a unique public toilet to help bring customers back to the area. The walls of the toilet are transparent, clearly revealing the interior to passers-by, but as soon as anyone enters, a sensor is activated that switches the glass to a frosted state. The Association got the idea from similar initiatives reported last year in France and Belgium. When it applied for a national government community revitalization subsidy, its proposal was accepted for its uniqueness. The toilet is open from 7:00~22:00 and local eateries, fast food restaurants and clinics will contribute to cleaning and lock-up duties. There are also security cameras nearby to discourage vandalism. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun 3\/3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6391,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-81209","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/81209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}