Thursday, 11 October 2012

Yamaji Restaurant, Gunma, Japan



Yamaji is a cozy restaurant in the mountains in Gunma. It is a wooden house with wooden tables and chairs. Drawings by their grand children on the walls. The toilet has a great view of the forest and I like the handmade toilet roll cover.

Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Abracadabra, London

 - Unique, but messy.

At the weekend I went to the toilet on a fabergé egg.
There's a sentence I never thought I'd say.

Glitter everywhere.
Which would you choose?
The toilets at the Abracadabra restaurant in London are definitely the most bizarre I've ever come across. There was a different surprise lurking behind every door - both in the ladies and the gents - the highlight definitely being the aforementioned egg.

There are some additional bizarre touches in the toilets, beside the fact that you get to do your business straight into a giant open mouth. On the backs of the doors are miniature screens which give a view of the bar - a bit disconcerting as it makes you wonder if there is a screen at the bar showing the inside of the toilets. 

Unfortunately a couple of cubicles were out of order when we were there, but I heard a rumour that there is a mushroom shaped toilet lurking somewhere.

Highly recommended.

I liked the brass heart shaped sinks a lot.

The gents toilets look far less appealing to me! What were they thinking?!
A bit messy too.


Monday, 18 June 2012

Hove town hall


These toilets have a very dated 80s feel (much like the rest of Hove town hall) but they deserve a mention as they are very large and divided into 3 distinct areas:
  • The toilet cubicles (of which there are many).
  • The sinks.
  • And a huge dressing area (shown below).

Perfect for powdering one's nose.

Another interesting feature is that there are two different doors: one for entering and one for leaving.

As you can see when I was in there it was very empty, but by the size of the place, and the fact that they need traffic control, I think they must get very busy at times!


Monday, 5 March 2012

Chigasaki Lusca




This is the toilet is great! It is on the top floor of a department store in Chigasaki, Japan. Chigasaki is a city by the sea.

Fist you go through the semi-transparent glass walls. As shown in the first picture. I like the sign for the Ladies', wearing a necklace. The sign for Men's had a surfboard. In the toilet, you can hear sound effect of waves. One cubicle is a special aroma therapy toilet. I didn't get to use it this time as I was quite desperate and it was in use. But the nice aroma can be smelt throughout the toilet. Inside the cubicle is a standard toilet. To be honest I can't remember very well as I was most overwhelmed by the features encountered on the way. There is a toilet for children too!