An Afternoon At The Poo Museum

Poo rules at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation! Their current special exhibit tells you everything you always wanted to know about that most human and unmentionable of subjects, and it’s helpfully narrated by a series of talking toilets. You can even don a poo hat and flush yourself down the giant toilet slide to follow the journey of those infamous brown trout as they wend their way through the Tokyo sewer system!







Sadly, this is not a permanent exhibit at the Miraikan – it only runs until October 5th, 2014.
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Writing mystery books set in Tokyo is mostly what I do, but I also blog about the odd stuff I see every day in Japan. I'm a graduate of Stanford University and the Sendagaya Japanese Institute in Tokyo, and a member of the International Thriller Writers, the Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters In Crime. When I'm not in Tokyo, I live in San Francisco. I also host a travel site called The Tokyo Guide I Wish I'd Had, so if you're headed to Japan and want to check out the places I take my friends when they're in town, take a look!
You’d think this exhibit would be really crappy, but it deserves to be throned.
Poop.
Ahahahaha those were ripe for the picking.
I just…well…words escape me.
One of my clients tried to sell some pre-school poo-related educational materials in the States. I told them it wouldn’t fly but they didn’t believe me. Sorry, guys. I know it’s a natural function, but it is simply taboo in the States.
I know, right? I was surprised when I first came here at how many “bodily function” things were treated and discussed without any embarrassment – everything from farting in TV commercials to helping obviously drunk people on the subway. There’s a completely different set of “unmentionables” in Japan!