A toilet in Japan’s Shibuya Ward has become an unlikely attraction for tourists from all over the world.

Celebrated Japanese architects, including Shigeru Ban and Tadao Ando, have designed these toilets.

Toilet tours will transpire on Thursdays and Sundays at 10 a.m. for two hours and cost 4,950 yen (US$32.70) per person as it will be divided into two groups traveling in a bus with a guide. The ward has also engaged in spreading English-language pamphlets for tourists. 

Toilet tourism kicked off at the start of March with 55 people, mostly Japanese but also including foreign, exploring the ward’s lavatories. 

However, a toilet also attracted negative attention due to a technological malfunction which has since has been rectified.

The officials hope that the popularity of these toilets will increase due to their design and facilities.

In the last two years, over 17 public toilets have been reconstructed under the Tokyo Toilet Project. Those toilets featured dark and gloomy amenities that date back to the 1960s and were replaced with radiant, sterile, and warm facilities.

This story was showcased by director Wim Wenders’ film Perfect Days. The movie shed light on the lavatory attendant’s life who should sustain facilities in top-notch condition and was nominated for an Oscar this year.

“They have become hugely popular for many reasons. People have heard about the creators of these places, and they know many of the designers’ names because these are famous architects or fashion designers, and they want to see what they created for themselves,” media manager of the ward’s tourism association, Yumiko Nishi, said.