TOKYOMANGO

Motorcycle that runs on poop to take its debut cross-country journey

Toto is Japan's biggest toilet bowl making company. You see the logo everywhere you go--at the airport, in department stores, at people's homes. Now you may also see it on the road--the company just released its first hybrid toilet-motorcycle that runs entirely on poop! As the person drives, he can poop into the bowl, and that poop will be turned into fuel for the car. It's actually part of a campaign that Toto is running in an effort to reduce its CO2 emissions by 50% in the next 6 years. The motorcycle will be making its way from Kyushu to Tokyo over the next month (departing in six days). Very exciting! I'm not sure who's driving but I'm sure that, in addition to having a drivers license, they had to check his stool to make sure its healthy and fuel-worthy.

Toilet Bike Neo Project via Spoon and Tamago
(Thanks, Jonny Strategy, for instantly thinking of me when you posted this!)

Nuclear radiation explained with poop jokes

I'm sure you've seen this already because it's been making the rounds on the Internet, but I finally have found the bandwidth to post it. I love Hachiya-san, the creator--I wrote about him in Make Mag in 2009.

This poop on a chalkboard wishes you a happy new year

My friend Ichiru took a photo of this storefront signage wishing all customers and passersby a happy new year. It's supposed to be a little mochi decoration, but he points out--and I absolutely agree--that it looks a lot like poop.

Link (Japanese)

Museum features animal poop and books made out of feces

I've written about poop a lot on this blog, but I didn't know about the Himeji Poop Museum until today. The poop museum has a collection of different animal poops on display, that apparently you can poke and play with, in addition to an entire collection of books about poop—including one made out of repurposed elephant poop! Above, you are looking at zebra poop on the left and elephant poop on the right.

via Babelhut (Thanks, Walter!)

Restaurant Serves Poo-Like Objects in Urinals

I thought Japan was the poop capital of the world, but apparently I was way off. A toilet-themed restaurant in Taipei now serves poop-like chocolate soft serve in black-and-white urinals to 100 customers sitting in toilet bowls instead of chairs. There are actually not one not two but twelve of these Modern Toilet diners in Taiwan.

And then, of course, the Koreans have the beautiful designer toilet-shaped house.

Link (Thanks, Alyssa!)