Room with a view! These public toilets in Tokyo are covered with transparent ‘smart glass’

These public toilets in Tokyo's district of Shibuya have transparent glass instead of walls for a real room with a view.

These public toilets in Tokyo's district of Shibuya have transparent glass instead of walls for a real room with a view.

Filmed on October 1 the insides of the building are seen clear as day, not giving a sense of privacy.

But when a patron enters the lavatory "smart glass" is activated obscuring the user by turning opaque, from liquid crystals in the material positioning randomly.