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Architects in Japan are redesigning the [publicly / public] toilet. They have unveiled a public toilet with transparent walls, until someone [locking / locks] the door. An organisation called the Nippon Foundation [creation / created] a project called "The Tokyo Toilet" to make public restrooms more [attraction / attractive] and usable. The idea was to [use / useful] innovative design to make public toilets more accessible. An official said it wanted people [to / for] feel comfortable using public toilets, "and to [foster / faster] a spirit of hospitality for the next person". World-famous architects such [as / has] Tadao Ando and Kengo Kuma participated [in / as] the project. In total, 16 top designers came up with toilets that will be [dot / dotted] around in 17 parks and public spaces in Japan's capital Tokyo.

The Nippon Foundation said it [wanting / wanted] to stop people having a negative image [on / of] public toilets. It said many people thought toilets were "dark, dirty, [stinky / stink] and scary" places. It said people care about if the toilets are clean, and that "no one is [secrecy / secretly] waiting inside". The first transparent toilets opened [in / on] a park in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on August the 16th. They [immediately / immediate] became a tourist [attraction / attractive] with many people lining up to take photos of them, and of [cause / course] to do their business. The toilet walls are transparent - you can see the white toilets and [stinks / sinks] from the outside. However, when the door is locked, the special film and glass walls suddenly become opaque so no one on the [outing / outside] can see inside.