Did you know that unko, or poop, is a symbol in Japan’s kawaii culture? In Japan, poop isn’t always seen as something gross — it’s often portrayed as cute and funny, especially in manga and pop ...

Inside the DiverCity Tokyo Plaza in the Odaiba district is a bizarre interactive museum, where visitors can take photos with kawaii unko, or cute poop. Don’t worry, there is no actual excrement the ...

The new Instagram-ready space is a celebration of defecation, wrapped up in the Japanese kawaii aesthetic. Toby Fehily visited, and found much to ponder As a mildly lactose-intolerant heavy lactose ...

A major success since opening in March earlier this year, the temporary Unko Museum (‘unko’ is Japanese for ‘poop’) in Yokohama is about to get a permanent site in Tokyo’s amusement district Odaiba.

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As a mildly lactose-intolerant heavy lactose consumer with an anxiety disorder and an affinity for coffee, I am very familiar with the idea of poop being urgent. But I’m struck by a different sense of ...