Japan's poop museum flush with visitors

These giant pastel-coloured poops are very instagrammable.

Opened in March of this year, this museum dedicated to poop has already been flushed with success.

According to the museum's Twitter page, the Unko (or poop) Museum attracted more than 100,000 people in its first month.

A group of children try to catch small poop toys gushing from a giant poop-shaped inflatable at the Unko Museum in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, July 1, 2019. [Photo: IC]

The museum's producer Masaru Kobayashi says that the theme was chosen because of poop's impact and popularity in Japanese pop culture.

Japanese comics and animations often use the image of poop as a gag or a funny prop.

When it comes to poop, "there are no rules here on how to enjoy the museum," explains Kobayashi.

"So for friend groups or families that come, they can decide on their own how to experience it. For example, if we try this it will be fun or if we take photos like this it will be cute. Discovering for yourself how to have fun in this environment is really what makes it enjoyable."

A visitor reaches into a toilet bowl to pick up toy poop at the Unko Museum in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, July 18, 2019. [Photo: IC]

When entering the museum, guests watch a promotional video, then they are guided into a room known as the "Poop Maker".

This room is lined with colourful toilets. Visitors choose their toilet and pretend to poop.

When guests stand up they will find colourful poop in the toilet which they can carry around with them as they continue their tour of the museum.

The main area of the museum has a huge poop sculpture surrounded by a ball pit.

Visitor, Haruka Okubo says, "it's nice because the poop is colourful and comes out nice in pictures. The shape is really round and cute too."

The poop sculpture erupts every 30 minutes, spitting out little foam poops.

The inner part of the museum is made up of three sections, "Unstagenic", "Unteractive", and "Untelligence".

The "Unstagenic" area is made up of several Instagram-worthy installations.

The installations include flying pastel poop, a princess room, a neon sign with poop written in many languages, and a glow-in-the-dark poop room.

Visitor, Toshifumi Okuya explains, "it's funny because there are adults running around screaming: "Poop! Poop!"

Poop-shaped cupcakes are displayed in a room at the Unko Museum in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, July 18, 2019. [Photo: IC]

The "Unteractive" area has a projection mapping game where players compete to see how many poops they can step on and squish in a limited amount of time.

It also has a game where players have to scream "poop" and poop will appear.

The size of the poop will depend on how loud the player was able to scream.

The "Untelligence" area has a wall of toilet lids with whiteboards where guests can draw their own poop.

It also has a gallery of poop drawings made by Japanese celebrities and an area where visitors can play retro games that have been remade with a poop theme.

At the end of the visit, guests can put their poop in bags and take them home.

There is also a gift shop area full of poop-themed trinkets and souvenirs.

A woman jokingly poses with large poop-shaped figurines at the Unko Museum in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, July 18, 2019. [Photo: IC]

The Unko (or poop) Museum in Yokohama will run from March 15th until September 30th, 2019.

(Story includes material sourced from AP)