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Japanese toilet thrills motorsports fans at Suzuka F1 racing circuit highway service area【Video】

Oona McGee Mar 26, 2019
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Pull in and surround yourself with the sights and sounds of racing cars at this very unique pit stop.

When you’re out driving on Japan’s motorways, you’ll come across two kinds of highway rest stops, marked as either PA (Parking Area) or SA (Service Area) on road signs and navigation systems.

Service Areas are often the more popular choice to stop for drivers, due to their larger size and wider variety of food options and amenities, but now there’s a parking area in Mie Prefecture’s Suzuka City that everyone wants to stop at, given it has a toilet that looks, and sounds, like this:

鈴鹿PAのトイレの乙姫、確かにF1の音で色んな意味で燃えてくるなwww pic.twitter.com/lGJ8wGrh39

— ハマへるは転生しました (@TakeSakumayu) March 20, 2019

This public toilet, filmed in action by Twitter user @take_sakumayu, is one of the many highlights awaiting motorsports enthusiasts at the shiny new “Pit Suzuka” Parking Area, which just opened to the public on 17 March.

鈴鹿PA賑わってた pic.twitter.com/aprhrCnRgK

— yamato@GRスープラ (@bayashi94) March 24, 2019

Suzuka City is home to the world-famous Suzuka Racing Circuit, and the new parking area pays homage to the world of motorsports with unique touches that include a racing car at the entrance…

つい最近出来た鈴鹿PA

スーパーアグリの車両があって感激してるw pic.twitter.com/jGXJkooqNP

— ガッキー@スコティッシュの人 (@Gacky98) March 23, 2019

▼ …handprints of Grand Prix drivers…

鈴鹿PA最高やった。平日やのにどんだけ人多いねんって感じやけど。 pic.twitter.com/jnVRtVK6Bq

— Gucchi (@Gucchi1918) March 22, 2019

▼ …merchandise collections…

鈴鹿サーキット内かと思えるくらいのおみやげコーナー🏁#鈴鹿PA pic.twitter.com/ZjyxbGZnoS

— 🇫🇮703🏎ｺﾃｺﾃﾚｰｼﾝｸﾞF1ﾁｰﾑ🏁 (@_na0mi_) March 24, 2019

…and a display of leather racing suits made by Kushitani, a famous brand from Hamamatsu Prefecture.

初鈴鹿ＰＡ❗️
クシタニのレーシングスーツが並んどるわw pic.twitter.com/F0LlTGqsLi

— yoshi90@北の大地で仕事中 (@yosi90) March 19, 2019

▼ But what’s really blowing people away are the unusual restrooms, which are adorned in images from the Suzuka Circuit.

8耐トイレのカッコよさ🏍️
音姫様がレーシングサウンドでした!#鈴鹿PA pic.twitter.com/WDszV6umNf

— 源泉かけ流す (@086GENSEN) March 20, 2019

▼ “Are you ready?” takes on a whole new meaning at this pit stop.

一つだけ無駄にカッコいいトイレがありまして
音のやつがF1なの笑うww#鈴鹿PA #新名神 #Formula1 #F1jp #F1 #オーストラリアGP #Honda入賞おめでとう pic.twitter.com/z4yjR830H7

— ぴんぬ (@PN_GT_R) March 17, 2019

When you reverse into a stall here, you’ll be sitting in your very own lane, so you can imagine racing against “drivers” in the other stalls.

https://twitter.com/EaLPith/status/1109005580784427008

While the inside of the toilet stall looks unusual, what makes it even more unique is its otohime button. In Japan, otohime buttons are usually used to cover the noise of any embarrassing toilet emissions by playing a continual flushing sound when pressed. Here at Pit Suzuka, though, the otohime button fills the stall with the sound of racing cars instead.

鈴鹿PAのトイレ🚽
かなりの爆音💨でも大丈夫😆 pic.twitter.com/aFRIIHhmH5

— ぶうむ®︎ (@gekko_1028) March 19, 2019

People online are now planning their journeys to Suzuka City so they can park their rears at the unusual pit stop by the Shin-Meishin Expressway.

So next time you’re travelling between Mie and Hyogo Prefectures, be sure to refuel and recharge at Pit Suzuka. Then you might want to try out this service area at Hyogo, where you can have your meal chosen for you from a gacha capsule toy vending machine!

Parking Area Information
Pit Suzuka / ピットスズカ
Address: Mie-ken, Suzuka-shi, Yamamotocho 709
三重県鈴鹿市山本町709
Website

Source, featured image: Twitter/@take_sakumayu
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