Passion for poop. A shitty situation. Doody with duties. Fecal fascination. In Korea, there is a unique cultural interest (is that even the right word?) in our most privatized bodily function. From calling the messy-bun hairstyle “dong” (Korean word for poop, since it looks like there’s a piece of poop on your head!), to graphic t-shirts celebrating the good brown stuff, people have accepted that awesome childhood mantra: “Everyone Poops!” We even spotted a street food stand selling Dong Bang – literally “Shit Bread” – pastries shaped like shit. I’m fully embracing this obsession and will be on the lookout for more signs of the shit Koreans love.

 
On that note, Moon and I also visited Mr. Toilet House, a museum celebrating clean public restrooms in Korea! The building is shaped like a toilet, and inside the bowl we learned about the history of Korea’s public toilets, the World Toilet Organization, and the Toilet Culture Movement (ha!). The whole institution also serves as a memorial for a former mayor of Suwon, Sim Jae-Duck, who was a leader in promoting clean public facilities in Suwon and greater Korea. A strange little place indeed, but this museum is actually the perfect example of Korea’s quirkiness and tucked-away oddities.