Remember our report last year about the luxury loo of Akihabara?

Built by the Chiyoda Ward government at a cost million yen, the 160-square-meter, single story toilet charges 100 yen per visit (no charge for the disabled or pre-junior high school students), during which you can go about your business in cleanliness and style. Each toilet is equipped with a heater and washlet, and the walls of the stalls are adorned with touch panel displays that show information about Akihabara. You also can use the facility’s changing rooms and computer corner with Internet access.

Well, now we hear that Chiyoda Ward officials are declaring the well-appointed accommodation a success, attracting more than 30,000 paying users in just six months.

[They] say the changing rooms inside the toilet are particularly popular with “cos play” teenage girls who use the facility to change into maid uniforms or other trendy costumes for play.

Hmm. . . 30,000 visitors at 100 yen per person works out to 3 million yen. Considering that the luxury toilet sits on very pricey real estate and is staffed during its operating hours, it doesn’t sound like much of a financial success to me.