In a country known for its cult of cute, even poop is not an exception. A pop-up exhibition at the Unko Museum in the port city of Yokohama is all about unko, a Japanese word for poop.

This is all to say, there are a lot of cute poop objects out there to play with, to squeeze, to eat, and to watch. But how did poop get so darn cute? It starts with the poop emoji.

Poop-shaped erasers and scatological jokes have long been popular in Japan, but the ‘Unko’ museum has taken ‘number twos’ to a whole new level of appreciation and interactivity.

Poop-shaped cupcakes are displayed in a room at the Unko Museum in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. In a country known for its cult of cute, even poop is not an exception.

Japan's culture of cute makes no exceptions for poop. It gets a pop twist at the Unko Museum in Yokohama near Tokyo. "The poops are colorful and come out nicely in photos," said Haruka Okubo, a ...

Poop is cute at Japanese museum that encourages play The poop is artificial, nothing like what would be in a toilet, and comes in twisty ice cream and cupcake shapes, in all colors and sizes.

YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Japan's culture of cute makes no exceptions for poop. It gets a pop twist at the Unko Museum in Yokohama near Tokyo. Here, the poop is artificial, nothing like what would be in ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan – Japan’s culture of cute makes no exceptions for poop. It gets a pop twist at the Unko Museum in Yokohama near Tokyo. Here, the poop is artificial, nothing like what would be ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan – Japan’s culture of cute makes no exceptions for poop. It gets a pop twist at the Unko Museum in Yokohama near Tokyo. Here, the poop is artificial, nothing like what would be ...