A blue grand piano stands in a room decorated with stripes and swirls. A view of a luxury public restroom at the Nanjing Deji Plaza in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China.

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Dec 4th 2025|Nanjing|3 min read

One of the main attractions of Deji Plaza, a shopping centre in Nanjing, is its toilets. An artsy wing of the mall features absurd lavatories over six stories. On level three they are decked out in mesmerising neon lights; two floors up they boast sparkling gold designs and a grand piano. Visitors travel for hours to see the extravagance. And they are not just running to the restrooms. Deji was the highest-grossing mall in China last year, with 25bn yuan ($3.5bn) in sales. By some counts, it was the highest-grossing in the world.

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