The 12 Best Japanese Bathroom Gadgets & Accessories

1. Toto Washlet® G450 Integrated Smart Toilet

You can find the smart toilet by TOTO in most Japanese homes. The company sold over 50 million of these smart toilets in 2017 alone, making them the world's largest toilet manufacturer. This toilet, unlike regular toilets, comes with specific buttons with standardized functions.

Its major features include an in-bowl bidet, water temperature setting, and a powerful yet quiet flush system that uses one gallon per flush.

This high-tech electronic bidet seat comes with a tornado flush siphon jet flushing system. It has a dual-nozzle water propulsion system to give a cyclonic rinsing action. It is finished with state-of-the-art CEFIONTEC ceramic glaze, which prevents particulates from sticking to the surface of your toilet seat. This means you will use less water to clean.

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The toilet seat comes heated with temperature control. You can also pre-mist the bowl before each use, and the toilet lid automatically opens, closes, and flushes. The smart toilet also comes in a skirted easy-to-clean design.

You can use the special features in three basic wash modes: front, rear, and soft. It also has a remote control that allows you to avoid touching any surfaces. If you would love to enjoy this luxury Japanese bathroom feature with its built-in air purifying system, you can still order it today.

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2. Puretone HTD-360 Body Dryer

After taking a bath, you would proceed to dry yourself with a towel, right? Not in Japan.

In Japan, you can dry yourself with a full-body drying device. The Japanese take cleanliness seriously, hence this device.

This Japanese bathroom gadget looks like a bathroom scale, but it sends hot air upwards as soon as you step on it. This airstream continues until you are dry or you switch the device off. You can personalize your experience by picking between regular air, fan, heated or pre-heated modes. You can also select between four fan speeds. This ensures that the sudden wave of air does not shock you.

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If you are wondering why this device is better than a regular towel, you should know that your towel cannot discharge ions that will keep your skin moisturized. The Puretone HTD-360 Body Dryer releases millions of negative ions beneficial to your skin.

This powerful machine delivers under 75 decibels of sound and consumes just about 500-1400W. This gadget exposes you to a quiet, power-efficient machine that gently dries and improves your skin.

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3. Panasonic EW-DJ41-W Jetwasher Doltz Portable

This Japanese bathroom gadget will revolutionize your oral health. It is a compact water pick that helps to easily clean parts of your gums and teeth that your toothbrush cannot reach.

Before the invention of this device by Panasonic, people used hooks or toothpicks to pick out items from their teeth, which could hurt their gums. With this oral irrigator, you can pick your teeth with less gore and pain. Dentists highly recommend this device because you can now get a deep oral clean from the comfort of your home.

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The Jetwasher Doltz by Panasonic is unique because it has an ultrasonic nozzle that channels the water through a narrow opening. This turns the water into bubbles that create ultrasonic shock waves when they hit your teeth. The shock waves are what eliminate plaques from your teeth.

The battery-powered oral irrigator comes with about 150 ml tank to hold water. Simply fill the tank up, set the desired pressure level, and use it for a couple of minutes. Consistent use of this device will leave you feeling more confident about your oral hygiene. It is a portable device that you can travel with.

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4. UVC Ultra Wave Toothbrush Sterilizer

The human mouth is filled with more bacteria than you can imagine, and a good amount is deposited on your brush. Toothbrushes are home to lots of germs and sometimes have more bacteria than the toilet bowl or inside your shoes. The UVC Ultra Wave Toothbrush Sterilizer is a hygiene product produced by Medik to keep your toothbrush clean.

As the name implies, this Japanese bathroom gadget sterilizes and gets rid of 99% of bacteria from your toothbrush in three minutes. Charge with a USB port, place your toothbrush inside, and press the sterilization button. The LED UV lights will attack these microbes and deliver you a germ-free toothbrush. This device is easy to travel with and can sterilize your brush up to 500 times on one full charge.

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5. Muji Toilet Paper Roll Air Freshener

If you think about it, air fresheners stand out pretty awkwardly wherever you see them. They are often too conspicuous for their own good and rarely match the decor, unless you've gone to great lengths to get one in your room's style. This is even more so in a bathroom with limited gadgets, popular air fresheners can seem an eyesore. This is where the Muji Toilet Paper Roll Air Freshener comes in.

The toilet paper roll air freshener is exactly like it sounds; an air freshener that looks like a toilet paper roll. No need to worry about sorting through thousands of products for the perfect air fresheners that fit your bathroom. Muji's air freshener product fits into your toilet and bathroom; visitors can barely even notice the origin of the lovely fragrance.

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Where better to have an air freshener than in a bathroom or toilet? The Muji toilet paper roll air freshener eliminates odor once you're done with your business. The device is pretty easy to operate as well. Once you plug in four AA batteries under the device, slide the toilet paper back on top, and turn on the switch in the back, you're good to go.

The device clears the air of any foul smell for 10 minutes then automatically turns off. Its design is great for minimalist bathrooms and a cool gadget to show friends. Just make sure not to reach for it when you actually need toilet paper.

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6. Wet Tissue Maker Wizumoa

Sometimes, dry tissue just doesn't cut it. Cleaning with dry tissue sometimes causes unnecessary smears across surfaces. Wet tissue is also so much better if you run out of wet wipes. However, the Wet Tissue Maker Wizuoma can replace both your dry tissue and wet wipes altogether. The device basically turns dry tissue into wet towelettes in a second. Hence, you won't have to buy both separately all the time.

To use the wet tissue maker, hold some dry tissue over the moisture dispenser on the device, and it will spray water onto your tissue. The process only takes a second, and you don't need to press any buttons. You can also store dry tissue in the device. When you need either dry or wet tissue, simply tear some out like in any regular tissue dispenser.

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To get the full benefits of wet wipes, you can also add some anti-bacterial sprays into the device. The wet tissue is great for cleaning and skincare applications. The tissue is cordless since it's AA battery-powered, so it works in any bathroom without making a mess.

7. Cosme Treatment Shower Head Obleu

This is a collagen showerhead created by beauty specialist MTG to help people with dry skin and hair. Its collagen and microbubble shower head gives an amazing experience. Simply press the switch on the shower head and enjoy as the shower delivers a warm and enriching bathing experience.

This shower head delivers a bathing experience unlike anything you have felt. Simply heat the water with the shower head. You will be doused with over 33 million microbubbles that supply superior cleaning. This device supports three adapter types and is manufactured using ABS, polyoxymethylene, and propylene.

8. Epeios ET003 Sonic Electric Toothbrush

The ET003 sonic toothbrush comes in well-designed and exquisite colors. This not-so-regular toothbrush takes oral hygiene to another level. You get four different tooth treatments with this gadget. You can choose ‘Clean’ for regular daily use, ‘White’ for stain removal, ‘Sensitive’ for sensitive gums, and ‘Polish’ to give that strong whitening effect.

This toothbrush delivers effective deep cleansing of your teeth. It comes with high-density Dupont bristles arranged in a W shape and matching perfectly with the teeth line. This device has an overpressure protection sensor, a two-minute off time, and it will remind you to change sides every 30 seconds with a vibration.

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It charges using a USB Type-C cable. It is waterproof, durable, and runs on a rechargeable lithium battery. It charges to maximum battery capacity in 3 hours and can last up to 180 days on a full charge. This makes it a great travel companion because you won't have to worry about charging your toothbrush.

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9. Linno Beau Phototherapy Shower Head

This is another great product from Fukushima Kagaku's "Isola Felice" brand. It focuses on solving everyday beauty problems such as small lines, skin elasticity, tightness, pores, etc. With embedded LEDs, this shower head will sort out skin issues like black circles and visible pores by water pressure.

Linno Beau brings phototherapy into the bathroom, and you can pick from one of three options. The near-infrared LED option helps to resolve smile lines and skin tightening spots and pores, while the red LED tackles wrinkles and black circles.

The blue LED tackles inflammation, acne, and regeneration. It is made from various materials, including copper, silicone, ABS and POM resin, stainless steel, etc. This device can withstand water temperatures up to 60°C and has four adapters.

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10. Panasonic Handy Toilette DL-P300

At this point, you know that the restroom experience in Japan differs from anywhere in the world. If you wish to experience this everywhere, the Panasonic Handy Toilette is the Japanese bathroom gadget you need. Simply fill it with water, lock the top, and open the nozzle. This device works like a portable bidet and will clean you up or even the toilet if you think it is not clean enough.

This device is lightweight and compact, and it is easy to use. You will need it if you go camping often. It also comes in a range of great colors, which make you look stylish while carrying a toilette. It is powered by 2 AAA batteries and comes with a nozzle, PET bottle adapter, and a strap for convenience.

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11. TOTO Travel Washlet

This bathroom gadget is designed specifically to clean toilets easily and efficiently. If you are on the move and are not guaranteed to have the luxury of Japanese bathrooms' quality, the Toto Travel Washlet lets you wash down bathrooms elsewhere for peace of mind.

It is especially handy when there is no toilet paper to use. Simply deploy this Washlet and use the electric steam feature to clean the restroom. This will deliver an 8ml/second flow from up to 5 holes to eliminate germs from the surface.

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12. Wakashitaro Water Heater

Last but not least on this list is a handy water heater with many safety features. The heater looks like a rod that you dip into the water you want to heat. The heater comes with a floating pull-up cord and water level sensor to make it as safe as possible. It also has an overcurrent and overheating protection fuse.

However, the best feature of this heater is the temperature sensor that allows you to heat water to a specific temperature. You can choose temperature settings between 30-45°C (or 86-113°F) in increments of 1°C. The heater can heat up small bowls or large containers and baths up to 300 liters. Apart from baths, you can also use it in small garden pools or to defrost food.

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Conclusion

You have many options if you would like to upgrade your bathroom experience to the best bathroom gadgets Japan has to offer. After reading this article, you will be in awe of these Japanese bathroom gadgets. We hope you already have ideas on which to install in your bathroom and those that are portable enough to carry around.

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