Discover Japan’s Most Amazing Bathrooms in the World

Modern Japanese bathrooms are known for being practical and technological in every way. Firstly, they allow you to save water, electricity and time. And, secondly, they also guarantee comfort and the possibility of enjoying pleasant moments of rest, without anything getting in the way.

O awesome.club introduces you to little Aiko, who lived in Canada for 7 years and has lived in Japan for 2 years. She will show a Japanese apartment, more precisely the bathroom, and present all her surprising features that make life easier.

The sink, toilet and bathtub are in different spaces in a Japanese apartment. There is a small dressing room with a sink, which also contains the washing machine connected to the bathtub and a separate toilet.

The bathtub is the place where you can relax, forget about the hustle of the day and not worry about someone in your family taking away your privacy if you need to use the toilet or wash your hands.

The bathroom faucet, which is placed next to the sink, allows it to be placed above the sink. It is very convenient when you need to bathe pets or small children, wash clothes or toys.

The bathtub for a Japanese is first and foremost a place where it is possible to relax, hydrate the body, take a long bath in fragrant water and not a space where you can simply take a quick shower. This sets them apart from western bathtubs, which are filled with all kinds of gels and shampoos.

Bathroom accessories include a stool and a small bucket to take out water and rinse off. On this bench, Japanese people soap their bodies, wash their heads with shampoo and rinse themselves thoroughly under the shower. For in the bathwater you must enter already clean🇧🇷 There is also no custom of putting your head under water.

This approach allows the bath to be used by all family members without having to change the water, resulting in considerable savings due to reduced water consumption.

It is very easy to wash the bathroom with a shower. All water from the walls is drained into a grate on the floor. It is very convenient: you wash yourself and wash the toilet.

In Japan, there is no central heating in winter. In contrast, the Japanese use all sorts of ways to keep warm. In every house there is a kotatsu, a table with a heating element installed under the cover and a blanket.

Many homes have a traditional Japanese bathtub, called a hot tub, with water at a very high temperature, around 40°C.

There is a habit of taking a steam bath every day. This is not a luxury, but a way to stay warm on cold winter nights.

In the apartments, the hot tub was replaced by a heated bathtub with a rubber cover, which better preserves heat and saves electricity.

A marvel of technology. Through this control, you can:

Maintain a constant water temperature for all family members; Turn on the emergency button to call for help; Ask someone in your family to bring you the towel you forgot, a cup of aromatic tea or a book.

Even the quiet Japanese don’t like to waste time. No need to run from place to place to check if the bathtub is full. A special sensor adjusts the water temperature, automatically fills the tub, turns off the faucet, and gives a beep that says you can shower.

After all family members have showered, the water will no longer be clean enough to use in the washing machine again. Of course, that’s if people have washed themselves previously, using soap and shampoo, out of the bathtub.

Simply lower the second end of the bathtub’s water supply hose and turn on the washing machine. And since the water will still stay hot, you also save electricity.

You can wash your hands immediately after using the bathroom. The water is switched on via a signal from the infrared sensor and stays in the toilet tank, from which the toilet is flushed. This is another efficient method of harnessing water.

To prevent mold in the bathroom, there is an extraction hood, which can work in two ways: with cold or hot air. That way, you can hang your clothes and dry them quickly.

There’s no practical benefit, but you can enjoy watching your favorite TV show or a football game while you’re in the bathtub.

For any mother, it is difficult to shower with the baby in her arms or use the toilet. In Japanese public toilets there are folding seats where your little one can sit and wait for you.

Okay, many of the Japanese technologies are not so simple to adopt in countries like Brazil, especially considering that it will take a good investment to renovate the bathroom. But some of the ideas are simple to put into practice.

For example, after taking a shower, put the water supply hose in the washing machine, as in many apartments it is next to the bathtub.

If there are two people in the family, the first person should soap up beforehand and take a shower, and then relax in the bathtub, leaving the clean water for the other person.

And what tricks do you or your friends use? Share your answers with us in the comments.