Saniflo offers 3 japanese toilets toilets models in the lineup we track. This page is the Saniflo-specific cut of the broader Japanese-Style Toilets & Washlets toilets category — same product class, narrowed to the Saniflo catalog only.
Saniflo (a division of SFA-Saniflo, founded 1958 in Brécy, France) pioneered the macerating toilet — a small electric pump unit that grinds waste and pushes it up through a 3/4-inch discharge pipe to an existing soil stack as far as 15 vertical feet away. The Sanicompact, Saniaccess, and Sanibest Pro lines are the workhorses for basement bathrooms, garage conversions, and pool houses where below-grade installation would otherwise require breaking concrete. Saniflo is the named brand in 70%+ of US searches for "upflush toilet" and "macerating toilet system."
For the complete Saniflo lineup across all sub-types and capacities, see the Saniflo Toilets hub.
If you're cross-shopping japanese toilets toilets beyond Saniflo, the following brands also ship in this category:
If you've stayed in a Tokyo hotel, you know exactly what brought you to this page: a TOTO Washlet. The most famous of the "Japanese toilet" category, but not the only one. Here's how the category breaks down and what you can actually buy in the US.
In Japan, virtually every modern toilet is a "smart toilet" by US definitions — heated seat, integrated washlet (bidet), often auto-flush and auto-lid. The feature set is so universal that there's no Japanese term for "smart toilet"; it's just a toilet. When a US shopper searches "japanese toilet," they almost always mean one of three things:
For the complete japanese toilets buyer's guide (all brands, full comparison framework), see the Japanese-Style Toilets & Washlets category hub.
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