Bidet toilet seat price in Japan
Average retail price
- Cheapest surveyed city
- ¥36,600 Fukushima
- Priciest surveyed city
- ¥59,840 Otsu
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| # | City | Price (JPY) · per unit |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fukushima | ¥36,600 |
| 2 | Nagasaki | ¥38,100 |
| 3 | Mito | ¥39,600 |
| 4 | Utsunomiya | ¥39,600 |
| 5 | Niigata | ¥39,600 |
| 6 | Tsu | ¥39,600 |
| 7 | Nara | ¥39,600 |
| 8 | Wakayama | ¥39,600 |
| 9 | Matsue | ¥39,600 |
| 10 | Tokushima | ¥39,600 |
| 11 | Kochi | ¥39,600 |
| 12 | Kumamoto | ¥39,600 |
| 13 | Oita | ¥39,600 |
| 14 | Kagoshima | ¥39,600 |
| 15 | Sendai | ¥40,800 |
| 16 | Yamaguchi | ¥41,700 |
| 17 | Maebashi | ¥43,340 |
| 18 | Yokohama | ¥43,340 |
| 19 | Kobe | ¥43,340 |
| 20 | Naha | ¥43,390 |
| 21 | Kofu | ¥43,700 |
| 22 | Kanazawa | ¥44,990 |
| 23 | Kyoto | ¥46,200 |
| 24 | Saga | ¥46,200 |
| 25 | Yamagata | ¥46,640 |
| 26 | Chiba | ¥46,640 |
| 27 | Nagano | ¥46,640 |
| 28 | Toyama | ¥46,700 |
| 29 | Takamatsu | ¥47,080 |
| 30 | Fukuoka | ¥47,255 |
| 31 | Morioka | ¥47,990 |
| 32 | Tokyo (23 wards) | ¥48,670 |
| 33 | Gifu | ¥48,800 |
| 34 | Akita | ¥49,280 |
| 35 | Tottori | ¥49,940 |
| 36 | Shizuoka | ¥50,200 |
| 37 | Saitama | ¥50,380 |
| 38 | Hiroshima | ¥50,380 |
| 39 | Osaka | ¥50,523 |
| 40 | Miyazaki | ¥52,300 |
| 41 | Sapporo | ¥52,510 |
| 42 | Fukui | ¥52,800 |
| 43 | Matsuyama | ¥53,790 |
| 44 | Okayama | ¥53,800 |
| 45 | Aomori | ¥54,725 |
| 46 | Nagoya | ¥56,800 |
| 47 | Otsu | ¥59,840 |
Retail price survey conducted by the Statistics Bureau of Japan. This is a survey average, not a shop price — actual prices vary by store. 総務省統計局 小売物価統計調査 · Surveyed items and specifications
Key facts
Bidet toilet seat costs ¥45,757 per unit in Japan as of September 2026 — the unweighted average of 47 surveyed cities, down 2.1% from a year earlier. Measured as an index, the official CPI for bidet toilet seat reads 97.0 (2020 = 100) in September 2026, down 1.6% year on year and down 0.9% over five years.
Bidet toilet seat sits in the housing group of Japan's CPI basket, with 321 monthly observations from January 2000 to September 2026. The series peaked at 262.2 in January 2000 and bottomed at 93.8 in August 2021; the latest reading is -63.0% against that peak. Against ten years ago it is -2.7%.
Annual average index by year
| Year | Index | YoY % | Months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 113.2 | -5.5% | 12 |
| 2016 | 102.8 | -9.2% | 12 |
| 2017 | 99.1 | -3.6% | 12 |
| 2018 | 100.6 | +1.5% | 12 |
| 2019 | 99.6 | -1.0% | 12 |
| 2020 | 100.0 | +0.4% | 12 |
| 2021 | 98.4 | -1.6% | 12 |
| 2022 | 100.9 | +2.5% | 12 |
| 2023 | 104.0 | +3.1% | 12 |
| 2024 | 104.5 | +0.5% | 12 |
| 2025 | 102.2 | -2.2% | 12 |
| 2026 | 96.5 | -5.6% | 9 |
Average of the monthly index values in each year (2020 = 100). Blank months are excluded.
Average retail price by month
| 2026-09 | ¥45,757 |
|---|---|
| 2026-08 | ¥44,988 |
| 2026-07 | ¥45,495 |
| 2026-06 | ¥46,326 |
| 2026-05 | ¥46,191 |
| 2026-04 | ¥45,520 |
| 2026-03 | ¥45,159 |
| 2026-02 | ¥46,190 |
| 2026-01 | ¥46,109 |
| 2025-12 | ¥45,524 |
| 2025-11 | ¥46,683 |
| 2025-10 | ¥46,939 |
| 2025-09 | ¥46,762 |
Frequently asked questions
- How much does bidet toilet seat cost in Japan?
- ¥45,757 per unit, as of September 2026 — the unweighted average of 47 surveyed cities in the government's retail price survey.
- Which Japanese city has the cheapest bidet toilet seat?
- Among the surveyed cities in September 2026, Fukushima was cheapest at ¥36,600 and Otsu the most expensive at ¥59,840.
- How much have bidet toilet seat prices changed in Japan over the past year?
- As of September 2026, -1.6% year on year, measured by Japan's official consumer price index (2020 = 100).
- How much have bidet toilet seat prices changed in Japan over the past five years?
- -0.9% compared with the same month five years earlier. The index now reads 97.0.
- When were bidet toilet seat prices in Japan at their highest?
- The series peaked at 262.2 in January 2000. The latest reading is -63.0% against that peak.
- What is the difference between the index and the yen price?
- This page carries two kinds of number. The index (2020 = 100) measures percentage change over time and is not a yen amount; the yen figure is an actual average retail price from the government's retail price survey. Source: 総務省統計局 消費者物価指数 (e-Stat table 0003427113, nationwide, monthly).