I recently moved back to Japan (Tokyo) from the US for the 2nd time. This time I shipped many of my belongings here including nice kitchen appliances (electric kettle, crock pot, blender, and rice cooker) that I owned. Before I ruin them or cause an electrical issue what sort of converter do I need in order to use them here in Japan? I have seen varied answers and wondered if someone has some insight/experience with this. Any help/information greatly appreciated.
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It’s going to depend where you are in Japan (50 vs 60 Hz) as well as what kind of appliances they are. What do they say on the back about voltages and frequencies?
We use our US appliances here no problem including most of what you mentioned. But importing a rice cooker to Japan? Talk about Coal to Newcastle.
I originally read this as a fridge, oven, etc. But the appliances you listed should have no issues other than being a bit slow (to warm) for resistive devices. I’ve never noticed.
Grounded/polarized plugs may be a bigger issue but have cheap solutions.
I’ve lost count on how many US, UK and Japan devices I have. Only the the US/UK ones need the step up/step down converters and I haven’t had issues with any of them. Just the ones with motors run faster/slower depending on the hertz (I have a 50hz sewing machine for instance).