Incredibly Ingenious: Japanese Inventions You Can't Find Elsewhere

12. A public phone cleaning and handwashing station

What It Is: A place where you can sanitize your phone and wash your hands. Average Cost: Nothing to use We are all aware of how important it is to wash our hands, particularly in this day and age. However, many of us are unaware of how contaminated our phones are. Our phones are home to millions of bacteria, and studies have revealed that they are complete germ magnets.

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The Flighter/Pinterest Public Handwashing/Phone Cleaning Station In Tokyo, there are public phone-washing facilities in addition to hand-washing stations in the Ginza neighborhood. Smartphones are germ-free after being sterilized by these advanced stations.According to Reuters, WOTA Corp., a Japanese start-up, is the brains behind these devices and believes that they will "revolutionize" improved hygiene and "access to clean water."