Jul 16, 2017
The world of dishwashing without a dishwasher
It seems the style of washing dishes differs greatly around the world. How do you wash dishes in Japan? Wash under running water? Use a dish tub in the sink and wash them there? Other?
I've been living in Japan for almost 2 decades, spanning everything from 2 years living in a tiny town of less than 7000 people to many year in Tokyo and Yokohama, and much traveling in between. I now work as a relocation consultant, helping people as they get started on their own journey in Japan.
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on Jul 16
A bit of water on the sponge and then some washing up liquid. Give all the dishes a scrub, setting them in the sink basin. Once all dishes have had a scrub, rinse under a running tap and place in a draining rack. Back home I would have added washing up liquid to a basin of hot water and done all the dishes in that, maybe giving them a bit of a rinse before leaving them on a draining rack. My Japanese partner has a seemingly real belief though, that consumption of any amount of soap suds left on dishes will lead to a grizzly end so for this reason I have rinse dishes more thoroughly than I would back home.
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