Oct 19, 2025
What is your least favorite household chore in Japan?
Today is "Enjoy Laundry Day". I personally don't mind doing laundry that much, but there are things I don't enjoy so much. There are also chores I don't mind too much, such as hoovering and dusting, BUT I find them more taxing in Japan because they have to be done way more often in Japan than in my home country, because Japan has an inexplicable amount of dust! What household chores do you really dislike? And / or are there any household chores you don't mind doing too much in your home country, but find them more time consuming in Japan?
Former nickname was "Saitama". Changed it to save confusion on place review posts! Irish, 20+ years in Japan! I also write on my personal website: insaitama.com
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8 hours ago
I find laundry a lot more difficult here than my home country. A big part of that is the summer months where the humidity makes it so much harder to get things dry. In Australia, our summers are so dry that oftentimes you can hang out laundry on the clothesline outside, come back in 15-20 minutes, and it's already bone dry. I miss that! Also, back home we have rubbish bins that get collected by a truck weekly or every two weeks depending on the type of rubbish it is. When I lived there, there were three main bins: regular trash, recyclables, and plant matter (e.g. garden clippings). Here I feel like the trash situation is a lot more strict, and having to walk it down to our designated trash collection area can be annoying. Certain chores we have here are "only in Japan" ones that I never had to deal with in my home country, like snow-related ones!
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8 hours ago
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