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I have to say, I have never been inside a Japanese persons house and the kitchen not be absolutely jam packed with stuff. All kinds of cooking gear all over the place. It's not dirty, it's just JAM PACKED since kitchens are often small. I myself have since found that in order to be able to move from A to B in a Japanese house (small and cramped often) or apartment...copying the way they do it actually starts to make sense. Hang things all over rather than storage in drawers and cupboards etc.
my japanese wife loves to hang things, too. Even when there's no need to hang those items. ha ha! Our apartment is so small, we have to shift things around just to get access to something else, kinda like the rubik's cube, or those children's plastic sliding puzzles... ha ha!
The hardworking Japanese myth was propagated, in the US, during a time when people were looking to explain why so much of our manufacturing had moved to Japan. "They just work harder" sounds a lot better than "it's great for the bottom line." My brother-in-law is one of those who's out the door at 6am and not home until 10pm. He's been working 16-hour days for a decade now- we should all aspire to be so 'hardworking'!
I think it’s a balance between the two. Being productive is great, but the self realization that you need to take a break and be a couch inspector every once in awhile is a well rounded human being.
Reminds me of the apartment I used to live in where this pile of non-recyclable garbage steadily grew larger over the entire year I was there. You know the kind of garbage, the type where you have to call the city hall or ward office to arrange a time to have it collected - old mattresses, furniture, bags of old kitchen stuff, etc. People were just dumping stuff without going through any of the steps to have it collected and it became a major eyesore, but the company managing the building refused to have it removed. So, when the time came for me to move out, I went through the procedure of arranging to have all my stuff collected, including my white goods (fridge, washing machine, etc). The building manager happened to be passing by when I was taking it out on the morning of the collection day as I was applying the little stickers you buy from the conbini, and he thanked me for doing what was expected of me. Some short-term residents just couldn't be bothered going through the slight hassle of buying the stickers, booking a collection time, and hauling everything outside for the collection truck. Unfortunately, since some of those short-term residents were Vietnamese, it became the thing to just assume that only foreigners were dumping the mattresses and whatnot.
It must be a Japanese thing, I let my yard grow all summer long, I do it for the insects I like my wild flowers and butterfly and humming birds. When my husband {pic. dead} he would mow the lawn 5 6 times a summer and cut all my flowers. I hated it. I'm Japanese.
My husband is so lazy, that would be bad enough, but he's a hoarder too. There is nowhere to sit, it's ridiculous. And the garden so out of control. you can no longer see the fish pond. Drives me ompletely nuts. So I know exactly where you're coming from.
@@Intolerence1234-rv3fd yeah equal rights, then she should stop cooking, washing clothes and other stuff, and go to do garden. Let the man do cooking, dusting... equal rights...
I knew what you were going to say before you said it ! I started to laugh and as you were telling your story , I couldn't stop ! Yoroshiku onegai shimase H ! N❤️ s' 🇯🇵. 🥰🙏
As someone who is late diagnosed, this absolutely screams ADHD 😂 I'm going to assume with everything you've said before about Japan having a lot of attitudes that align with Western countries in the 50s/60s, there isn't a lot of people being diagnosed as yet?
Could the letterbox thing be about everything being electronic and online, thus people are noticing that the only thing that ever goes in the letterbox is ads and other things? I would let a letterbox be filled as well, if it only ever contained things that I don't care about. Although, can't they just write "no ads" on the box? Is this kind of opt out not a thing in Japan?
"No ads" type stickers and signs are available and work. Lots of important government forms, notices, bills and so on regularly come by paper mail... these guys must often see them too late.
lol good stuff, guy. Japanese are generally collectors by nature. They're amused by a simple collection of cigarette butts. They love collecting and categorizing, it's why they have an amazing history and culture IMO. How do you like those Train Otakus?? I see them with their pro photography gear on the Toyoko Line station platforms all the time. I just SMH, laugh to myself and think "losers" ha ha. I shouldn't judge, because maybe that's the only thing they got going in their lives.
As for being lazy? Nah, they're just masters at relaxing. Japanese are chill by nature. Zen Meditation, Massages, Onsens, green tea ceremonies.. It's all great. The Hustle Culture is not an organic movement, it's a cult IMO.
constant moving helps to keep body in better shape, cause special older people bodies very quickly go downhill. Dpn't need anything extreme, just little by little. I have lots of old people around me and i see lots of differences between those who are always active and those who not active.
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I have to say, I have never been inside a Japanese persons house and the kitchen not be absolutely jam packed with stuff. All kinds of cooking gear all over the place. It's not dirty, it's just JAM PACKED since kitchens are often small. I myself have since found that in order to be able to move from A to B in a Japanese house (small and cramped often) or apartment...copying the way they do it actually starts to make sense. Hang things all over rather than storage in drawers and cupboards etc.
@@Intolerence1234-rv3fd name checks out. :D
my japanese wife loves to hang things, too. Even when there's no need to hang those items. ha ha!
Our apartment is so small, we have to shift things around just to get access to something else, kinda like the rubik's cube, or those children's plastic sliding puzzles... ha ha!
The hardworking Japanese myth was propagated, in the US, during a time when people were looking to explain why so much of our manufacturing had moved to Japan.
"They just work harder" sounds a lot better than "it's great for the bottom line."
My brother-in-law is one of those who's out the door at 6am and not home until 10pm. He's been working 16-hour days for a decade now- we should all aspire to be so 'hardworking'!
I sure hope your last comment is sarcasm.
Those "before" videos about your Japanese farmhouse are an excellent example of not being tidy. (I love the old farmhouse transformation videos)
The weeds don't bother me, so I don't bother the weeds.
The neighbours tall grass actually looks nice to me.
It does look good. But the neighbors on the other side and we have kids.. so snakes and centipedes and mosquitos are a problem.
@@TheJapanChannelDcom I hear you, forgot about the natural inhabitants.
I think it’s a balance between the two. Being productive is great, but the self realization that you need to take a break and be a couch inspector every once in awhile is a well rounded human being.
One possible explanation: Depression.
Reminds me of the apartment I used to live in where this pile of non-recyclable garbage steadily grew larger over the entire year I was there. You know the kind of garbage, the type where you have to call the city hall or ward office to arrange a time to have it collected - old mattresses, furniture, bags of old kitchen stuff, etc. People were just dumping stuff without going through any of the steps to have it collected and it became a major eyesore, but the company managing the building refused to have it removed.
So, when the time came for me to move out, I went through the procedure of arranging to have all my stuff collected, including my white goods (fridge, washing machine, etc). The building manager happened to be passing by when I was taking it out on the morning of the collection day as I was applying the little stickers you buy from the conbini, and he thanked me for doing what was expected of me. Some short-term residents just couldn't be bothered going through the slight hassle of buying the stickers, booking a collection time, and hauling everything outside for the collection truck. Unfortunately, since some of those short-term residents were Vietnamese, it became the thing to just assume that only foreigners were dumping the mattresses and whatnot.
It must be a Japanese thing, I let my yard grow all summer long, I do it for the insects I like my wild flowers and butterfly and humming birds. When my husband {pic. dead} he would mow the lawn 5 6 times a summer and cut all my flowers. I hated it. I'm Japanese.
The full letterboxes would stress me out. I would assume something bad happened to the inhabitants every time if i didn't see them
My husband is so lazy, that would be bad enough, but he's a hoarder too. There is nowhere to sit, it's ridiculous. And the garden so out of control. you can no longer see the fish pond. Drives me ompletely nuts. So I know exactly where you're coming from.
@@Intolerence1234-rv3fd Maybe it's his stuff you just don't go throwing out someone elses gear do you?
@@Intolerence1234-rv3fd yeah equal rights, then she should stop cooking, washing clothes and other stuff, and go to do garden. Let the man do cooking, dusting... equal rights...
@@jackclements2163 They didn't talk about throwing stuff out, they talked about gardening. You don't read properly, do you?
I knew what you were going to say before you said it ! I started to laugh and as you were telling your story , I couldn't stop ! Yoroshiku onegai shimase H ! N❤️ s' 🇯🇵. 🥰🙏
As someone who is late diagnosed, this absolutely screams ADHD 😂 I'm going to assume with everything you've said before about Japan having a lot of attitudes that align with Western countries in the 50s/60s, there isn't a lot of people being diagnosed as yet?
Yes, mental healthcare here is very old style.
Is this the Japanese "appreciation of nature"? :D Junk mail is also a part of nature.
I knew what to expect the second I saw that familiar grass hahaha
Completion anxiety!
Leave the letterbox full like that in Australia and you are asking to be burgled.
Or attempted squatting
it's raining hard this sunday morning in Perth, so no weeding today. Just let you know that I am not lazy. 😂
My back garden is like that, I get pushed by my neighbour to cut the grass. Eventually.
Could the letterbox thing be about everything being electronic and online, thus people are noticing that the only thing that ever goes in the letterbox is ads and other things? I would let a letterbox be filled as well, if it only ever contained things that I don't care about.
Although, can't they just write "no ads" on the box? Is this kind of opt out not a thing in Japan?
"No ads" type stickers and signs are available and work. Lots of important government forms, notices, bills and so on regularly come by paper mail... these guys must often see them too late.
lol good stuff, guy.
Japanese are generally collectors by nature. They're amused by a simple collection of cigarette butts. They love collecting and categorizing, it's why they have an amazing history and culture IMO.
How do you like those Train Otakus?? I see them with their pro photography gear on the Toyoko Line station platforms all the time. I just SMH, laugh to myself and think "losers" ha ha.
I shouldn't judge, because maybe that's the only thing they got going in their lives.
As for being lazy? Nah, they're just masters at relaxing. Japanese are chill by nature. Zen Meditation, Massages, Onsens, green tea ceremonies.. It's all great. The Hustle Culture is not an organic movement, it's a cult IMO.
We've got our freedom so much.
I'm retired and I deserved to be lazy I worked hard all my life.
constant moving helps to keep body in better shape, cause special older people bodies very quickly go downhill. Dpn't need anything extreme, just little by little. I have lots of old people around me and i see lots of differences between those who are always active and those who not active.
You're alright Mate ! 😂
Masses of unspoken and undiagnosed mental illness in Japan which might explain some of it.
This is a thing? Not heard of this before 🤨
Retirement makes people lazy,I exercise every day,cut grass once a week and grow garden to keep body and mind in good shape.
Hard to be tidy in those tiny apartments 😂