The Japanese Home Calendar That Keeps a House Clean ALL Year

What does a Japanese home do to stay clean all year? It follows the calendar. Japan's year of household events gives every month one small job, from taking the New Year decorations down on January 7th to starting the New Year preparations on December 13th. Here are 12 Japanese home calendar rules, one per month, adapted for an American house: a home maintenance checklist you can actually keep. Empty the heater before summer, test the air conditioner in May (most Japanese homes skip it too), air out what you've stored in midsummer, dust the family photos in August, wash the window you'll look through in the fall, and protect what winter snow can break in November. Every chapter ends with one date to put on your calendar tonight. Save it and come back to each month's chapter. CHAPTERS 0:00 One job a month 0:20 The year's events 0:44 1. January: a date for the decorations 2:02 2. February: back to front 3:18 3. March: put it away on a dry day 4:39 4. April: empty it before it sleeps 5:57 5. May: what Japan gets wrong 7:19 6. June: dress the house for summer 8:35 Save this for every month 8:55 7. July: air out what you stored 10:19 8. August: the family photos 11:35 9. September: the window you look through 12:54 10. October: windows before winter 13:54 11. November: protect what snow can break 15:13 12. December: start on the 13th 16:41 All 12 in one breath 17:30 Your turn #japanesehome #homemaintenance #cleaningschedule