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(Sound is very much required on this one.)

Sometimes food is so darn tasty you gotta sing its praises.

AWOOOOO! 

No? Damn.

To people who don’t live in Japan, osoji is the Japanese equivalent of spring cleaning, but it’s done just before New Year. It means, theoretically, that I have to move the refrigerator (proven possible in the past) and washing machine (proven impossible in the past) aside and wash the floor underneath; dust / wipe / vacuum / sanitize (and determine their blood group while I’m at it) (hey, this is important in Japan) cupboards; clean bathroom thoroughly, which means diving into the small drain in the floor, which is gross beyond description; clean balconies and wash windows and do you know how cold it is out there?!

It also means dusting and reorganizing and fondling my books. Hmm. Maybe it’s not a bad custom after all.

Japan residents, how do you do it? Launch a major one-day attack or do it incrementally? I tend to favour the latter.

ねこ‏ @shimamike0814