As the year draws to a close, many in Japan practice Oosouji, or 'big cleaning' – a tradition to purify and refresh homes before the New Year. Such is the popularity of this mindful and ...

Here’s where the Japanese deep cleaning ritual of Osoji steps in. What better way to reset and begin a whole new year than with an entirely clean home? To dust off the cobwebs, both physically ...

In a custom similar to spring cleaning, Japan has long conducted susuharai ... in the past it marked the start of the countdown to New Year and was a time for households to begin the process ...

Although less common than it was even in the 2000s, half of Japanese households ... 12.7% did theirs on New Year’s Eve. At 28.4%, people most commonly spent “one day” cleaning.

which are remarkably similar to the Japanese New Year's celebrations. Deep cleaning is a custom that many people follow. This is a continuation of the Japanese tradition known as oosouji ...

The run-up to the Japanese New Year, called "O-shogatsu," is a busy ... spend the last couple of days before the holidays cleaning their classrooms. The next phase of the holidays is the mass ...

Moe Cheshire, who was born and raised in Kyoto, Japan, has lived in St. John ... the first of which is a deep cleaning of the house before New Year's Eve. "I remember my dad and my mom and ...