End of December / Japanese big cleaning event / Oosouji before New Year
Friday, December 30, 2016
Japanese start big cleaning event by the end of December.
It is called Oosouji/Oosoji.
We clean all over schools,offices and houses that we used.
So,we buy various goods for cleaning to have a super clean New Year's Eve.
There is a slogan of Oosouji event.
"Don't hold this year's stain to next year"
I almost finished Oosouji from even though I usually clean well.
Oosouji/To do list/At random
1,Inside and outside of the fridge and all things in the fridge.
I clean seasoning bottles and other packages too.
(bacteria elimination and tidiness)
2,I wipe and dust off all furniture and all floor.
3,I wash all bedclothes.
4,All windows and dirt in sashes.
5,In the oven and microwave,kitchen closets
6,All doors and knobs
7,Kitchen's greasy fan
8,All drawers
9,Bathroom and drain port
10,Inside of the air conditioner / filters
11,Walls and ceiling
12,Entrance area
13,Dusts on lights
14,Replacement / Old underwear,socks
15,I wipe TV,remote control,PC and i-phone.
16,Inside of the car.
Etc.
In this season,I always use tons of baking soda for cleaning.
Important places are entrance,kitchen and bathroom.
This is because house's luck depends on these places.
The standard point of good Shinto shrine is cleanliness.
Sacred existences,nature gods,love cleanliness and they cherish local nameless person who rakes fallen leaves in a shrine's property.
A well-cared shrine will be an active shrine.
You can put Kamidana and Butsudan tables in your clean house or room.
This is a manner or respect for these tables.
In Japan,cleaning is very important routine work rather than other countries.
Japanese students clean their class room by themselves. Even a toilet and other public room in the school.
Actually,cleaning brings lucky fortune because evil spirits love dusty dirty room.
Important thing is self-cleaning where we used.
If you are not cleanly person,
you can't continue Kamidana and Butsudan care.
Because cleaning is a really basic care for your sacred tables.
All people keep self-god in their own chest.
The sacred portion was given by local nature gods when you were born.
So,you need to clean your house everyday because you keep the god inside of you.