Laundry + daily life

[crystalxapple]

So last weekend I went to Nagoya to visit my uncle and his family.  Even though their family is completely Chinese, it's funny to see how based on where you live, you look like the locals.  For example, my cousins who live in Taiwan look like their Taiwanese; my brother looks like an ABC (American Born Chinese) and my cousins in Japan look soooo

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[beijingduck2001]

ahh sounds really exciting!!! haha, totally forgot you have an uncle in Japan... so you are not completely away from your family! :D

yup, i think a lot of people in asia (like in hong kong too) like to air dry their clothes... usually hang them in doors if it rains. i guess maybe japanese people air dry than iron their clothes so it looks nice?

wow, $4 loads, crazy! do you have the laundry machine in your apartment?

i still can't believe you are in Japan!! have you been taking pictures so you can show us at our annual jasu reunion???

[hatsumi_chan]

You have to use more softener if you air dry your clothes and then make sure you shake them once or twice to get excess water and wrinkles out, letting air flow through the fabric knits, so that they don't dry stiffly. My parents have always air-dried our clothes because they don't like how much electricity it takes to use the drier, but because I don't have the space to dry my clothes that way here, I started using the drier.

Clothes eventually dry no matter how humid it is in the area you're living in, and most people do their laundry at least a day before they need to wear the clothes they washed so they can dry overnight.

At least this is my experience because my parents are super asian xD

[iloveaibachan]

lol i had to comment because ive always wondered about japanese laundry.
we in the UK hang dry our clothes mostly. we have a drier in my family but we dont use it unless its raining or we need the clothes urgently.

i actually find it weird NOT putting clothes out on the washing line, but thats just us! >_