20 Forgotten Japanese Grandmother Tricks That Only Poor Families Knew
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Published Oct 6, 2026, 3:00 PM · 1w ago
Setsuko Mori
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Declutter your whole house in 30 days, one small job a day: www.setsukomori.com
20 Forgotten Japanese Grandmother Tricks That Only Poor Families Knew
You've been keeping the habits your family always had — washing, saving, reusing — but somewhere along the way you started thinking simpler living meant doing without. It isn't about doing without. It's about knowing which small things make the biggest difference. I'm Setsuko, and my grandmother in Kanazawa raised her children through hard years by never wasting a single thing in her kitchen or her home, so today I'll show you 20 forgotten tricks that only careful families knew.
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In this video:
#20: The rice water habit my grandmother used every morning — and what she did with it
#19: How to clean with salt the way poor families always did
#18: The vinegar use that replaced three products in my grandmother's kitchen
#17: Why she dried everything before it went into a drawer — and the exact order she did it
#16: The furoshiki wrapping method for storing odd-shaped things without a single bag
#15: How she kept a small home smelling clean without anything from a store
#14: The mending habit that happened on a specific day, every week, without fail
#13: Why she kept one small container of baking soda in three different rooms
#12: The floor-wiping sequence that costs nothing and takes four minutes
#11: How she stored dried goods so nothing was ever lost or forgotten at the back
#10–#1: Ten more habits, each one a small thing her family did without thinking
No gadgets, no shopping lists. Just what you already have, used in the right order, for the right purpose.
Which of your grandmother's habits have you kept — and which ones did you let go of without meaning to? I read every comment, and someone reading yours might need it.
#JapaneseHabits #CleaningTips #Declutter
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20 Forgotten Japanese Grandmother Tricks That Only Poor Families Knew
Details
- Published
- Oct 6, 2026, 3:00 PM
- Length
- 12:44 (764 s)
- Format
- Long-form
- Category
- People & Blogs
- Audio language
- EN
- Quality
- HD
- Captions
- No
- Made for kids
- No
- Licensed content
- Yes
- Video ID
- MzW2fjlQXjQ
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