12 Japanese Winter Habits for Seniors Living ALONE (That Cost Almost Nothing)

📚 Everything I teach here, written down in my two books, The Japanese Home Way and Setsuko's Frugal Japanese Kitchen: https://grandmasetsuko.com If you live alone, winter is not only cold. It is long, and it is quiet. I am Setsuko, 78, and I have lived alone for eleven winters in an old Japanese house with no central heating. In Japan we learned not to heat the whole house, but to heat the person. In this video I share 12 winter habits from Japanese homes: the kotatsu idea, the yutanpo hot water bottle (and how to avoid low-temperature burns), the hanten jacket, the haramaki belly band, two layers of socks, a warm nabe pot, ginger tea, noren curtains and bubble wrap on the windows, a careful bath to avoid heat shock, morning radio exercises, a warm place outside your home, and mimamori, watching over each other. If you have heart problems or high blood pressure, please ask your doctor what is safe for you. Tell me in the comments: who checks on you in winter? CHAPTERS 0:00 Winter when you live alone 0:36 Heat the person, not the house 1:11 1. Kotatsu 1:58 2. Yutanpo 3:04 3. Hanten 3:38 4. Haramaki 4:11 5. Two pairs of socks 4:45 6. Nabe hot pot 5:24 7. Ginger tea 5:53 8. Closing the cold out 6:42 9. A careful bath 7:35 10. Radio exercises 8:14 11. A warm place outside 8:52 12. MIMAMORI 10:10 Summary #japanesehabits #seniorliving #wintertips #livingalone #japaneselifestyle