Doing my laundry in Japan

[109mytiger]

why not use a kotatsu as dryer lol

[renvaar]

I don't know how to use the coin laundry in my mansion!! I'm afraid to go wash my own clothes!

[blitzkrieg1913]

now i know why they have their own washers :D

[ZyriaLuvWG]

im very curious why did you have to turn off the video camera when the japanese person came in?

[myargonauts]

I didn't have to, but talking to "myself" alone in a laundry mat makes me seem even weirder than I already do... :P

[CultureQuirk]

@ZyriaLuvWG I'm assuming it's just kinda embarrassing to be filming yourself in an empty coin laundry place XD

[dapefley]

I'll make sure I never again complain about my school charging $1.00 to wash and $1.00 to dry.... sorry to hear you spent close tO $25 to do your laundry...

[misctube]

Its amazing how so many things here are a complete ripoff in terms of pricing, but since people accept it, the ripoff pricing thrives....

[Hachiban08]

lol yup, I do my own laundry :]

I both hang my clothes and use a dryer lol, back at home. At the UC, I go to, I can only use the dryer because its too windy to let my clothes sit on the balcony haha. At school, the load is like around $1.50 and the dryer is I think either $0.75 or $1.

[Ido013]

That's scary! （＞ω＜） I never thought it'd be that expensive! I hope being in Tokyo will somehow lower the price （^ω^;;） Oh is the clothes detergent expensive too???

[myargonauts]

the price of the washing machine includes detergent, automatically added in, so it is handy like that

[AmaiEmikoChan]

Oooo amazing, So for people who have hand washers they save money

[nokomarie1963]

Wow! Pricy.

[yokohamaguy75]

@nokomarie1963 No kidding! That's way more expensive than even Tokyo! WOW!

[BusanKevin]

I have never used a dryer in Japan :(

[myargonauts]

i was very lucky to have a dryer as a JET. Since my clothes are bigger than most, it certainly helped, especially in winter. It made my clothes softer too, so that was nice. But it was an electric dryer, so I had a higher elec bill each month cuz I used it a lot.

[PadawanKim]

When we were living in Matsue we had a washer and dryer, but the dryer didn't get the clothes completely dry, so we still had to hang them up after "drying" them. :/

Star Wars bag FTW!

[tonygaijin]

wow those are some expensive machines! when I was in tokyo, each load was 200 yen. no dryer, so my room had clothes hanging everywhere!

[hoosierhana]

i love your star wars bag!!! laundry is one of my least favorite chores.

[gtoyas]

日本の基本的生活物価はなにせ高いです。円高でさらに高い印象に­なっていると思います。コスト負担は人の頭数によるのでやむを得­ませんが特に都会ほどコスト高い。設備投資が集中しているようで­す。

[AlexisMai87]

Lol! I spent a fortune doing laundry in Japan. It was like my clothes never dried. The power is much lower in Japan it seems. Like with my hair dryer etc. Luckily, I went during the summer, so me and others started hand washing and hanging it up in the room/bathroom.. haha.

[YokosukaPatrick]

WELCOME BACK! I use a drying rack, I just plan ahead and wash a day prior to when I need them. There just isn't enough room for a dryer in my apartment right now. It's not a good idea to hang dry on the balcony when you see small puddles frozen over on the streets where I'm at.

[ManaStar]

Yes, I do my own laundry :) Usually 1 load costs about 200yen. I air dry my clothes outside or inside. Outside is sort of closed off so my clothes don't get wet from rain or snow and inside I use my aircon to help dry them.

[Japantics]

I use the coin laundry dryers every season.. haha.. I'm way too impatient for air drying.

[AntoneX6]

Coin Laundry woot

[crazyzee81]

wow Pricey,  Something I have been wondering about is the Average cost of living. I mean when us back in the states see stuff like 23$ to wash and dry 2 medium loads of laundry it seems very high price. but if the pay for jobs is better then the states it will probally equal out. I know your just there for a couple weeks but if you have a chance to respond to this it would be great. Anyway have fun and I look forward to a clip from the Sumo if you get a chance.

[myargonauts]

it seems like this place in particular is a bit pricey. And if you lived here regularly, my guess is you would wash your clothes and just take them there to dry, which isn't that expensive.

[misctube]

@myargonauts Actually, where I live, in the middle of nowhere country, its almost exactly the same pricing. So either its a common practice outside major cities or just that insanely expensive...

[melnoad]

That's so expensive!! It seems cheaper just to buy new clothes instead of washing the ones you have.

If it was cold or raining out when I did my laundry, I just hung them inside.

[StarDr0ps]

Dang, doing laundry there is expensive. :0

[SmirnTea]

Indeed