The big clean up week start end of the week of Dec.
Houses, offices, castles also temples and shrines took all dusts off for welcoming fresh New Year.
There are many varieties of house cleaning goods those are developed every year
A Japanese actor Matsui Kazuyo is a cleaning expert, she creates many cleaning tools.
Clean up stick that is called Matusi-bou, this is the most poplar tool made by long chopsticks, gauzes and rubber bands. Those can be arranged any sizes of chopsticks, floor papers so on.
Matsui-bou works so well for cleaning any narrow spaces especially between frame and frame of a sliding door.
Susuharai, means clean up for castles, temples and shrines all traditional buildings. Cleaners use traditional tools like bamboos. So many numbers of cleaners attend at the Susuharai day.
The end of business year, many offices are cleaned up in the morning time by office workers, work few hours after lunchtime. late afternoon, the last meeting (mini party) of the year is held at the office. All stuffs gather to have drinks and finger food, giving appreciation to each other. This mini party (call Noukai) is also held at Tokyo Stock Exchange.
