I wanted to ask, is anyone else’s house the subject of significant dust accumulation? Literally every morning, I wake up to pick my laptop up off the desk, and it’ll be visibly dotted with dust particles. In addition, noticeable layers of dust will collect on the desk & nearby surfaces, but here’s the weird part – it only ever seems to happen in *one* place in the home – it’s at the corner of two walls where my desk & set of drawers are. Literally within a day or two of wiping it down, the dust will return in even greater abundance, coating my PC monitor, desks, drawers and everything!
I have no idea if it’s simply my place in question, but the constant need to wipe everything down is mystifying given the fact I’ve never had anything this bad in any place I’ve previously lived.
Thoughts?
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I find Tokyo extremely dusty compared to Vancouver. *But*, I also only lived in carpeted homes in Vancouver, whereas in Tokyo it’s only been flooring. I’ve always assumed part of the reason was due to the carpet capturing the dust, making it less obvious.
Could be your aircon or being close to an open window/vent
Two people here already asked this you don’t happen to live at Kanazawa university do you?
Dusty and the air control.
I have stupid assumption that dust accumulated more when there are lots of clothing items in the room, also rugs, curtains, and even small face towels but all in all, I live in osaka city and big cities tend to be dusty all over the place.
If it starts to bother you I recommend you put 空気清浄機/air purifier like sharp plasmacluster in the room, to me I can feel the difference between the room that has one and one without it such as how much i have to wipe or use duster on surfaces.
Yeah I notice the same thing. It seems so much dustier here compared to my home country. Or even my in laws place in Kyushu. I’d literally have to dust like twice a day to keep things dust free here
24時間換気s fault. Switch it off and have a moldy house or vacuum erry day.
The issue is that Japanese buildings are generally built with very bad passive ventilation. If you lived abroad you’d know what I mean ( those vents in the walls not connected to furnaces/ air conditioners)
No air movement means the dust settles.
If you lived in a country with central air, you may not have realized how much dust this removes passively. The lack of central air, which is essentially a giant filtration system, combined with potential other facfors (age of apartment, type of walls, doors) all add up to significantly more dust.
Here are a few things I’ve found that have helped over the years. You can buy dust catchers which you attach to ceiling vents in the shower/laundry/toilet/kitchen. The ones in my laundry and toilet area become completely matted with dust within a week or two. They’re called ホコリ取り: https://shop.aeon.com/netsuper/01050000003760/010500000037604901987234975.html
I also highly suggest buying an air purifier with a HEPA filter if you have dust, mold, or pollen allergies. If your washing machine is one with just a net or plastic box for catching dust, look up washing machine dust catcher sheets and buy those (they help a lot). Whenever vacuuming, use the air filter option on your ac if it has one, otherwise you can use a separate air purifier.
In my apartment, even with using all these tactics, in addition to regular dusting, there’s still more dust than I’m used to having back home. If your apartment is one floor, decent sized, and relatively uncluttered, I’d highly suggest a Roomba. Running it twice a week, it picks up an unbelievable amount of dust, and saves you time on vacuuming. They’re unfortunately quite expensive, so I’d suggest looking for a secondhand one first. If you tend to have a messy floor with lots of clutter or cables, or if your apartment is cramped or two floors, I wouldn’t suggest the Roomba.
No, I get this. It’s crazy how bad the dust is compared to Australia.
One of the commentators mentioned central air and that’s for sure.
The one thing no one here has mentioned is fibres.
How do you dry your clothes? What about the duvet and bed clothes?
Start shaking things outside. Fold in a room and keep the door closed etc.
Between dust from pollution our skin and fibres from fabric that’s where your dust is coming from.
Between the active volcanos in this area and the yellow sand and particulate pollution that comes across from China I have to dust and vacuum almost every day, not to mention wash the cars frequently.
Yes…live in Nagoya…dust is ridiculous. Recently I’ve begun trying a large air purifier in the living room. 😐
I feel like there is far less dust here than I had in Sweden
Are you sure it isn’t mold?
This time of year, a lot of pollen. Looks like dust. Sand from the Gobi desert too.
Also, big city with a lot of cars spewing particles all day and night long.
(Electrification can’t come fast enough)
I lovingly call it Japan dust. I have SO much more dust in this country than I ever did in America. (And I lived in an old cabin in rural Texas). My classroom is also super dusty too, so I don’t just think it’s home.
I had the same problem if you have one of those small square or circular 24-hour vents that let the air in for humidity/air pressure purposes they have a insert for a filter that blocks the dust and pollen from coming in you can buy an Amazon. Without the filter dust will just come in from the outside especially if you’re near a busy road.
I feel like I’m dusting my things every few days…
Are you still using your AC? If it’s too dirty I can see that happening. If it’s just one place, that’s definitely coming from somewhere and that amount of dust over night is not natural. Shouldn’t be too hard to pinpoint the source, just look around.
My place is constantly dusty, but then I’ve got like 300 books, so I think that’s the cause.
The dust accumulation is ridiculous. I dont remember having to vacuum and wipe the floors as much back at my home country.
Lol I have the same problem too hahaha