The problem with my Japanese bathroom

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Outro Song:
Collapse - Love
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Song Titles:
All music from epidemic sound
Kid on the Move - El Flaco Collective
Coniferous - Jobii
Lucky Shot - El Flaco Collective
Corner Store - Gregory David
Just the right amount - Arthur Benson
I gotta Hunch - El Flaco Collective
Perdula - Justnormal
All the Feels - Sarah, the Illstrumentalist
Impressive - Mimmi Bangoura

[@ramel684]

It's 2022, and I have just spent 18 minutes of my night off watching, and somehow enjoying, a video of a woman on the other side of the world cleaning her bath. This is not the adulthood I imagined when I was growing up.

[@anthonynelson6671]

I about died at the 2:20 "hello mother" and glad I waited to take a sip of my coffee, your humor in editing is greatly enjoyable.

[@joebob7552]

bro that 'hi baby" fucking omg lol

[@anthonynelson6671]

@@joebob7552 indeed, she's wonderful at comedic editing

[@elenhin]

Gave me alien vibes lol

[@tobybartlett]

@@elenhin Exactly what I was thinking. Ha! 👽

[@insertname7504]

stormi you look like mommy baby 😌

[@archergirl2000]

Only Emma could make cleaning a bathroom exciting enough for me to watch.

[@XSemperIdem5]

And funny. I laughed out loud so many times.

[@tobybartlett]

It was hilarious! (It also made me appreciate my North American bathroom SO much more!)

[@tososhin]

I'm like a Japanese drainage system: I have many layers.

[@gustavusadolphus425]

I aspire to be like the toaster oven, but deep down I know that I will likely never have such musical talent

[@XSemperIdem5]

@@gustavusadolphus425 that toaster oven is like the old school moment of getting a new phone and going through all the ringtones to pick the least annoying one that was also not the most commonly used. Back before we could just download ringtones.

[@katrabbit]

That was the original line for Shrek, but they didn't think people would _get_ it 🙄😒

[@iwontliveinfear]

So then you are an ogre?

[@michellethong8476]

So, there's a good chance that whoever lived there before never cleaned that part of the tub - which is why it was so horrible that first time. I'm hoping it's less gross in the future. I highly recommend a long bristle brush to make it easier for you to clean in the future.

[@TokidokiTraveller]

Actually the bathroom was renovated before I moved in so it was just me 💀 but I didn’t figure out how to clean underneath for like 10 months so I understand why it got disgusting 😂😅😅😅 but will definitely be cleaner in the future now I figured it out!

[@michellethong8476]

@@TokidokiTraveller - LOL ok yeah - 10 months will do it LOL. SO glad you figured it out - you're also reminding me to go pull my refrigerator and stove out and clean behind those.... It's been over a year. Pray for me.

[@adelletrotta]

@@TokidokiTraveller I didn't even know you had to clean underneath it. I would have just cleaned the tub, the mirror, the floor and drain. Watching all that gunk and slime come out freaked me out. LOL.

[@steveqhanson6835]

@@adelletrotta I purposely averted my eyes when she got there. Laughed at her sound effects.

[@Nadeine]

@@michellethong8476 How does one clean the uncleanable? The fridge and stove are the worst. 🤮

[@Kurufinwe_Fayanaro]

As a person who did maintenance work like this for half a decade: I really admire your ingenuity and resourcefulness. Don't tell your apartment complex that you did this; they will try to hire you. You are cool. Ganbare.

[@alexbrown4926]

This just triggered a memory of when I worked in Japan. I was living in a older apartment with the traditional bath/boiler unit. When I moved in I thought I should clean the system using some dissolvable cleaner tablets I’d found at family mart. All seemed to go well until I turned on the bath water heater on the boiler, when all the black goo started to emerge from the boiler. It was rank. Then when I pulled the plug, all the cleaner water dislodged a HUGE lump of goo, hair and other grossness that was about the size of the bath. So awful! Loved the video, keep up the great content!

[@stellarmori]

I would move immediately. Not dealing with that, thank you very much

[@tobybartlett]

Watching this as the stuff came out from under the tub I was like “Why?!? How?!? When?!? Who?!? I demand to meet the designer who did this to Japan!!!” The industrial designer in me is raging with questions. Then I went and hugged my bathroom after watching this. I used to think that it was high maintenance to clean. After seeing this video I was oh so very wrong. (I’m in Canada 🇨🇦)

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

I just went and thanked my bathtub for not being this kind of weird. Just a tub with normal drainage that is standard here in Germany. Nothing rank or funky going on.

[@uberpablotard]

Id definitely recommend letting it air dry before closing it back up when you've just cleaned it. Mold mostly grows in cold damp dark environments like the under the tub but letting in a little bit of airflow by keeping the cover off for a bit while it dries could help with that when you've just soaked it. Honestly it would probably be cleaner if there wasn't a front cover at all

[@gar_ee8884]

You'd think with all the other automation in the tubs, that it would be a simple enough addition to include an automated under tub sprayer/cleaning cycle.

[@zamiaramirez1390]

Or just have the space big enough to reach back there.

[@qwesx]

Or just have tubing for the water to flow through like everyone else in the world.

[@TheAkashicTraveller]

Or just have the tub removable since it's a wet room, all it really needs to be is a tub with a plug in the bottom everything else can be attached to the wall.

[@c.c3001]

I've gained newfound appreciation for my bathtub that doesn't require cleaning

[@t3nosanfran803]

You're a rare breed, Emma. Only you can make such a grimy albeit necessary chore seem easy, informative and FUN. You're Amazing!

[@jabealexski]

I ended up asking someone in my wife's work how they clean it. Most of them just hire a cleaning company to do it. But one of them said they us a small pressure washer to spray under the tub and that seems to work really well for removing any buildup.

[@azillia1]

What is the cleaning company called? I live in Japan and I'm afraid to look at it 😭

[@stellarmori]

Oh lord. I nearly forgot cleaning companies were a thing, and I have a maid. I'll be hiring one once a year for this when I'm living in Japan... my pride doesn't prevent me from admitting I'm not dealing with this shit

[@anthonymiro9155]

I can't believe I just sat here watching her clean her bathroom instead of cleaning my own right now. hahaha

[@ojyochan]

I wish I could have had this tutorial 20 years ago when I lived in Japan. I never cleaned the drains 😱

[@martian-sunset]

Essential video for anyone living in Tokyo. I was totally stumped by my first Japanese bathroom. It took me a few hours to figure out how the tub came apart for cleaning. I use Clorox Spray Foam for cleaning. Works great.

[@elenhin]

Kevin is adorable, he needs more screentime.

[@listay1]

Some household cleaning jobs just need to be done more regularly. I have the feeling this is one that needs to be done every 2nd week or something.

[@emmanueleferrarotto2986]

Watching this i am very grateful for my european bathtub which is has solid walls arround it. So no need for cleaning underneath because of no actual underneath :) Great job Emma

[@GiGiWellness28]

Same here in Australia 🎉

[@Nakiimushi]

well its not like that in the northern part of europe, we can even remove the bathtub if we dont want it lol

[@smilingbandit6900]

@@Nakiimushi who wouldn want a tub? Removal over my dead body!

[@Kattsu]

Glad to hear you're feeling better Emma. I wonder how many people never know to clean under there lol. It's so counter intuitive with Japanese bath rooms if it has to stay wet with not much ventilation/sunlight.

[@TheCreepypro]

I'm never going to complain about cleaning my bathroom again also glad you finally get to go home an I hope you have a great time

[@meritan823]

This has given me strength to finally tackle my bath and sink areas after a few months of ignoring them! Random anecdote: I remember a friend of mine found maggots in her sink drain once. D: It was an ooold house (and she had never cleaned it since she moved in.) Plus this was off the Japan sea so the humidity was waaaay worse than in Tokyo but…ugh…yeah ^^;;;

[@artbug119]

This is the tutorial I needed! I live in a building built in the 80’s and cleaning my bathroom is so stressful for me! Thank you for blessing us with this knowledge! Unfortunately, my bathtub front doesn’t come off and there’s not way to get behind it, but the bleach trick is going to be a game changer!

[@zoep243]

Don’t know why, but really liked this edition. So interesting to learn more about your chosen home country. You’ve come a long way from that teeny, tiny apartment.

[@philla2693]

I lost it at the squeegee noises. I am barely awake

[@TokidokiTraveller]

I’m with you in the barely awake category

[@BlackVeganTravels]

This was an eye opener. I'm about to move into my first apartment here, so this is super helpful.Thanks for sharing and enjoy your trip home when it comes!

[@katsinta]

living in a dorm now and fearing the cleaning situation. this vid came at such the right time Emma 🥺

[@feelzyfeelz]

Oof rip 🍀

[@bigred9428]

You'll realize the tiles are beige, not brown.

[@hkhrm2003]

You might also want to get someone to clean the other side of the stainless drum in the washing machine. It gets dirty from time to time. (Just like the hidden parts of the bathtub)

[@RMJ1984]

Kevin, why are you in Emma's bathroom? Do she sit on you often? i have so many questions Kevin.

[@XSemperIdem5]

The linty slime from the inner parts of the washing machine would require a warning like we got for the black slime in this video.

[@animeloveer97]

you can buy washer cleaning tablets

[@MiauMichigan]

You're absolutely right. When I was watching the video and the black goo came out it reminded me of the time I first deep cleaned my washing machine.

[@Colecoopsta]

I’m so happy to see and hear that you’re doing so well!!

[@lynda.grace.14]

When I lived in a Japanese apartment I didn't shower in the wet area of room, but angled the shower nozzle toward the tub. That minimized the the amount of water under the tub and is what I was accustomed to anyway. It was much easier to clean the inside of the tub if I wanted to bathe than cleaning under the tub. It also meant when I wished to step into the bathing room to hang clothes under the ceiling dryer, I didn't have to step on a wet floor or into bath room cleaning slippers. I hated stumbling over multiple pairs of slippers or drying wet feet in a 30 square meter home. Ridiculous. My theory is that Japanese design of baths, laundry systems, and kitchens makes cleaning the home as awkward and time consuming as possible so that the "woman at the back of the house" (translation of "wife") doesn't indulge in any ideas of a more fulfilling life outside the home. She (and by and large it is a "she" who cleans) will never have a moment to imagine the possibility. By comparison my Canadian home is a breeze to maintain without this sort of nuisance level cleaning required.

[@L337Dratini]

I'm in Canada, too! I wish I had a tub that was automated and kept warm, but combined with the western way of having a showerhead in the bathtub.

[@lynda.grace.14]

@@L337Dratini The automation is nice, for sure. I especially enjoyed the temperature control. Also, keeping water warm for multiple uses minimizes the negative impact on the environment of using an excessive amount of water. My preference is for a separate shower unit as well as a deep soaker bathtub (no jets--too noise and they too grow nasties in the nozzles). Best of both worlds, but not in the limited space available in most Japanese apartments.

[@valarya]

As a person who absolutely abhors baths in general, if I lived in Japan I would just rip the entire thing out, tile the floor, and make it a large walk-in steam shower LOL

[@lynda.grace.14]

@@valarya I don't know what the renovation rules might be, but you'd have to own the place. Not possible in a rental.

[@Juichi]

I had the same theory. It is an unnecessary pain to clean. Also it irks me that there is constantly standing water in the kitchen sink and bathtub under the drain net unless you drain it yourself (which is impractical to do every time you use either one)

[@Azuca]

Was so nice and cozy to watch!

[@JuveliaL.]

I just love your videos and your sense of humour :D It's always a blast watching them! I also really like your pullover lol

[@Shammon5]

Aw man.... I wasn't planning on cleaning my bathroom today but now I feel the urge to get up under that bathtub. I didn't realize we could actually clean under there and we've been in our house for 3 years! Wish me luck!

[@joshinthemoment]

so happy to hear that you're feeling better! can't wait to see your Aus vlogs too!

[@Nynke_K]

So glad my European bath (shallow and unsuitable for deep soaking though it may be) just drains directly into a pipe with a water lock that I never need to clean! And I did take the cover off my previous tub (because it was supposed to be a jacuzzi but it never jacuzzied, alas), but it just got a little dusty underneath. No biggie :)

[@bigred9428]

In all the animes, they all have tubs that are sealed at the bottom, and the water goes into a tub-length drain. That would be nice.

[@VerhoevenSimon]

A nice edutainment video. And I'm really glad you're feeling better!

[@tsk9277]

You are the only youtuber where I actually enjoy watching someone talk about cleaning their bathroom.

[@Cbiskit23]

Its great to hear you are doing really well! We’ve all been so cooped up, I hope all goes well and the travel situation stays the same!

[@austin8991]

I'm happy for you that you're doing pretty well rn, Emma! Thanks for the entertaining video😊

[@MrRileyBrooks]

This is a great Vid, and very informative. your editing is really funny and energetic xD

[@zauberfrosch11]

I just love your humor and your editing

[@Jasiwardas]

Very useful!! 😊 Thank you for showing us stuff like this, too!

[@miaraqquel]

Love your tutorial videos, so relaxing to watch.

[@sitruchsral]

So great to hear you’re feeling better! This video was very entertaining! “The mirror!” *whiplash sound* 🤣💙

[@rachiemushroom]

Why is this soo entertaining! It’s truly fascinating!

[@skye_latte]

This is an interesting first video of yours that KZbin randomly recommended 😂 I love you already! Very bubbly

[@jaimyw.8842]

I am so glad to hear you are doing good!🤗🤗 And thank you for this in case I ever move into a place with this type of bathtub😋

[@_Gouki]

The editing is perfect, funny and informative.

[@ChaosPrimus]

I like how you can make what is clearly an arduous and mundane task entertaining to watch. Master crafter of content creation! So glad to hear you're doing well and really hope to do manage to go back and see friends and family soon!

[@jamie282g]

Well this had brightened my day just a little bit. Happy Emma doing aesthetically pleasing things

[@MrSafekeeping]

I'm glad you're feeling better! Your content, even the times you were faking it till you made it, cheer me up on some of the days of sad.

[@a1xndria]

I love your bangs!!

[@jacquiheywood3142]

Never thought I'd enjoy a bathroom cleaner tutorial and black slime so much. So entertaining.

[@karenhotaru3702]

Super helpful and important video (who would have thought 😅) 👍🏻👍🏻 Thaaank you very much!

[@alexc4445]

So Happy to hear you're doing well. Long may this continue

[@luckycat7567]

Emma I always look forward to your videos because you have the BEST EDITS and best sense of humor!! Im so happy that you get to go visit home soon! Keep up the great content! We love you!

[@ashleyanderson8776]

Perhaps one of the most practical and helpful YT videos I've ever watched- thank you for posting!

[@MartinBogomolni]

To clean underneath the bath, you use a high pressure water steam jet / power wash and wand. The tip makes a powerful spray that breaks up any deposits and has an optional brush to scrub. Works a treat, and the steam side is a relatively small device.

[@TemperedStorm]

I love educational videos like these!

[@verypery4463]

This video is so helpful tjat you so much TT

[@PixelShade]

I love your videos Emma! You are the best. :D I mean, I can't imagine watching a whole video of someone cleaning their floor drain if it wasn't you making it fun and interesting. :)

[@turtleburglary1141]

This was very educational! Love the updates glad you're doing well! More vids please!! >.

[@Japandaman]

Thanks for this! The title threw me off and I didn’t know what to expect but this was really interesting. My wife and I were glued to the cleaning method!

[@aaronjackson1875]

Haven’t seen your videos for a while but I gotta say I am LOVING the new hair. ❤️

[@menohaveaname]

Emma's editing in inspiring and brings light to my soul.

[@KittyInTheRain]

Hey Emma, thank you so much for this video! I just moved to Japan a few months ago and I have been kind of dreading figuring out how to clean the bathroom properly, so I really appreciate the awesome tutorial! I'm inspired to give it a shot~

[@jhightower]

Your humor is phenominal. Great video. Lived in Japan for a year and the nostalgia is palpable.

[@camobotkiller68]

Wonderful video and thank you for taking the time to share the awesome cleaning tips / tutorial! I hope you're able to go back home for a visit to Australia! Have a great time!

[@alexppeters]

I admire your persistence, if I found it that difficult to clean the bath I’d simply give up and never use the bath again 😂😭

[@smilingbandit6900]

i had a friend who did that with his kitchen the queen was not amused^^

[@Rose_from_UK]

I found this fascinating lol. I’m happy you are doing well Emma 😊

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

HAHA! Great video, thanks! The Rachel & Jun video from long time ago always runs thru my head when I clean my standard North American bathroom.

[@u-cup6185]

thankyou emma! it's very informative

[@xXGhostReadsCPsXx]

This was a great video Emma! I don't have a tub like this but this video reminded me that I to should clean my bathtub. Cheers to clean bathtubs!

[@IckyNeko]

Fascinating!!

[@Bentears]

Wow, had no idea how involved those bathrooms were to clean! Congrats on booking flights back to Oz, keeping my fingers crossed it all goes smoothly for you to get here and back! Enjoy time with your fam and mates!! Besides fish and chips is there any other dishes you've missed?

[@katrabbit]

"hello mother" 😂😂 I was already gonna subscribe to you, but that set it in concrete.

[@RachelFunkable]

God, this was so satisfying. Cleaning! Information! Excitement!

[@Mochibear_]

You have answered my long time question. I distinctly remember seeing that Rachel and Jun video and wondering about this exact thing! This is the first video of yours I'm watching, so I'm not sure why you are living in Japan, but I wish you the best of luck. Always rewarding getting those small victories and figuring stuff out, even if it is just cleaning a bathroom. Great work 👍!

[@briank8679]

The noises you made when the slime chunks came out? *chef's kiss*

[@kurisurokku]

Love your sense of humour!

[@Aine197]

There‘s a video from „Life where I‘m from“ where Greg says that it is so much easier to clean under his new bathtub. Thanks to your great video I finally understand what he was talking about!

[@davidkniveton7792]

Not one of your more visually beautiful videos Emma, but yet another interesting insight into Japanese life

[@Charityprincess]

Great job!!!!!

[@myneighbourisla]

I needed this video to soothe my brain from the pain for university

[@ghostwriter6455]

bruh I loooove your humor!

[@verymerry610berry]

Genuinely these videos are so helpful since you plan to move to Japan soon-ish LMAO, thanks so much Emma!!

[@ruthleon-navarro2050]

Really interesting, thank you. I hope you enjoy your trip home soon 😊

[@pauldixon2100]

Good to hear your doing well!! :)

[@weivu]

I have always wondered what happens under the tub! Thank you!

[@Curly3373]

I still wonder how you did it but you did it! Thank you for this useful yet entertaining video! 😋👍

[@yvonnenewman112]

I really like this!! So interesting

[@stefaniehase2448]

Your editing around Kevin was hilarious!🤣

[@MultiLetz]

This video reminding me the state of my country, that bathroom looks futuristic to me, lmao Great video! You make anything entertaining to watch!

[@AdventuresInTimeandPlace]

Emma, I know exactly how you feel. We're similar ages and I've been living overseas since 2019 and I've just booked tickets home to Aus too. I've been feeling really weird about going home. It will be lovely but I feel like I've changed so much and my meaning of home has changed. I don't know how I'll feel about being back in Aus for the first time since

[@draghag]

Put the tiny heater in the "wet room" to dry your clothes and maybe put a towel or curtain up in the door frame to keep it heated

[@HelloHarley]

I’m here for this!!!

[@Victoriasm31]

I live in a really hard water area so my biggest problem is limescale! Also mould. This was gross and incredibly satisfying to watch

[@grdvorak]

Yay! Cleaning inspiration!

[@catbrat610]

I love that tub !!! In the US when the water gets cold it’s time to get out 😕.

[@marachime]

this was cool :3 also, i am glad you get to visit home after such a long time. I am kinda envious ^^;. Anyway. Take care, Emma