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A calmer home.
A cheaper kitchen.

Fifty years of Japanese household wisdom from Grandma Setsuko, finally written down for Western homes. One book keeps the house clean with five cheap ingredients and a few minutes a day. The other feeds a family well on rice, miso and nothing wasted.

The Japanese Home Way book
Book one

The Japanese Home Way

The room-by-room guide to a clean, calm and simple home.

  • 32 chapters, pages
  • 5 ingredients instead of 20 bottles
  • Stain chart, weekly rhythm and osoji checklist
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The Japanese Home Library

Both books together: the clean, calm home and the frugal Japanese kitchen.

  • The Japanese Home Way · 32 chapters
  • Setsuko's Frugal Japanese Kitchen · 38 recipes
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Setsuko's Frugal Japanese Kitchen book
Book two

Frugal Japanese Kitchen

Everyday Japanese home cooking to eat well, waste nothing and spend less.

  • 38 recipes, pages
  • Rice, dashi and miso made simple
  • Pocket soups, bento and a week of cheap meals
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32Home chapters
38Everyday recipes
Pages in both books
5Cleaning ingredients
Grandma Setsuko
A NOTE FROM SETSUKO
“Nobody ever gave me a cleaning book or a cookbook. Everything was taught to me by hand, and I am afraid it will be forgotten.”

I have kept a Japanese home for more than fifty years: my mother's, then my own, and sometimes my children's. These habits were passed from hand to hand at the sink, on a wooden floor, at the stove. Much of it was never written anywhere.

These books are not about a perfect, staged house. They are about a home that asks less of you every week, and a kitchen that feeds your family well without wasting money or food.

Setsuko
The Japanese Home Way
Book one · the home

Throw out twenty bottles. Keep five jars.

Grease, scale, mold and sour smells each have a simple chemistry. Once you know it, five cheap ingredients do almost every job in the house, and a few minutes a day replace the exhausting Saturday clean.

SoujiThe genkanOsojiMottainaiKoromogaeKakeiboLetting go after 50
The sink, the drain and the stove
Toilet rings and hard water scale
Black mold in grout, sour towels
Floors, windows, bedding and laundry
Closets, drawers and papers
Donate, sell or throw away
Pests without poison
A safety page you can trust
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Setsuko's Frugal Japanese Kitchen
Book two · the kitchen

Rice, soup, a plan, and nothing wasted.

The everyday food of a Japanese home is simple and cheap. Ten staples, a ten-minute broth and a few habits feed a family all week. Every recipe uses ingredients from an ordinary supermarket.

Rice without a cookerDashi in 10 minutesPocket soupsBentoFreezing riceMottainai cooking
Onigiri, chahan, omurice, okayu
Miso soup, tonjiru, pocket soup jars
Teriyaki, oyakodon, nikujaga, ginger pork
Tamagoyaki, kinpira, quick pickles
Udon, soba, yakisoba, somen
Karaage, soboro, tamago sando
Purin, dorayaki, coffee jelly
A week of meals for very little
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The complete Japanese home library

Fix the house. Feed the family. Spend less on both.

One book solves the cleaning and the clutter. The other changes how you cook and shop. Together, they are the whole Japanese way of keeping a home.

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Questions

Before you order

Which book should I start with?

If your home feels like too much work, start with The Japanese Home Way. If your food bill worries you more, start with the Frugal Japanese Kitchen. If you want both, the collection is the best price.

Are these printed books?

No. They are PDF ebooks you download right after paying. You can read them on your phone, tablet or computer, or print the pages you like, such as the stain chart and the weekly rhythm.

Do I need Japanese products or ingredients?

No. The cleaning book uses baking soda, citric acid, oxygen bleach, alcohol spray and soap, sold in ordinary stores and online. The recipes use ingredients from a normal supermarket, plus a few such as miso and kombu that any Asian grocery carries.

Is the cleaning advice safe for every surface?

Each chapter explains which surfaces to avoid, and there is a full safety page. Always test a hidden area first, ventilate, read product labels, and never mix cleaning products.

How do I receive them?

After checkout you get an email with your download link right away. You can download them again at any time from that email.

What if the books are not right for me?

Write to us within 7 days of your purchase and we will refund you. No questions, and you keep the books.

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