japan
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There’s a quiet poetry to laundry in Japan. It’s not just a domestic task—it’s a cultural ritual, a design choice, a seasonal celebration, and in many ways, a form of personal expression. In the West, laundry is often shoved into dryers behind closed doors, hidden from sight and rushed through like a chore to be…
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Ching Lee Laundry, the oldest Chinese-owned laundry in the United States, closed its doors Saturday after 140 years of continuous operations by the same family. On its final day of operations, a steady stream of the shop’s longtime customers, some who’ve been coming to Ching Lee (which translates to “victory” in Cantonese) for generations themselves,…
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