Absolutely love your videos! We have just bought a 150 year old akiya in Shimane and are very inspired by your stories. Thank you for such beautiful content.
The best part of finding your channel late is how many peaceful hours I have watching them. I learn something new about Japan with every video, thank you.
I lived in the countryside of Niigata Prefecture. Your blog reminds me a lot what I lived there from 1991 to 1993. It's the same life we used to live. The main difference is that we were dekasegis in a cake/cookie/candy/chocolat factory. Loved Japan and all the things that I've learned for life.
Woah, the summer festival was so cool. I can’t believe the drummer up top being spun in a circle like that 😵💫 Thank you for spreading awareness on adopting, Pan is so adorable and love all the features he makes in your videos… cutest liddo wiggle butt 🐕
Pancake! What an adorable little buddy, I'm glad he's doing so well! He's lucky to have such wonderful pet parents as you two :) Thank you for sharing the information about Heart Tokushima! I'll be passing it along to friends of mine who are also passionate about animals and no-kill shelters
Greetings from Germany 🙋♂️ many things look pretty hard, I guess keeping the house intact, renovating it and doing garden work is a lot. But It also looks so relaxing. The water you can swin in, the comfy rainy season, the good homemade food and Pancake 🙌🏻 I’m loooking forward to see more of your videos 🍀
The Summer festival look so... sacred. It's very powerful to see how people respond to the chants and so on. Thank you for sharing! And pancake is already getting big. He is so adorable ♥
I’m a teacher in America contemplating to teach in Japan. I love living in the countryside. American life has become so completely boring so I’m thinking of moving to Japan.
It would be awesome if you guys could show us the town walkaround and the countryside walkaround at where you guys are living. Like an episode of NHK journeys around Japan.
The festival reminds me of my childhood. The highlight for me was the balloons filled with water that we would bounce back and forth on the palm of our hand via a rubber band. Thank you for sharing
You may want to do a fenced garden with tent like netting. Ravens are great mimics, very intelligent...best to let them be excluded from the vegetable harvest. They will get the message to hunt elsewhere. . .and maybe get a nicer interaction with their presence. I love hearing crows caw...birds reflect alot about the land & do lively noise about it. Like a town crier.
I absolutely love your videos!!! I’m binging them all to catch up right now, and they truly take me back to being a kid, watching the PBS channel travel shows!!!! Your editing is BEAUTIFUL and your voiceover is so calming yet engaging!!! Thank you for sharing your life with us all 💕
I love Taziki sauce...processed squeezed cucumber, drained plain yogurt, mint, garlic and cilantro (if you like it). It's good on salad, sandwiches, meats, and veggies. The festival looked like it was fun!
Dogs, Kochi countryside, summer festivals...this video really has it all. I lived in Shimanto City for a couple of years, and seeing the Yosakoi performances and the lantern festival again made me feel really natsukashii. Already looking forward to the next video!
I watch these and think about other lives I might have led! Probably too old now, but it’s great to see such a different yet familiar way to live. Thanks for making these and PS I absolutely LOVE your dog.
I remember all the spiders etc in our beach house in Hayama on the Miyura peninsula. We also got our fair share at our house in Ōmori, Tokyo. Each year in Hayama we had the Obon festival where we took part as kids...so much fun and wonderful memories. We lived in Japan for 14 years, 1960 to 1974, I really do miss it!
I really really love your video! It always help me release anxiety and sadness. This looks exactly like my dream life! I wish video could be longer 😭 Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful moment to us.
I thought you would have been more in the river for the summer months as the water is much cooler than the sea water , I love river trips when its hot out
Thank you so much for sharing another video of your new home. What a beautiful garden. I think your newest family member, Pancake, should guard your vegetables against those pesky ravens. But not until he’s a bit bigger, the ravens seem as big as he is. 😂 Until next time, take care, hugs to little Pancake ♥️🇨🇦
The festivals look amazing. This is the kind of thing someone in a cold wet town like mine daydream about, I’m glad you showcase that it isn’t all rainbows and hard work is involved in making a living in the countryside. The bugs! And the gardening. I’m glad things are going well and wish you and your family the best ❤
These videos are so beautiful and heart filling. Thank you for sharing your life with us Mika. Gorgeous festival. Also Pancake has totally stole the show.
Canada is such a beautiful and wonderful country, but thank you for coming to Japan! Legend has it that the legendary Ark of the Holy Ark is hidden in Mt. Tsurugi in Tokushima Prefecture, next to Kochi Prefecture. Japanese has the same word as Hebrew, so it might really be true. It is said that the weather changes when a chosen person climbs Mt. Tsurugi. Please go and try it sometime😊
I was so looking forward to today's video. I was not disappointed. Of course, I am disappointed for you as the ravens were evidently ravenous, consuming most of your garden!
Hello Mika 👋and Greetings from England 🇬🇧 Simon and Beth ❤️. A lovely laid back summer where you both enjoyed the tradition house 🏠. A good summer festival ✨️ and beautiful countryside ❤❤❤❤
this vlog just became my dog poodle's favorite thing to watch every night, she loves watching pancake and never seems to get tired of watching it again and again, hopefully i get to let her visit a nearby river more often soon...
I stumbled upon your channel and instantly I can say you are definitely living my dream. To live far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, waking up everyday to nature and growing crops. EXCEPT for the spiders though 😅
Living the dream! You guys found such a nice spot in the mountains. Hoping to do similar one day. Great content as well. Perfect balance of informative and engaging, without the usual cringy over the top stuff.
You're both living a really interesting life ourlt there and it's great to see the updates but OMFG PANCAKE is ADORABLE and may very well steal the show. Just saying 😄
Thank you for your lovely video. Its beautiful and relaxing. Pancake is cute baby dog. All the dogs in dog shelter looks so cute too. I wish you nice autumn and waiting your next video.
I would love to return to Japan and Shikoku some day! There is so much to see; going around Shikoku in 2 weeks definitely wasn't enough. I don't know if I could survive the summer in Japan though; the heat and humidity scares me! When I visited in November 2022, the temperature got way too hot in the afternoons, so I can't even being there in July or August!
Thank you for the beautiful videos! I’m a huge fan of you - love your reels💞 I think your house is no longer an 空き家 (empty house) btw! Now it's beautifully maintained household🫶
Oh my god, I visited in August/September 2019 and stayed mostly in tohoku. I about melted. I can only imagine how rough it can get down south where you two are.
Little slice of heaven now. There is a touch of Canadian sensitivity to your videos. Understated and lovely.
LOL, Jesse stamping Pancake's little butt-print on the window cracked me up 😂
まるでドラマを見ているような映像で見入ってました。
素敵な映像の共有ありがとうございます。これからも動画を楽しみにしてます。その前に他の動画もみます。
Absolutely love your videos! We have just bought a 150 year old akiya in Shimane and are very inspired by your stories. Thank you for such beautiful content.
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@@rcane6842 😍
Wow really !! I’m Japanese and living in Shimane😊
@@yusei527 Shimane is so beautiful!
I was just thinking about you guys and wondering if there was a new video 😊 Pancake is the cutest!
The best part of finding your channel late is how many peaceful hours I have watching them. I learn something new about Japan with every video, thank you.
I really love how you frame your shots and the overall pacing. It's really artistic and relaxing.
the summer festivals look so lively! I'd love to attend one, one day :D
I lived in the countryside of Niigata Prefecture. Your blog reminds me a lot what I lived there from 1991 to 1993. It's the same life we used to live. The main difference is that we were dekasegis in a cake/cookie/candy/chocolat factory. Loved Japan and all the things that I've learned for life.
cute little doggy
Omg I love your videos! The pacing, the music, how you let the background noise slide in. Really beautiful and peaceful. ❤️ Also, so. Many. Spiders. 😳
So many 🕷️ 🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️ 🕷️🕷️🕷️😅
@@maigomika I’m happy you told us they were harmless in one of the first videos I watched.
you guys seem so kind and polite
and looks like you are having a healthy relationship
absolute goals, a good example of how i want my life to turn out
Woah, the summer festival was so cool. I can’t believe the drummer up top being spun in a circle like that 😵💫 Thank you for spreading awareness on adopting, Pan is so adorable and love all the features he makes in your videos… cutest liddo wiggle butt 🐕
pretty cute puppy
Pancake! What an adorable little buddy, I'm glad he's doing so well! He's lucky to have such wonderful pet parents as you two :) Thank you for sharing the information about Heart Tokushima! I'll be passing it along to friends of mine who are also passionate about animals and no-kill shelters
Once again, an excellent dog.
I love this so much. Thank you for sharing and bring awareness to the dog’s shelter.
Greetings from Germany 🙋♂️ many things look pretty hard, I guess keeping the house intact, renovating it and doing garden work is a lot. But It also looks so relaxing. The water you can swin in, the comfy rainy season, the good homemade food and Pancake 🙌🏻 I’m loooking forward to see more of your videos 🍀
The Summer festival look so... sacred. It's very powerful to see how people respond to the chants and so on. Thank you for sharing! And pancake is already getting big. He is so adorable ♥
Everything you share is lovely💜 thank you for sharing it
Pancake and his awesome, quirky tail inspired my donation ❤️
Pancake and his curly tail thanks you greatly 😆❤️
Pancake is so small here. Only 3 months ago?
I’m a teacher in America contemplating to teach in Japan. I love living in the countryside. American life has become so completely boring so I’m thinking of moving to Japan.
I love it I love your video's. The effort in the shots and editing, the narration, thank you!
It would be awesome if you guys could show us the town walkaround and the countryside walkaround at where you guys are living. Like an episode of NHK journeys around Japan.
Beautiful area you guys are living in..... plus I just love Pancake and his buddies, what warmth ☺️🤗🥰
I love your videos. They're such a fresh source of calm and happiness. You also are helping me slowly get over my fear and disgust of critters 😄
The festival reminds me of my childhood. The highlight for me was the balloons filled with water that we would bounce back and forth on the palm of our hand via a rubber band. Thank you for sharing
This might just be my favourite Japan related youtube channel out there
You may want to do a fenced garden with tent like netting. Ravens are great mimics, very intelligent...best to let them be excluded from the vegetable harvest. They will get the message to hunt elsewhere. . .and maybe get a nicer interaction with their presence. I love hearing crows caw...birds reflect alot about the land & do lively noise about it. Like a town crier.
That lantern festival is so cool!
good to see pancake thriving!
I'm 22 years old, I hope at 25 years old I can do the same things you do. back to where humans should live 😄
I absolutely love your videos!!! I’m binging them all to catch up right now, and they truly take me back to being a kid, watching the PBS channel travel shows!!!! Your editing is BEAUTIFUL and your voiceover is so calming yet engaging!!! Thank you for sharing your life with us all 💕
Guys, I love your vids so much. 😊 Thank you for sharing your experiences in rural Japan. 🎏
I love Taziki sauce...processed squeezed cucumber, drained plain yogurt, mint, garlic and cilantro (if you like it). It's good on salad, sandwiches, meats, and veggies.
The festival looked like it was fun!
Dogs, Kochi countryside, summer festivals...this video really has it all.
I lived in Shimanto City for a couple of years, and seeing the Yosakoi performances and the lantern festival again made me feel really natsukashii.
Already looking forward to the next video!
I watch these and think about other lives I might have led! Probably too old now, but it’s great to see such a different yet familiar way to live. Thanks for making these and PS I absolutely LOVE your dog.
Love the videos-and the lifestyle! It's inspiring to see you dive into the akiya way of life headfirst. Looking forward to your next upload 🇨🇦♥️
I remember all the spiders etc in our beach house in Hayama on the Miyura peninsula. We also got our fair share at our house in Ōmori, Tokyo. Each year in Hayama we had the Obon festival where we took part as kids...so much fun and wonderful memories. We lived in Japan for 14 years, 1960 to 1974, I really do miss it!
I really really love your video! It always help me release anxiety and sadness. This looks exactly like my dream life! I wish video could be longer 😭 Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful moment to us.
I thought you would have been more in the river for the summer months as the water is much cooler than the sea water , I love river trips when its hot out
After a day of hectic work, stress and crowd, your videos are my go to😊 before sleep
Sleep ASMR! I love it 😻
these videos are soo good ahhh they radiate off so much peace
I'm In awe of your cinematography. Will be waiting for next one.
Pancake is sooo cute! Hope you get him a harness instead of a collar, to protect his thyroid, salivary gland, and neck from accidental injury :)
Im here for Pancake. He’s a Shiba and you ain’t changing my mind
I really enjoy your slice of life style narration and editing, your videos are always a treat. Keep it up!
I love the Nissan cube!
Nice one, sorry about the garden.
Thank you so much for sharing another video of your new home. What a beautiful garden. I think your newest family member, Pancake, should guard your vegetables against those pesky ravens. But not until he’s a bit bigger, the ravens seem as big as he is. 😂
Until next time, take care, hugs to little Pancake ♥️🇨🇦
11:27 beautiful shot!
I’m obsessed with these videos. So cute and calming. Love y’all’s life
The festivals look amazing. This is the kind of thing someone in a cold wet town like mine daydream about, I’m glad you showcase that it isn’t all rainbows and hard work is involved in making a living in the countryside. The bugs! And the gardening. I’m glad things are going well and wish you and your family the best ❤
Pancake won the lottery!
ミカさん、いつもありがとうございます！：）
These videos are so beautiful and heart filling. Thank you for sharing your life with us Mika. Gorgeous festival. Also Pancake has totally stole the show.
Pancake is the most adorable thing
Thank you so much forma neutering him life in country for homeless puppies is hard and sorrow.
Love these videos, I could imagine asmr videos from you guys, but still with you guys talking and explaining.
Honestly obsessed with this channels it’s so relaxing to watch. And after stressful work week I am so happy to find you posted a new video.
so glad my videos help diffuse some of the stress from your workweek 🥹 more relaxation coming your way 😚
Canada is such a beautiful and wonderful country, but thank you for coming to Japan!
Legend has it that the legendary Ark of the Holy Ark is hidden in Mt. Tsurugi in Tokushima Prefecture, next to Kochi Prefecture.
Japanese has the same word as Hebrew, so it might really be true.
It is said that the weather changes when a chosen person climbs Mt. Tsurugi.
Please go and try it sometime😊
I was so looking forward to today's video. I was not disappointed. Of course, I am disappointed for you as the ravens were evidently ravenous, consuming most of your garden!
You guys are like a good friend I catch up with once a month! I love your videos! Thanks for letting us in your country life.❤
Hello Mika 👋and Greetings from England 🇬🇧 Simon and Beth ❤️.
A lovely laid back summer where you both enjoyed the tradition house 🏠.
A good summer festival ✨️ and beautiful countryside ❤❤❤❤
Thanks for sharing these glimpses. Pancake is adorable 😊
I can't with Pan Chan...He's so cute. I love your videos guys.
How long until the puppy tosses something through your beautiful paper room dividers?
Edit: 8:45 Gimme that beer!
@omni0404 About three weeks ago 🥲
this vlog just became my dog poodle's favorite thing to watch every night, she loves watching pancake and never seems to get tired of watching it again and again, hopefully i get to let her visit a nearby river more often soon...
Very awesome video, I truly miss living in Japan and your Inu Pancake is cute.
This is the only UA-cam channel worth following
thank you
We were in Tokyo last July. It was very hot and humid
I’m from Shikoku island. But I now live outside Japan. Your video has made me very proud of Shikoku. Thanks:)
I stumbled upon your channel and instantly I can say you are definitely living my dream. To live far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, waking up everyday to nature and growing crops. EXCEPT for the spiders though 😅
This summer was very hot. There were typhoons, too. I am looking forward to fall, which is full of delicious food. Please take good care of yourself.
Waiting for your video.. really love to watch your videos.. ❤️❤️
I love the pancake dance at the end! Your narration is very calming as well:)
thank you for the video
Pancake is absolutely adorable ❤
Loved your video! Pancake sure is a character!
Pancake is such a cute addition
Living the dream!
You guys found such a nice spot in the mountains.
Hoping to do similar one day.
Great content as well.
Perfect balance of informative and engaging, without the usual cringy over the top stuff.
Great videos and great Pancake!
So lucky that this channel came up in my UA-cam. Love your video so much, looking forward to see more!
Wow... I'm in Tokyo at the moment.
It's September and it's STILL ridiculously hot and humid.
I can't even imagine what July is like.
July is hot but august/September is really in the thick of the heat 🥵 you’re experiencing real summer heat of Japan now 😅
You're both living a really interesting life ourlt there and it's great to see the updates but OMFG PANCAKE is ADORABLE and may very well steal the show. Just saying 😄
Pancake is absolutely adorable!!!!❤❤❤
Thank you for your lovely video. Its beautiful and relaxing. Pancake is cute baby dog. All the dogs in dog shelter looks so cute too. I wish you nice autumn and waiting your next video.
I would love to return to Japan and Shikoku some day! There is so much to see; going around Shikoku in 2 weeks definitely wasn't enough.
I don't know if I could survive the summer in Japan though; the heat and humidity scares me! When I visited in November 2022, the temperature got way too hot in the afternoons, so I can't even being there in July or August!
I'm glad your channel has exploded since the first upload, these are so relaxing!
Thank you, another lovely video. Pancake is lucky to have a nice family who lets him help with all the chores.
Great video as always!
Nice job on your homestead !
Pancake is great, what a wonderful little dog :)
Thank you for the beautiful videos! I’m a huge fan of you - love your reels💞 I think your house is no longer an 空き家 (empty house) btw! Now it's beautifully maintained household🫶
These are very well shot and edited. Always a treat!
Thanks for the festival view. I lived in Japan for 6 years and I do miss matsuri food!
Very interesting and informative video. Thank you
Oh my god, I visited in August/September 2019 and stayed mostly in tohoku. I about melted. I can only imagine how rough it can get down south where you two are.