This video really reminded me of something that I love about your channel in that despite this experience obviously being a dream come true, you never display it as idyllic or without a sense of the real hard work that is necessary to be where you are. It is not a ‘vacationized’ version of your life for the sake of the audience, and that’s really valuable and refreshing! Sunday mornings are always made better when you have a new one out :)
That shot of Jesse and Pancake walking down a path, that was then shown flooded, wow! What an amazing shot. You really get a sense of the immense amount of water a typhoon brings. I live in a coastal area on quite high cliffs, so though it gets very very windy, I've never had to worry about flooding before. Now I've got a new fear!
I would expect your re-introduction every episode to be tedious or annoying, but instead it's oddly comforting and relaxing to hear such a similar intro each time. It's definitely a vibe.
Great videos showing a bit of the actual feel, as much as possible without actually feeling it by being there. Much more challenging in the country side. Wonderful what you did getting the home too! Congratulations!
Glad y'all made it through the typhoon without too much damage (minus that ceramic vessel at the end bit). I always look forward to my monthly check in on my "Canadians living inside a Miyazaki film" UA-cam channel. 😛
Once again you captured the natural beauty of the crows and the clouds before the storm. Loved all the details of the prep required to ride out the storm, and the beautiful birds on the wire and flowers at the end. Pancake seemed to be a great supervisor of all the preparations. Thanks again for sharing it with us.❤️
Hello there… I’m sorry what I want to say have nothing to do with this particular video…but I was so excited to see Jessie on a show that I watched called “12 days of Shikoku”. My hubby and I recognize him right away and was very excited to se him working! Way to go Jessie!
Another great video! Such high water, I hope the farmers didn't lose their crops. Thanks for sharing your preparations and attention to local alerts. I am glad you three are taking steps to keep safe during the typhon season.
I know you may love the charm of the old Akiya houses, but perhaps when you find you're new home, you should select a completely collapsed residence on high ground. Once the debris has been cleared, you could build a Monolithic Dome with hurricane rated windows?
Hey, Mika and Jesse. Greetings from Brasil. Love your videos, I've been watching them for some time now. Something caught my eye in this one. At 6:24, that little insect, I can't see if it's green, like if it has a green leaf mimicking trait, or if it is a common grasshopper. When they are green or look like a leaf, here in Brasil we call them "esperança" (hope), it's often considered a good omen. Just thought you would like to know!
Your home is so cute. The Japanese countryside is so beautiful. I live in Northern Michigan we get some bad lake effect weather at times. We live out in the countryside and our nearest town in two directions is about 15 minutes drive. So we usually keep water on hand in case of an outage. We sometimes get a little flooding in spring and summer (nothing close to what you get). We have propane heat but also wood heat which comes in handy when there is an outage during winter. Sometimes I wish I had an old fashioned indoor water handpump then I wouldn't have to worry about water.
I was stuck at the Busan airport, for hours, about 20 or so years ago, when a typhoon tore apart the shoreline and smashed ships up. Truly terrifying. When we finally got a pick-up from a brave JAL pilot, being in a bucking plane for two hours was no fun. Glad all of you are safe.
the beach house we had in Hayama had those sliding wood storm shutters which we used to close up the house during typhoons! Some of those typhoons were something, especially the torrential rains!!! パンケーキ chan was not sure about the new viewing spot....
I've only recently discovered your videos and absolutely love them - so calming and I love seeing this simple lifestyle that was never on my radar before! I think about you guys when I hear there is a typhoon over there. May you continue to fare well!! 🙏
Nice one! again 😄 I wonder how crowded it must have been with all outside stuff brought in. I’ve never experienced a typhoon, the pictures were very educational…like, whoa! You must have spent some time thinking about how much effort to put into reducing the next typhoon prep effort (eg railings for those outside panels).Tough balance when you’re looking for a new place. I also thought about that whole “enforced idleness” around waiting it out - it’s probably good to be reminded now and then that we don’t actually control everything in our lives, and that just accepting that is a good exercise. The only similar thing I can think of here in Canada might be a big snowstorm. Anyway, thanks again and take care over there.
I live in PR so it's also storm season over here. Super interesting to see how another country preps for this type of thing and how similar things feel. Stay safe guys!!
I can understand why people living in days of yore, would need to be able to slide storm shutters out quickly. Before accurate weather forecasting, they would have had very little warning, and would have looked to animal behaviour/the skies/granny's aching toe to tell them to hunker down, so time was off the essence!
The sound of your wooden shutters being opened up or taken down sounds like mine, except mine are heavy aluminum folding hurricane shutters here in Florida.
I’m watching your video and we have a potential tropical cyclone almost on us. My Amora is like Pancake in that she has to be able to look out. I’m glad you guys are ok. We’re moving to Japan in about two years so this will be something else we get to look forward to. Were your affected by the earth quake earlier? Thank you for sharing your story with us. I look forward to all your videos.
Every place has its benefits and challenges. Your doing great with yours. I'm curious what big aluminum thing on the roof, with the wires going into it is. Thanks for the videos, from the Selkirk mnts in bc.
Reminds me of growing up in Florida and hurricane prep. I'm grateful to live in a place with rare natural disasters but I've traded that security for much less interesting scenery. I appreciate you showing the realities of living where you do!
I like how everyone really prepares for the storm. Here in Brazil, we don't. We lose our homes, we lose our lives... then we blame the politicians we voted for. Repeat the cycle next year.
This video really reminded me of something that I love about your channel in that despite this experience obviously being a dream come true, you never display it as idyllic or without a sense of the real hard work that is necessary to be where you are. It is not a ‘vacationized’ version of your life for the sake of the audience, and that’s really valuable and refreshing! Sunday mornings are always made better when you have a new one out :)
I love how you gave pancake another lookout spot for him to carry out his watchdog duties! He is very diligent in his work! ❤
That shot of Jesse and Pancake walking down a path, that was then shown flooded, wow! What an amazing shot. You really get a sense of the immense amount of water a typhoon brings. I live in a coastal area on quite high cliffs, so though it gets very very windy, I've never had to worry about flooding before. Now I've got a new fear!
I would expect your re-introduction every episode to be tedious or annoying, but instead it's oddly comforting and relaxing to hear such a similar intro each time. It's definitely a vibe.
I love watching the adventures of Pancake and his two humans.
Pancake enjoying his new throne
For he is a Good and Kind Ruler,
bestowing upon us his Wisdom and Grace! 😄
Great videos showing a bit of the actual feel, as much as possible without actually feeling it by being there. Much more challenging in the country side. Wonderful what you did getting the home too! Congratulations!
So true
I love watching the rain from inside my safe dry home.
We were hit by typhoon a week ago. It was pretty bad. We live in Hainan, China. The winds were around 240km/h
パンケーキ可愛い😍❤️❤️❤️
some gorgeous images there. Thank you. Be safe!
Glad you all made it safe 😊🙏🏼
Calming and peaceful content. I like you guys❤❤
We are glad you all made it through the typhoon! And that Pancake got his view back!
Glad y'all made it through the typhoon without too much damage (minus that ceramic vessel at the end bit). I always look forward to my monthly check in on my "Canadians living inside a Miyazaki film" UA-cam channel. 😛
Once again you captured the natural beauty of the crows and the clouds before the storm. Loved all the details of the prep required to ride out the storm, and the beautiful birds on the wire and flowers at the end. Pancake seemed to be a great supervisor of all the preparations. Thanks again for sharing it with us.❤️
Sounded like the frogs enjoyed the typhoon. Another enjoyable video - thank you.
Hello there… I’m sorry what I want to say have nothing to do with this particular video…but I was so excited to see Jessie on a show that I watched called “12 days of Shikoku”. My hubby and I recognize him right away and was very excited to se him working! Way to go Jessie!
Watching this, building my own house and checking pinterest on other ideas is rather wholesome.
I hope the three of you and neighbors are all safe ! 😊
Always makes me feel apart of it, so cool !
Pancake's so cute ❤
Thanks for sharing, glad it wasn't a bad storm.
Pancake was so happy to be back in 'his' watch bed. He's grown up to be a very good boy.
8 years in Ehime and never really appreciated the danger, compared to earthquakes. You have reminded me to be more diligent next time I return 😊👍🇦🇺
Thanks 🙏 for sharing 👍love pancake 🐶❤️
Love your videos!
Please never quit. 😄🙏
glad you made it out ok. Great video :)
Another great video! Such high water, I hope the farmers didn't lose their crops. Thanks for sharing your preparations and attention to local alerts. I am glad you three are taking steps to keep safe during the typhon season.
I love your videos so much!
So enjoyed the new video! Thank you for the Japanese translations! Glad to see the pup has re-earned his spot in your intro❤
countryside so nostalgic to me. ❤
Such great videos, thank you so much for making them
I know you may love the charm of the old Akiya houses, but perhaps when you find you're new home, you should select a completely collapsed residence on high ground. Once the debris has been cleared, you could build a Monolithic Dome with hurricane rated windows?
Really nice transition at 7:37! The action shot really drives home how high the water got.
fascinating! love it
Pancake is so big! 🥰🥰🥰
Loved the opening music....know it's classic but so easy to remember as Hello Mudder, Hello Fadder by Alan Sherman.
Amazing video ! Thank you 🎉 Hi from Switzerland !
just in time im eating lunch on a sunday! thanks mika :D
I'm sure that this was a lot of work and very stressful for you. Thank you for sharing a really great video. I think this was one of your best videos.
One of your bests!
❤❤ thanks a lot ❤❤
Hey, Mika and Jesse. Greetings from Brasil. Love your videos, I've been watching them for some time now. Something caught my eye in this one. At 6:24, that little insect, I can't see if it's green, like if it has a green leaf mimicking trait, or if it is a common grasshopper. When they are green or look like a leaf, here in Brasil we call them "esperança" (hope), it's often considered a good omen. Just thought you would like to know!
Your home is so cute. The Japanese countryside is so beautiful.
I live in Northern Michigan we get some bad lake effect weather at times. We live out in the countryside and our nearest town in two directions is about 15 minutes drive. So we usually keep water on hand in case of an outage. We sometimes get a little flooding in spring and summer (nothing close to what you get). We have propane heat but also wood heat which comes in handy when there is an outage during winter. Sometimes I wish I had an old fashioned indoor water handpump then I wouldn't have to worry about water.
Your channel is so charming, thank you for sharing 💚
Excellent video. The scenery and life so well captured. I live in Tokyo.
I was stuck at the Busan airport, for hours, about 20 or so years ago, when a typhoon tore apart the shoreline and smashed ships up. Truly terrifying. When we finally got a pick-up from a brave JAL pilot, being in a bucking plane for two hours was no fun.
Glad all of you are safe.
Whyyyy this looks so dreamy
What a lovely view of this part of your lives. Also, your okonomiyaki looks excellent :D
Thank you. And I second the comment someone made earlier about the value of showing the path in drier weather vs typhoon weather -- what a contrast!
You're going to have some amazing long term time lapse/comparison images for the transformations you've made there.
So glad the typhoon wasn’t so bad this time around!
the beach house we had in Hayama had those sliding wood storm shutters which we used to close up the house during typhoons! Some of those typhoons were something, especially the torrential rains!!!
パンケーキ chan was not sure about the new viewing spot....
I've only recently discovered your videos and absolutely love them - so calming and I love seeing this simple lifestyle that was never on my radar before!
I think about you guys when I hear there is a typhoon over there.
May you continue to fare well!! 🙏
Glad to be here early!
Nice one! again 😄 I wonder how crowded it must have been with all outside stuff brought in. I’ve never experienced a typhoon, the pictures were very educational…like, whoa! You must have spent some time thinking about how much effort to put into reducing the next typhoon prep effort (eg railings for those outside panels).Tough balance when you’re looking for a new place. I also thought about that whole “enforced idleness” around waiting it out - it’s probably good to be reminded now and then that we don’t actually control everything in our lives, and that just accepting that is a good exercise. The only similar thing I can think of here in Canada might be a big snowstorm. Anyway, thanks again and take care over there.
I live in PR so it's also storm season over here. Super interesting to see how another country preps for this type of thing and how similar things feel. Stay safe guys!!
That okonomiyaki looked delicious!
I was wondering about if you'd show us some insights in typhoon prep! Thanks for this, must have been scary to see the river swell up so much..
Glad you guys are alright!
You have the best content on youtube!
I guess that you let Pancake out on a leash when he's got to relieve himself during the typhoon? It's always a pleasure to watch your videos.
I like the vibes of the typhoon season but I am afraid of the floods
I love watching your video's! Im so excited for every upload! ❤
good video
I can understand why people living in days of yore, would need to be able to slide storm shutters out quickly. Before accurate weather forecasting, they would have had very little warning, and would have looked to animal behaviour/the skies/granny's aching toe to tell them to hunker down, so time was off the essence!
Well done. Love that layed dog
Pancake. Cute too. 👍
You captured some really beautiful moments =D
Some beautiful framing in this video :)
Incredible content, as always!
I am glad you three are safe :)
The sound of your wooden shutters being opened up or taken down sounds like mine, except mine are heavy aluminum folding hurricane shutters here in Florida.
Hope you can find a better home for long-term living somewhere where you like there in Japan.
Thank you for continuing to produce such informative, interesting and entertaining videos. Y’all seem like really nice people folks (inc’ p’cake!)
Too cool.
Nice to see you. We have some snow this days. Gruß aus Deutschland
I’m watching your video and we have a potential tropical cyclone almost on us. My Amora is like Pancake in that she has to be able to look out. I’m glad you guys are ok. We’re moving to Japan in about two years so this will be something else we get to look forward to. Were your affected by the earth quake earlier? Thank you for sharing your story with us. I look forward to all your videos.
9:57 screams for some kintsugi ❤
Every place has its benefits and challenges. Your doing great with yours. I'm curious what big aluminum thing on the roof, with the wires going into it is. Thanks for the videos, from the Selkirk mnts in bc.
不便さを楽しんでいて、スローライフも羨ましい
Reminds me of growing up in Florida and hurricane prep. I'm grateful to live in a place with rare natural disasters but I've traded that security for much less interesting scenery. I appreciate you showing the realities of living where you do!
The okonomiyaki looked awesome. Also, at 9:55 are those saffron flowers?
Typhoons are not severe inland, only on the coast. Inland they’re just heavy rain. That said be careful of swollen rivers and landslides. Take Care.
Pancake
Shanshan was a rough typhoon.
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Makita is green in Japan 😱
Pretty Birds on a wire.
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Rain ❤
New subscriber from Florida.
Okonomiyaki, oishii. Hoshi desu! (I lived in Hiroshima for a year, 1985/6)
You fools! Now Pancake will require a throne AND the lookout!
Where does Pancake use the restroom when you're sheltered inside?
I like how everyone really prepares for the storm.
Here in Brazil, we don't. We lose our homes, we lose our lives... then we blame the politicians we voted for.
Repeat the cycle next year.
Is Pancake a shiba?
Your husband look like Wolverine 😅
OMG What Happened To The Rice Field
make a 12 hour rain video