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Spend May in the Japanese countryside with us: Planting rice, cooking bamboo & house hunting
Experience monkey sightings and plant rice shoots for the first time, and join us for more house hunting this May in the Japanese countryside. Get exclusive Q&A content and ad-free videos on Patreon at www.patreon.com/MaigoMika or donate a one-time amount on Ko-fi (ko-fi.com/maigomika). All proceeds will help us create more countryside content for you!
Icon animation by Jodie R Jones: www.behance.net/jorujones/projects
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👩‍🌾 About Maigomika 👨‍🌾 We are Canadians renting and living in an ‘akiya’ house, one of the many vacant houses in the countryside of Japan, along with our 100% countryside dog mix, Pancake.🐕
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Blog: www.maigomika.com/
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Donate one time on Ko-Fi (ko-fi.com/maigomika).
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⭐FAQ ⭐ While I try to read all your comments, I’m not able to respond to all of them. To assist you better, I have created an FAQ page for answers to some common questions here: www.maigomika.com/about-me/faq/
#japancountryside #countrysideliving #akiya #abandonedhouse #househunt
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📖Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:50 Rice Planting
01:37 Germinating Rice Seeds
3:06 Springtime Trespassers
04:42 Cooking and Preparing Bamboo Shoot
07:19 Ginger Cookie Taste Test
08:53 Visiting 4 Akiya Houses
09:35 Akiya House 1
10:07 Akiya House 2
12:17 Akiya House 3
12:44 Akiya House 4
13:26 Why Don’t We Buy the House We Live in Now?
14:59 Bloopers
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🎵 Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!)
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Spring in the Japanese countryside: Dog’s 1st birthday, new hot water, & weeding
zhlédnutí 63KPřed 28 dny
To celebrate Pancake’s spring birthday, I wanted to highlight Heart Tokushima, the shelter where we adopted him. Visit www.heart-tokushima.com/donate.html to support their efforts in rescuing and rehoming cats and dogs on Shikoku, and we will all send virtual hugs and kisses (and slobbers from Pancake)! 👩‍🌾 About Maigomika 👨‍🌾 We are Canadians renting and living in an ‘akiya’ house, one of the ...
One year of life in the Japanese countryside
zhlédnutí 330KPřed měsícem
It's hard to believe that an entire year has passed since I posted my first CZcams video about our countryside experience in Japan. Thank you all who have supported us on this journey! Get exclusive Q&A content ad-free videos on Patreon at www.patreon.com/MaigoMika or donate a one-time amount on Ko-fi. All proceeds will help us create more countryside content for you! 👩‍🌾 About Maigomika 👨‍🌾 We...
Our first day of abandoned house hunting in the Japanese countryside
zhlédnutí 140KPřed 2 měsíci
Even with a casual start to our akiya abandoned house search, we stumbled upon some amazing finds! In this video, we start our akiya house hunt as we dive into uncharted countryside towns, hoping to stumble on our dream home. Get exclusive Q&A content ad-free videos on Patreon at www.patreon.com/MaigoMika or donate a one-time amount on Ko-fi. All proceeds will help us create more countryside co...
Our mission to revive our Japanese countryside garden to its former glory
zhlédnutí 80KPřed 2 měsíci
Get started on our spring gardening with us in the Japanese countryside! Get exclusive Q&A content ad-free videos on Patreon at www.patreon.com/MaigoMika or donate a one-time amount on Ko-fi. All proceeds will help us create more countryside content for you! 👩‍🌾 About Maigomika 👨‍🌾 We are Canadians renting and living in an ‘akiya’ house, one of the many vacant houses in Japan, along with our 10...
We cleaned & reorganized (a year’s worth of clutter) in our Japanese countryside home
zhlédnutí 138KPřed 3 měsíci
It’s time to roll up our sleeves for our first big clean of our Japanese house! Sit back and watch as we clean and declutter our home in the countryside. Support us and get exclusive content on our Patreon at www.patreon.com/MaigoMika, or donate a one-time amount on Ko-fi. All proceeds will help us create more countryside content for you! 👩‍🌾 About Maigomika 👨‍🌾 We are Canadians renting and liv...
What we did to get our countryside house in Japan ready for winter
zhlédnutí 182KPřed 5 měsíci
With winter upon us here in the countryside of Japan, we brace ourselves for another chilly season in our Japanese akiya house. Follow along as we explore the warmth of the coveted Japanese kotatsu, the challenges of sealing our paper doors and metal walls, make homemade yuzu syrup, and watch our puppy experience the joy of his first snow day! Read @bitsii's 30 other ways to get warm (and stay ...
Our EXCITING News (& autumn updates from the Japanese countryside)
zhlédnutí 73KPřed 5 měsíci
Exciting news from the Japanese countryside! Additionally, I have recently created a Patreon account! www.patreon.com/MaigoMika This segment takes us to the countryside of Japan during the autumn season, including my attempts (which may or may not be successful) at making traditional Japanese treats, winter preparation tasks, and even a special appearance on a foreign TV crew! 👩‍🌾 About Maigomi...
How We Beat the Summer Heat in the Japanese Countryside | VLOG
zhlédnutí 83KPřed 6 měsíci
Ah, summer in the Japanese countryside! We tackle everything from summer foods and swimming to... mold! 😱 But fear not; we've got some coping tips up our sleeves. 🌶️ Hot sauce recipe: czcams.com/video/uL8UJPQ_zoU/video.html 👩‍🌾 About Maigomika 👨‍🌾 We are Canadians renting and living in an ‘akiya’ house, one of the many vacant houses in Japan, along with our 100% countryside dog mix, Pancake.🐕 ⭐...
I Attempted Awa Odori, Japan’s 400-Year-Old Dancing Tradition
zhlédnutí 22KPřed 7 měsíci
The Awa Odori is a traditional Japanese dance that began over 430 years ago in Tokushima prefecture. You can experience Awa Odori year-round at the Awa Odori Kaikan (Hall) (www.awaodori-kaikan.jp/ ), a 10-minute walk from JR Tokushima Station. The hall offers a dance performance, a chance to try dancing yourself on stage, a museum to learn about the tradition's origins, souvenir shopping, and e...
July VLOG in the Japanese Countryside: Dill Pickles, Dogs, & Summer Festivals
zhlédnutí 219KPřed 9 měsíci
🌟Donate to Heart Tokushima at: ko-fi.com/hearttokushimajapan or www.heart-tokushima.com/donate.html 💗 HEART is an NPO rescue organization in Tokushima, Japan, run solely on a volunteer basis and funded entirely through donations. Their activities include rescue, care, and re-homing of stray, abandoned, abused, and neglected animals and promote their spay/neuter program. 🐕 Dogs for Adoption: www...
What we do for work in the Japanese countryside, our visa, & tips we wish we had known beforehand
zhlédnutí 490KPřed 10 měsíci
I'm here to answer one of the most commonly asked questions: what we do for work in Japan's beautiful countryside! 👀 ⭐ Read more 👉www.maigomika.com/what-we-do-for-work-in-japan 👈 about how we went from teaching English to our current non-teaching jobs, insights into our visa, and other helpful tips we think you should know when finding and changing jobs in Japan. 👩‍🌾 About Us 👨‍🌾 We are Canadia...
We Welcomed Our First Dog into Our Countryside Life in Japan
zhlédnutí 186KPřed 11 měsíci
We Welcomed Our First Dog into Our Countryside Life in Japan
How we are adapting to countryside life in Japan (& befriending the creepy crawlies)
zhlédnutí 438KPřed rokem
How we are adapting to countryside life in Japan (& befriending the creepy crawlies)
Inside Our Abandoned Japanese House in Japan & Renovations So Far
zhlédnutí 245KPřed rokem
Inside Our Abandoned Japanese House in Japan & Renovations So Far
What we learned in our first year of gardening in the Japanese countryside: failures & okonomiyaki
zhlédnutí 239KPřed rokem
What we learned in our first year of gardening in the Japanese countryside: failures & okonomiyaki
We moved into a vacant house in the Japanese countryside (and only pay $300/year for rent)
zhlédnutí 3,4MPřed rokem
We moved into a vacant house in the Japanese countryside (and only pay $300/year for rent)

Komentáře

  • @KamienTV
    @KamienTV Před hodinou

    I don't usually spend a whole lot of time watching youtube yet I sat down and stared at the screen for the whole duration of this video, very very nicely put together and very much appreciated upload. I learned a lot about Japan and its country side just watching this, Thank you.

  • @user-lf6qf4rp8x
    @user-lf6qf4rp8x Před 3 hodinami

    Hello, selamat pagi 🙋means good morning in Malay..so it's might be a clue that I'm your new subscriber from Malaysia...start watching you yesterday,read about you and continue watch your videos this morning... I liked it all.. 💪.. Have a good day!

  • @CarlsAnne
    @CarlsAnne Před 12 hodinami

    I'm so torn that the family wants to keep the house and not sell it. I understand their feelings, but I can't help feeling bothered that they're profiting from your hard work. Do they truly want to keep it in their family and cherish memories, or do they simply want to keep profiting off others need for shelter?

  • @patriciatusay1768
    @patriciatusay1768 Před 22 hodinami

    It all sounds wonderful but being allergic to just about every kind of insect: it will never happen. 😢

  • @VerbenaGarden
    @VerbenaGarden Před dnem

    Hola,su vida es un sueño los felicito viendo es un bálsamo para la vida que llevamos aquí en Ca primero Dios volveré a Japón saludos

  • @FinPete82
    @FinPete82 Před dnem

    BABE, Antoher video released! Come see! and greetings from Finland, love your hard work.

  • @kumarsumit6131
    @kumarsumit6131 Před dnem

    I wish you had put "NAANI" @7:08

  • @abfab2517
    @abfab2517 Před dnem

    Quel paradis.

  • @SigmaSusanto
    @SigmaSusanto Před 2 dny

    may I know where I can listen the music fully?

  • @thims1961
    @thims1961 Před 2 dny

    where's Pancake

  • @isaaccastillo8628
    @isaaccastillo8628 Před 3 dny

    Hey I recently find your channel. I think there is no coincidences. So please read this, is an important message, the most important message for any person actually: We are actually fallen and corrupted creatures. We are full of injustices, wickedness, lies and evil. Every human being have the same problem, since the fall of Adam, our hearts are actually seek and go to do evil. We all say lies. We all steal something, even something small or without "importance". We all fall in sexual inmorality like having sex before marrige, or cheat your wife/husband, watch pornography, look other people with lust and corrupted desires, look them in the street, social media, internet, etc. We all hate someone in our hearts, that's actually consider to be a killer in the eyes of God. We made fake gods to worship them and not to deal with our problem: We all fail and we do horrible things in this earth. Those things I mention before are actually part of the Law of God, and WE BROKE the Law of God many many times. We are actually criminals, sinners, who made crimes against God and our neighbors. God is our Creator, He is Holy, Good and Just and He hates evil and He punish all the wicked actions of the humans beings. He establised a day when He is going to judge every human being in all the history of this Earth, the Final Day of Jugdment. We are all guilty and in that day we going to have all the consequences of our wickedness, We all deserve the eternal condenation, Hell, the Holy and Just Wrath of God, because we broke all the Law of God. We actually have a huge problem with the infinite Justice of God, and we can't escape from that destiny, we are guilty and we can't do anything to change that. We are actually lost for ever. But, God is very very Merciful and God knows we are actually lost for ever, so He did something. God the Father send His Son LORD Jesus Christ to save us. The God of Israel Himself becomes a human being, Jesus of Nazareth, and He die for us, He die for our sins. LORD Jesus in the cross take all the warth and punishment what we deserve for our sins and wickedness and He die for us He die for our sins. He paid the debt with the infinite Justice of God what we have. By His Grace we are save not by any human work of us because we only deserve hell only. That's why when you believe in LORD Jesus and His work of Salvation and Redemption you have salvation, redemption, forgiveness of sins, eternal life and reconciliation with God only by LORD Jesus. LORD Jesus was dead but He rose at the third day, and He is now sit at the right hand of God His Father but He is coming back soon to the Earth as the Supreme Judge, and He will put and end to all the wicked things and evil of the humans beings for ever, including yours if you don't repent, oh, japanese people. That's why we say to you in love and Truth, repent of your sins and wickedness and believe in LORD Jesus and His Gospel and follow Him. Without Christ you are actually lost for ever and ever. If you die, you are going to Judgement of God, and if you don't believe and follow LORD Jesus, after the Judgement you are going to the eternal condenation for ever. That's why with a great sense of urgency take this message with extreme seriously, your life and soul are in danger: you could die today at any moment, you never know. Come to Christ Jesus, without Him we are nothing and the eternal condenation is at the door. Come to Christ oh dear people. Blessings to you and your family, greetings from Chile 🇨🇱

  • @colleenlongardner2692

    I got dizzy watching your video. Slow down please.

  • @jimwalsh7904
    @jimwalsh7904 Před 4 dny

    Nice show! I especially like your mellow music selections. The music made it relaxing to watch. Yes, it's exciting that gardening was a gateway to interacting with your neighbors. I love Okinamiyaki too.

  • @jaejemhmitch
    @jaejemhmitch Před 4 dny

    hi new subscriber here.

  • @ianrobson4588
    @ianrobson4588 Před 5 dny

    So you moved into a vacant house in the Japanese countryside. That’s so thoughtful of you, have you ever moved into an occupied house, I imagine that would be stressful, wouldn’t it?

  • @JosieMarquez-it5lv
    @JosieMarquez-it5lv Před 5 dny

    Hello ❤❤i love japan❤ from cebu philppines❤

  • @Bod8998
    @Bod8998 Před 5 dny

    Very interesting love the idea of a cheap cheap house Subbed

  • @richerDiLefto
    @richerDiLefto Před 5 dny

    You couldn’t PAY me sleep on that floor with all those creepy bugs and critters running around! 😱😱😱

  • @magicalcoin
    @magicalcoin Před 5 dny

    和歌山らへんですか?

  • @pauldonathan5316
    @pauldonathan5316 Před 6 dny

    Was thinking about moving from America to the mountains of Japan. Are those bugs, animals, and monkeys there also? How hot does it get in the summer in the mountains? Great job working on house and actually having a garden...

  • @spiraleddays1870
    @spiraleddays1870 Před 6 dny

    This is my dream to live in rural japan in a semi modern japanese home

  • @sullyd.225
    @sullyd.225 Před 6 dny

    Sorry, I had to stop watching at the first sight of the maimed kitty. I am sure the house is lovely though!

  • @linhlequang5953
    @linhlequang5953 Před 6 dny

    appreciate the effort in a whole year tho!!!!!

  • @leaflord001
    @leaflord001 Před 6 dny

    Act natural. LOL Best of luck! :)

  • @dreamchampagne
    @dreamchampagne Před 7 dny

    You guys are so clever with the music editing! You def don’t need narration to convey what’s going on❤

  • @thims1961
    @thims1961 Před 7 dny

    I'm surprised you found a two point harness worked on Pancake, I had to get a three point for one behind the barrel chest or she'd just slip it in an instant

  • @vixeyann6252
    @vixeyann6252 Před 7 dny

    This reminded me of my childhood in Japan. I will never forget the nights my sister fell asleep with her window open and all the creepy crawly guests we woke up to 😭 thanks for sharing your new home. Beautiful place ☺️

  • @Shinror
    @Shinror Před 7 dny

    Love your videos, they are so relaxing and fun to watch. Thank you 🥰🤗

  • @Bothermewithdetails

    Can you guys please share all the advice that the Japanese gardeners give you! Please 🙏🏼 おつかれ

  • @luxameepaibool2820
    @luxameepaibool2820 Před 7 dny

    ❤❤❤❤❤love your channel ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @siskfjkfkk
    @siskfjkfkk Před 7 dny

    All of this is so soothing. ❤

  • @billlumbergh6294
    @billlumbergh6294 Před 8 dny

    Nice to see some quite unspoiled nature in Japan. Rare.

  • @judiehavard4903
    @judiehavard4903 Před 8 dny

    Everyone has their own 8:23 esthetics for a home. I tend to love homes with trees in areas that have a woodsy feel to it. So my favorite was the first house that was shown. Also liked the different levels of rock walls around it. Just wouldnt want to be somewhere that may have mud or rock slides.😊

  • @judiehavard4903
    @judiehavard4903 Před 8 dny

    The chrysanthemum flowers are great. And will reseed them selves and spread. The verbeena is another. And would look great spilling over the rock edge. And a moss rose.😊

  • @judiehavard4903
    @judiehavard4903 Před 8 dny

    Cinnamon can be used as a rooting hormone.

  • @judiehavard4903
    @judiehavard4903 Před 8 dny

    Japan has always been the one place I wanted to visit.😊

  • @judiehavard4903
    @judiehavard4903 Před 8 dny

    I love rainy days. Ise the timme to slow down and make plans for the days without rain. So I put on a pot of coffee to sit and watch the rain for a while. Then usually make a good hearty soup, A favorite is potato. Then cooking is done for the day.😊

  • @judiehavard4903
    @judiehavard4903 Před 8 dny

    That slider would be so ...dead!!😊

  • @judiehavard4903
    @judiehavard4903 Před 8 dny

    Mom would put together a little flour and water slurry for us to use as glue. We would cut shapes to glue. Other times a flour and water dough with salt for a homemade play doh. A good way to keep little children busy.😊

  • @bigdoggy6650
    @bigdoggy6650 Před 8 dny

    Nissan cube for life!❤

  • @567HeyPandaBoo
    @567HeyPandaBoo Před 8 dny

    Your videos give me peace 💜 Btw, you're eating my bamboo 🐼🤣😂

  • @irmawesterback2930
    @irmawesterback2930 Před 9 dny

    Thank you for the video. Happy Birthday to Pancake🐕🎉🎈🎁🎀That butterbur is that same as rabarber? If it that was a first time to me that you can cook and eat it that way. I have lots of rabarber so I have to try it🤗

  • @jp22401
    @jp22401 Před 9 dny

    This reminded me of the movie wolf children.

  • @FoxyfloofJumps
    @FoxyfloofJumps Před 10 dny

    This song takes me back and hits me right in the heart.

  • @chinmayans7881
    @chinmayans7881 Před 10 dny

    Hi, just wondering, what do you for income here in country side ?

  • @FoxyfloofJumps
    @FoxyfloofJumps Před 10 dny

    You've probably mastered it already, but shredding the cabbage instead of chopping it square, will help it hold together better. You can also add mung bean sprouts or another sprout for extra structure.

  • @thims1961
    @thims1961 Před 11 dny

    "Very Sheddy Dog" good to know I'm not the only one with a Sheddy Dog

  • @joygatewood8028
    @joygatewood8028 Před 11 dny

    In one hour you captured the best things. The playful puppy, the clouds on the mountains, the rain, the bird sounds, the frogs. Love the close ups, the soft and just right background music. The skillful edits juxtaposing the rice growing to herald the growing season. I've never seen rice planting and harvesting before - and the machine used is the same used to plant sea oats along the North Carolina dunes. I love this so much. Felt like I was watching a Hayao Miyazaki film - but better.

  • @cristobal.ashton
    @cristobal.ashton Před 11 dny

    I'd love to live in a machiya over looking rice fields

  • @fabianosoriani
    @fabianosoriani Před 11 dny

    @Netflix is sleeping on this channel! License it as relaxing atmospheric content 🙏