During winter my family has adopted the Swedish tradition of using a sauna or well at our house we have a steam shower so a wet sauna, it’s a wonderful way in the evenings or mornings for us to warm up.
Oh, I would love to have a table like that at home! I'll have to make do with my electric heating blanket instead. It works great on those cold and muggy days. Warm greetings from Falkenberg in Sweden
Love seeing the twins growing older and playing a board game with you. We love our Friday pizza and games nights with our adult children. I also liked the ‘head, shoulders, knees….. bottle!’ game. Keeping that one for when the family is bigger or with friends.
Ps… I liked using our Kotatsu when we lived in Japan many many years ago. My eldest was almost born there but our time was near finishing. He is now 30, married and about to embark on more travels of his own. Time flies!
Kotatsu season has started woohoo. We love playing board games, my husband is currently building a gaming table so we have more space to play them. Chicken Pot Pie and Kotatsu?? The cozy season has arrived! Oh my goodness I have never seen the head shoulder knees game but it looks so much fun. Happy Birthday Nate!
Wonderful family!! I would like to have that kind of table..It works during winter season.. Thanks for sharing your life in Japan.. Abundant blessings to you
Happy birthday! 🎉 I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for all the amazing videos you've made over the past few years. They've brought me so much joy, especially during a tough year. Your content has been a real escape, and I appreciate all the hard work you put into it. Wishing you a wonderful day and many more years of success! 😊
Thanks for sharing your family with us. I was super stoked about Echos of Wisdom as well. My kiddos have enjoyed it also. My middle child wanted to dress as Link for our fall festival so I dressed as Zelda with him and put a little Tri face on my baby’s yellow dress. It was a fabulous time😊
I came to your channel from luncul英会話. Thank you so much for enjoying Japan life. I really love your channel. I hope you have much more good Experiences in japan. Kotatsu has magical temptation. Most Japanese and cats sleep in kotatsu. Be careful!!!
Something that surprised me at a laundromat recently. Nowadays, laundromats have calculator-like keyboards that let you enter your mobile number, lock the door, and send you an email when your laundry is ready, meaning you don't have to wait in line at the laundromat.
Happy birthday Nate 🎉🎂!!! That must have really hurt. Having your sights set on a pumpkin spice latte ☕️, only to be crushed to find out you have to wait until next year 😢
日本の布団は温かい晴日に、干せばいいんですよ。 押し入れに入れっぱなしだと、湿気に弱く雑菌やダニなどが繁殖しやすいので、夏場に何回か日光に当てれば気持ちいいですよ＾＾ Japanese futons can be hung out to dry on a warm, sunny day. If you leave them in the closet, they will become susceptible to humidity and bacteria and mites will easily grow, so it's best to expose them to sunlight a few times in the summer to keep them nice and fresh＾＾
I came home with so many Japanese coins last week. I tended to use 1000 yen bills and always received coins. I forgot to use them in the airport. Mount Fuji had no snow. I was very surprised. I miss the sandwiches and onigiri from 7/11 and Lawsons. 😅
I would get 2 kotatsu tables both one for my button organizing which I wish was a job but not and the other for my diamond art. A tall kotatsu table or a desk and yes the heater will be on in winter. Winter in Manhattan MT is cold. USA need kotatsu please let that be a thing. Ps happy birthday Nate. I would love to visit you and your kids and visit japan?!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NATE! We need a new heater for our kotatsu. It worked for one day and quit! But that was kind of expected because it's 30 years old, after all! 😅 Fortunately, the heaters are affordable on Amazon. We just have to wait till next month's budget because we got floor chairs this month. We crawled under it with our electric blankets! Lol
Happy belated birthday! I remember getting excited using the launder mat with my missionary friends in Japan. of all things 😆it's the little rare things tourists don't usually use, and appreciating the small things. the highlight for this video is you showing PRAISE Elavation sung in Japanese, It gives chills down my spine with the words and being played passionately. The vocalist has a lovely voice too~! any possibility it will be on TH-cam? Would love to listen to the full version. Many thanks and God bless!
I missed the live. So sad. I realized I will probably not make a live until spring as we had a time change in the US and I guess Japan does not have a time change. Now it goes live at 5 instead of 6. Before I get up for work.
Happy birthday 🥳 mine just past too. I wish more than anything that I could move with my kids to Japan. I love the way your family lives. I'm a single mom with 3 kid's (twin girls too). Mine are all older though and I'm not sure how well they would adapt, and I could never afford to
Well some version of the band plays every week at Paz Church, but we'll be recording and producing songs (planning on it early next year) so stay tuned!
The lack of adequate Winter heating in Japan would be a no-go for me. Korea has better heating preparation. Or I would consider a portable propane heater.
Want to cook like mama chan? Check out her channel here: www.youtube.com/@mamachanruth ママチャンのような料理を作りたい？ 彼女のチャンネルはこちら: www.youtube.com/@mamachanruth
パパさん、HappyBirthday🎉
誕生日に特別なことはしなくても、ファミリーが笑顔でパパさんのそばに居てくれる事が何よりも幸せなBirthdayですね❤
いつもママちゃんの料理チャンネル見てます！異国の地で、お子さん4人もいて、いろんな仕事と家事やって、料理作って、ほんとにすごい女性だと思います！尊敬します。
私も彼女をとても尊敬している。
パパさん、お誕生日おめでとうございます🎂これからも、ご家族皆んな仲良しの動画、楽しみにしています😊
パパさんお誕生日おめでとう🎉🎉🎉
お体を大切に日々をお過ごし下さい😊
During winter my family has adopted the Swedish tradition of using a sauna or well at our house we have a steam shower so a wet sauna, it’s a wonderful way in the evenings or mornings for us to warm up.
コタツ似合う家族だよね。
今の日本じゃ家族皆で炬燵(こたつ)入る機会無いけど、ライター家にはそれがある。
素晴らしい事だよね。
みんな大きくなって、カッコいいお父さんとお母さんのおかげだな！っていつも感心して観てますよ❤
Happy Birthday and all the best to Nate! The cozy time of the year has arrived, and I guess nothing in Japan symbolises that more than the Kotatsu 😁
パパさんHappy Birthday🎉🎉🎉
Happyな１年になりますように…🕊🍀.*
Oh, I would love to have a table like that at home! I'll have to make do with my electric heating blanket instead. It works great on those cold and muggy days. Warm greetings from Falkenberg in Sweden
It would be PERFECT for Sweden!
パパちゃんが感じている季節の変化、たぶん多くの日本人も感じていることです。春と秋が昔に比べて短くなりました。富士山の初冠雪もかなり遅れているとのこと。二十四節気も暦の上だけの用語となりそう。ジョシュア君、まだランドセルの方が大きい。でも、あっという間にランドセルが小さく感じるようになりますね。子供の成長は早い！
最近、日本に住む外国人のご子息から日本の教育の集団主義を批判するような言葉をたまに耳にします。ライター家からみて日本の小学校・中学校教育がどのように見えているか、アップされている動画からあるていど察することはできますが、実際どうでしょうか。やはり窮屈に感じるのかな。ライター家もいずれ本国に帰国する日が来ます。その中で、成人したライター家のご子息の中の一人でも二人でも日本に関わった仕事をしていただければ幸いです。せっかっく日本の心を身に着けたのですから。
Love seeing the twins growing older and playing a board game with you. We love our Friday pizza and games nights with our adult children. I also liked the ‘head, shoulders, knees….. bottle!’ game. Keeping that one for when the family is bigger or with friends.
Ps… I liked using our Kotatsu when we lived in Japan many many years ago. My eldest was almost born there but our time was near finishing. He is now 30, married and about to embark on more travels of his own. Time flies!
Wow- Becca and Anna are halfway there now!
「She sells seashells by the seashore」
って早口言葉は昔英語を教えてくれたカナダ人の先生に教えてもらった記憶が蘇りました😊
日本語の早口言葉でアレンジするなら
「海外の貝殻を海岸で買いました♪」
が面白いねーって当時話してて、
「買う」と言う漢字の中に「貝🐚」の字が
入ってるのをカナダ人の先生が気づいて
「昔の中国では貝がお金の代わりだったのでお金にまつわる漢字は「貝」の字が含まれてるんですよ」って話したら
凄く感動されてたのを急に思い出しました。
興味深い！
Kotatsu season has started woohoo. We love playing board games, my husband is currently building a gaming table so we have more space to play them. Chicken Pot Pie and Kotatsu?? The cozy season has arrived! Oh my goodness I have never seen the head shoulder knees game but it looks so much fun. Happy Birthday Nate!
Wonderful family!! I would like to have that kind of table..It works during winter season..
Thanks for sharing your life in Japan.. Abundant blessings to you
Thanks for watching!
Happy birthday! 🎉 I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for all the amazing videos you've made over the past few years. They've brought me so much joy, especially during a tough year. Your content has been a real escape, and I appreciate all the hard work you put into it. Wishing you a wonderful day and many more years of success! 😊
Thank you for your comment :)
Thanks for sharing your family with us. I was super stoked about Echos of Wisdom as well. My kiddos have enjoyed it also. My middle child wanted to dress as Link for our fall festival so I dressed as Zelda with him and put a little Tri face on my baby’s yellow dress. It was a fabulous time😊
Love it!
ウチもコタツ買いました❣️電気代も節約になりますし最高です😊
I’m very happy to have my Japanese kotatsu here in Texas😌
Happy birthday to papa san🎉Hope you have another wonderful year😊
Thank you!
とてもほのぼのとして嬉しくなります。有難うござます。
I was literally just googling how to get/make a Kotatsu in the states.
15:42 "If there's an uphill, there's always a downhill". No truer words of wisdom from Anna.
I came to your channel from luncul英会話. Thank you so much for enjoying Japan life. I really love your channel. I hope you have much more good
Experiences in japan.
Kotatsu has magical temptation. Most Japanese and cats sleep in kotatsu. Be careful!!!
It's wonderful during the cold months!
こたつ布団の下にこたつ用の毛布を被せて使うと、更に温かく感じられると思います❤
絵に描いたような家族の団欒
炬燵は「こたつむり」という怪獣？を生み出す危険性が有りますが、ボードゲームやトランプで過ごすのも良いですよね
炬燵の部屋にテレビが無いのが良いと思います
Something that surprised me at a laundromat recently.
Nowadays, laundromats have calculator-like keyboards that let you enter your mobile number, lock the door, and send you an email when your laundry is ready, meaning you don't have to wait in line at the laundromat.
Wow- next level!
こたつの季節、最高ですね！🍂
寒い時期にぴったりの温かさが伝わってきて、冬が楽しみになりました！
Can’t wait for more cozy moments this winter!
お誕生日、おめでとうございます🎂㊗
コタツの季節ですね☺
Fall in Japan looks so cozy. I was excited about the new Zelda game as well. Haven't played it yet, but it looks really fun!
It's a fun play :)
It seems like just yesterday that you got that kotatsu. ❤
And already it's a big part of the family!
いつもポジティブに日本の生活を楽しんでくれてありがとう👍😍
こたつは人と犬と猫をダメにしますw（出たくなくなる）
部屋でファンヒーター使うなら蛇腹のホースあるのでヒーターからの温風をこたつに誘導するとこたつの電気入れなくても暖かく過ごせますよ♪
Happy birthday Nate 🎉🎂!!! That must have really hurt. Having your sights set on a pumpkin spice latte ☕️, only to be crushed to find out you have to wait until next year 😢
It was like the anti-birthday moment for sure! Ha!
日本の布団は温かい晴日に、干せばいいんですよ。
押し入れに入れっぱなしだと、湿気に弱く雑菌やダニなどが繁殖しやすいので、夏場に何回か日光に当てれば気持ちいいですよ＾＾
Japanese futons can be hung out to dry on a warm, sunny day.
If you leave them in the closet, they will become susceptible to humidity and bacteria and mites will easily grow, so it's best to expose them to sunlight a few times in the summer to keep them nice and fresh＾＾
炬燵に入ると出られません。
ライター家ではこたつを出すと
次はクリスマスってなるのかなw
パパさんお誕生日おめでとう！
I came home with so many Japanese coins last week. I tended to use 1000 yen bills and always received coins. I forgot to use them in the airport. Mount Fuji had no snow. I was very surprised. I miss the sandwiches and onigiri from 7/11 and Lawsons. 😅
Save them for your next trip! :)
昔の家には『こたつ』がみんなありました。
🏠昔の家は寒いのでみんなこたつに入って集まって、みかん食べたり、アイス食べたり遊んだり楽しい思い出です。😊
現在はいろいろテクノロジーが進んでいる日本ですが、🇯🇵🏠建物の建築基準は今も悪いです。😢
一軒家やマンションの断熱基準がとても悪い、だから、家の中が寒いです。🥶どの部屋も暖かいアメリカとは違います。
トイレやお風呂場は特に寒いです。(冬場の寒さがひどいので、トイレやお風呂場で高齢者がなくなることが多いです。)😢
暖かいアメリカの家から寒い日本の家に来るのは、最初はショックだったが、今では順応している。 こたつはとても役に立ちます！
I would get 2 kotatsu tables both one for my button organizing which I wish was a job but not and the other for my diamond art. A tall kotatsu table or a desk and yes the heater will be on in winter. Winter in Manhattan MT is cold. USA need kotatsu please let that be a thing. Ps happy birthday Nate. I would love to visit you and your kids and visit japan?!
If you're ever over here, you certainly should visit us at Paz Church :)
@ ok maybe next year when I’m in a little bit in shape and on a cruise with a couple of my friends. Japan is one of my travel bucket lists?!
Happy birthday! God bless 🎉
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NATE! We need a new heater for our kotatsu. It worked for one day and quit! But that was kind of expected because it's 30 years old, after all! 😅 Fortunately, the heaters are affordable on Amazon. We just have to wait till next month's budget because we got floor chairs this month. We crawled under it with our electric blankets! Lol
Make room in the budget fast! Ha ha!
@@LIJ you know it!!
九州ではまだ、こたつは早いですね。未だに昼はTシャツの人も居るくらいで🙈wでも大分、寒くなって来て冬が楽しみです⛄✌夏より冬派です💃あとサラちゃんレディー・ガガに似てると思うんですけど言われませんか？👧w
Happy belated birthday! I remember getting excited using the launder mat with my missionary friends in Japan. of all things 😆it's the little rare things tourists don't usually use, and appreciating the small things. the highlight for this video is you showing PRAISE Elavation sung in Japanese, It gives chills down my spine with the words and being played passionately. The vocalist has a lovely voice too~! any possibility it will be on TH-cam? Would love to listen to the full version. Many thanks and God bless!
Thanks so much! That was just a recording test we did, and we're planning on releasing a lot more songs in the months to come!
こたついいですよね！冬を実感します😊
私は今日出しましたよ😊
うちの家では犬に占領されていますが😂
お誕生日なんですね、パパさん...おめでとうございます...とんかつ、食べたいです！
ありがとう！ ルースは来週のママチャンのビデオでとんかつの作り方を紹介する予定です。
Happy birthday 🎂 😊
Happy Birthday, Nate!😊
Wishing you a happy birthday Nate! We are going to come to Paz when we visit next year 😊 Can we get to you from Ueno by train?
Yes you can!
I missed the live. So sad. I realized I will probably not make a live until spring as we had a time change in the US and I guess Japan does not have a time change. Now it goes live at 5 instead of 6. Before I get up for work.
One hour makes a big difference, doesn't it? I wish they did daylight savings time here, but at least there's no time change to adjust to.
Happy birthday Nate 🎉 🎁 🎂
Thanks!
Happy Birthday papa chan 🎉
Happy birthday 🥳 mine just past too. I wish more than anything that I could move with my kids to Japan. I love the way your family lives. I'm a single mom with 3 kid's (twin girls too). Mine are all older though and I'm not sure how well they would adapt, and I could never afford to
Hopefully you all can at least visit sometime.
もうコタツが出ているなんて。excellent ＼(^o^)／
Happy Birthday Nate!
Thanks :)
Auguri di buon compleanno 🎊🎉 🎉🎉❤
Belated happy birthday to you Nate
Thank you!
Happy birthday! 🎂🎉🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you so much 😀
私も昨日コタツ出しました。❤
It's a really great family.
very very very nice.
いいね👍️
Thank you!
Oh i love your video. You have such wonderful life there.
Thank you!
Happiest of birthdays to you!!!!🎉🎉
そうだよなあ
こたつ布団は一回洗わないとなあ
でも洗うと中々乾いてくれないから結局生乾きのままつかうことになるのも冬あるある
それはそうと46歳お誕生日おめでとう
厄年はもう終わったのかな？
Happy Birthday, Nate. Thank you for the good times!
すっかり寒くなってきましたね。来月はクリスマスですね！
外はほとんど肌寒くなくなり、子供たちはこたつテーブルを所望し始めた！ ははは！
こたつよりも、美味しそうな食事が気になります
お元気そうで😀
There's something unbelievably humbling and inspiring about hearing familiar praise songs in different languages and cultures. LOVE it.
I agree!
日本の冬にはこたつから離れられなくなるこたつ依存症という症例がありあります
今年も炬燵の登場の時期ですか。
もし機会があれば、田舎の民家の掘りごたつを経験して欲しいですね。（隙間風が寒いかも知れませんが。ｗ）
ライター家はコタツを出しました。我が家もコタツを出しましょう。我が家にも今年も楽しい冬がやって来ました。
日本人よりコタツの準備が早い😊
娘さん
息子さん
見ない間に大きくなったな～
長女かな？
めちゃ美人になってきたね
Your vlogs are always so entertaining. It's great to watch what a regular couple of days looks like! Have a great weekend.
Thank you so much!
THE LAUNDROMAT MACHINES LOOKED GERMAN. WITH ENGLISH AND GERMAN THINGIES, TOO.
Hello from Victoria BC Canada!
こたつか，ホリコタツかも一番理想かな
お誕生日おめでとうございます。
Happy birthday 🥰forgot to comment 😅
❤❤❤❤
Happy birthday Nate!!
I would love to listen to the band more! Is there a way to listen elsewhere?
Well some version of the band plays every week at Paz Church, but we'll be recording and producing songs (planning on it early next year) so stay tuned!
@ Amazing! I can’t wait to listen! God bless 🫶
少人数の家でしたら、こたつ布団に
布団カバーすると、布団かあまりひどく汚れないかなと思うんですけど。
子供の頃は練炭の堀こたつでよく隠れたりしてて、死ぬぞと怒られていた。
海外の方も堀こたつの方が楽だろうに？ あと、こたつは座椅子が命。
I want one 😂
They are the best :)
@@LIJ😅 I’m gonna buy one one day!! ❤can’t wait for Christmas btw
How much is a kotatsu table in Japan? I would love to buy one in the US.
Do houses in Japan not have a central heating system?
In the Tokyo area not so much. It's when you go further north (or into snow territory)
The lack of adequate Winter heating in Japan would be a no-go for me. Korea has better heating preparation. Or I would consider a portable propane heater.
試しもしないで優劣が決めれる。さすがです
炬燵かあ。。。やはり鍋ですね。。。。
Will that recipe be on Mamachan?
You bet! Chicken Pot Pie is already out and the Tonkatsu (pork cutlets) will come out next week I believe.
コタツの季節が「帰ってきた（？）」どこからどこへ？？？
「戻ってきた」ですかね？
ファンの方には、どうでもいいって言われそう（汗）
I understand the title is " The season of kotatsu has come."" But how come there are no scenes the family sittig at kotatsu all togetheer.
The link for the table is the same link for the camera 😅
Oh! Thanks for letting us know!
コタツは、いいんですが、確実に人をダメにします😅誰も動かなくなる、、、
What hymn are they singing in Japanese?
"Praise" by Elevation Worship
Kotatsu is not used (generally speaking) in Hokkaido, it’s too cold
I wondered about that, after seeing all the snow up there, I don't know how you keep warm.
You would need whole house heating there, for sure!
@LIJ Yeah, like the North here, it's just too frigid most years.
TH-camで一緒に仕事をしたいのですが！ どうすれば連絡できますか？ 😃