+KemushiChan ロレッタ The Okinawans have a saying "いちゃりば ちょーでー" (沖縄方言). Translation(英語):once we meet, we are brothers. This video shows that saying, the Okinawans are the sweetest people in Japan.
I don't know why but, I cried. The otôsan's singing, your dancing, your being entertained in the mimpaku, everything... Such a great video. Thank you very much!
I remember singing the song the elder man was singing in class when I lived in Okinawa! I was in elementary school and at the time my mother taught ESL. Nostalgia *sigh*
I went to a Field Trip, Homestay event in Kyotango last summer (I was, and am still, living in Kyoto)! I had only been in Japan for 3ish months and had only learned a little japanese when I went. I was scared to tears, almost, before I met my family. The family lived really near the ocean and in the mountains in Kyotango, and they were SOOOOOO friendly! I wanna say with this that I totally recommend homestay if you ever get the oppprtunity! It is SOOO rewarding and fun!
I like Okinawa music. Their singing warmed my heart. Wow dance is also so cool!! Even though Im Japanese, I have never experienced Minpaku（民泊）. I really want to go there!!!!
I loved this! Living in America, the only things I hear about Okinawa are from military guys who all say it was boring or they didn't like it there. They didn't take any time (or have the time?) to appreciate the culture while stationed, so it's great to see the culture from an area that I used to only think of as an American military base.
+Tobi McCann (Dreaming in Japanese) it's not that strange I think. Those guys go to a country they didn't ask for where they come across a culture they know little about and where people speak a language they don't understand. And if you don't care about the different culture and you spend most of your free time on the base and/or with the other guys it's not easy to learn a lot about the local culture or dive into the local life.
I am from an okinawan family, it remembered me the old times when my grandfather used to sing the same song at 0:53. And taiko... Omg, love it so much.
I love your videos so much, Micaela! The combination of your fun personality and interesting look into Japanese culture really makes you stand out as a youtuber in a foreign country. Thanks for always posting such quality content and being so informative!
Nice one Micaela! As always your vlogs are so natural and spontaneous they just put a smile on my face and make my admiration for Japan grow even more! 😊
Hi Micaela :-) I know that you came to this island and am very glad! I pray for that you introduce Japanese various local culture to everybody more and more and can have a really fun experience yourself. And plz make sure to come Okinawa again: -) from Okinawa
Wow Micaela this was so beautiful! I loved the way you put the video together :) I went to Okinawa last summer it's one of my most favorite places in Japan! It's a great getaway if you live in Tokyo like me :/
The Okinawan family's hospitality is really wonderful! I'm a Japanese but I don't know much about the culture in Okinawa, dance, music, words, etc... I'm especially attracted to the kimono called Bingata.
i'm just about to go to Okinawa so I really enjoyed watching this! I'll be staying at an Airbnb but, it gave me a little vocabulary to impress my hosts with ;)
This reminds me so much about how my family interacts with others. Otousan is basically just my dad from another country, hahahaha! Love this!! Looks like so much fun!
Wow, this looks so interesting. If I could I'd do one of these every month. And you're right, it would be cool to be able to do this in places all over the world, just think how many unique experiences you'd get to see.
I want to visit Okinawa! My grandfather was stationed there during his time in the air force. My mother was actually born there,and my uncle was raised there. He learned Japanese first,and my grandmother learned how to crochet and knit from the housekeepers on the base.
Very cute video. Also very informative. I`ll be passing this along to my friends in the States. I think they`ll enjoy it. I did! -Edit - I can see by your comments section, I wasn't the only one who teared up at your hosts family heart-felt hospitality.
Feelin' a lot of kindness emanating from that Okinawan home. Very home-y. Homely? Home-like? Home-esque? I'm not sure what the term should be. You get the gist. Love it!
+Jenna Hart Okinawa is really nice! It's a little different than mainland japan since it's so close to Taiwan, and has a lot of American influence as well. It's so unique and the weather is so nice and the people are so chill. :) I hope you visit someday!
+Micaela ミカエラ It sounds like the melting pot of Japan! ^^ It must have been interesting for you to experience something so different from the other places you've visited. No wonder my roommate loves Okinawa so much, it sounds lovely! Thank you, I hope so too!! :)
+The Drunken Bear Yeah! The ketchup pork was really interesting though! It had pineapple in it. Since Okinawa is occupied by a US Base, it's very interesting to see the American influence and the Asian twist in their cooking.
I laughed in spite of myself! Mika-chan🍊 that Okinawa national costume you very well. Japan is huge, I'm a Japanese but thought so. Okinawa is difarent from mainland. I want to go to Okinawa.
What a sweet family! This really warmed my heart! PS the composition of this video is beautiful. Filters, angles and boke on point. Safe travels!
+KemushiChan ロレッタ The Okinawans have a saying "いちゃりば ちょーでー" (沖縄方言). Translation(英語):once we meet, we are brothers. This video shows that saying, the Okinawans are the sweetest people in Japan.
I don't know why but, I cried. The otôsan's singing, your dancing, your being entertained in the mimpaku, everything... Such a great video. Thank you very much!
Their singing really warmed my heart. It's so lovely to see how much they were enjoying themselves
I remember singing the song the elder man was singing in class when I lived in Okinawa! I was in elementary school and at the time my mother taught ESL. Nostalgia *sigh*
Thanks for sharing! I would love to stay at one of these places. They were so sweet! 😸
I went to a Field Trip, Homestay event in Kyotango last summer (I was, and am still, living in Kyoto)! I had only been in Japan for 3ish months and had only learned a little japanese when I went. I was scared to tears, almost, before I met my family. The family lived really near the ocean and in the mountains in Kyotango, and they were SOOOOOO friendly!
I wanna say with this that I totally recommend homestay if you ever get the oppprtunity! It is SOOO rewarding and fun!
とっても素敵な経験ですね。優しいご家族で見ているだけでも、いやされます。
I like Okinawa music. Their singing warmed my heart. Wow dance is also so cool!!
Even though Im Japanese, I have never experienced Minpaku（民泊）.
I really want to go there!!!!
Very nice video! It seems you'll be a very good player of the sanshin guitar!
やっぱり素敵な動画でした…！
民泊なんて私はしたことがないですが、ミカエラさんの動画ではある程度のマナーもさりげなく伝えてあって、沖縄のみなさんのホスピタリティーも伝わって素敵でした！
そして民族楽器全般的に演奏が上手で、衣装も似合っていてそれも素敵でした！
私も国内外いろんなところに行けるように頑張りたいです！
Micaela, I love your channel ! You have such a nice life journey in Japan particularly.
ありがとうございました
I loved this! Living in America, the only things I hear about Okinawa are from military guys who all say it was boring or they didn't like it there. They didn't take any time (or have the time?) to appreciate the culture while stationed, so it's great to see the culture from an area that I used to only think of as an American military base.
+Tobi McCann (Dreaming in Japanese) it's not that strange I think. Those guys go to a country they didn't ask for where they come across a culture they know little about and where people speak a language they don't understand. And if you don't care about the different culture and you spend most of your free time on the base and/or with the other guys it's not easy to learn a lot about the local culture or dive into the local life.
I am from an okinawan family, it remembered me the old times when my grandfather used to sing the same song at 0:53. And taiko... Omg, love it so much.
I love your videos so much, Micaela! The combination of your fun personality and interesting look into Japanese culture really makes you stand out as a youtuber in a foreign country. Thanks for always posting such quality content and being so informative!
this video made me feel all warm inside~~ that there are strangers this nice to share their home with you ahhh
enjoyed watching your video, glad you had fun there. the people seemed really friendly and seemed to enjoy having you as a guest.
that looked so much fun! love and happieness. and purely beautiful music. awesome. thank you for sharing ur experience!!
YAAAS A NEW VID!!!! best morning ever
nice to see u making more videos than last year
+GomChingu trying 2
Micaela ミカエラ good because i like seeing yo face
This video makes me happy.
The video is informative and put together really well (music, commentary, camera angles, lenses...). Thanks!
民泊にも色々なパターンが有るんですね、民宿のようにその土地の家族とのふれあいが出来るのも素敵ですね！
Oh this sounds like it would be awesome fun. like going over and visiting family. Though with new people.
Nice one Micaela! As always your vlogs are so natural and spontaneous they just put a smile on my face and make my admiration for Japan grow even more! 😊
Very cool :) ... Amazing concept!
I guess it's the same word in Korean 민박! haha I got excited about that. :P The family you stayed with seemed soo fun and welcoming!
This is easily my most favourite Japan video!!!
Hi Micaela :-) I know that you came to this island and am very glad! I pray for that you introduce Japanese various local culture to everybody more and more and can have a really fun experience yourself. And plz make sure to come Okinawa again: -) from Okinawa
Wow Micaela this was so beautiful! I loved the way you put the video together :) I went to Okinawa last summer it's one of my most favorite places in Japan! It's a great getaway if you live in Tokyo like me :/
That was a brilliant experience and an inspirational video! I'll give it a try myself!
着物がとっても似合っていましたね。沖縄は、今でも「日本とは違う国」と言っていいくらい、独自の文化がありますね。民泊だと、短い時間でも、料理とか、その文化がたっぷり体験できていいですね。「沖縄の人は暇さえあれば歌ったり踊ったりしている」と聞いたんですが・・・やっぱり本当なんですね。一度行ってみたいです。
Micaela your videos are so interesting and you are really beautiful thanks
+Joseph robinson That's really nice to hear! Thank you so much!
great video micaela. you deserve to have your dreams comes true
this was such a heartwarming video !
the ending was so happy and sweet i felt like crying ;w;;;
The Okinawan family's hospitality is really wonderful! I'm a Japanese but I don't know much about the culture in Okinawa, dance, music, words, etc... I'm especially attracted to the kimono called Bingata.
This was so sweet. Makes me miss Okinawa 😢. I loved watching the dances.
Thanks for sharing. An amazing experience I'm sure.
Wow this was amazing! So down to earth! :)
this was such a cool, interesting video!
This was beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
I really like these kind of videos, your such a good editor too
Okinawa is on the cards for a while now !!!! Cool vid !!
I loved this video!!! Man, Japan, I can't wait to come!
this is so cool! i definitely want to go to okinawa and do more kyushu stuff the next time i go!
I would love to do the same thing, looks amazing to travel like that!
This is just amazing! I'd love to experience this one day
This makes me homesick. My family is from Okinawa, and I grew up in Washington state, but my home life was very much like this every day growing up.
Very interesting. Something beyond the usual tourist experience.
This was great! Very interesting. Thank you for sharing!
i'm just about to go to Okinawa so I really enjoyed watching this! I'll be staying at an Airbnb but, it gave me a little vocabulary to impress my hosts with ;)
修学旅行で沖縄行ったからこれ見るとまた行きたくなる！！
It must have been an interesting experience - thank you for sharing! Your host family seemed really warm & welcoming, and the food all looked amazing.
You make such beautiful videos.
This reminds me so much about how my family interacts with others. Otousan is basically just my dad from another country, hahahaha! Love this!! Looks like so much fun!
I love Okinawa so much!
Wow, this looks so interesting. If I could I'd do one of these every month. And you're right, it would be cool to be able to do this in places all over the world, just think how many unique experiences you'd get to see.
That breakfast looks soooo yummy!
Okinawa seems like a completely different world to the Japan you see in movies and on tv. I have to add it onto my travel plan.
Wow. Again a great video. You put so much effort in your videos. Keep going! :)
Very unique video!! I haven't heard of this before.
This was so cool to watch!
Love Okinawa most of my friends live in Okinawa
I want to visit Okinawa! My grandfather was stationed there during his time in the air force. My mother was actually born there,and my uncle was raised there. He learned Japanese first,and my grandmother learned how to crochet and knit from the housekeepers on the base.
okinawa looks awesome!
i play the okinawa drums here in Brazil and i got to know all those songs!!! ^^ really nice video, didn't know about minpaku
僕も沖縄で民泊しました！
皆さん優しい方々でとても良かったです！
Nice family and I looked like fun.
Very cute video. Also very informative. I`ll be passing this along to my friends in the States. I think they`ll enjoy it. I did! -Edit - I can see by your comments section, I wasn't the only one who teared up at your hosts family heart-felt hospitality.
What an amazing video! Thanks for sharing your experience. :D
また沖縄行きたくなった
Feelin' a lot of kindness emanating from that Okinawan home. Very home-y. Homely? Home-like? Home-esque? I'm not sure what the term should be. You get the gist. Love it!
fellow person from coquitlam. keep making videos! been a sub since you were in the province newspaper a few years ago!
all of the food looks so delicioussss😍😍😍😍
omg! 10 years already!!!
nice concept thanks! for the tips Micaela
Cool sanshin with two necks! I prefer the tsugaru shamisen sound but the okinawan type is the pre cursor to them all. Excellent vlog. 😊
how great is that!!
Ah! I know the song the oji-san was singing! "Katate ni Sansen O" !
It's so pretty :)
Good video!
沖縄行きたいっすうらやましいっす
Great video!
ダブル・ネック三線！初めて見たぞ。お父さん、三線も歌も上手いねえ。
I got goosebumps watching this.
What is the song at 1:35?! We used to (and still) play it in Hawaii at the Bon Dance festivals and I have no idea what it's called!
I very like your shaving hair style look
00:56 - Dude!! That looks like a double-necked shamisen!!
日本にいる外国人TH-camrの中でミカエラさんが一番好き
wonderful vid Micaela :)
Micaela
+Jenna Hart Okinawa is really nice! It's a little different than mainland japan since it's so close to Taiwan, and has a lot of American influence as well. It's so unique and the weather is so nice and the people are so chill. :)
I hope you visit someday!
+Micaela ミカエラ It sounds like the melting pot of Japan! ^^ It must have been interesting for you to experience something so different from the other places you've visited.
No wonder my roommate loves Okinawa so much, it sounds lovely!
Thank you, I hope so too!! :)
classic traditional Okinawan music I hear at the Obon's conducted in Hawaii.
Taco rice looks yum! How was it? Looks like such a great way to experience the culture :-)
+The Drunken Bear Yeah! The ketchup pork was really interesting though! It had pineapple in it. Since Okinawa is occupied by a US Base, it's very interesting to see the American influence and the Asian twist in their cooking.
+Micaela ミカエラ Ketchup pork sounds so interesting. Definitely would love to try it. What a cool experience. :-D
This video is so Goood~
such a kind family :')
Nice!
There's heaps of Indigenous Traditional Homestay you can visit too in Island of Borneo.
I laughed in spite of myself! Mika-chan🍊 that Okinawa national costume you very well.
Japan is huge, I'm a Japanese but thought so. Okinawa is difarent from mainland. I want to go to Okinawa.
沖縄いいですね
omg that's soo awesome
so cute
purple potatoes?!? thanks for the video!! it definitely seems like a fun way to experience japan instead of a hotel.
+tristan15ish Google Beni-Imo, they're indigo purple and gnarly af!
Thanks. You managed to kept a very straight face if you didn't like them, well done.
+tristan15ish No way, they're delicious! Its like a sweet potato, so potato mochi is actually very sweet and chewy.
+Micaela ミカエラ oh ok, thanks I'll have to give it a try sometime if theirs any in the market or on the menu. xD
I did a homestay in beppu and it was amazing! they feed you way too much tho lol