Love the cat, name? 😸😸 P.S, the word 'guys' becomes annoying after the first 10 times.

Yup, a vending machine for milling rice. Japan.

I've seen one of those DIY machines in another video long ago but I didn't see in action so thanks for that and what an great idea!

Rice is nice,I love me some meat or fish w it 😊

500 yen , is less than $5 ...

Doesn't get any fresher than that

1365kg = 9.1 koku (斛), enough to feed 9 people for a year back in the old days or about 410g per person per day.

Bet it tastes amazing 👏. Just remember to eat small amounts Japanese style. Otherwise, you'll over spike your insulin levels and be diabetic like we are in the West these days.

Very cool! looking forward to the rice party vid 😁 now im rice hungry!

My friend from Ibaraki recently pulled her back lugging those 30kg bags around to the machine to take the husks off.

really appreciate this unique perspective your videos bring

What does "Tama no le" mean exactly, I can't translate it properly. 😅 God's chef? Supreme Cook? Spiritual Nurisher? Friendly Food? I think it's the last one😊

Nice video, cheers. Could you possibly have a video covering rice cookers etc. I'm based in the UK and the rice cookers on amazon are all quite expensive and I have no idea on what to actually buy.

What do you do with your share of rice? How much do you keep, how long does it last, and how much do you sell or give away?

Now I NEED to know what fresh rice tastes like

Nice Onigiri!

A rice club sounds awesome! Great concept, especially for these trying times around the world.

wow this is so cool, never saw one of those machines before. Love the video this is great footage!! You reap what you sow!

I recently did a harvest with a couple mates and father in laws fields. He has his own rice milling machine though but I always wondered what those littke boxes were in supermarket car parks.

Wow, that's a lot of rice and I bet it's bloody good!

Do you guys have to buy rice seeds from a specialized shop or use your own? In some countries it is prohibited to use your own, which I find ridiculous.

And, as always, I liked the video. 🤭 And a question: is the rice you get through the rice club cheaper than buying rice? Or is it just all the other reasons for doing it that makes it attractive to you? 🤔

Wish I could join a rice club! makes a lot of sense to team up

The effort you’re putting into growing your channel is truly commendable! The dedication I see in your videos is inspiring for new content creators.

Good video, thankyou for sharing, keep em coming !

Congrat's to the club on a successful harvest! :)

The simple things are the best everywhere! Especially just family and home and being together. (Cats are part of the family here - btw, if any of your cats are indoor cats have you considered making a catio for them?)

Early next year i plan to expand my rural Japan cafe to include rescuing stray cats in my area to turn it into a unique Cat Cafe. Any help is very much appreciated. www.buymeacoffee.com/realruraljapan

Thx for sharing, I missed seeing before the harvest by a few weeks as I'm in Niigata now. It's good to see the whole process. Cheers

Oftentimes towns/prefectures have a hotline for hornet removal. It’s free. Maybe that could help you next time? Hopefully it’s available in your area.

Good video! Honestly, anyone who is stupid enough to believe Japan is just like how TV or social media portrays it deserves to be let down. I feel like I had pretty realistic expectations early on, or just got used to stuff really quickly, dunno which. Have you seen those stupid ass JAPAN IS LIVING IN 2050 videos that have been making the rounds lately? I could imagine that being a way to attract morons as well as the street interviews and "influencer" scum as you mentioned.

You did awesome Mate, Happy Wife happy life hey. I need one of them for my neighbours back in Australia lol

5:45 made me chuckle a little bit. Hopefully the wife was okay!

How long did it take you to reach your level of Japanese? And what about your wife's English?

Yikes, you're brave! We used to try to knock high-up wasp nests down with whatever we had on hand to throw, and then run like heck outta there. 😅

6:53 so the top number is without tax and the bottom is with tax?

Nice clip🎉

My man, be safe not to get stung by one a friend got nipped by one recently. He ended up in hospital, stay safe!

The wasp&hornet spray I buy here in the US sprays a small, concentrated stream about 20 feet. If you could poke a hole in the nest, and then hit the hole with the stream, you could get a lot of the insecticide inside the nest. Then, run! 😁

Hope you wore a mask while spraying.

These things are horrific. Like natures angry attack helicopter. Saw one in my dining room in the UK last summer, something abt the heatwave led to sightings across the south east. Took about half a can of raid to kill the bugger 🤢

Speaking of annoying insects, I mentioned that the stink bugs (kamemushi) are coming back inside homes to hibernate through the winter. It’s not a few, but thousands and thousands of them. During a warm day they are attracted to a sunny window but at night they will flock to an interior light. The normal way I see everyone deal with these is to cut off like 1/3rd of a pet bottle, flip it and stuff the funnel into the cut end then add some water. Armed with this and some tongs, people try to catch these damned things. However, a video from Virginia Tech recommends filling a wide pan with wayer and dish soap (breaks water surface tension) and aiming a broght light into it. They claim the trap will catch lots of them without any need for activity.

What I need is a long telescoping pole, like they make for pruning, that a can can be clipped onto and then lets you spray. I`ve kept my eye out but have not seen one. May have to try and make one.

I had one of these fly into my face on a bike ride. I swatted it before I knew what it was, and it apparently got stuck in my helmet, but I didn’t know it. Later I got off the bike and it fell on the ground, dead. I was completely freaked out! Thank goodness it didn’t sting me!

pps these critters are not in Aus yet, but have arrived in the US and Canada. Unlike japan, there are no other predators in other parts of the world and they are a real threat to the beekeeping industry as they feed on bees. Their cuticle is so thick that bees cant sting them. A nest of these hornets can kill a bee colony in a week or so, as they grab the bees, cut off the head and take the body back to the colony to feed the larvae - regards markc

oh my goodness. please be careful.

ps im a beekeeper and former entomologist and having a beekeeping suit on also adds to ones level of courage 😅 - regards markc

In Vietnam they harvest Murder Hornets for the Larvae and young adults, good tucker they reckon - big bucks as well. You could do a Hornet Pizza, wood fired of course😁😇🤣

Early next year i plan to expand my rural Japan cafe to include rescuing stray cats in my area to turn it into a unique Cat Cafe. Any help is very much appreciated. www.buymeacoffee.com/realruraljapan

Omggggggg❤🍕 Looks soooooo GOOD!!!yummmm