I tried kintsugi for the first time in the Japanese countryside

[@ratdoto2148]

Urushi is made from the sap of a tree which contains urushiol. Urushiol is a potent allergen to most humans and is what makes poison ivy cause such severe reactions. It's pretty nasty stuff, however when it is exposed to air it polymerizes and is rendered totally safe, making it ideal for food grade lacquer.

[@WildWestSushi]

i learned today, again! thanks for the info

[@JanPospisilArt]

Pancake was the real gold we found along the way.

[@tccandler]

I love the idea of celebrating imperfections. You did so well.

[@dertyp6767]

Your editing is realla great. The shots, music and soundscape together with your narration are so well adjusted. Maximum coziness! :)

[@AdamS-nd5hi]

Congrats on the sponsorship. I always looked forward to your videos from the very first one and it makes me very happy that you might be able to earn a living make these. Love from the USA!

[@DarthStardom]

These videos bring me such peace

[@iandanforth]

Excellent Pancake footage in this one! Also, well done finishing!

[@torreym]

Love the moon sequence! Nice work!

[@tesshiva]

I enjoyed this video so very much! I have always wanted to know how this process is done, and to try it for myself - and you detailed your beautiful efforts so well! I am sitting and knitting a cabled cardigan while I’m watching; it is a chilly and gray Sunday in Cape Cod, Massachusetts (a place infinitely nicer in the summer than in winter). Many thanks for another lovely video❤

[@Caelus_C]

You put the Info Text and Pancake (looking gorgeous) on the screen at the same time, and my brain couldn't decide which was more important to look at. Safe to say i dont know what the text said but Pancake definitely looks like royalty

[@Croi_Fiain]

Pancake is always the priority in these situations

[@colleenwright-kakkar6384]

Perfect timing I was just giving thought about fixing a vase that got broke many years ago using this method so thank you

[@davidpaterno1184]

What a joy! Once or twice a month it comes from this account - always a pleasure. And isn't Pancake a good little man? He's so well behaved on the lead - and always nearby watching what's next. A great start to 2025 - keep 'em coming!

[@04yuki04]

love your videos. They're so cozy and I really look forward to whenever you post

[@Fayefaye013]

One the projects Ive been looking forward to is wrapping my dressers in a lighter wood color or finding my dream pair in the antiques shops.

[@viktorb137]

I love the small implementation of the anime videos from “Studio Ghibli”

[@spacecatandthekittens1954]

Me foo! I watched my first SG film last night, 'Kiki's Delivery Service', and thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@patlilburn5251]

I laughed at recognizing that little clip from Totoro and then having it called out…nice one.

[@GuncaFromlv]

Greetings from Latvia! It’s great to see your channel grow so much over last year! Hope you get to 500k by the end of the year! 🙏

[@EpicFailArniek]

You and Pancake looking in the box cracked me up! So good!

[@patlilburn5251]

Really enjoyed that, in spite of my dread that a puff of wind or an excited dog could blow away that powdered gold in an instant. I also enjoyed imagining a factory somewhere where they put the kits together. The most important job: the bowl and plate breaker. Too many pieces means more glue and more gold or a wasted bowl or plate. The Chief Breaker is probably a graduate of decades of apprenticeship. Finally, I really liked the meta quality of you finding beauty in whatever flaws you may have made in your repair work…which is in itself intended to make flawed things beautiful. Oh and I still love your dog 😄

[@icelsamejia4103]

Hello, I love your channel and the way of living in Japan, I love how your pieces came out. I always have done hand sewing and I'm giving sashiko a try this year, so far is not perfect but I mend my apron to use it a little longer. Thanks for showing us some of your life 🤗

[@ScarlettMM62]

Another terrific video. This has become my once monthly sunday morning meditation. Thank you.

[@mamahiroba]

Kintsugi is a very delicate and time-consuming art, and one that brings peace of mind. I think your Kintsugi works are very beautiful. There are very few kintsugi craftsmen in Japan. Have fun, keep improving your skills, and spread the charm of Kintsugi.

[@TheDreded603]

What a great project! I have a friend who uses gold leaf for pop art and I love the glow gold has. This application really levels up already beautiful pottery to represent beauty in the brokenness. Trust in the process is key. The wind you had reminds me of last week here in newengland. Much love to your family.

[@G1s3tnot]

I always look forward to watching a new episode of your lives in rural japan. You do an amazing job of cinematography and editing!

[@patbraun2476]

You are living my dream - Japanese Countryliving ❤

[@pozleo78]

I’m a simple fan. Video starts, I immediately hit “like” and my heart rate drops.

[@luquaresma]

I have loved your channel since the beginning! I love Japanese culture, and I knew about this process, Kintsugi, which I find fascinating! You did a great job; it is not supposed to be perfect anyway!!

[@brigidm6279]

I took up embroidery this year. But more like line sketching with fabric. I have embroidered a Patti Smith album cover, a modern building, some Japanese fir trees, and reproduced a Ladovsky drawing. Its awesome on long plane and train rides, too.

[@NorAinnieDeca]

I really loved how beautiful your akiya house, garden, and countryside life.🥰❣️ I will live in Kochi Prefecture when I growup, I hope you can give us more lessons about your life in the japanese countryside.😘

[@cirio2266]

It was so nice to see such a great video again. Thank you and greetings from Germany 😊

[@halogenic]

I never considered using the grill to cook toast. That's a great idea.

[@Jos-scifiwriter]

Hi from central Otago southern New Zealand 👋😃 great results with the kintsugi 😁 very interesting and enjoyable to watch, the inclusion of the Japanese TV programs was cool. My pet projects this summer are: finish making the kitchen into the new lounge complete with a tokonoma alcove ( ive been watching a lot of japanese carpenters this year on KZbin to work out the tricky bits) and turn my bedroom into the new kitchen and my old lounge into my bedroom 😂 ive been helping the neighbors with thier remodeling and now ive decided to do mine 😅 very excited for the transformation 👋😁

[@mikamekaze]

Love that you still manage to incorporate your local critter population in what is an otherwise very indoor, sedentary video (in a good way!!!!)

[@rosemarygilman8718]

Wow! Your finished product is beautiful! Well done!

[@lindaporter7036]

Pancakes has grown so much

[@elisofka]

I've never been this early! Greetings from Finland!

[@dianne7316]

That was fascinating 👏 👌 It's so intricate, I was really impressed. Your pieces turned out lovely. I've only ever watched videos, but never tried it. Kudos to you! 🎉

[@beedlejuice]

I started this year out at a book club retreat where my friends taught me to knit! I’m excited to try it as the year goes on

[@wondertatilo]

Magnifique ! Thank you for all your great vidéos. Take care, Laurence (from the Ardennes from Belgium) 🙏🧡

[@PeterJames468]

The bowls turned out very well after all that work. I don't know if you have mentioned this but is your kitchen warmer this winter after blocking up the gaps to the outside above the ceiling?

[@tammymahon5571]

I always enjoy your videos. Thank you

[@jianhuang5690]

Pancake🐶so sweet ❤️I love your video very much 👍keep up the good work 👍👍👍from 🇺🇸❤️

[@Erin_Wilson_Studios]

That's dedication!

[@primalpotato888]

I wonder how warm the house is now it has some insulation and no open vents

[@vinnyethanol]

Aaah, it looks so good! Well done! 🎉

[@jonerikantonsen5896]

Thanks for sharing. It's always a joy to watch your video's and listen to the music Thanks again

[@akaiseigo]

I saw this arduous process many years ago by Akita artisans in a Japanese documentary. Really quite a pain to see them work but a sight to behold in the end. Akita is my top five destination when I go to Japan someday. 😊

[@analysisonlight605]

I am going to try that with some of my broken cherished items. I wish there was kits that came with white gold or platinum. Maybe even copper or silver would be pretty. Thanks for the idea.

[@barrisa5189]

At 5.17 of the vidéo, I can see around the body of Pancake a perfect illustration of the Kintsugi. Don't you ? 😉 I love your talent of photographer. Isabel from France

[@zuleyhaikbalunal6752]

it looks great :) well done Mika

[@michellemarron9221]

me and my best friend have been thinking of selling our art at small anime conventions for the longest time ! maybe we will finally take the necessary steps to prepare for that this year. it’s a long term commitment 😂

[@clarkmadrosen1780]

Never heard of thus. Time consuming and interesting. Pancake always looks so content. 😊

[@atakkuuuuu]

I’m gonna add kamome diner to the list of things I need to watch. It looks interesting!

[@kellybryson7754]

I have a lot of my broken stoneware that I am saving for a one-day mosaic project.

[@anoushkarood8837]

I ❤ Pancake❤😊 You did a great job with the kintsugi❤

[@roxxxxxy]

love you guys

[@robertsrodulski9438]

Who knew? Gold powder. Amazing! Have you watched Midnight Diner? Having lived in Japan I really enjoy these segments.

[@elizabethrph5850]

So lovely! Can you kindly share the brand of Kintsugi you used? Thanks

[@michaeldwyer9656]

Cute earrings, Mika.

[@aquarius2]

Ooh is it warmer with the insulation at this time of year?

[@ZEST.bybelle]

I just want to get better at oil painting and sewing this year. It’s only january yet i already have sewing request either to make or modify garments from 4 friends 😂

[@vincent4013]

Can you clean the mended lacquerware normally? Under hot water with a kitchen brush for example?

[@roxannemarieguerin5747]

Since the start of January, when I have some free time I would make some oven bake clay trinkets

[@joeashcroft3924]

January .

[@moda78z]

Hello from Sweden 👋😁

[@Tesserae]

I was surprised “Midnight Diner” didn’t make an appearance.

[@kazuwilliams5222]

How goes the akiya hunt for you and Jesse? I'll be back in July looking too. I was able to score some free lumber: pine and redwood. My current project is making a bed frame using shiro and nakashima joints. I'll have to buy some wood, but overall cost is fairly low since most of it was free. Thanks for introducing me to kintsugi.

[@GavinD-q4t]

Pancake is starting to show some cat-like mannerisms lol 9:00

[@socketwench]

Surviving about the only project I have for the next four years.

[@田村みさお-l5l]

美しい金継ぎができましたね❤

[@GavinD-q4t]

Ghibli films arent available in japan?!? Actual insanity

[@littlsuprstr]

In my mind this is how I find out how Kiki and the Wolverine are doing now.

[@cherrypi_b]

Beautifully done! I'm not sure I would have the patience for that :) How is the temperature in the house this winter, did the insulation help well? I feel a bit sorry for Pancake, he alsways seems to be inside. Are there places he can run around without a leash?

[@sunnyw4148]

Love Midnight Dinner

[@เบญจมาศคอวิเชียรกุล]

Hello 🙋‍♀️ kon'nichiwa miss you ❤❤

[@madelinedurant7554]

I saw you were watching Pom Poko! It's a ghibli movie I would not watch again for many reasons 😅

[@thims1961]

Close Canine Supervision There ;) Aren't you guys lucky? Myoko's got 10' accumulation plus & their shoveling their roofs off for the third time

[@catherineclement7798]

Très joli travail

[@schrumpelmey]

Vielen Dank für dein Video. Bin seitdem total im Wabi sabi Rabbit Hole. 😂 Viele Grüße aus Berlin

[@bookshelver]

Are Kintsugi repaired objects food safe, or purely decorative?

[@MrPooties]

Actually they look not bad at all. Good job! Also is Pancake becoming a fox?

[@surfit.]

I like the wabi sabi style.

[@zlatkozlatko100]

Nice to see you. Grüße aus Deutschland 😊

[@geoh7349]

pancake is pretty ripped!

[@nicole46980]

i suggest look for classes if you plan to make this a hobby 😄 there are many information and techniques that these arts & crafts kits don't give you unfortunately it would help you use less urushi and gold and get a very pretty result, although it is a lot more steps

[@victorleonardo2612]

Brazil Mentioneeeed

[@KennonSmith-do8os]

👍

[@Motherhubbard170]

You have discovered the secret to life which we have totally lost in the West.

[@noeliamartinez1913]

😍

[@takuan650]

I'd be better in breaking the pottery.

[@NME-909]

🤩😎😎

[@bradlybradshaw5972]

❤❤🥞🥞🥞🥞♥♥

[@talk5007]

I hadn't heard of Kintsugi before but it's beautiful. I'd really like to try it someday, but I don't have any pottery bowls or plates to try it on at the moment.

[@dirgaadiyatna2802]

pancake always 😴

[@bobstanden6788]

I LOVE MY MUMMY, LICK LICK.

[@sausagedoggy]

Nice the monthly video is up