We cleaned & reorganized (a year’s worth of clutter) in our Japanese countryside home

[@hmarouli]

Pancake has taken the role of cleaning supervisor veeeeeeeery seriously! 🧹👀💪

[@noon6]

Without him, nothing would of got done for sure :P

[@JanPospisilArt]

Having watched you clean out your house, I feel like I've done my spring cleaning duty.

[@marcelobose9139]

this made me lol

[@Satcheler-J-dq8xv]

Having a dog adds another dimension to cleaning. It’s not just the dog hair, it’s the dog nose snoogy smears on windows. Now I feel like cleaning too.

[@maigomika]

Oh my gosh so much dog snot. 🤣

[@chocolate_coffee2005]

BABE WAKE UP, MAIGOMIKA UPLOADED

[@maigomika]

🤣🤣🤣

[@itsanniedee]

Me every time

[@MrRolandMichel]

Pancake was just voted Best Dog in Japan... by me and a few others watching this channel, tell me that we're wrong.

[@Nimith15]

your definitely right

[@eliasrochasilva8636]

😆👍

[@Phoenixx713]

I concur.

[@tesshiva]

I like your channel very much, in part because you post infrequently, and don’t create drama in order to attract views. Your videos are many things, especially amusing while giving an update as your lives move forward. You know when to speed up presentation, and when to slow down to savor the countryside or a rewarding moment. The music, the silly pup who will never grow up, the challenges of nature and even the day-to-day of your relationship all shine in their own ways. Many, many thanks for including us in your journey; I hope you’ll have that one, viral video that will grown viewership exponentially! KZbin needs content more providers like you, not sensationalistic nonsense that doesn’t tell a story or feed the spirit. ❤

[@EleanorVassilis]

Well said absolutely true 🤗

[@mauded5962]

Pancake finds window cleaning entertaining. I find Pancake entertaining 😄

[@natsukiasari]

"I don't really see the problem! I don't think we need shelves!" Made me laugh a lot! 😂 Amazing video! I'm eager for the next one already! ❤

[@michaeldwyer9656]

It's 3pm New Mexico USA time, so I'm late to the party. I sit with tea and watch every second. For this elderly sick guy who once lived a spell in Japan, and will celebrate 30 years with my Japanese wife in December, I am mesmerized each video posting. While I imagine the vacuum will do quick work on even a large spider, I don't know about the gecko. Oh, and I mustn't leave without thanking you two for a view of the bamboo blowing in the wind. I miss that. Love from the Southwestern USA.

[@analysisonlight605]

I hate cleaning, especially deep cleaning. BUT I love the way the house feels after it is cleaned.

[@begood786]

Glad to see you do the deep cleaning and utilise the proper storage rack.😊

[@overthewebb]

In Scotland, it's also tradition to give the house a big clean before New Year. It might be true in other countries as well. I'm sure it is

[@OmegaOtouto]

Pancake is such a good supervisor.

[@raymonde4272]

Wonderful to see how the cluttered space became clear and organised again. I was worried for a second thinking the shelving unit wasn't going to fit. And when Mika was sitting outside it was easy to see when Jesse was approaching long before he appeared because of Pancake's excitement.

[@CompanyPanda]

That hallway. That hallway girl. That was the *most* satisfying part. THE WAY THAT SHELF SLIDE PERFECTLY BACK IN THERE. AAAAAAAAAA 10/10

[@studiotinneluyten]

🤍 what a sweet and courageous trio - nice to meet you :) and see you grow.

[@edinguy9585]

Ahh the yearly spring cleaning,it’s a great opportunity to clean and declutter so as to make more space for the junk we buy this year, ha ha but it’s a great feeling when it’s finished.

[@ricardoross2939]

This is easy one of my favorite channels on KZbin!

[@567HeyPandaBoo]

Pancake is the cleaning supervisor 🧡💚💙💜

[@marteme2273]

I really love your slow, cozy and also educational videos. They are so calming. Perfect to wake up to with a warm cup of tea. Wish you alle the best in the coming year! Excited to see more. PS: Watching Pancake chase the water when you were cleaning the windows was great fun for me and my husband!

[@CarlosRodriguez-dd4sb]

Bucolic (adj) - relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life. maigomika's video journals are a bucolic escape from our everyday lives

[@Mrnevertalks]

It is so relaxing to see mess fade away

[@lathamorama]

I wish I was as enthusiastic about my own cleaning as I am about watching you tackle yours. But it's not even close.

[@frankfarklesberry]

Ohhh Mika, you pulled at our heartstrings with all of those cute moments of Pancake! No fair! 😆

[@modernhereticnw]

Thank you for taking us on your journey with you!!

[@yuki-jj7hd]

Not sure why, but your videos makes me happy! Been here since the start and I’m loving the progress of your home ❤

[@maigomika]

Thank you for joining us from the beginning! I'll be sending over some garden updates your way in the next video. 😚

[@lindastarzenski8770]

I do spring cleaning and again at end of year. Brings a nice warm feeling after.

[@betterd9160]

In America, it’s called spring cleaning which I thinks has to do with the days when winter heating was with coal or fuel oil. It would leave the walls and ceiling black with soot

[@kaitlynlsari681]

Oh yes, tarp Day 😬. I live off grid in the mountains of central Otago southern New Zealand, so no running water and no electricity either. I have to do a complete clean out twice a year, that's when I take all the stuff out of my tiny house room by room, put it all on a tarp outside and clean, scrub and polish everything 😮‍💨 no electricity means hand brushing the carpet every week and doing a triple brush on tarp Day 😬 I sympathize 😂

[@Local_International]

I lived in Takamatsu almost all of last year and I just wanted to say thanks for your videos! I watched them when I was on Shikoku and now I watch them, once again, back in the USA. I'm just a bit more bummed out watching them now. Haha Thanks for keeping up with making these. Very nostalgic for me already.

[@RitaRibeirov]

Love that Pan is always helping 😅

[@elementjoe]

I could watch this all day.

[@Yeptet]

I was a bit worried when I didn't see any new videos coming out but now I'm relieved

[@Smittenhamster]

You did a fantastic job on deep cleaning the house🎉

[@timswafford5047]

I l9ve each and everyone of ur videos. Please make more and longer ones. And once agin thanks for sharing.

[@leonieveraesh]

Im a first time viewer and i fell in love with pancake. He has such a cheerful and sweet character 😍

[@colleenrodamer9497]

Love that furry little helper u have lol thanks for sharing this with us blessings from North Texas ❤

[@yadiaag7771]

Japanese clean their house at the beginning of the year…Americans do spring cleaning. I like how both are in very specific times. I love it.

[@Maria-km2pe]

Pancake is so big! I love watching y’all’s progress. Seems like hard work but fulfilling and nourishing to the soul.

[@joeyc4836]

Breakfast and this channel have become my Sunday morning routine

[@Ines_iiii]

Pancake playing while you’re cleaning the windows was too cuteee 🥹🥹🥹🥹

[@monika-we8tx]

that cute scene of pancake playing while you cleaned the windows from the other side 😭😭 so precious.

[@mrsgingernoisette]

Such a dream house... Such a dream pancake

[@macoywonder]

Honestly, your upload has become sort of an event at our household. Sitting at the couch enjoying your vid.

[@charlene_scott_2022]

Love the way you transformed that small hallway into a functional storage area. 🎉

[@Rose_Ou]

I'm 48 but if I were any younger had a partner willing to go with me (and if English were my first language and I could teach it in Japan) I'd do anything to move there for good. The world is going crazy now and most people just want peace, many going off-grid to run away from the insanity of the city life. I've been binge watching every valuable video on Japan I could find and it seems to be a dream come true place to settle in for so many people. Japan is certainly not the land of milk and honey, it has its dark side, too, but it's damn close.

[@kaitlynlsari681]

Living off grid isn't all fluffy ducks 😂 cleaning is genuinely horrible, and not having electricity and running water makes it a all day headache especially during the spring and autumn big cleans I call tarp Day 😬 I can see why the vacuum cleaner was invented 😂

[@dorsetdumpling5387]

Both dogs that I’ve owned (after a little initial nervousness) love(d) being vacuumed! It really helps when they’re ‘sheddy’

[@melissareid640]

Love your home the 1950's cabinets are beautiful. very well kept and loved space you keep. Very cute dog!

[@lme96]

1.) Oh man. I bet you slept great that night(s)! Deep cleaning is surprisingly tiring! 2.) I bet having that shelving unit in the hallway brings new life into your home. So much extra space to be used now, and things look so much cleaner. 3.) The Ume Tree will be beautiful ^^

[@masayuaw]

I can’t wait for the ume tree to be growing taller ❤also yay big clean! Very satisfying to see the house become tidy again right

[@RD_2eight_01]

a nice treat to see pancake while enjoying eating pancakes.😊

[@ndouglas120]

We do that "Big Clean" in the Caribbean as well. It's done around the exact same time in December as well, but we don't call it that. Actually, we don't even have a name for it really. It's just customary lol

[@darrenbeasley3583]

Shiba Inu fur is an endless battle. Our Shiba, in Australia, is shedding her fur atm. Thank you for the video

[@valentinasaitta4646]

It's nice to start spring and a new year with this practices...Pan Is the cleaning team's boss😊

[@jakobraahauge7299]

you're home is so cool! I love those vintage kitchen cabinets - and I am so thoroughly impressed by the amount of effort you put in cleaning up! Washing windows is probably my least favourite part of cleaning - but what a deLIGHT it is when it's done! 😱 Lots of love for you and Pancake all the way from Denmark 🤗

[@bonraerieger]

Found your channel today and watched every episode. I admire your bravery and sense of adventure. Now I wait eagerly for your next content upload!

[@tdurante_]

These are my fav videos on the platform. Thank you for all you do!

[@niconico-tan]

you have really mastered the "slice of life" genre. i love all your videos so much. they feel very cozy and real. so glad to see Pancake "helping" you two 😊 thanks for sharing another lovely video! i have enjoyed your all your videos so far ❤

[@HY510Grease]

wow ur dog is so big now, time flies so fast.

[@marcushendrix3669]

Been watching since around the first or second video and I can't seem to stop myself from coming back and watching more. Your videos genuinely make me happy and its just so relaxing to watch. Honestly it is a dream of mine to move to Japan and do something like what you guys do, but the critters scare me 😂. Cant wait for more videos 😆

[@misskirimi6866]

Your videos are therapy for me. I hope you will upload every week 🥺

[@tammyroyal7547]

Hi guys!! Always feels good to spring clean & declutter!! Pancake makes an adorable supervisor!! So funny!! Y'all take care ❤😊

[@bobstanden6788]

Is it just me? Or has Pancake just gotten cuter?

[@TeachTheGirl2024]

Such a calming, charming watch. Thank you for sharing your life with us.

[@QuackCow144]

I have no clue how you two aren't scared of spiders and centipedes, I would scream if I saw them in my home

[@maigomika]

exposure therapy 🤣

[@Jae-by3hf]

This is what I came to find and had to scroll too far down to see it 😫 I had heart palpitations just from looking at it from the screen!

[@shipramishra894]

In India, it's also a tradition to deep clean house before Diwali. "Diwali is a time for renewal and new beginnings. A thorough cleaning of the home is a cherished custom. It's believed to remove negativity and create a welcoming space for Goddess Lakshmi, the deity of wealth.

[@lauren_kawakami]

Oh what a wonderful episode! Your cleaning ritual is inspiring and having scenes interspersed with Pancake are sheer perfection.😍 Love that you planted an ume tree-my fav and a lovely harbinger of Spring!🌸❤️

[@monika-we8tx]

your videos are all always so neat and tidy. i love your editing and the fact that you provide subtitles just helps me out a lot. it helps us. thank you for uploading as always. we love you.

[@jadesmith3324]

I say oh my gosh too when cleaning out stuff 😂❤

[@Sarahew85]

Pancake is HELPING 😂

[@oaksf9252]

I absolutely devoured all your videos in one sitting and really love your channel! Great content, awesome house, lovely work! I wish you three all the luck and endurance in the world to keep up such a great story :)

[@susanpurcell3120]

Afternoon from the U.K and OMG I would love to live in your stunning home, the views must be amazing in all those seasons 😮, I believe once you started you don't want to give up😂😂😂, can't wait to see you next post ❤❤❤

[@katiepunter6981]

Pancake is beautiful and lovely

[@periperithisvery]

I like how u get to clean and play with pancake at the same time 😄

[@recycledMilk]

god i remember when our dog was the same age and was shedding like WILD 😂 it depends on breed and sometimes weather but usually around the time puppies enter adolescence they will shed all of their puppy coat and slowly start growing their adult coat. and also our boy did what felt like an entire coat blowout when he turned one year and grew in his final bigboy coat 😂 the first year of owning a puppy is always wild! but also considering that these kinda Inu breeds have double coats, it might be good to invest in a good brush and shampoo to help with the yearly coat changes! :) Panchan seems to be a lovely dog!

[@sirius2056]

Love you guys

[@SkieLoon]

Oooooo I can just imagine how good it felt to have that new shelf put up and filled in! It looks great!

[@Divig]

What a difference one shelf makes.

[@ramadhanramlan]

New vid yeay!!

[@moodyga40]

Pan cake is lovely

[@karebear326]

Loved to see the cleaning, must be lovely to be in Japan. Sees the spider, no i’m good🙈😂

[@Elwene2fr]

At some point in the video I kinda forgot it was about cleaning the house. I was just excited to see Pancake. You guys have a really really cute dog.

[@sct4040]

I also safeguard our food in plastic bin or kept in the refrigerator. Hate critters.

[@VIncentSunflowers]

I wish life (mine) was set to music like this.

[@patlilburn5251]

Another very enjoyable watch. I am inspired to adopt the custom, and your video has shown me the true secret to success in domestic cleaning: (1) a list (2) a dog and by far most importantly the one ingredient I am missing: blue coveralls! I really like the outtake where the dog is licking your ear as you try to clean out those cupboards. And as for that giant spider in the hall, I would just ask politely and not at all try to force it to move. That thing’s HUGE.

[@nancymroczkowski1290]

It’s a great feeling when you do a deep clean!🎉

[@xkowaiixtora6484]

i binge watched your entire channel in one session. I can not wait for more videos to come! I am glad i stumbled upon your page ♥ kind regards from Germany!

[@looola191]

I rarely comment on KZbin videos, but I've been following you since last year and the calendar in your home gave me the perfect opportunity to finally say hi, since my husband and I have the exact same one in our Japanese apartment! (Why is it that seeing stuff you have in other people's apartments is so exciting?) My husband and I met in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, in 2017, at a time when we both worked as eikaiwa teachers. After a long series of unexpected life events, including a long-distance relationship when I returned back to Spain and my husband to the UK for a couple of years, we ended up getting married and moving back to Japan together. I discovered your channel last year, when he was back in Japan as an English teacher and we were trying to get hold of a dependent visa for myself. As I'm sure you know, navigating visa stuff when you want to do anything but teaching English in Japan can be quite frustrating, so actually seeing you two live this kind of life, working remotely from the countryside and with a beautiful project like renovating an old Japanese house gave me lots of hope and made the long wait a bit more bearable. Back home, I worked as a translator for several book publishers and currently, I'm struggling to fit that sort of freelance work with the limitations of a dependent visa. I love living in Japan and I love translating books, and your videos -even if completely unrelated- somehow give me hope that I'll be able to figure it out like you guys did and be able to do both things fully (I'd love to get a job in Japan that allowed me to work remotely and to keep some translation projects going!). Congratulations on having such a nice, calming channel and on all the amazing work you do inside and outside the house. Actually being part of the community where you live, instead of being just another foreigner living in their own bubble in Japan, is a big goal of mine!

[@maigomika]

Hi there! Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I completely understand your frustration and how difficult the visa process can be, especially when it feels like you encounter roadblocks at every step of the way. Our situation was quite similar, and we had to find creative solutions to overcome these obstacles of the work visa route, which I suspect you known can quite rigid. Don’t give up! I wish you all the best.

[@GiselleMetcalf-Grosso]

That ume tree is so adorable. It will be fun to see it over the years!!

[@kreh1100]

You and Pancake did a great job❤❤

[@EleanorVassilis]

Fantastic video thank you can't wait for the next one 😊

[@davepaulobatula4777]

I'm 12 days late BUT THANKS FOR UPLOADING! so happy

[@TheEGA4421]

Pancake is so cute.

[@elisabethbenders-hyde5286]

I see you have an American-style refrigerator/freezer. Interesting. So many countries have small, what we Americans call dorm fridges, meaning students can use them in their dormitories. I marvel at the ability to make such a small fridge work and wonder why the larger fridges haven't been adopted yet. They make them very energy efficient now.

[@sirmione905]

I think the fridge they use is Japanese style one with the unique door that can be opened to both sides. Japanese people go to grocery store frequently like every other day since freshness of food is very important in Japanese cuisine, so they don’t need a big fridge. Also, size of food packages are smaller in Japan. You can’t find a gallon bottle of milk, it’s normally 1 liter. When I moved to the US from Japan, I was surprised at the size of food products. An ice cream box is like a bucket. No wonder everyone needs a car for shopping. It’s impossible to carry groceries by hands.😅

[@mamamii8795]

This was really fun to watch~! I wanted to say though that if you paint your window mesh screens black, you will have a much better view out of the window~!

[@ZaraAzul]

So genuine and lovely!

[@garotadagavea]

Those kitchen cabinets are really good and in good shape!👍🏼

[@moodyga40]

Love old Minka houses

[@McLOVIN_456]

so satisfying 😍

[@jeanlouispennesi570]

Superbe video et très bonne musique ,beaucoup d efforts pour réveiller cette maison endormie depuis ces longues années force et courage à tous les deux ..😉