MOVING IN JAPAN | packing tips, nursery tour, moving into a hotel | Episode 2

HEY! We're moving across Japan! I tried to document the "moving out" process as best as I could, so let me know if you have other questions in the comments.
It was heartbreaking leaving our home in Iwakuni... It has so many amazing memories and milestones for my family!! Thank you for letting me share this with you.
In today's video, I document parts of our packing process to streamline and make the move efficient. We used FUKUOKA CO, LTD for our movers in Japan. We used them when we first moved here and had an amazing experience.
Tips for moving with a toddler and dog (long-term hotel stay).
There is a partial empty nursery tour, which I have never shared before!
We discuss some logistics of moving in Japan, like pet deposits and rent. I will be sure to document the rental process more thoroughly in our next area of Japan: Yokohama / Hayama / Zushi / Yokosuka / Kamakura... we aren't sure yet!!
See you soon, folks!
xX,
Caitlin and the Atlas family

[@leroux1h]

Goodbye my Japanese pandemic TikTok home! Thank you for sharing all of these memories with us and giving us some closure to this house too💛

[@heratlas]

episode 3 will be about our last day in Iwakuni or we’ll jump right into the road trip 🎉 beep beep!!

[@kavitalalla226]

You need to do a skincare video. Your skin looks great!

[@codi_styles]

So excited to see the house hunting video! So glad this experience has went smoothly for you all!

[@ladyfolkgaming]

When you showed the replica of Gus Gus I literally thought he somehow squeezed himself in that basket haha it’s so realistic! 😂

[@heratlas]

It really spooks Gus!! It’s so funny!!!

[@ladyfolkgaming]

Aww 😂 Do you know where they got it? I wouldn’t mind having one myself haha

[@HannahFerguson-yw9nl]

This video is so emotional. I remember stumbling across your Tik Tok during the pandemic and how this house is where it all started. Let the new adventure begin! Can't wait to tag along for all of the new content in the new home! Congrats :)

[@kristinchong629]

Good luck with the move. Can’t wait to show my little new born niece all the little toys in your video.

[@splahk]

Girl, this video had me EMOTIONAL 😭 talking about your son’s nursery had tears running down my face! I have a baby and know I would feel the exact same way. So many memories. You captured it sooo beautifully

[@hitomitomtom]

I’m glad to know I’m not the only person who is emotional here. 🥺✨

[@MzKimboSlice]

Omg I actually thought Gus was just chilling in that basket at first 😂 I was like what an odd dog

[@angelad7445]

Every 12 months I pretend we’re moving and do a declutter and it makes me the house feel so much better.

[@eveline1]

3:30 This company is the first one to sell teddy bears in Germany and is therefore very valuable. Such a nice gift 🥰

[@ItaRoby]

I totally understand the feeling! Aaaahhh we will miss Iwakuni through your videos and friends. However, all the new adventures and morning sunrise by the sea will be amazing experiences as well! Congratulations to your little family

[@kirseitis]

Excellent to get a final GusGus going-down-the-stairs-catwalk...(dogwalk?) Exciting things ahead for your little family. Can´t wait to see more! 💚

[@charliebaker5499]

Your sons Japanese jibberish baby talk is so cute!!

[@heratlas]

I looooove it!!!!! So darling

[@sherylbaker8864]

My family and I moved into a new home about 4 months ago. We had lived in the other home for 18 years, and it was where I raised my son, it's amazing how emotional memories make you attached to physical places. I totally understand your feelings. Moving is tough. Also, your son's Steiff bear could be a collectible one day. If you are ever interested, look the brand up and historical toy auction values!

[@aspenmcelroy3050]

I have been here from the very beginning of the Japan era & seeing you start a new chapter has me so emotional but so excited to go on this new adventure with you & your family!! It’s a beginning of a new era & I’m so for it!! Been here since day 1 & forever will be❤️

[@meganouelete7509]

We both became moms around the same time, watching you look around your sons room was heartbreaking, so sweet. Wishing you good memories with your family in your new home. ☺️

[@KiraAyumii]

GIRLLLLLLLLLL you HAD ME SO EMOTIONAL. both myself and my partner are leaving the first ever house we leased together and seeing you tear up made me scared for moving as i don't know if i am ready to leave. plus we are like you we are not staying in the same area we are moving 6hrs away from where we currently are living. i love your videos and cant wait to see more of the trip and move.

[@emmy9327]

Wishing you well in settling into your new stage of life & new home ❤

[@heratlas]

Thank you so much!❤❤❤

[@dianebaker5243]

All the very best to you and your family on your move to a new home ❤

[@aleksandraadziak9561]

I'm so emotional right now and it's not even me who moving out 🥺 But we all know that is good thing and we going to look forward to new content in new area 🙂☺

[@chrisr.6785]

Feeling happy sad for your family, but at the same time excited for new adventures to come! God bless you always. Thank you for sharing! 💕💕💕

[@IzzyOnTheMove]

My favourite part of moving is when it's all DONE 👍😆

[@rosecancen]

Also getting emotional. The house has also been a part of us (viewers). Thank you for sharing this journey to us. ❤ Can't wait for the house hunting videos. We love you!

[@erikastarost]

such an emotional journey!! i couldn’t help but get in my feels watching your last day there because this is the house where i fell in love with your content!! but at the same time i was laughing watching your son just being a kid in the background while you were talking🤣

[@adrielymoss9283]

Ohh noooo. I will be there in January and was hoping to be your friend. Hahahhahahaha good luck love, I hope you can find all sorts of good things in your life.

[@etherdog]

Caitlin, if you have a Steif bear, that can be worth a LOT of money. You often see them on Antiques Road Show.

[@ashrjim6876]

I can’t watch this whole room tour I’m crying. I had two babies in Iwakuni. I also have my goldfish and glass wind chime also in our US home. This brought up my own late nights nursing and rocking my babies in our Japanese house.

[@Redhotnannerz64]

Why am I crying omg My family loves to watch you! It is an end of an era but we are so excited to see what you do next!

[@victoria_ann]

Me choking up about your sons room! ugh i feel so much those walls hold so many memories and emotions we go through as mothers. 💛

[@hannahsmith4834]

I'm so happy for you and your family. I've been watching your videos senes you started KZbin and it's amazing seeing you grow❤

[@gabywoods3198]

Wishing you a safe and happy journey. I was hoping to bump into you one day in iwakuni …as we are moving there from NC, my husband got a job promotion. We’ve been watching your vlogs for months now …thank you they’ve been so helpful and informative. I’m sure we’ll be visiting Tokyo so I’m sure your future vlogs will be just as amazing. Thanks again 😊

[@travelmurmur]

Awww, good luck with everything ❤ nice neighbours are hard to come by (but probably not in Japan!) so it's always painful to live when you're so used to seeing those people pretty much every day 😢 we hope you become friends with your new neighbours, too 😊

[@meganisawesome9394]

Girl I'm crying

[@nish221100]

I got a bit emotional watching this too. I think (hope) that you're moved in now.

[@emilyxrodr]

Are you going to share some of the disposable camera photos? Very curious as to what they look like. I haven't used one in years and would love to take one on a trip.

[@miriamkaulbarsch]

Getting emotional as well haha wow!

[@A9uafina97]

I thought Gus was really in the basket 🤣🤣

[@kaile5050]

Goodbye House That Made Sense, we'll miss you! 🏡🗾🎐

[@hegaukatze1599]

💐

[@pljoo9]

Do you mind sharing the exact prices of cost in future? would've loved to know how much the pet deposit was(it's okay if you don't 😅)

[@kevinwebb82]

If you don't move often, it can be fun and exciting like a new adventure but if you move often like I did were I had to move 8 times in 6 years. It's like going to the dentist, you really don't want to go but you need to. Side note are disposable cameras still a thing in Japan? I don't think any of the drug stores near me have them.

[@Rimlay0823]

Moving is hard. I just hate it. I said goodbye to my home I lived in with my husband and kids for 8 years and moved into my new home only to move again after 2 months out of the country. I cried like a baby. 😢

[@NAIA12352]

I thought you already lived in a Japan? I haven’t watched your video in a year or 2. But

[@greenyonder]

I'm curious about the mentioned "local page" (where you found a new home for your sofa) and "donations" where you were going to pass on stuff that you aren't taking with you. Is this a Japanese thing, or an ex-pat thing?

[@angelinalah]

2:44 🥺🥺🥺😭

[@garystevens35]

Hope you didn't do all the packing yourself!!! Hubbies are good for lifting heavy things!

[@wiccanpie]

#gobills

[@yagurl1487]

So excited for the roadtrip vlog!

[@ThePetPeeves]

My son is growing and our current home is feeling small, not enough space for him to play. You made me think about how emotional I'm gonna be if we move to a bigger place... 🥲

[@heratlas]

I was absolutely not prepared to pack my sons first room!