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

[@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. 🤣

[@JanPospisilArt]

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

[@marcelobose9139]

this made me lol

[@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 🤗

[@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.

[@ily_j3nnn737]

BABE WAKE UP, MAIGOMIKA UPLOADED

[@maigomika]

🤣🤣🤣

[@itsanniedee]

Me every time

[@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! ❤

[@mauded5962]

Pancake finds window cleaning entertaining. I find Pancake entertaining 😄

[@Arskv23]

Your videos depress me, but take it as a compliment! I was living in Japan for 8 years and have recently moved back to Aus. Homesick and reverse culture shock now😢

[@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.

[@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

[@analysisonlight605]

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

[@OmegaOtouto]

Pancake is such a good supervisor.

[@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.

[@567HeyPandaBoo]

Pancake is the cleaning supervisor 🧡💚💙💜

[@ricardoross2939]

This is easy one of my favorite channels on KZbin!

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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 😂

[@frankfarklesberry]

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

[@Mrnevertalks]

It is so relaxing to see mess fade away

[@jonesy250f]

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.

[@colleenrodamer9497]

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

[@Yeptet]

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

[@modernhereticnw]

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

[@Smittenhamster]

You did a fantastic job on deep cleaning the house🎉

[@RitaRibeirov]

Love that Pan is always helping 😅

[@CompanyPanda]

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

[@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. 😚

[@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

[@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.

[@elementjoe]

I could watch this all day.

[@charlene_scott_2022]

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

[@begood786]

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

[@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 🤗

[@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

[@joeyc4836]

Breakfast and this channel have become my Sunday morning routine

[@jadesmith3324]

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

[@lindastarzenski8770]

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

[@darrenbeasley3583]

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

[@leonieveraesh]

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

[@dorsetdumpling5387]

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

[@dhruv2985]

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

[@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 😂

[@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 ❤

[@valentinasaitta4646]

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

[@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

[@melissareid640]

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

[@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 😆

[@studiotinneluyten]

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

[@Ines_iiii]

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

[@katiepunter6981]

Pancake is beautiful and lovely

[@VIncentSunflowers]

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

[@monika-we8tx]

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

[@Sarahew85]

Pancake is HELPING 😂

[@timswafford5047]

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

[@sct4040]

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

[@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!

[@tdurante_]

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

[@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.

[@TeachTheGirl2024]

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

[@moodyga40]

Love old Minka houses

[@Mondryx]

There is a great german term for お掃除! We say "Frühjahrsputz"! :D Learned the term 掃除 last week in my japanese studies^^

[@tammyroyal7547]

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

[@dianecrofoot7955]

Good job! Your pupper dog is sooo cute!❤

[@periperithisvery]

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

[@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 ^^

[@misskirimi6866]

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

[@SkieLoon]

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

[@moodyga40]

Pan cake is lovely

[@mahostillwell9487]

Hello Mika, just subscribed your channel! Very intriguing life you and Jessie has in Japan! I live in Texas and have my family in Japan so I visit my family once a year. Enjoy watching your vlogs.

[@cecilearquette1637]

I really need to get up and do some of my own cleaning! But it is still snowy and cold here in Peoria, IL, USA. So I guess I can be lazy for a little longer!

[@JD-pv2fv]

This is Pancakes world, we just get to live in it. 😊

[@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!🌸❤️

[@Divig]

What a difference one shelf makes.

[@philrose7716]

A clean home is a happy home. Some paint on the outside would brighten up the house.

[@雪崩雪ん子]

ミカさんは働き者ですね❤温かいうどんは見てるとお腹すきます😊

[@modoziejosette5190]

Wir nennen es Frühjahrsputz in der Schweiz. Ich bin nach Marokko ausgewandert und finde euer Video toll.

[@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.

[@Hana_145]

Such fun! That meal at the end looked tasty, would love it if you share the recipe

[@HY510Grease]

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

[@EleanorVassilis]

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

[@nancymroczkowski1290]

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

[@garotadagavea]

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

[@davepaulobatula4777]

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

[@ChrisHolly]

The ume tree is beautiful, I bet that looks tremendous when fully grown

[@GiselleMetcalf-Grosso]

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

[@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!

[@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!

[@sylhayes8152]

That was lovely

[@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.

[@Vixpine]

Found you guys a couple days ago and binged your videos! I love your way of presenting and narating your story, your lives, and the way you both find your way living in a new country. Looking forward to future updates~

[@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.

[@stephstudy]

I dream of living the life you two live. Crossing my fingers I can get there!

[@karebear326]

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

[@sirius2056]

Love you guys