This feels like those studio Ghibli movie still shots where, you just saw the world of it gliding through time.

@julianzenker6679

25 күн бұрын

true!

@altontakata4402

25 күн бұрын

Maybe they can go exploring like Satsuki and Mei. And, will see Totoro... I, too, would be Immersed in a world of Studio Ghibli ... Have a happy life there!!!

@bitohoney276

24 күн бұрын

This is exactly what my daughter said last night while we watched. ❤❤

@MareikeCookie

24 күн бұрын

It's called ma, in Hiragana it's ま. And I love it. ❤️

This little corner of the world you've carved out for yourselves is almost too special to share. I'm very grateful you chose to share this with all of us.

An hour long vid from MaigoMika? Is this Christmas?😁 Can't wait!

@rickylovesyou

25 күн бұрын

Its May. So no. Not Christmas

@Hellwinofficial

25 күн бұрын

@@rickylovesyou Thanks for clarifying!

@Duyen-nc8dz

24 күн бұрын

Yup, I agree it's like a Christmas present :)

@galeparker1067

16 күн бұрын

​@@Duyen-nc8dz newbie here! 🥰🥰🥰 to all! 👃✌️🇨🇦

@maigomika

14 күн бұрын

Hehe this comment made me giggle 😂

I love the sound of summer in Japan. The birds, the cicadas and so on

@jl2000doramail

24 күн бұрын

I actually think the sound of cicadas are peaceful and Zen.

@piano_beginner

21 күн бұрын

@@jl2000doramail 蝉(cicada) 禅(Zen) Your point is very astute.

@rubies200

13 күн бұрын

I have had the feeling of the Japanese countryside, right here in the USA! The cicadas are LOUD here in the South.

@jl2000doramail

13 күн бұрын

@@rubies200 I wish we could hear the sound of cicadas right here in Northern California.

Omg seeing Pancake growing up so fast makes my heart melt.❤

@dianetanski464

25 күн бұрын

He is so cute! What a cute name, too. Pancake!

I'm in love with the life you've created for yourself in Japan. Visiting and backpacking for like 4 months in the Japanese countryside is a dream I've had since I was a child. The way you capture the essence of life over there just makes me yearn for something I've never experienced outside of media. Mahalo nui loa for sharing your journey with us.

Maigomika videos are my therapy from living in the dirty noisy city of Los Angeles. In 5 years, I will retire to Japan. Thanks for another video.

観ている私まで、幸せな気持ちになります。ありがとうございます😊

This is absolutely what Animal Crossing would look like irl, so relaxing to watch 😍

These videos bring me so much joy and comfort. I’m so excited to settle in and watch this hour long treat. Thanks for sharing so much with your community.

This may be the loveliest video I’ve seen in a long time. I’ve been following you but your compilation of the last year is simply charming. Thank you from Iowa!

The quiet sounds and bits of candid dialogue are so soothing. Thank you for sharing bits of your life in the countryside.

One of a kind, very special movie. I smiled throughout the entire video lol, thanks for making this and look forward to next years❤

it has been a pleasure to have found your channel a few months ago, and binge-watched up to your recent uploads. Watching you turn this abandoned house, into a home, has been wonderful. It is a peaceful, but hard-working lifestyle that is so interesting to get an insight into. I'd love to see more about your day-to-day lives and how you make your livelihoods to support this peaceful life. The work you two do outside of the house and yard. But as always, thank you for your hard work in making these videos for us all to enjoy!

Pure bliss Beautifully shot and edited Perfect sound track What a great gift to your viewers Thanh you!

Thank you so much for posting this very wonderful and therapeutic video for all of us to watch! I enjoyed every second of it! Hope you and your partner and Pancake are thriving and doing well. ❤

ジブリの物語の中にいるみたいで心が安らぎます😊

What a great video. It must have taken a long time to edit. I'm sure living in the countryside is difficult, and yet you both make it look effortless. I'm really enjoying your content, and especially watching Pancake grow up in this video was so wonderful. Thanks, Mika-san!

I looked forward to the videos. My old 16 year old cat used to cuddle in comfort watching before she passed. I love watching your videos as calming and educational as they are. The slice of life is a nice change.

All this footage was wonderful with my coffee this morning. I can't get over Pancake's transformation! Congratulations on your first year, guys!

Simple, poetic and just amazing. Thank you Mika! ✨

A wonderful channel. Thanks for creating it

Ahhhh....beeru after a hard day's work. Perfect!

Also I would like to thank you for making shots that have reawakened my want to draw in my style! ❤

This was lovely! I loved watching the seasons change.

Maybe it's the cute dog that made me watch this 3 times and maybe more. It seems to bring about nostalgic feelings for me and bring about old memories as well as unfulfilled travel desires. Thanks for sharing your precious moments of the last year.

One hour of pure bliss for a city dweller. That pup is everything ❤️

Maigomika: *uploads an hour-long video Me: What is this blessing?

Baby pancake jumping in the garden ❤

I forgot how small Pancake was..... He grew so fast!! Thanks for the video, it's helping me get my work done ❤

I was not ready for a one hour video but I'm excited for thisssssssss. Thank youuuu

Earlier today I was actually scrolling through KZread, thinking how lovely it would be to see a new update from you soon, and now it's here❤So excited that my wish came true 😊 Thank you!

今年こそ帰りたい‼︎ いつも動画を観て懐かしくって泣きそうになる… ありがとう♡"

Ahhhh seeing baby pancake again warmed my heart! It's crazy to think it's been a year already! I'm excited to see what new things you experience in the next one!

@maigomika

24 күн бұрын

I still can't get over how quickly he has grown! 🥹 It was a nice trip going over all the past year's footage and seeing how little he was when he first got here.

Absolutely mesmerizing! Your photography, sequencing and sounds are fabulous. It is a delight to watch Pancake grow. ❤❤❤

I'm just here for the Pancake

@renatobarbosa5985

25 күн бұрын

Liar...

Came for the rural Japan content, stayed for the pancake content! Xoxo from Greece ❤️

I love the longer format, but also what I find captivating is when you tell the stories!

The scenery in rural Japan is unreal. No matter what season it is, what time of day it is, or what the weather is like, it's absolutely stunning. And watching Pancake grow up is so cute! Thank you for sharing this with us! Can't wait for the next update.

This makes me want to cry happy tears while watching, I love love love this style of video with no voiceover, brings me back to growing up in the countryside. Thank you for this hour of bliss while I am working! I would love it if you released some ASMR videos when it's raining of your garden and rice fields and the surrounding areas.

sublime!!! just amazing. you have such a great eye for capturing these scenes. it really embodies that japanese idiom "mono no aware" -- i can feel your empathy and sensitivity towards all of these scenes. its really beautiful thank you for sharing

these videos are so peaceful, love to watch them

It was sooo beautiful to stay with the three of you for one hour! Thank you, hope to see you soon ❤

this is the first time im seeing your videos and it gave a sensation ive never felt before of longing, i want this type of life so bad, im only 23 but i hope ill achieve it soon

What a beautiful life, even if i never would move into the countryside, it‘s still nice to watch

2024 Living in New Zealand 🇳🇿 Japan 🇯🇵 this lifestyle of yours is pretty well identical to mine. Japan countryside where you are is beautiful. Adapting looks so relaxing. Good for you 2 and puppy. The efforts you put in is equalised with delicious foody dishes. Thanks for the look in ❤...😊

Ok I just finished watching…we first saw your video when we were interested in watching Akia houses and we stumbled upon your very first episode. We could not believe all the bugs and wild creatures. I would had been screaming, in fact I was screaming while watching it!!!Don’t know how you two lived through it!!! Anyways ever since that very first video we have been watching you three(Pancake,too). We are so proud of what progress you have made living in such a rural area. I’m a city person and I know I could not do what you guys been doing. But watching you work so hard seams well worth it. Such lovely place you have made. So peaceful. I can’t wait to show this video and watch it again with my hubby tonight, especially after a busy work day, this will give him peace and relaxation! Thank you for giving us this beautiful peaceful video! Looking forward to the next one. Much happiness to you three ❤! From Southern California 😊

I had expected Totoro to appear in the mist ☺️🌱

mikaさんの動画はbgmや映像のセンスが素晴らしい

This was beautiful. I watched every minute. You live beautifully in a beautiful place.

As someone who loves visiting Japan but is settled down in Canada, your videos mean the world to me! I feel like I’ve really gotten to know Japan and the seasons through your videos and it has been such a treat ❤❤❤ Thank you Mika!

田舎で過ごすことは大変なことも多いですが、ふとした時に感じられる 自然な時の流れにとても癒されるんですよね。 なんとなく、日本人よりも日本人している気持ちで見れました。

This video is copiously therapeutic

Damn i didnt know how much needed a yt video without voice over in my life

what a peaceful life, pure but colorful. you have done what i really want to do, enjoy

What a great spot ❤you have added so much warmth to this house maybe the owners would let you buy it ❤️🐨🦘

Very happy to see continuation! I would be lying if I said I haven't considered moving to Japan's countryside.

Sitting here on a Sunday morning eating a stack of pancakes while watching Pancake! Life is good 👍

Lovely film, thank you.

Wow i actually watched your first ever video last year, and then i totally forgot about your channel until today when it just decided to pop up into my recommended videos!

@maigomika

5 күн бұрын

Pancake is never outside alone, and these monkeys stay pretty far if humans are around.

This video brought me to tears. I'd been living this year feeling like giving up but seeing how beautiful life can be made me want to find a life just as beautiful. Thank you.

@maigomika

24 күн бұрын

I'm sorry to hear that. 😓 Can totally understand that feeling, it can be normal for many to go experience the same thing at least once in their lives. Life is full of wonderful experiences, and I'm happy to hear the video inspired you to seek out your version of your beautiful life. 🥹

Pancake has definitely kept you on your toes!

Thank you🌹 very much appreciated your Blog. God bless🙏

Thank you blessing is with a 1 hour video 🎉

岡山からいつも楽しく観てます 自分の家も田舎なので観ててほっこりした気持ちになります。 これからも楽しく癒される動画を楽しみに待ってます😁

"The princling bark." LOL. Enjoying your video.

Pancake for life!

little pancake is just too cute!! ❤😍

THANK YOU -- i so needed to see FOXY ...

Thanks for sharing this, loved watching Pancake grow up, the bedroom play is sooo funny.

What a gorgeous film, i love little pancake too.... thanks for a relaxing time ❤

Wonderful video ❤️🌹❤️ really enjoyed it . Your dog is wonderful . You have a greatl place there . Thank you for the glimpses into your life 🌹❤️🌹

Absolutely loved this video! Thank you for sharing your experience. Really admire the work you both put in to create this life for yourselves. It’s very inspiring.

It's like therapy. Love the Cowichan sweaters!

Thank you for sharing your life with us. We really enjoy your videos.

Such a relaxing and beautiful video. Thanks!

I lived for 7 years in the Japanese countryside and this brought me right back. I miss it every day. Thank you for this beautiful video.

I can’t believe it’s been a year❤❤

Oh my gosh!! ii tokoro desu neee!! By "chance" I happened upon your site and it brought me back to my decade in Japan. ❤❤❤ Nihon ni kaeritai na.. Love in the countryside in an old house . itsuka... Arigatou gozaiimasu!!

日本の四季をあらためて感じられました。素敵なところですね。

What a beautiful video of your year living in rural Japan! You are blessed to live in such a wonderful area complete with so many varieties of flora and fauna. Pancake enjoyed each season too especially winter. I love what you have created for yourselves. Congratulations! Arigato gozaimasu! ♥

Definitely the best video I have watched in 2024 that includes movies, web series & anime too. Good work guys. Keep the content like this only. I love you guys.

@jiraiya7843

25 күн бұрын

Watching Pancake filling your lives like having a child. It's just awesome!

The video is so beautiful but I truly understand the difficulty in maintaining such a life style in long term and trust me it's not for all but I feel like I want to be there and do the same, someday I will ❤ Thank you for sharing such precious moments in life with us.

Pancake is the best helper.

She's living my dream life. I love it. Keeps me motivated.

This was just what I needed after a long stressful day! Thank you all so much (including pancake!) For the amazing videos and the glimpse into a much more tranquil life ❤

Love this so much. It's so relaxing ❤

I love this channel.Regards from Spain ( Europe ).

What a beautiful way to celebrate a year in Japan! 🌸 your video captures the essence of rural Japan's seasons, offering viewers a serene escape and a glimpse into the couple's remarkable journey in transforming abandoned spaces into a cozy home.

I've been following you for a while now and happy to say that our Akiya Dream is about to come true. We left B.C. in Feb and are looking to get a place in central (re: rural) Kyoto-fu. It's been about 3 years in the planning and it's finally coming to fruition. The change of lifestyle will be a challenge but a joy as well. Your insights have been enlightening.

I love Japan so much! Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Saxony!

As a Tokyo resident, your videos make me nice and relaxed ❤

As soon as pancake enter the frame the video start so beautiful 😁

I love your videos. Very heart warming.

I'm one of your early subscriber and every time I am tired with work, I always rewatch all your vlogs and somehow it brings comfort to me. And now you made an hour long video? OMG Btw, can you share the link where you bought that cat calendar?

So no one is going to talk about this man's axe form? It's sublime. Cheers to a wonderful year for you and your partner. Wild to watch Pancake grow so fast!

@maigomika

24 күн бұрын

Jesse is glowing as I read him this comment. 🫣 Thank you 🥰

@christophermchale528

24 күн бұрын

@@maigomika Looking forward to many more awesome pieces of footage from you. The shots of the countryside during the many storms you have there is a stark contrast from my experience living in New Mexico. Love the channel!

@transcendcapitalism

21 күн бұрын

i thought that too!

Nature is beautiful as always and I'm only at the beginning ! Can't wait to see all the different seasons 😊

Love the puppy and your patience with it!

feels like my birthday today 🎉 getting an hour of maigomika! Yayyy!!!

Oh, I love your videos, Mika. I wish I knew the name and composer of the piano music you use in your December winter snow scenes with Pancake jumping on all fours and eating the snow. I would love to play this on my piano.