OUR JAPANESE HOUSE TOUR!

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2 ай бұрын

We really can't believe our house (& toilet) has so many hi-tech features!! Also, let's talk about Japanese bathrooms....WOW!
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@K__a__M__I 2 ай бұрын

The tub panels are for covering the filled bath tub. Traditionally, the tub _stays filled with water_ and just gets reheated. Full-body-baths are not meant to get clean, they are meant to relax. That's why you shower before hopping into the tub. The tap to run a single stream is there to fill a big cup or a smaller pot to rinse yourself off with. Maybe you could look into _Sento_ culture to get a better understanding how it's supposed to work. I miss japanese bathrooms soooo much...sitting down to shower is just so much better...and being able to splash around without a care in the world! They can keep their horrible drains though!

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

We loved hearing your thoughts about the bathrooms! We have now been to a few onsens and have come to learn a bit about rinsing off with the bucket. When we travel we notice there’s a little seat as well for people to use. :) The tub is so nice for our girls to use because I’m not concerned if they are splashing water out of it! 😊

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

And yes the drains are definitely different!!

@vicsville760 2 ай бұрын

This one made my wife and I cry happy tears for you guys🥹😃 Loved this video. Been watching for a couple years now. Thank you for sharing. 🫡👍

@joyceandrada8697 2 ай бұрын

Wowwww sooo satisfying even that's your house not our (viewers) house 😊 but thankful for letting us enter your new home....this is what am waiting for😊, danke und schönen tag 😊, from Philippines to 🇩🇪 with love ❤

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Ohh thank you so much! We are happy you enjoyed seeing the tour! Our household shipment has arrived so we are excited to show you the house with everything in it!

@isana788 2 ай бұрын

What I like best is the toilet, which is also a foot bath, a flower pot, a hairdryer, a whirlpool, and a fountain. Thats next Level!

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Haha love it!! It really is so hard to sit down on a cold toilet now when we travel 🤣

@berndgaal7689 2 ай бұрын

Risa! Did you know that you already have a japanese name? By the way, the cover for the bath-tub is for keeping the water warm till the next person of the family uses the same water. In Japan you usually wash yourselfe before getting in the bath-tub. Thats why the whole family uses the same water. Strange but true!!!

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

I actually met someone with the same name and was like whatttt 😊🙃 I had no idea but it was fun! We’ve also met a little Japanese girl named Noa here at our neighborhood playground. That was special 🫶 Also so interesting to hear about the bathtubs!

@michaelkloters3454 2 ай бұрын

konichiwa you american germans in NIHON. i had so much fun watchin`this video especially seein that so fast growin willa,plus a walkin`noa, and i can`t wait hearing them speaking their first japanese words. but , and i think it`s the most important, i`m exited to see you and the kids making your first japanese friends. but don`t forget to teach your daughter painting pic`s or writing letters to her german friends - short teach her what everlasting friendship means and how important it is! i wish you all a fantastic time and endless memories and wonderfull experiences in your new home in japen!!! Michael/Hannover

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Hi Michael! Thanks for the reminder! We have already sent a few packages to our German friends and keep up with sending pictures and voice messages online with them. 🫶 The German friendships we made are such a treasure to us! Our girls really are growing up too fast! It’s a privilege to watch, but bittersweet for sure!

@DamaxThomas 2 ай бұрын

For the dish washer, the detergent goes with the dishes. Yeah, there is no pre-wish to remove most the dirt with just water. Being 2 in my place, we use the dishwasher once a day. So I guess you would need to use for every meal.

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

That’s about right! Unfortunately with the small size it’s full after about 1 meal. Grateful to have one either way!

@beverlywalker4111 2 ай бұрын

Love it! So fancy with the high tech. Good luck getting all settled in to your routine!

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! We have & Im sure will need it 😅😊 Life is good though and we hope the same for you!

@martinkasper197 2 ай бұрын

Home, sweet home... with some fancy extras... 🤣🤣

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Feels so good to be in our own place now 😊

@CosmicCells 2 ай бұрын

All looks great and very space-efficient/practical! The only thing that I find not so practical is flooding the whole bathroom when you shower. Is that normal in Japanese houses that there is no separation to keep shower water contained?

@expatfamilylive9041 2 ай бұрын

Love all your videos, this one especially, because we are also renovating our house but it is in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 🌷🪻 good luck with the whole process!

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Oooh that is so exciting to hear! Good luck with your process too! 🫶 We renovated a house in Utah, USA and it was sooo much work 😅

@jjivy6310 2 ай бұрын

Wow! That is a nice house ❤. I found the differences so fascinating. I think my Google Translate would be doing overtime!! 😂. Y'all have tons of storage in that house and that will be so nice. The girls will have so much fun playing in their new home. Deep breath and enjoy your life 😊. Hugs from Texas!

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

We think so too! Even with it being different from many other Japanese homes, there are still many new things we are adjusting to. We still are using Google translate when using our appliances 😆. Thanks again for your kind comment and support!

@vanessaaguilar-griffith1349 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful vlog🎉 Willa’s joy to finally be home was so uplifting to see. I love how everyone is feeling more comfortable in your new space🩵 Im so excited to see your next vlog to Taiwan😃🩵

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

I know she has been such a trooper with the move and we are happy she’s so excited to be here! 🫶 We can’t wait for you to see the video too!! It’s a favorite of ours!

@Herzschreiber 2 ай бұрын

Wow. I am impressed. Love all the features of your new home and the magnetic wall in the kitchen! If I was near you, I'd bring along "bread & salt", an old German tradition when someone moves into a new home. It shall bring luck to the home owners. And I guess for Japanese standards it is really, really spacy! I love the little corner with the pebbles, but yes, I understand that it might be a little tricky. It will for sure have an impact on the kids creativity...... :)

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Oh now you’re making us miss German bread 😋 We could really go for some of that right about now. 🤣 For Japanese standards the house is definitely on the bigger side. We toured many 4 bedroom houses, but most have similar footage. Thanks so much for your comment and watching!

@connycatlady7429 2 ай бұрын

Good morning guys. Wow, that's all so interesting. Besides that moving is always hard. Sorry for you. But all the fun features. Great. I'm sorry, but I have no idea about your dishwasher. I'm exited to see your town an d neighbourhood next. You'll do it 😉

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Good morning! 😊 We hope you’ve had a great weekend thus far! It was fun sharing some of the Japanese features with you! Thanks for love 🫶

@gwynethglas-brown9171 2 ай бұрын

Wow getting use to the High tech 🤔 i have to Giggle at the toilet but having it closing the lid is my dream 😅 😜 Love storage space you have .Hope you’re Settling in finding your way around where your house is . Exciting visiting Taiwan looking forward to to your next video safe travels have a Good week 🥰

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Haha we definitely have used Google translate in our house 🤣😅 and yes it’s a good thing we have the storage in our house! You’ll see in future videos that our stuff has arrived and so we’ve used every inch of it I swear 🤣

@arnikakiani8014 2 ай бұрын

Super interesting to discover all these Japanese house secrets with you! Also, Willa is my kind of girl: To the train station? Yeah!!!

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Yay!! She loved the train so much!

@YariSafari00 2 ай бұрын

Wow! Japanese houses are really different! I’m so glad you guys found your home! So excited for you!!!

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🫶 They really are! It’s been so interesting to see the differences!

@geab.2182 2 ай бұрын

6:54 kind Willas are my kind of Willas ♥️

@skru2476 2 ай бұрын

nice house.

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

We were very happy to have found it!

@seeryu42 2 ай бұрын

Congrats on the move in! While the house with the cool Mt. Fuji view and sauna looked awesome, sounds like you made the right choice being close to a train station and work. Remembering how surprised we were to have no closets at all in Munich, but back in Japan there's lots of built in options. For the dishwasher, we tend to buy the individual soap capsules and place it on water drain tray on the bottom of the dishwasher (as the water re-circulates around while washing). And glad you got an ice maker function (great for the warmer weather :-) )

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!! It was a hard choice but we are very happy with this one and we are starting to feel settled 😊 Thanks for the dishwasher tips! We have bought the powder and put it in a little like bowl shaped thing that (we think) lol it’s supposed to go in. It works great so that’s good! 🤣 We aren’t ready for the heat and humidity can’t lie lol!

@cs3473 2 ай бұрын

I was going to ask when you guys move in to a new place, do you set up Willa's room first? One of the things my parents mentioned about moving around back in the day was that they would always set up my little sister's room first when they moved into a place because my sister would be super restless until everything was unpacked and set up in her room. Then they would proceed to set up everything else. Also have a safe trip to Taiwan! :)

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Ideally, we would have done that as well, but we unfortunately didn’t have all our things when we moved in. But, we setup her temporary bed my work let us borrow and tried to make it as comfortable as possible :). Thank you!

@Mwoods2272 2 ай бұрын

You just moved to Japan, started a new job and you are already taking vacation time. Wow. that's a nice job you have.

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

We have this vacation time because we received 12 weeks of paid baby leave that we are finishing up. Since it’s the same employer they had to honor the time.

@Mwoods2272 2 ай бұрын

@@OurStorytoTell Nice. I have a friend that started a new job and I asked his family to visit me in Japan but he said they would have to wait till next year after he had put in some time at his job.

@martinkasper197 2 ай бұрын

Tanner, can you bring me some champagne to the bath tube🛁? 🤣🤣🤣 And bring some candles, too...

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Lol oh it’s going to happen 🤣😂

@masayama1618 2 ай бұрын

Does your new house have central heating ? But sheat heater on toilet is very useful. My friend who came from UK always say "I don't want to go to bathroom in my parent’s home in winter. Sitting the toilet is torture 😖"

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

We have the wall/ceiling units for both heating and air conditioning, and it’s separated for each room which is nice to control different temps depending on your preference. Ah, we can totally agree with that! No more cold butts! 😂

@AmusedPlayfulPuppy-nz5qk 2 ай бұрын

Good for you that you are a high ranking soldier with great opportunities. You could let everyone know that most military families don't have such grand lifestyles. Many military families are on food stamps, and the WIC program because they are so poor. A stay at home mother dancing around in a fabulous new home after leaving spacious temporary quarters, is an anomaly, well maybe not in your officers' world, but for ordinary soldiers.

@OurStorytoTell Ай бұрын

We are actually on the civilian side and not active duty! We are open about Tanners profession and have talked about it a few times. We definitely agree that’s not the way it is for some other military families. We wish it were different! We did however stay at the same temporary housing place that active duty and their families stay on.

@BoudicasQuest 2 ай бұрын

do Japanese fridges come able to change the swing of the door? ideally, wouldn't you want it to swing the other way? no hate just asking

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Ooh that is very good question! We need to look because I would want it to swing the other way 🤣 I didn’t even think but man that’d be nice!!

@valeriekroetsch6970 2 ай бұрын

Did you find out where the dish soap go in the dishwasher? 😊

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Thankfully, yes!

@beyonderprime5020 2 ай бұрын

a very large house by Japanese standards all the best with the house

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Yes we were very happy to have found it!

@lilidiary 2 ай бұрын

why did u move from germany to japan?

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Good question lol! We ask ourselves that sometimes too because we absolutely loved Germany! In the end, we moved because we wanted to experience more parts of the world. We think there’s a lot to gain from living in different places and ultimately we felt it was the right (but hard) decision for our family. When we saw the job opening in Japan we said, let’s do it!

@lilidiary 2 ай бұрын

Whats about the language? 😂 Deutsch ist sehr schwer und ich glaube japanisch ist noch schwieriger. Welche sprachen bringt ihr euren Kindern bei?

@louisderhin7690 2 ай бұрын

You def made the right decision, the house is amazing! Wishing you the best years in there, I'm very excited for all the upcoming experiences you will share here

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

Ohh thank you so much! We can say we are very happy about our decision!

@kucnimajstor2901 2 ай бұрын

You have more closet space than Walmart, PS dishwashing tablet usually goes into a small container at the bottom of the machine..

@OurStorytoTell 2 ай бұрын

We are so grateful we have it lol! Heaven knows we needed it coming from the mansion in Germany! 🤣 Thank you! We found out ours actually has a little holder for powder by the utensils place. Took us a while but we got it 😊 We appreciate your help.