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  • - Have you got boring things to do?

  • Well I've got the video for you.

  • In this video I have decided it is time

  • for me to clean my fairy garden.

  • If you guys don't know what I'm talking about

  • I have a kitchen ledge

  • that's just been covered in tiny amazing toys

  • that I've been gathering

  • in the past four years in Japan.

  • And someone once asked me like,

  • "Oh my gosh, like how do you keep it clean?"

  • And I was like, ah.

  • To answer your question I don't keep it clean

  • so, I have never cleaned this garden.

  • I have like, gently woofed away dust

  • by opening the window and being like, woo,

  • but I really don't think that counts as cleaning it.

  • So, I have taken everything off the ledge.

  • Whoa!

  • (upbeat music)

  • I wanna show you guys all these

  • different kind of fairy toys that I have

  • and I'm going to clean them.

  • So, here is what I got.

  • I went to Daiso, which is like the Dollar shop in Japan

  • and I bought these.

  • (upbeat music)

  • Really, really cheap, one dollar horse hair brushes.

  • Yeah, these seam pretty good.

  • Blower brush, it's what it says on it.

  • While dusting them.

  • Hand pump buddy too.

  • This guy's used for cleaning our cameras.

  • I also have this little lens pen

  • which my dad got for me a long time ago for Christmas

  • and it has this little brush that comes out

  • that's quite firm

  • and I think good for lens cleaning in fact.

  • And then last up, I've got this Mega Air-can Blower.

  • Now, this has been suggested to me

  • by lots of people

  • but I discovered that it like,

  • blew my toys across the galaxy.

  • Daiso, the dollar store, these little pointed ones.

  • Pointy edge right there.

  • So, it feels like I'll be able to like,

  • get up all in those little creases and stuff.

  • Okay, so I realize now

  • that the fastest thing to do is to separate all your pieces

  • that could cause problems in water.

  • So for example, fuzzy Pikachu here.

  • My clay figurines I've removed

  • as well as anything with tiny labels on them.

  • If I take all that out

  • and then I unceremoniously dump everything into warm water

  • with dish soap and fluff it around

  • and then I pour it into,

  • like a tray with this little protective area here.

  • It's just so much faster.

  • So, I have all this stuff that I bought

  • that is for literally nothing.

  • He is absolutely amazing.

  • He looks like a cute little soup dumpling.

  • Look at him, it's really detailed.

  • And for those of you who don't know,

  • I had two dwarf hamsters growing up.

  • One's name was Bear and one's name was Moka,

  • and by growing up,

  • I mean I was a full grown university student.

  • So, no judgment from you there.

  • Oh yeah, looking all clean and pretty.

  • This is Nigiri Cat, I love them,

  • they have a whole bunch of them.

  • This one's very expensive with the lobster on the back.

  • Okay this one is funny.

  • She is extremely popular,

  • now you might be like, what the heck is going on here.

  • Well, this girl does this thing

  • where she's always kind of hovering in your glass

  • and she's gonna fall over.

  • It's very popular in Japan,

  • even before I came to Japan.

  • So, it looks like this.

  • So, can you see she's like, half in, half out.

  • And if I turn it around this way,

  • you can see that she's like trying to climb out.

  • It feels to me like,

  • I've essentially just need tiny rubber gloves,

  • because I have been just doing dishes.

  • Let me tell you guys, dish after dish, after dish.

  • SO, I think what it really comes down to

  • is just drying each little dish and putting it back in,

  • so that it's ready to go.

  • Ooh, what shall I begin with first, so.

  • Ah.

  • You know what?

  • Feels a little sticky.

  • Sticky!

  • And now for some music free ASMR.

  • - What is it that happens here?

  • (plate clinks)

  • So, this is a very special bento box.

  • It's actually a Sailor Moon themed one.

  • It's Sailor Jupiter

  • and I got it at Nakano Broadway.

  • They have a store where you can see,

  • opened up packages and so you can pick in advance.

  • It costs more than buying the box that's unopened

  • but it will cost a little more,

  • if you know what you're getting.

  • So, people who want to complete their collections,

  • that kind of stuff.

  • So, I got this little tiny box

  • because I love how Sailor Jupiter is so into cooking.

  • It even comes with this tiny little utensil set on the side.

  • Ima close it up there

  • and I have to remember, what goes inside of this.

  • You know, I'm not sure

  • 'cause it's just so tiny.

  • So, inside of here I know

  • that she's got these really cute, little, tiny onigiri

  • shaped like stars.

  • So, that goes inside there.

  • And she definitely has

  • this cute, little, tiny hotdog.

  • Goes in there too.

  • But I must be missing more than this,

  • 'cause she doesn't just do sushi.

  • I don't know, I kind of feel like,

  • I need to shove in a tart or a pie.

  • So, maybe I can go like this

  • and then, can add the hotdog on the onigiri side,

  • like that and then I can put in the pen.

  • Oh yeah, very Sailor Jupiter.

  • And then, we have to decide

  • which one of these goes inside here.

  • You think this fits in here?

  • Maybe, but I don't know.

  • We're going with this

  • and she's got a tiny thermos as well.

  • Isn't it the cutest thing ever.

  • This is freaking ridiculous,

  • like, are we looking at this right now?

  • Look at just how detailed and how tiny these are.

  • Aren't they absolutely amazing.

  • Just finishing up drying a couple of the food items.

  • I see now, that I definitely should have

  • started on the food first,

  • because you have to clean the plate first.

  • Like, this is the Hello Kitty hotplate here for okonomiyaki

  • and we've got the okonomiyaki,

  • which is the little pancakes.

  • We've done videos on before.

  • I can put them in the center there,

  • see how nice that looks, right?

  • And, it has a little, tiny flipper

  • so, you can take it out.

  • I absolutely, I just absolutely love it.

  • And then, you can put the lid on top of it,

  • like that.

  • But I need to clean this lid

  • 'cause it be sticky.

  • This is another favorite,

  • this is Gudetama.

  • So, this is the, I can never say it properly,

  • it's like, cha-ha-mamboshi or something.

  • I actually have one in the fridge right now.

  • So, this is just the plate that it goes in.

  • It closes up like this.

  • And then drop it inside

  • and I'm going to get Gudetama,

  • who is dressed like a sumo wrestler, absolutely amazing.

  • And he goes inside, like that,

  • so it looks like he's chilling in the bowel.

  • Haha.

  • And then it has this little like,

  • side thing that you can put on the side

  • or he can sit on it.

  • But I usually just put it off to the edge.

  • This is great because it's got inside of it,

  • like a mushroom and a little fishcake

  • and then that is all egg.

  • If you haven't tried this before it's really good.

  • Picking up all the dried furniture.

  • I have all this little table furniture

  • which is how I try to keep things looking more like,

  • kind of like a village or a garden

  • or outdoor picnic and I try to change the themes.

  • I have like Wintertime themes and Summertime themes.

  • But, it just got so crowded

  • that no themes happened anymore.

  • But this very small chair as well

  • and I have a very tiny table.

  • This table actually, if you can check the details on it,

  • is Rilakkuma.

  • Well, I cleaned that lid, look at how glistening

  • and clear it is.

  • So, that goes on top of that

  • and we've got some wonderful okonomiyaki.

  • Interesting plates here to choose from.

  • This one here is definitely a sushi plate.

  • So I have tiny pieces of sushi

  • but I also have.

  • Put that down there.

  • Sushi plates.

  • Put on my sushi.

  • It's so cute isn't it?

  • And this, oh my God, almost knocked them all down.

  • This is a ginger box

  • and this is the ginger.

  • So it goes like that.

  • This is soy sauce on this side.

  • I discovered this nifty little Gudetama plate.

  • And guess who goes on that, Gudetama.

  • And he has a hat.

  • Oh yeah

  • What's that, you thought this video

  • was about miniature toys.

  • Jokes on you, 'cause I need to eat some food.

  • (gentle music)

  • (knocking)

  • This is a Tom Yum Goong soup by the way.

  • It's just a really tiny one

  • that's super fast and easy to make.

  • Mm-hmm.

  • Not bad for an instant noodle.

  • Not bad at all.

  • It's actually rice noodles, can you guys see?

  • Oh yeah, rice noodles

  • (blows)

  • How do you feel?

  • (cat meows)

  • Yeah?

  • (cat meows)

  • Yeah?

  • (cat meows)

  • All right buddy, I think it's empty.

  • Look.

  • See?

  • Meemers loves these.

  • Good job, you're all done.

  • "I mean that's it?

  • "I mean I thought I have like a little bit more.

  • "No, all right I guess.

  • "I mean I guess I'll let you get back to what you gotta do."

  • Thanks Meemers.

  • Hugs, get out of my chair.

  • Get out of here you hooligan.

  • Sorry about that and not sorry

  • because adorable right.

  • I absolutely love this piece.

  • This is a soda dispenser

  • and I actually got it from

  • just a normal grocery store in Japan.

  • It didn't come filled up with beads

  • but I thought these beads were super cute

  • so, I poured them into like, the top.

  • It was originally filled with candy

  • and then this moves very stiffly and.

  • What the heck?

  • It's probably just clogged

  • but it did dispense beads before

  • but obviously I didn't want them to be dispensed,

  • I just wanted them to look pretty.

  • These are some of my other favorites

  • that aren't quite from Capsule Toys.

  • Some of them are like, erasers,

  • some of them are from fans that you've sent.

  • This is actually a Taiwanese rice cooker

  • from my friend Ryan.

  • Ryan and Phoebe, what's up

  • So, this was not from a Capsule Toy.

  • This was those boxes again that costs like a risky move,

  • what are you gonna get?

  • And it was a Hello Kitty Coffee Shop Edition,

  • so, I figured it was a win win no matter what I got.

  • And this is an adorable Disney set.

  • I'm pretty sure I got this in the mail

  • from some of you lovelies.

  • With a very masculine Wolverine

  • enjoying his delicious tea lunch.

  • I think it's the perfect combination for him,

  • don't you think?

  • Indeed Wolverine.

  • I will have some more beer flavored tea, hmm.

  • Random food that I have lying around.

  • Those are Gudetama Eggs, a tiny little mushroom,

  • tiny ramen, that's a stir fried rice eraser and cake.

  • And this is a brownie hamster, there's actually a brownie

  • he is supposed to be on,

  • but I like to move him around.

  • And Jiggly Puff, the cutest,

  • look at that quaffy hair, oh yeah.

  • Jiggly Puff.

  • If you haven't already seen the amazing Netflix show,

  • Rilakkuma, it's about this little bear

  • that you're looking at here.

  • And I actually bought this set

  • before I saw the Netflix show.

  • He was always just a favorite of mine.

  • I have the duck, if you guys remember,

  • when we first moved to Japan,

  • Kogi got accidentally packed away.

  • Very tragic experience for a VIP pig.

  • And in order to replace Kogi

  • I needed to find something round and snugly,

  • so I went for this giant duck

  • and turns out that giant duck was actually

  • the bird from Rilakkuma.

  • If you play Neko Atsume you know what this cushion is.

  • It's the very difficult to find, elusive Peaches.

  • I literally maxed out that game completely,

  • like I bought everything

  • and I'm constantly, deeply waiting for an update.

  • And I renamed all the cats, my friends and famous people.

  • And I love watching, like, Kylo Ren

  • and Ray accidentally snuggled in a basket

  • and I was like, I knew it.

  • This is one of my favorite ones ever,

  • my niece got this for me.

  • Meow, meow, meow.

  • (gentle music)

  • Pfft!

  • Okay, absolutely just enough.

  • My back is all cramped up from using, like,

  • a q-tip to scrub things.

  • I feel like things have gone really well here.

  • I didn't think it was gonna be as easy as it was.

  • I think I set myself up for a lot of panic.

  • These are all ready to go.

  • These are all ready to go.

  • And this is my container of stuff,

  • which is a little bit more delicate.

  • So, I've got the clay and some feather pieces.

  • I think that I am not gonna be setting this up again tonight

  • because I really want to set up a new environment

  • that's a little bit less crowded.

  • So, I did end up making this a couple years ago.

  • This is just a piece of fake grass.

  • It was a huge square actually,

  • I bought it from, guess where, Daiso for a buck.

  • And I cut it up to kinda match the ledge

  • and I really liked how it gave a bit of a grassy feel.

  • If you guys have anymore suggestions

  • on nifty little ways

  • that I can make this a little bit more layered.

  • Originally, I bought a bunch of these little foamy,

  • kind of like, triangle and rectangle pieces that I stacked.

  • But that was like four years ago,

  • before things got so out of control.

  • So, any suggestions will be great.

  • I really enjoyed cleaning them bit by bit,

  • to be honest

  • and seeing all the little things that brought me joy.

  • Thanks for sticking on this little journey.

  • I'll show you guys for sure, a video or a picture,

  • once I set up the new fairy garden space.

  • Hope you guys enjoyed being cleaned once every four years,

  • 'cause it's not happening next year.

  • Hahaha.

  • - [Martina] Wow, someone is still here watching this.

  • I am amazed,

  • that is the delicious sound of a soup dumpling being eaten,

  • because I am just starving, really just so hungry.

  • Oh yeah there's extras, bloopers,

  • including Simon's insane jogging outfit.

  • - [Simon] Sexy outfit.

  • - [Martina] Please, check it out from a Martina bonus.

- Have you got boring things to do?

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