Name: Big Family in a Big City: How We Make It Work | Life in Japan Episode 133
Uploaded: 2021-10-16T17:47:48.000Z
Duration: 20 min 57 s
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The superlative

We live in the biggest metropolitan area in the world, and our family is bigger than most others.

Tokyo is not made for big families, so how do we make it work?

Past simple

Yeah, that's my daddy's camera. He makes videos with it.

He's having a phone play date with his best friend Aiden.

Can you hold it? Oh, you want me to hold it?!

Our houses, like most homes in Japan, is made for 2-4 people.

With six people living here, we've had to get creative in how we use our space.

We are finally getting rid of our bed which we've had for a couple of years

It's not even really a bed, it's a sofa that we bought so we could use this as my studio

Alright, here it is. It's time, it did it's service,

We just got our special delivery. Check this out.

Mattress, chair — you can't even get in the door!

It's going. I've got the headboard almost put together.

Look at this! Putting the final touches on!

The kids asked for a couple of more minutes before going to bed

If they could watch something in mom & dad's room and what did I find?

[TV Narrator] But perhaps it's not surprising to find strange creatures in places like this...

And if you noticed that things look different it's because that for the first time in three years

My wife finally has her own bed in her bedroom!

We've moved the studio out — we got a separate place for the studio, it's awesome!

I should also mention that her bed is my bed — we share the bed!

Sharing space has been key for us fitting our large family in this small space.

But it's only been recently that I've been able to have a dedicated work space that wasn't at home.

This is my new morning commute. It's just a couple minute walk from my house. I love it.

Having a separate space for work has been a real game changer, one that has directly improved the quality of my time at home and at work.

But good home life is more than how nice your house is or how much prestige your address has.

A healthy home is built on a foundation of love.

Somebody asked the question "Is it always so sunny and bright there? It always looks so beautiful."

Well that's because I usually only take pictures of the beautiful days.

Here's the sunrise today. Can you see the sun? No, neither can I.

A big family isn't a hindrance to a happy home, it's the culmination of a happy home.

A house full of love is one full of special everyday moments.

This is the kind of home environment that makes life rich and rewarding.

[Becca] Joshua, let's do a dance fight? [Anna] Hey camera...

The camera doesn't talk! Oh, you want Daddy to talk?

You're going back to school for the first time in — three weeks or so?!

Look at Student Sarah! Alright Student Sarah.

This is what I call the "Sarah Zoom." Ready?

Oh, is that the Sarah Disappearing Trick?!

Are you working on your big rollercoaster? Yeah.

Whoa Dude, this is going to be an intense rollercoaster. Look at that thing!

What are the things we've found on our way to school? A spider web that caught some rain...

And look at this little snail we came across. Wow!

You can't have a happy family without giving proper focus or attention to it, but when you do, the results speak for themselves.

How was your first day back to school? Good?

I even hugged the teacher. You hugged the teacher?

I can hear the girls outside, they don't know I'm here though.

There's a bunch of thing we like to do together as family

One of them is to go to our favorite mall together!

Daddy, put that on Life in Japan where Becca messed up.

Let's go! Guess where Joshua had his lunch?

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Big Family in a Big City: How We Make It Work | Life in Japan Episode 133

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