Japan shuts down.

病院やお店も休業

Hospitals are closed.

街は静まり返ります

Most stores are closed.

多くの日本人が 実家で年越しをします

The roads in town can seem abandoned.

我が家の年末年始の 過ごし方は？

Traditionally this is the time when Japanese people will go back to their hometowns to spend the time with their family.

- 2個？ - ママ！まずはこれ

Since our hometown is not here in Japan, what do we do when Japan shuts down?

冬休みは家族で過ごせるので大好きです

[Life in Japan Theme Song]

パパの番！

I get 2? Wait Mommy, you can flip this over first.

”チケット・トゥ・ライド” は 休日の定番です！

We love time together as family, so naturally as winter break approaches, we get excited!

勝者は？

Daddy's turn.

ママ！ダメ！ 私がしようとしていた！

We like some Ticket to Ride. It's the holidays, time for some games!

アナが夢中です

Who's going to win this time?

取った！

Mommy, don't put it down, I was just going to put it down. Mommy!

十分だね

Anna sometimes gets a little crazy in these games.

テンション高いね

I picked it! I picked it!

来た！

Alright, that's enough coffee for you.

整理しないと

Yeah, enough coffee. You got to hyper.

日増しに子供が ゲームに強くなっています

Ahhhh, I got the card that I wanted.

接戦です

I have to figure out my plan of action here.

集計しますが 激戦です

Now that the kids are older, they get pretty competitive with the board games, aiming to take out mommy or daddy.

ポイントは？

You never know what might happen.

39点

It's time to tally up the points here. This is intense.

ベッカは？

How many points did you have?

- 全部揃った - すごい！

39 . 39.

11

How many will Becca have?

これは10

I completed all of these. Wow, cool huh?!

51点だ！

11. So this is 10. 21... She got 51!

ベッカは凄いね

Becca absolutely crushed us that time.

48点だよ！

I got 48 points.

ママの負けね

Momma absolutely lost.

ママが弱かったね

Mommy was one of those that was crushed.

年末にはゲーム以外にも する事が色々あります

But it's not all fun and games at the end of the year, in fact there's a lot of work to be done before break comes.

学校や家庭では "大掃除" をします

At school, work and home there's a massive cleaning that's called “osoji.”

新年を迎える準備です

The Japanese like everything in order for the new year!

綺麗になってるね

My, a lot of it is coming off though huh?

すごい

That's cool.

魔法の消しゴム

Magic eraser.

パパ 見て！

Daddy, you need to come up here.

違いが分かる？

You can see the difference. See?

綺麗になった！

The difference? Sure enough. My goodness.

娘達は大掃除以外に 何かに取り組んでいる様子です

It's not just “osoji” that needs to get done, the girls have another big, secret project underway.

ママは外？

Mommy, you're not allowed to go in there?

そうよ！ ここで待っている

I'm not! So, I'm out here sulking. No, I'm not.

子供部屋の外

I've been banned from my kids' room.

パパは入っても良い？

Hey girls, can daddy and the camera come in? Yes.

エプロンを作っているの

We're making an apron using this.

ママのために！

For mommy!

ママちゃんに

For Momma-chan.

最高！

Oh, I love it!

OK！

Ok! Bye!

ママに聞こえてないといいけど

I hope mommy didn't hear because she is right out there.

何かしら？

Is it cool? Am I going to love it?

ミシンで作業中？

A few hours later...

最初のは失敗

You're working with the sewing machine?

大変！

We messed up our first one.

学校で習った？

Oh no!

お休みしてたけど おばあちゃんに教えてもらった

Have you done this at school?

クリスマスには ライブ配信をしました！

No, I was on vacation. But we did it with grandma before.

できる限りの準備をしました

Oh yeah?

夜7時からパズコーヒーショップで ライブ配信をします！

As the year was nearing the end, we had another big project — our very first livestream from Paz Coffee Shop!

セスやベン デビーやブロック家も来ています

We had prepared as best as we could and were anxious to do it.

コウタもいます

We are getting ready for our livestream from Paz Coffee Shop. It will be a 7:00pm. Look at this, it's going to be awesome!

手伝ってくれます

Seth's helping us out. Ben, Debbie and the beautiful Block girls are here.

カメラも準備万端です！ 最高の配信が出来そうです！

And Kota-san is here.

- カウントダウンです！ - トランプみたいな髪型

They are all helping us make the livestream happen.

皆も来ました！

Livestream central is set up and ready to go. Look at these awesome camera angles that we have.

本番です

Oh my goodness, this is going to be epic!

遂にライブ配信の開始です！

The countdown has started. That's my Trump hair.

ライブ配信へようこそ！

Everybody's here with us.

子供達と練習した歌や ルースのクッキーのプレゼント

And we're about to start.

会場に来てくれたファンに プレゼントです

As the countdown finished, we went live on Life in Japan!

特別なエピソードで ファンとも会えました

Welcome everyone to our livestream of Life in Japan.

天使がいます

Welcome everyone to our livestream of Life in Japan.

イエス様の事を伝えています

The stars in the sky...

応援ありがとうございました

Each kid prepared a special song to play live as well as a number of other fun surprises including Ruth's homemade cookies for everyone who came.

ライブ配信が終わり 冬休みも本番です

And for those who came in person, you actually get to have some cookies.

サラ

Now, the people here get cookies.

頑張ったね

It was a lot more work than just a normal episode, and so many of you participated!

ジョシュアは？

The angel's here.

明日は？

He is telling them about baby Jesus.

- クリスマスだね - うん！

Thanks so much for making it so special.

どう？

Once it was done we were relieved. Our winter break was one step closer.

多分大丈夫

Hi Sarah bear.

少し大きい

You did an awesome job tonight honey.

素敵だね！

Big J, what's up Big J.

クリスマスのキノピオ！

Tomorrow what is it?

いいね！

It's Christmas. Yep.

おはよう！ 今日は何の日？

Oh yeah.

クリスマス！ プレゼントを開ける！

So,

そうだね！

It's going to be for mommy, don't worry.

ジョシュアは楽しみにしていたね？

It's a little big.

どう？

That is awesome.

子供達が楽しみにしていた プレゼントの時間です！

Early the next morning...

ママとパパ ベッカとアナから

It is Christmas do-da.

紫色の何かが見える！

Oh my goodness.

待って

Good morning!

やった！

Good morning! What is today?

ママに？

Christmas! We can open presents.

気に入ると思う！

Oh yes!

それはパパの

Joshua, you've been waiting a long time for this moment, huh?

何だろう？

Yes?

開けるわね

Soon it was time for the moment the Reutter kids look forward to every year — opening Christmas presents!

折り紙！

From Mommy, Daddy, Becca and Anna.

エプロン！

I can't see it yet! I can only see purple.

- すごいわ！ - 試してみて！

Wait, what is this?

サイズぴったり！

Yes!

練習帳だ！

To Mommy.

素敵だね ママちゃん

Oh from us. You'll love it!

完璧だわ

That's to Daddy.

それでクッキー作ってほしい！

Wow. I have no idea what it is.

最高！

I'll open it right now from you guys. Yes.

娘達はお小遣いで プレゼントを準備しました

Origami!

卵か何か？

It's an apron!

似てるかも

Oh my goodness! Try it on, try it on.

生卵ではないよね

Oh it fits perfectly!!!

ライフ・イン・ジャパン！

This is a practice book so I can write.

スタンドだよ

Oh my goodness Momma-chan.

壊れた？

Oh it's perfect, I'll tie it like this.

カッコいいね！

Make cookies with that. Every day. Every day.

サプライズがまだあります

That's amazing!

スクーターだ！

This year the girls gave some great gifts to everyone, using their own time and money. It was so special.

サラが手伝うよ

Is this like an egg or something?

何？スクーター！

Um, kind of. Raw.

スクーターだ！

A raw egg. Here you go daddy. You just have to make it.

あわせてみて

Life in Japan!

新しい洋服です

It's a stand.

クールな様子です

He broke it already. No, it was already broken like that.

他にもあるの？

That is really cool! I had no idea what it was going to be.

これもだよ

But there were still a few surprises left — this time for the kids.

レーザーガン？

I got a scooter!

これはジョシュアのよ

Sarah's going to help.

クリスマスプレゼントは 特別な思い出になります

What? What? It's a scooter!

楽しそう

Yay, yay, I got a scooter!

本当にサンタクロース！

Mix and match them.

早速プレゼントを使っています 次はブランチです

Since our girls are growing up they are getting clothes.

クリスマスです！ プレゼントを開けています

They don't seem very excited… yet.

ご飯を食べています

Is there more presents for us?

おじいちゃんからの プレゼントです

It's for you guys.

今までで一番大きな レゴマリオが始まるね

Is it a laser gun?

チャレンジだね

This is the last one for Joshua.

開封します

There's an art to giving Christmas gifts — save the best for last!

開かないかな？

The excitement.

最近のレゴは複雑です

This year was really a Santa Claus.

このクッパ城も 沢山の部品があります

Soon the gifts were on there way to being used, and soon our family and friends would arrive to have Christmas brunch together.

パーツを組立てました

It's Christmas! Kids are opening presents.

見てみよう！

The adults are eating yummy food.

"行くぞぉー！"

Look at Jiji's gift. Of my goodness, perfect gift for Jiji.

アプリで説明書を見れます

We are about to start the biggest Mario project to date. Lego Mario project to date, right?

時間が掛かりますが それが楽しいです

That's gotta be challenging. It's going to be challenging.

船の構造も精巧です！

Joshua's doing the honors.

カッコいいね！

Maybe not.

娘達はレーザータグで遊んでいます サラも新しいスクーターを使っています

If you've ever put together a modern lego set, you know it's a big undertaking.

友達と遊んでいます

This particular Lego set, Bowser's Airship, has several separate bags you need to open in the right sequence.

- どうだった？ - 楽しかった！

We've got this together, at least part of it.

遊んでいい？

So here we go Joshua, let's see it.

サラのスクーター？

Here we go.

少し休憩？

The directions for building the set are on an app that you download.

パパにも見せて

So all you need now is time, but isn't that a big part of the fun of Lego sets?

- 楽しいよ！ - いいね！

Look at the amount of detail that goes into the ship. It's amazing!

ジョシュアは 休憩も要らない様です

Ohhh, this is looking so cool.

今日中に完成するでしょうか？

While we've been inside building this whole time, the girls have got their laser tag,

いいね！もう少しだよ！

And they are playing it and they called their friend over and Sarah's outside on her scooter.

出来上がって来ました 残りはパッケージ12と13です

Everyone's just enjoying their gifts here today.

いよいよだよ！

So, how was it? It was so much fun.

組立てたパーツを 一つにまとめるよ！

Can I play, can I play?

ここだね

Oh, and you were doing your scooter Sarah?

出来た！

So you guys are going to take a little break?

他のレゴマリオを見た？

I'm going to have to see what this looks like, huh?

お祝いだね

Its fun. Very cool.

行こう！

Joshua didn't want me to take a long break, so it was time to build again.

帽子を直したよ

The big questions was: could we finish yet today, or would it have to go on for longer?

2階で娘達が 食べ物に夢中の様子です

Alright! We are getting close now, aren't we Big J?

レストランを経営する ゲームをしています

Huh? Look. Its looking so cool and we have packages 12 and 13.

海老を鍋に入れる

Ok dude. We've reached that part.

落としちゃった！

We have to put everything that we have done, now we have to put it all together. Oh my goodness.

魚と海老 マカロニが要る！

This comes right here.

取った！

We did it! Yes!

海老を切って！

Did you see the other lego Mario?

クリスマスが終わり 年末が近付いています

We come today because we have a 1 year to celebrate.

やっと家族団らんを 楽しめる時間です

Let's go!

今年は旅行は出来ないので 近場で休暇を楽しみます

Now! Ok, after I fix my hat.

近場にも楽しい穴場があります！

When I heard the girls yelling orders for food upstairs, I thought something might be wrong, but it wasn't.

サラ 滑り台はどうだった？

They were playing Overcooked 2, a game where you have to run a restaurant.

すごい！

Ok, here's the shrimp. I'm going to put it in the pan.

引っかかったね

Oh, I threw it off the roof.

速く滑れそう？

Ok, we need fish, shrimp and macaroni on a plate.

イジーに追いつけそう？

You're getting it!

ジョシュア！

Ok, I'm cutting shrimp for the next one

アナ！

Now with Christmas done and Bowser's Airship built, the end of the year was quickly approaching.

どうだった？

We finally had some proper time to relax and do some things that our family enjoys doing together.

楽しい？

Although we'd love to travel, it's not an option this year, so we're having a staycation — a vacation where you stay at home.

いいね！

But not to worry, there's still a lot of things that we want to explore near us!

ウォームアップだね 次のも楽しみだね！

Sarah, tell me. What did you think of that slide? How was it?

視聴者にも勧めてもらった 平和の森公園に行きました

Amazing! Amazing? Ok.

グーグルでは営業日と書いてあったのですが

Yo!

残念です 今日は閉園です！

Snuck right on by.

見て下さい！

You gonna see how fast you can go Sarah? Ok.

閉園なので無人です

Are you going to catch up with Izzy?

また来よう！

Big J.

気を取り直して 年末でも開いているモールを見つけました

Ok Anna.

混雑しています

How was it Joshua?

パンダエクスプレス？

It was good?

アメリカと同じかしら？

Alright. Awesome dude!

日本ではここだけ

Well that was a fun warmup!

1階に行かないと

Now lets go see the main attraction.

ご飯タイムです

The main attraction is the athletic field at Heiwa no Mori, something many of you have all suggested to us.

アメリカでは定番のお店です

Google said it was open today, but we were in for a not so nice surprise.

女性陣はお買い物

We had a rather unfortunate discovery. It's closed, from today!

今日購入予定の品物です

Look at this park. Oh my goodness.

何を買った？

Nobody's in it because it's closed today.

黒の服

It would be so cool. We'll have to come back sometime.

本当に？ グレーだね

Wanting to still do something, we found a mall that said it was still open and soon discovered an interesting side-effect to things shutting down in Japan

サラ これは？

the places that are open are packed!

ホットチョコレート マシュマロ入り

Panda Express? Yes!

どう飲むの？

Is it American style Panda Express? It is!

ホットミルクを入れるの

And it's one of the only ones in Japan.

そしたら溶ける？

We have to go down to the first floor. Ok, let's do it.

いい？

Everybody's chowing in.

ミルクだよ

To a little piece of American-Chinese food.

熱々のミルクだよ！

Oh boy, the ladies are shopping.

あら！浮いてる！

And let me tell you what, we have made a number of decisions for purchases already.

空気があるから

Anna, what are you getting today?

見て！

A black dress. A black dress?

ジョシュア？

Really? Oh, the gray one.

溶けてるわ

What do you have here Sarah? Show it to me.