Hello, is this the Reutter's?

入っていい？

Yes.

サラ、レベッカ、アンナです

Oh, can I come in?

すごい！

Yes! Just a moment.

みんなの家？

[Life in Japan Theme Song]

そう！家だよ！

Hello!

住んでるの？

Hello. Wow.

ハートあげる！

I have Sarah Reutter here, and Rebecca Reutter and Anna Reutter.

すごい！

Oh my goodness.

入っていい？

Is this where you guys live?

もちろん

Yes! We live in here.

大家族でどう暮らしているか よく聞かれます

You live in here?! A heart for you.

今日 お見せします

Whoa, oh my goodness. Can I come in?

我が家の玄関は 日本では大きい方です

Yes.

ただ 小さい玄関の方が 空調の面では便利だと思います

A number of you have asked how do we make our house work for so many people here in Japan.

この空間で もう一部屋あれば便利です

Well, we are going to show you. Here we go.

アナ ピアノを見せてくれる？

So we have a very, very large genkan (entrance) which is great for all our kids,

何か弾いて

However, I think I would prefer a smaller genkan that is closed off

上手！

so that I could heat or air condition the rest of this part during the summer and winter.

ピアノは 省スペース型の 電子ピアノを使っています

Because I would much prefer an extra room, than this huge genkan.

玄関横のスペースに置いています

Right here, Anna can you show us the piano?

空間の有効活用です

Play us something nice for a moment.

いい使い道が見つかりました

Very nice.

沢山弾いています

So we've wanted a piano for a while but in Japan they make these super skinny electric pianos,

サラとジョシュアの部屋を見よう！

That work perfect to put right here in our entrance where we had some space

ワーオ！意外と広いね！

And we weren't quite sure how to use it.

調子はどう サラ？

This has been a great way to use that space.

元気？

And I'm sure you've seen, we use it a lot.

ジョシュアは運動中

Ok, now let's go see Sarah and Joshua's room.

いいね！

Whoa! Here they are! The not so little, little Reutter kids.

我が家では大きい部屋だね

How's it going here Sarah? Good.

皆がこの部屋使ったわね

Good? Yeah.

最初は私達の寝室

Joshua's working out. Very good.

途中で 何かのタイミングで 部屋を交換したわね

Tell me, about this, one of our few big rooms.

次は ベッカとアナの部屋になって

This room has been everyone's room.

サラは書斎で寝ていた

It started out as our bedroom,

成長して別の部屋に移って

And then we switched it because we needed it to be ... I don't know why we switched.

部屋の交換は本当に多い

But anyway, then this room became Becca and Anna's room

今はジョシュアとサラの部屋

And Sarah used to sleep in the office because she was tiny.

昔は全員この部屋だったわ

Then when she got bigger she moved in with them.

ベッカとアナの部屋ね

And then at one point we switched them to room - I mean we have switched this room a lot of times.

すごい！

Now it's just Joshua and Sarah.

前はネイトの書斎だったわね

Oh yeah. But it used to be all four kids.

すごく昔

We're going to take you to Becca and Anna's room.

向こうに机があって

Oh my goodness.

その後 私の書斎になり

This room used to be Nate's office.

ジョシュアの服もこの部屋

Way back when...

収納兼書斎だったわね

And his desk was there and stuff.

子供は全員 同じ部屋

And then it became my office.

この部屋の形は？

With a bunch, like Joshua's clothes and everything was still in here.

どんな形かしら

We just had like storage and my office.

謎の小窓がここにあるわね

And all four kids lived in the other room.

用途が難しい部屋ね

What's the deal with the shape of this room?

模様替えして いい感じになったわ

We do not know about the shape of this room or why they have this dumb little sliding glass window here?

- いいね - またね！

Who knows. This room is pretty much a not cool room.

- またね！ - 和室が今の寝室

But we made it look pretty cool. And it's your own room.

Life in Japanのスタジオでもあるわね

All right. Good bye.

私の仕事もここでする

Good bye. And then we have the tatami room as our bedroom.

私の場所は散らかってるから 見せないわね

And, Life in Japan studio and Nate's office.

収納はいつも不足してるわ

And my office. It all happens here.

収納のコツは？

It's usually, my side is usually pretty messy, so we won't show mine too much.

真空パックを使って 押入れや ベットの下に入れる

I have way too much stuff and not enough storage space.

そうだね！

What do we do for storage with all of the stuff?

最後は断捨離

We put them in air vacuum bags and stuff them in the tatami closet and under the bed.

これに気付いた人は 少ないでしょう

Very true! And we throw stuff away.

吹き抜けがあります

Here's a little part that maybe, people who watch don't really know.

家の真ん中

There's a hole. There's a huge hole in our house.

声が通ります

Right up the middle there.

パパが来る！

And while it's very nice for shouting.. Daddy come upstairs!

いい空間ですが 何かに使えそうな気もします

It's very nice for that, but it's a lot of space that is just there and not used.

もう1個部屋ができる

There could be like a whole room right here.

確かに

There could be. It could be a closet.

クローゼットとか

Alright, let's go upstairs. Up these stairs - you have seen them before.

2階に行きます

And here we go.

よく動画にも出る階段です

This is the most challenging room of the house.

行きましょう

Because it's the laundry, it's the sink.

一番忙しい部屋ね

And it's the entrance to the bath.

洗濯機と洗面所

So, when it's teeth brushing time, all 4 kids are trying to fit in there and it's just a little bit tight.

お風呂もある

The washing machine too.

歯磨きの時間は 子供4人が集まって大混雑ね

And the washing machine.

洗濯機もある

It just all gets crammed in there. All in there. All 6 of us using that.

洗濯機ね

Usually not at the same time.

- 全部集まってるね - 6人で使う場所

And then you come into my kitchen.

同時じゃないけど

My very large kitchen. It's very nice.

次は台所

You have to buy add-ins and just be very organized.

広い台所！最高ね！

Although I have a very large kitchen for Japan.

収納グッズを揃えて 整理しているわ

So I'm very thankful for that and I got a large fridge.

日本では大きい台所

You buy units that work for what you want.

冷蔵庫も大きくて感謝

And then here you go.

収納用品よ

The living and dinning room.

次はこちら！

So, since this has to be our dinning and living,

リビングとダイニング

We have an expandable table so we can fit more people around it if we need to.

我が家のダイニングとリビング

But most of the time we just leave 5 chairs around because we can hardly fit 6 chairs around.

テーブルは伸長式だから 人数に合わせて大きく使える

And we have an air/heating unit up there,

いつもは椅子を5つ出してるわ

But, we have to put a curtain between the kitchen and the living otherwise all the cold air just goes straight in there.

頭上には空調

We tried putting in another air conditioner here.

台所に冷気が逃げないように カーテンで仕切っている

But this wall will not support it, it's not made to hold another air so that was shut down.

反対側に置きたかったけど

And then we have a gas heater - it's Tokyo gas.

向こうには置けない仕様だったから

So it's much cheaper than those LP gases that a lot of houses have.

東京ガスのガスヒーター

And that saves us a lot of money in the winter because you have a gas heater.

灯油ストーブより安価

But it really ruins the feet of my furniture so this table is on it's last leg - literally.

暖房代の節約になるわ

There's only one outlet in this room and it's behind the sofa,

テーブルの柱が痛むのが欠点ね

So you have to have all cables for the TV, for the switch, everything has to go all the way around there and plug in right there.

コンセントはソファの後ろの1個だけ

Every apartment and house in Japan has a patio because you have to dry your clothes out there.

テレビや家電には 延長コードを使っているわ

So you buy these hangers, you wash your laundry in the laundry room,

日本では洗濯物は ベランダで乾かすのが普通です

And you hang them up outside. And you hope for sunny days!

洗濯物をハンガーに吊るして

And if not, you get way behind!

外に干す

Our house in America, and especially Brazil,

晴れますように！

Was much bigger, because we are used to the big western houses,

雨だと洗濯物がたまる

So coming here to Japan was a big adjustment.

アメリカやブラジルで住んだ家は

To get used to a smaller house - where did the bug go?

スペースが広かったので

Where did it go? Where'd it go?

日本での生活は挑戦でした

Joshua get the bug.

広さが段違いだからです

Sarah, how crazy is this?

バグは？

Your flowers are still alive!

どこ？

It's alive forever.

ジョシュアが捕まえる

How? Cause God made it and God made it not die.

サラ すごいね！

It's the day before we travel.

この花 まだ元気だね！

Everyone is busy getting ready to travel, and that means I'm working on getting a lot of Life in Japan videos done.

永遠に満開！

The kids are busy as well.

- 本当？ - 神様なら出来るよ！

Anna's working at the piano. Whatcha working on Anna?

明日から旅行です

Science.

長旅なので エピソードをいくつか先に作りました

How's it going?

子供も忙しそうです

Good, it's fun actually. It's fun? Wow.

アナはピアノで勉強中 何してるの？

You like it? I actually like it.

順調？

Oh, that's awesome.

面白い

I'm going to go upstairs and see what's happening up here now too.

面白い？

Here we go.

- 理科が好き？ - 好きだと思う

This one didn't know how to draw "ro" so it went piru.

いいね！

And what about the red one?

2階の様子を見てみましょう

What are we working on here?

行きましょう

Summer break homework. Get it done, huh?

「ろ」の描き方を知らないから

So go back to the story and see what does it say?

赤いのは？

What's his name though?

何してるの？

Chiku's ribbon is...

夏休みの宿題

Red.

頑張ってる？

Chiku goes to ...

お話に戻ってみて 何て言っている？

Yep.

名前は？

Ok now try the next one by yourself.

チクは…

Tomorrow we are leaving on our big summer trip.

そう

And if all goes well, by the time you see this we will have returned.

次は自分で

And we have some big news to share with you.

明日から長旅に出ます

It's going to be an awesome video. Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss it. It's coming up soon on Life in Japan.

帰国した時に 旅の様子をお届けできると思います

You got it? Are they negative?

特別なニュースもあります！

Negative. One of them is Becca's though.

チャンネル登録をお忘れなく！

A final confirmation before we can travel.

近日配信します！

Ok, let me go check mine.

来た？陰性？

It is indeed there. And it is indeed negative.

- 陰性 - ベッカかな

We all want to travel and now celebrate. Celebrate!

出発前の最終確認です

Celebrate! We're going!

私の結果も確認させて

Hi. About our covid tests.

- 大丈夫だね - 陰性！

We are all negative!

全員で出発できるね！

Hey not so little little Reutter kids.

お祝いだ！

Do you know what?

COVIDの検査だけど

Guess what?

みんな陰性だった！

Tomorrow we are going to Brazil.

ライターキッズのみんな

That's right! And our covid tests came back all negative which means we can travel.

知ってる？

Hi!

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