Spending Japan New Year’s Holiday at my Japanese wife’s parent’s house in Aichi Prefecture. This is what it is like living in Japan outside of Tokyo and how Japanese families spend New Year’s Eve together and what happens the following days. Life in Japan can be different than most countries, but as long as your able to appreciate Japanese culture and the differences, it can feel like home. We spend time with Maiko’s Japanese family including her sister and new husband. Also, Wolfy meets grandpa for the first time in his life. It’s been a lonely few years for many Japanese families, as they’ve avoided returning home for the Holidays and even this year, many areas urged their city family members to avoid travel in fear of getting sick. Luckily for us though, we’re all able to finally get together and welcome both Wolfy and Junya to the family. As many of you know, from following the channel this last year, Maiko and Wolfy had quite a few health issues so I’m personally thankful that our family was able to get through this year. It’s nothing but struggle city when trying to create content while tending to sick family members at the same time. I can wish for nothing more than a healthy family for 2023.
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Don't feel embarrassed that the men sit in the lounge drinking while the womwn are in the kitchen. i grew up in Australia and that was typical in family groups, parties etc.
Everything looks so lovely! Happy New Year!
Wolfy has taste, watching Mickey Mouse clubhouse
Hurray!!! ❤️
In a bachelor apartment provided by the company in Japan, I usually run in the hallway after taking a bath at the other end (morning, common shower)which is our unit on the opposite end. Hallways are usually cold.
Wolfy is a good son because okane is for Daddy (Daddy no).
Thank you for sharing your family, it was truly a treat 🙂 Very nice family!
The food looks delicious. It is making me hungry. Thanks for sharing the video.
Happy New Year to you and your family Paolo! Love your videos! I'm looking forward to another great year of behind the scenes and days in the lives!!!
Long time lurker here, it's shocking how fast wolfy is growing up 0:
Happy New Years ya'll 🙂
Lost my dog today… This was nice to watch
amazing video
Love the video about home and family life…. Happy new year!
Where in Japan does your in laws live? It looks like a really chill location
Hope you and your family are safe and healthy for the new year!
I know a lot of YouTubers would never do this. Thank you so much. I’ve done this and it makes me very happy knowing someone else went through this. 🙏🏽
I can’t help it to think Japan is a colt country, expression of love is not done. That’s not healthy, you also can see it in the decline of numbers in marriage and child birth. Affection is what everyone wants and need’s
As someone who lost their grandfather at the latter part of last year. I hope that wolfy and jiji have some very fond memories together. It is always a treasure to remember those times with my grandfather hopefully wolfy will treasure these memories too.
Hey Paolo, will you teach your son to speak in Filipino?
Thank you for sharing the New Year time of your family. I appreciate being part of it. Great job on the videos.
Great video brother ❤
Lovely family! I can see Jiji is having so much fun!
Wait i didn’t know Maiko’s sister was the one that works at the toyota car repair shop😮
Hope you were able to come out this time
I love your videography. A lot of people will edit things that make them look unreal and idyllic. I like how down to earth all of your videos feel. Happy new year Paolo, here's to a good year.
Such a great episode. I hope Wolfy is doing ok now
Happy New Year to you and your family !! 🎄🎄Glad to see your in laws. Cheers !! 🍺🍺
now that you mention i completely forgott about Gaki no Tsukai 😮
Wolfy is soooo adorables 🤗🤗🤗
How fun. Here in the states, it’s watching the parade on tv, then football.
thank you for sharing the culture, learned new things.
Can you please show us how your mother in law makes the karaage? It looks so delicious 😀
Ahh krispykreme i wish there was krispykreme in germany…
omg u share the same hair style with ur kid
some how I was expecting the regular music intro
Such a lovely family ❤ wolfie is such a paolo jr 😂
the moment wolfy hugged grandpa. Check out grandpa's facial expression 😍😍😍
7:06 In Japan, many people spend watching the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen ( NHK紅白歌合戦）on TV on New Year's Eve from 7.30pm to 11.50pm.
men are hanging out and women are in kitchen …..so typical …😂😂😂
Hey Paolo, i gotta know how that Dank IPA taste like lmao. No thats a beer i can get behind 🤣
It was nice new year. We went Hiroshima to introduce our youngest to my grandparents. They were just like this. So thank you for sharing this.
10:40 "New Year's Eve soba (年越しそば）" is literally soba eaten on New Year's Eve, and is not usually eaten after the new year, but I don't know for sure.
I love this, not only grandpa meeting the child but also the sisters playing together @~6:50 and "not so young boys being boys with dad (grandpa) having a beer, etc"
loooooool having no kids is AWESOME. Wolfie ( awesome name, though… ) will ruin this channel.
Maiko looks very beautiful looking natural
hi Paolo I saw erina before in your vlog she was in the Japanese repair worker in Toyota vlog and I also noticed the big horn in your in laws stair hehehe