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thank you
hey guys good morning and welcome to my
brand new apartment it looks the same
but it's actually a completely different
room we'll get into that in a minute oh
God cat toys everywhere this is another
project I've been working on this month
that's been keeping me really really
busy but first let's say hi tomorrow
you excited to be in the Vlog again
yeah
they missed you
well he's sleepy we were playing all
morning so he's exhausted today's video
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satisfied with your frames yeah so as
many of you guys know I started a little
stationery business with my friend ushka
who lives down in Tokyo it's been really
fun and we've been looking for a place
that we can use as an office up here in
Northern Japan normally I go down to
Tokyo once a month and chill at ushka's
house and stay there for a few days and
we do all the packing and shipping and
everything but now that Mara was here I
kind of wanted a place up here so we
could kind of take turns and go back and
forth and rent is so affordable up here
in North Japan that honestly for the
price of like a week of Hotel you can
just get an entire apartment so I rented
another room in my building to use as an
office and for a place for Usher to stay
when she comes up here so we've got this
cool sofa bed here that Maro has decided
is his it's really cool you can just
like pull this part down and it folds
out into a sofa bed really easily our
little business started as more of a
hobby for both of us because we love
stationery and we wanted to share it
with people around the world that also
love Japanese stationery but we've kind
of decided that we're going to focus a
lot on it this year and try to be
profitable enough so that we can donate
some money to our favorite cat shelters
in Japan so that's our goal we're gonna
work our hardest and now that I've got
this space that I can dedicate to just
organizing our stock and keeping
everything in order I think it will make
that a lot easier so I'm really excited
about it I've been spending a lot of
time down here kind of sorting out where
to put the furniture Etc so Maro has
been down here with me I've got his cat
tower over here I've kind of set up all
his
food and
toys and stuff eventually I will bring
him into my regular apartment of course
but because I've been spending so much
time down here we're kind of just living
down here while I'm setting it up he's
got this cute little washing machine
scratcher I love this I got this from a
store called awesome store in Shibuya I
think it's a brand new store they have
some really cool house stuff over here I
got him this water fountain but he hates
it he won't touch it so I don't know
what to do to make it more appealing
over here I've got an automatic feeder
that will feed him twice a day just a
little portion of dry food I don't like
feeding him dry food he has a diet of
mostly wet food but he really loves this
dry food and it's kind of like his
comfort food so I wanted to have this
for him while he's getting settled in
here and eventually I'm hoping to switch
him to an all raw diet if you guys have
any advice on creating a homemade raw
food for your cats tell me what your
cats liked any tips would be very much
appreciated because I have a feeling
it's going to be really hard to get him
to eat it
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it's a miracle
yeah I'm gonna be making me so soup
later every time I show me some soup in
a video you guys asked for my recipe
it's very very simple but I will show
you how I like to make it we'll be doing
that for dinner tomorrow looked sleepy
so I set up the bed for him this is what
it looks like when it's turned into a
bed it's really comfy actually
surprisingly comfy I was just about to
take you guys outside to film The Sakura
because the sun is finally out and they
just started blooming here in morioka
I'm not sure if the main park downtown
that I showed you guys in the fall I
don't know if their soccer are blooming
yet but I thought we could go for a walk
and check them out but I noticed that I
had a package in the mail let's quickly
open it together
I ordered some clothes from Asos oh this
is the one I'm the most excited about
the colors were so pretty I think it was
Nike no Puma it looks perfect
so it's got one dark purple sleeve and
one pink sleeve and I thought it would
just be adorable for spring cute that is
a definite yes I'm really glad I got
that
next is a t-shirt that's already covered
in cat hair it's got tigers on it
why is it so big I was actually worried
that this was gonna be too small because
I ordered it in a small
I guess it's men's I don't know that's
really big for a small but I'm sure I
can make it work tuck it in or something
the Design's awesome and last another
tiger shirt I'm prepping for next year I
think next year is year of the tiger
finally
it's my year oh no it's a crop top might
be able to make it work I'm not a fan of
cropped shirts they're just not
flattering on Me Maybe it's baggy enough
that if I wear
high jeans it won't be too cropped I
like the design though I never have much
luck ordering online but I kind of don't
have a choice because Nothing fits me
here in shops in Japan hopefully those
tops aren't too bad but at least I got a
cute spring hoodie out of the shipment
so I'm happy about that let's go find
some Sakura I decided to bring you guys
across town to one of my favorite spots
to see the Sakura in marioca We're Not
Gonna know if they're blooming until we
get there but that tree was in Perfect
full bloom so I think we have good
chances lots of these trees are in Bloom
as well so I think the spot that I'm
hoping for will be look at those cute
little daffodils down there too I don't
remember those from last year someone
must have planted them okay we've made
it to the place I wanted to take you
guys and they are blooming I think
they're in full bloom they look
beautiful from what I can see these
weeping Sakura are also in bloom
but I don't think they're full bloom yet
there's still some buds on them
so we'll come back to see them when
they're fully blooming because they're
so beautiful these are probably the most
beautiful trees in all of morioka oh
this one looks like it's almost ready
look at that
so this here is my favorite spot it's
basically on the outskirts of downtown
along the riverbank but the Sakura here
form a tunnel and it's just so beautiful
look at this
please
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oh I'm so glad they're blooming aren't
they beautiful you do see lots of people
come here to take photos but it's not
one of the spots that gets too crowded
so it is pretty easy to come here and
get some nice photos or video there's
the shinkansen going by can you see it
thought I'd also bring you guys to the
Castle Park while we're in the downtown
area and the Sakura are in full bloom
here I don't think I've ever been here
in the spring
um at least when the Sakura were in full
bloom but this is pretty impressive
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in the description box I'll link the
video on my live stream channel where I
showed you guys the fall leaves because
this park is so gorgeous in the fall as
well as you can see all these trees here
are bare that's because they're maple
trees
looks like all the Sakura are kind of
outside of the castle walls
there is one more place that I really
want to go so I'm hoping that Quinlan
will be up for it when we hang out it's
a lake and I haven't been there since
the first time I lived in morioka which
was like 15 years ago but I remember it
being a really good sucker spot so
hopefully we can hit that up together I
just got home and there was a package in
the mail for Morrow from ushka tomorrow
what's this come see what's that
present for you
I think I know what it is
you're gonna like this
oh come here
no
what's your favorite
say thank you ushka tomorrow say thank
you say thank you
all right time to make some miso soup
for dinner miso soup is one of the
easiest soups to make basically you only
need three things miso paste Dashi and
number three whatever ingredients you
want to add to your soup it's completely
up to you here so if I could give you
guys one tip on cooking miso it's to get
all your ingredients cooked and ready to
eat before you add in the miso paste so
once you add in the Miso you don't want
your soup to boil because that will ruin
the flavor so get your Dashi ready cook
all your ingredients in the Dashi except
for the garnishes like say green onions
things you're just gonna sprinkle on top
after put those off to the side but if
you've got tofu or any other veggies
like carrots or something that needs
boiling get that all boiled and ready to
eat in the Dashi and once that's ready
then add in your miso paste you want to
turn off the heat before adding in the
miso paste because if it boils after you
add that in it's going to kind of ruin
the flavor that's basically the one rule
of miso soup put your miso paste in a
big Ladle like this and kind of work it
into the hot water and dissolve it as
you go this will help you evenly
dissolve your miso paste throughout the
soup without mashing up all the
ingredients and that's it that's how
easy it is and honestly you can really
put anything in your miso soup if you
guys try this out tag me in photos on
Instagram and let me know what you
decided to put in your miso soup thanks
so much for chilling with me today you
guys I hope you enjoyed the video I'm so
glad I could show you the Sakura my next
video will be another Sakura Adventure
stay tuned for that you can find my
glasses Down Below in the description
box thank you so much to glassesusa.com
for sponsoring this video you are the
best and I will see you guys again soon
bye for now
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