Japanese Family Vlog 🇯🇵 Spending New Year | Cherish the limited, ordinary moments in our life 🌱

Thank you for watching this video! I'm Haru from Japan!

In this Japanese vlog. I filmed a day in my life as a university student.

Today I spent New Year's Eve and New Year's Day with my family! We went shopping, ate soba and sushi at my grandfather's house, and went to a shrine to pray for the New Year. I'll share with you how the Japanese traditionally and realistically spend New Year's!

I hope that everyone will cherish the limited time they have with their loved ones and have a wonderful year :)

I started Youtube cuz I wanna share more about attractions of Japanese culture around the world. I also wanna know about the culture of your place!!

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[Haru_is_japanese]

Happy new year! How do you spend New Year's Day normally??

[nakari.]

Haru, you're so cute! Don't worry about calories and weight too much. Feel comfortable to eat everything you want without blaming yourself.

[zephyr]

Haru, don’t be so hard on yourself about your weight! It’s completely normal for young adults to weigh more than they did when they were in high school! People keep growing into their mid 20’s, puberty doesn’t magically stop at age 18. Be kind to yourself, you are young and still growing up!

[Ukiyozzzz]

This type of video makes me feel at ease... Its about the small details in life that truly matters... Thank you for your hard work. Happy new year.

[frambuesacontutifrutti]

I'm a Mexican exchange student and spent New Year alone in Osaka this year; but usually in Mexico, we reunite the whole family and bring different plates like turkey with red sauce, baked pork leg, stuffed pork loin, potatoes souffle, and other dishes. When is 12 o'clock (New Year) we have funny traditions like eating 12 grapes in 12 seconds to make 12 wishes or running out of the house with a suitcase to make a year with a lot of travels, using a specific color of underwear for manifesting money, romance, health, luxury, etc, and hiding under the table for having a partner. Celebrating New Year in Mexico is kinda crazy but is really funny. Happy New Year.

[wolfpack]

Not to be exaggerating but watching your vlogs lately gives me a piece of mind. It really makes me feel like living. Everyday I am just surviving and overthinking, that I dont stop to look at the sky and appreciate it. Watching these peaceful vlogs open my eyes to a lot of things. This new year was nothing special to me, to me it felt like a cycle being repeated again. But slowly I'll try to view myself and the world better i hope :') because that's not the case right now.
Being alone and peaceful is great Haru, finding amazing people like you is difficult these days. Live a good life as you are now :> And I wish you all the best with everything! Happy new year!

[claudiac.]

Here in Spain (and in most Latin countries, I believe) we have dinner with our family and eat 12 grapes on the last 12 seconds of the year. It's our way to say goodbye to the last year and greet the new. Also, some of us jump on our right foot as we eat the last grape as a wish for good luck. It's tradition to put on something red, too! It can be a sweater, shirt, socks... or even underwear lol. When I was young, supermarkets used to sell bags with the "12 lucky grapes" (as we call them) that were cosed with a red ribbon, which you could put on your wrist as a wristband, in case you don't have any red cloth to put on!
The grapes tradition comes because, one year, Spain had a high production of grapes. Farmers did not know what to do with the extra grapes, so they started this tradition. We have even variations with no skin and/or no seeds, so we can eat them easily. If you don't like grapes, you can eat something similar (kids may eat Lacasitos, which are little pieces of chocolate lol).
Then, the first day of the year, most of us have churros with hot chocolate as breakfast and then reunite again with our family to have lunch!

[Emi-eszh]

Happy New Year! Thank you so much for sharing with us how you celebrate New Year. I love watching your vlogs, they make me feel very relaxed and calm and it helps me to view life from a different perspective. I wish you a wonderful year full of success and happiness! Thank you for your hard work. 🙏✨

[AndyHk]

Thank you for a great video and sharing your New Year! (And I’m glad I’m not the only one to clean my room this way, haha)

[nurvinist]

I love the video! In Germany, New Year’s Eve/day isn’t really connected with such cultural or religious traditions. But it’s very common to do Raclette in the evening (kind of a table grill) and then stay up until midnight and after to watch the fireworks. For younger people going out and party is more in common and much alcohol. On the next morning, the first day of the new year everybody’s got a hangover 😂

[filrll]

I would stay outside all day to listen to the voices of the Japanese, they are so good!!!

[riot]

Happy New Year Haru! My family has a tradition of black eyed peas and ham soup on new years day. Thank you for the peek into your day with family!

[LV]

found you channel on new year's eve and I was so immersed by the peaceful pace you live your life. its refreshing and I am working on enjoying things the way you do. i was having ozouni (im from Brazil, Japanese family) and wondering whether haru would have it for new year's day too! I was happy to see your video, I enjoyed it throughly :) oh, and I also have 22y so I was happy to find out im in good luck this year
keep your great work up, haruu

[BerryQueen]

I love your videos - they give me great insight into about life in Japan 😊
Thank you and keep up the good work 😊
Happy New Year and greetings from Poland 🇵🇱!

[Laura_Jacob]

It's so comforting to see Haru happy and enjoying the day with his family! Keep achieving your dreams, I know you can do it and you deserve it.❤

[simonaguerrieri]

You're a very sweet guy, I love your videos!!
Greetings from Italy 🇮🇹👋🏻

[BegonaAlonsovallina]

Feliz año nuevo Haru.Eres un chico excelente ❤. Saludos desde España. Hemos conocido en septiembre tu maravilloso pais y volveremos.😊

[sejbomb]

Just keep moving and replace some of the things like beer with a spirit and a tonic water or replacing sugary foods with a small bar of dark chocolate or some dates. :) small things can make a big difference over a long period of time. Instead of say 2 slices of bread, I’d have one. I’d still get my fix for my craving but in a smaller dose. That way I can be content and not crave binge eating something. I also eat before I go out shopping so I don’t feel I need to suddenly buy fast food.

[anneschmitz]

Gelukkig Nieuwjaar ( happy newyear) from the Netherlands Haru, i really like to see everyday life in Japan trough your videos...

[aelsa]

Im Swedish living in the usa and i make Swedish Christmas food to preserve my culture and remember my family and relatives while living abroad.