[Everyone] The last day of quarantine!

Last day of quarantine!

[Life in Japan Theme Song]

There are many reasons why people create content for YouTube, so why do we do it?

What do you want to do right when we're done?

Go to Kurazushi

I was just going to say that! Go to Kurazushi?

We started our trip with Kurazushi...

Go to Nintendo Land! Go to Nintendo Land?

Momma chan, what do we need to do?

Costco and Gyomu (Supermarket) Kurazushi!

Play Soccer with our friends! Oh yea, fun, fun!

What do you have, Joshua? Is this what you and mommy were working on?

Summer Vacation. Summer Vacation Book.

What did we do this time in the Summer Vacation?!

Um, I forgot a little bit. Forgot?! Where did we go?

Um, to America. To America, yes! Let's see your pictures.

Are they on there?

Oh! This is what we did, huh?

Perhaps one of the greatest cultural phenomenons of recent history is YouTube.

Creators can produce and publish content and then distribute it world-wide with only a phone and an internet connection.

Never before has the world been as connected as it is now.

If you have something interesting and worthwhile to share, then you have a good place to do it.

Tomorrow you go to school! How awesome is that?!

Amazing. Bye bye.

Do you know what today is?

Done, quarantine! Yes, the quarantine is done!

We can play soccer, finally! Finally.

Oh my, but it's a rainy day out today, isn't it?

Dude! Where are you going?!

To back to school! What? Tell me again

Back to school.

Back to school!? Oh yes, look!

The first of the Reutter kids to go back to school in person

Because Anna's here, doing it on her computer again. Can you turn on the light?

Oh yes, the light would be nice.

Tada!

Tada!

Have a good day! Say hi to Aiden and your friends and your teacher!

When you're a foreigner living abroad, you bring a different perspective.

It may seem weird to some, encouraging to others, but a new perspective can be a breath of fresh air.

Our first day out of quarantine means that we are going shopping, shopping, shopping!

How was school Joshua? Good.

Good? Did you have fun today? Yeah.

Hey, you're home, you can take off your mask if you want.

Ah! It's sweating [hot] outside.

Yeah!

We are off on our first adventure back in Japan! We're free from quarantine.

Anna, are you so excited to be free again?

We can go out, we can play at parks, we can... Do this!

I think we can cross right here, can't we?

Well it sure looks like it, whoa!

I feel right back at home now.

The life we live as foreigners in Japan is anything but normal, and it's certainly very challenging.

But more often than not, it makes for interesting content.

I hope we're going the right way...

This is cool, even if it's not the right way.

The Eisenmann's are taking us on an adventure to a park near us that we've never actually been to

Yep- I knew it. Oh, it's the Eisenmanns, yes, long time no see!

Happy birthday! Whoa!

KK - my goodness! You're huge!

What did you find? Whoa! You're rich!

Yeah, really.

The Eisenmanns are good friends of our, and one of their 5 boys is having a birthday.

Hey birthday boy, how old are you? 5?!

Just like Joshua, awesome! I have a finger on my... a bandaid on my finger.

Are you 4 or 5? I'm 4!

Alright everybody, let's get started!

But what YouTube can't show is what life is really like when the camera is turned off and no one is watching.

YouTube, like anything else online, only shows what the creator wants you to see.

But a life worth living is one that's built on more than just appearances.

That's what I'm talking about, he wants to light his own candle — with some help.

[Everyone singing "Happy Birthday"]

We're not here to show off a great life, or to try to appear like someone we're not,

and we're not here to make a living off of YouTube, even though the extra income is nice.

We're here to share our life and joy with you, and YouTube lets us do just that.

Let's eat cake!

That's some pretty bamboo.

There's no water coming through it, so you have to move it by hand, huh? I'm missing a kid.

Oh uh.

This is like the original playground. This is, man.

Like the first one ever built.

Here comes Sarah!

What did you find Joshua?

A worm! Oh my goodness! Look at that worm.

So right here, this park is awesome, do you know why?

Look right here — this is real grass in Japan. Oh it's lovely!

It's — oh! And there's a real Antony too.

The reason why we YouTube and the reason our team runs a coffee shop and a church are one and the same.

What's up Ben san?!

Gettin' it! Gettin' it? You all ready for this?!

Learning to get ready for it. Livestream control, here we go.

So we're back at Paz Coffee Shop—Yes! It's good to be back!

And we're setting up for the livestream that Paz Church has every Sunday.

John, that looks like a great camera angle there!

Ben's on those lights. Hello!

Alright, we've got our studio setup

On screen they're right next to each other, but in real life?

6 meters baby. Oh oh oh

We're getting all tested, everything's all ready to go

Paz Church here, real soon!

Powerful testimony today with Miwa. She's sharing the message, and it's so good! Check out Paz Church.

(Singing) This is glowing in the dark!

Oh my goodness! Are you playing basketball? Yeah.

You try, you try. OK, ready?

Oh, my hand is on fire, ah!!

Bam! Slam dunk! Awesome!

I'm going to do a slam-dunk here. OK, you do a slam-dunk.

Awesome!!

We love building bridges between people and cultures, and so we value learning Japanese and having our kids learn it as well.

That's why they're enrolled in Japanese school.

Whoa Daddy, you scared me. I thought you were Becca.

Definitely not Becca. Yea, you're Daddy.

Are you ready for your first official day back to school?

Yea, but not my homework. Oh, not your homework? Your homework's not ready?!

I still have this... Ah!

It's the girl's first day back to real school,

That's right, things are getting back to normal here.

OK? Whew! Anna!

We're loaded up!

Well hey Sarah! We ready to load up your bags? Yeah.

Are you ready for your first day back to school? Yea.

Awesome! Wow, it seems like forever since you actually went to school, huh? Yeah.

No, this is really light. And this. What about that?

It's so light.

Bye Anna Banana! Bye Mommy chan!

Love you! Have fun! God bless you!

We want to be a bridge, a connection between our family and yours, our life and yours.

A spark to light your heart with the love.

Wow- look at the girls! It's our first day back to school in person.

They've been online for a couple of weeks but now, everything is loaded up for them to go in person.

And Big J, you're already for school, huh? This is my 3rd time.

Your 3rd day going back!

This is the girl's first day, but you've already gone back for 3 days.

Oh, I'm so happy to go back.

Oh, well that's so good, I'm glad.

Because there's Aiden at school.

Oh, there's Aiden at school, yeah!

Bye guys! Bye!

This is the first time since we left for the States that I am home by myself!

And now I finally get to work and do kind-of-like a normal work day. This is actually very exciting.

Sarah, I was just coming to meet you and you're already here!

How was your first day back to school? Good!

Good! How's your backpack? Is it super heavy? Heavy.

Oh, was it fun to see your friends again? Yeah.

Yeah, cool, ok! When I was walking home I saw a lizard.

You saw a lizard on the way home? That's cool.

Guess who's here visiting us? Who?

Joey! Alright, let's go!

Sarah! Welcome home!

There's Joey! Hi Joey!

Here comes the girls now. How was it? How was the day back?

Fine. Fine? Saw your friends again?

Yeah. OK, good.

Good to be home? Yes.

Are your backpacks super heavy?

Yes. We need to break that spider web.

Oh, do it! No, you do it.

Me?!

Becca- you got epic amounts of homework today, huh?

I came home — homework all day already.

No playing outside, no TV... [gasps]

Let's go have dinner at least, OK?

Dinnertime! Bye bye homework!

Anna did you have a bunch of homework today too?

She has to finish her report on nurses.

On nurses!?

What's one of the best things you can do for a YouTuber that you like?

Make sure you subscribe to their channel and click the notification bell.

That's not just for us — that's for you too,

so that when new videos come out, you see them, like the video that is coming out next week

You're not going to want to miss it.

We're heading north to Tochigi prefecture to do 3 nights of camping and see the sights,

but a fluke accident completely changes our plans and has us testing instead the Japanese emergency services.