Comments by "" (@Nynke_K) on "Life Where I'm From" channel.

  1. She looks nice from any angle and especially when smiling! Please tell her we said so :)
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  2. When I heard Greg's wife's voice, I actually thought it was Aiko for a minute and was really shocked! And then when I heard her real voice I was relieved :). But Aiko and Shin are sure growing into tall teenagers!
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  3. You never know with video shoots, but I can completely imagine the worry as she felt her empty stomach and low blood sugar :)
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  4. This made me want to drink some of the d:matcha tea I have! I ordered some about a year ago and it's great! But I now realize I've been saving it for special occasions too much. Better finish it before it goes stale in spite of the vacuum packaging 😅.
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  5. How exciting! I didn't know your wife was also producing these videos behind the scenes. I'd love to see what it's like hiring and working with an architect in Japan!
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  6. I love this! I'm an architecture enthusiast and I always look up intriguing houses on Google Maps too - thanks for showing us what you could of the insides! I would love to get house tours of those places with interior courtyards... Also: I feel a bit sad for the families that lose their wealth but the relative equality is probably worth it for society as a whole. Here in the Netherlands we're probably not quite as equal but fortunately, even most fancy mansions are relatively small - I think definitely smaller than the largest Tokyo ones you showed. But of course they tend to be surrounded by large gardens and open to the outside with large windows!
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  7. Grave of the Fireflies, you mean?
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  8. What a fun and funny video! Seeing you klutz around trying everything out and especially hearing you read out your words after Akko had been told she sounded like she was reading a line IRL - lol! I think I'd give that electric nabe pot a go and make sukiyaki in it. Yum!
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  9. Ooh a part three! Yay! It was really interesting to see what was similar and what was different compared to Norway, which I normally visit every winter. Last Christmas, I was happy to see fresh snow outside the window and I just looked at it, but then my mother in law went outside really quickly to shovel the snow off her driveway. That hadn't even occurred to me yet 😅
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  10. Very cool! I was impressed by your natural form on the bellows and by Akko's stamina hammering the knife. A whole hour! Wow! Also, really curious where the European men with beards were from - couldn't quite place their accents!
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  11. Aha! So that wasn't just me, thinking there was one weird frame at those words :)
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  12. It sounds like such a hard life! I hope that in the future, ramen owners will be able to move towards healthier work hours and better relationships with staff.
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  13.  @tiffanyt6387  right! Where I'm from, in the Netherlands, it's quite normal to ride a pleasure boat through the city in summer, but if it's large, you'll often need to wait for the bridges to open. This often leads to a parade of boats moving from bridge to bridge, when they all open in succession, every half hour or so!
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  14. I'm so glad that they're preserving this craft and other parts of Ainu culture! The government should just allow them to do it the old-fashioned way though - it was sustainable and it would be good to show more humility towards a culture that the Japanese colonised.
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  15. And also we don't have a whole lot of public ones (there are typically more old dirty urinals than sit-down toilets, so women end up using bathrooms in hospitality businesses), although some cities are starting to make an effort on this front. Also, public bathrooms at train stations require a fee
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  16. Oh, this looks like an amazing place! Definitely going on my Japan bucket list, although seeing you bow to get through tiny doors, knowing approximately how short you are compared to my boyfriend, is a bit disconcerting!
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  17.  @doriswaddington2418  I want better lives for people! (And I realize that it may take a lot of change in the Japanese economy)
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  18. The kids, on the other hand, have grown up so much in the last few years! 🤯
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  19. Some of the takeout food has been really amazing, as many (fancy) Dutch restaurants have started doing delivery. They give you detailed instructions on heating and plating and it's been so wonderful to be able to eat some really amazing food without worrying.
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  20. I kept thinking, wow, that's a long bike ride! But in the end it's all the filming and the sheer hours that adds to the trip that makes it a really long day! Kudos and thanks! I'm from the Netherlands and we cycle A LOT... Largely on one-way separate bike lanes and otherwise along with motorised traffic on the main road, but cars know to watch out for us and give us space. And on the cycle lanes, you hardly ever encounter any pedestrians, so there's none of that weaving in and out with unpredictable people going at different speeds and in opposite directions and left and right! That really stressed me out when I cycled a little in Kanazawa. It really takes a lot of attention and patience!
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  21.  @LifeWhereImFrom  you totally should and I would love to show you around!
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  22. Aha, so house parties do exist in Japan! You always hear from expats that they don't really see them. Maybe that's because world parties are typically held at restaurants and izakaya? Also: it was fun to see that while the food shown here was much more labour-intensive than what you'd get at a typical Dutch party, we're not the only ones stashing cool drinks on our balconies :).
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  23. I've primarily cycled in and around Utrecht over the past 10-15 years so I'm spoiled, but what stressed me out about cycling in Kanazawa and Kyoto (and would stress me out about cycling in Tokyo) is having to negotiate for space with pedestrians on sidewalks. They're often busy and I felt quite insecure about how close I could get to people and if it was okay to ring my bell and make them step aside. I wonder what the rankings are based on exactly though - back to the video!
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  24. Here in the Netherlands, surviving winter comfortably is mostly just about wearing enough rain gear. But a few weeks ago we actually had some snow, and it actually remained on the ground for more than a few hours, days even! And we even had some mini snowbanks (about 40cm wide) because there was too much snow on the roads to melt with salt! Very exciting. We're not used to much anymore after our cold spell / pre-global-warming boon in the 1980s
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  25. What a nightmare! My current commute is a cushy 8-minute cycle ride, but even when I move out of town, it will still be relaxed and no more than an hour. Please do show us more of the Philippines; it's fascinating!
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  26. I guess bicycles are stolen six times as often where I'm from 😅. Lock your bike, Greg! Although, if you can get a new one for as little as €150... 🤷🏼‍♀️ I was struck especially by the adult bikes with tiny wheels. Do they have gears so you don't have to peddle frantically all the time?
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  27. I LOVE this video! It's the video I would have requested if I had pit enough thought into it, and it's better than what I would have asked for :). I love machiya and traditional wooden houses in general, and I've been really curious about what they're like inside. I can't believe these monuments are still being torn down! And on traditional houses where I'm from: they also have or had steep wooden stairs and wood and straw walls, but only on the inside (and covered with wallpaper): the outside walls of Dutch townhouses are typically all brickwork.
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  28. It was a fun surprise to see those international students in the Netherlands, where I'm from! You could tell they were at pancake restaurant even though all the food has been eaten, because there were syrup and sugar on the table :). And I'm so glad casual wear is so normal here (at least where I work, in academia)
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  29.  @ErebosGR  glad to hear santokus are okay for ambidextrous use! That's what my other-handed partner and I would get if we ever upgrade...
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  30. I wish we had this here! But can you choose when in the day they'll deliver, or do you have to stay home so you can transfer the packages to your freezer immediately?
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  31. I had to pause, make this comment and rewind after learning that Hakkode mountain gets THIRTEEN METERS of snow in a winter. Whaaat!
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  32. And he needed to bow deeply!
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  33. Lol at the coveralls! And OMG are those onsens and views wonderful.
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  34. What a delightful video!
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  35. What an unexpectedly cool experience!
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  36. Where I'm from, the tiny buildings are public toilets and electricity conversion stations and, every now and then, a garden shed (converted into housing)
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  37. What a perfect little documentary! Interesting, educational, great cinematography, and it gave me a warm feeling inside! And a plan to go look for that sweet tea - unlike you, I'm really not into the roasted types, or matcha.
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  38. Very interesting, thank you! (and that little train in the snow... What a fairytale!)
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  39. Very interesting! Looking forward to the next one!
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  40. This was fun! But it's a shame that not all the Japanese has English subtitles.
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  41. Very cool!
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  42. This is so interesting and beautiful! And good to see that the apprentices get some space to stand out as individual craftsmen as well - it sounds like a good balance!
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  43. I love this so much! And now I have a serious case of pottery envy :)
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  44.  @LifeWhereImFrom  interesting! In the Netherlands, I think having friends of friends over is not as usual, but on birthday parties and the like, guests will still meet new people because the host will invite everyone they like from work as well as various circles of friends and family.
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  45. I love soba and loved seeing this!
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  46. This is interesting and I'm really looking forward to the upcoming videos!
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  47. ​ @sonarsphere are you kidding us? 😆
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  48. Nooooo!
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  49. not true for the Netherlands: here it's because of the tax system (and scarcity)
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