Author: Nathaniel Reutter

Our Lives in Japan

High-speed trains. Kanji. Crowded cities. Towering volcanoes. Ancient traditions. Cutting-edge technology. Crazy work hours. International business. This is Japan.

American. Brazilian. Christian. Modern musician. Church-planters. Coffee lovers. Movie makers. Multi-lingual. Family of six. This is us, the Reutters (pronounced “writers”).

Put these two things together, and you have a interesting combination of cultures — two opposites that compliment each other, that complete each other. This isn’t just Japan, and this isn’t just about us. This is about Life in Japan.

Sarah’s Summer Festivals

It’s summertime in Japan — which means summer festivals with dancing and fireworks (Matsuri 祭り), Yukatas (the traditional Japanese summer wear 浴衣) and fun Japanese food. This year was Sarah’s first year to dance, and she was so excited! To add to the excitement Sarah turned 5 years old the week before, so we invited her Japanese classmates to come to our house for an American birthday party — and they all came! We shattered the record of people in our house at once, you’ve just got to see the video below!

https://youtu.be/lYzSSoukGWY

And this last picture I just had to include — it was only 3 years ago that Becca & Anna were dancing in this summer festival, and now it’s Sarah’s turn! Wow time flies — but they all look beautiful together!

LIJ Episode Lives Videos

Becca & Anna’s Japanese School

Post author By Nathaniel Reutter
Post date 29 Jun ’18
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Our kids have quite a unique life — they are American/Brazilian and yet go to Japanese school where they interact and learn in Japanese! To make things even more diverse, there are no schools in the world like Japanese schools — why, even the children are trained to do all the cleaning from a young age! And there’s nothing quite like a Japanese Undoukai, or Sports Day. Come enter into a bit of our Japanese/American/Brazilian world as our newest video focuses on Becca & Anna and their school.

https://youtu.be/dPeDcjRBRtg

Music Videos

You Are Good (Music Video)

Post author By Nathaniel Reutter
Post date 14 Jun ’18
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I remember taking Spanish in high school and thinking to myself “When am I ever going to need anything other than English?” I had a hard time staying motivated to learn; my sister Amy was the linguist of the family, and I was the musician. Getting a B in Spanish was good enough for me. When would I ever use a foreign language again? Well, God certainly has a sense of humor. When He spoke very clearly to me about becoming a missionary I thought “You have the wrong Reutter!” But God knows what He’s doing, and all these years we’ve had the opportunity to produce music now in three different languages! God’s love is now reaching out through music in a new language: Japanese. I’m so happy to share with you this music video we produced from our upcoming album Live in Tokyo.

LIJ Episode Lives Videos

One Week Fixer Upper

In one week we transform our brand new location in the Tokyo area into a space that will work to host our church meeting while preparing it to be a cafe! It’s Fixer Upper Tokyo style, as we get to work in this episode of Life in Japan.