I Had a Bad Day at Work. Then Came Dinner With My 88-Year-Old Grandpa | Japan Vlog

Rain on the way home, no umbrella, and a small mistake at work that wouldn't leave my head. So tonight I'm keeping a tally of my bad luck — and cooking anyway. Then dinner with Grandpa, where I tell him everything. His first question wasn't the one I expected… 🌸 In this video: ・A bad-day dinner: deli karaage and fried oysters, but a homemade sauce — pink tartar made with shibazuke pickles ・Onion and maitake soup from scratch (600 ml water, two bouillon cubes — the whole recipe is in the subtitles) ・Grandpa's reaction to "I messed up at work": "You actually make mistakes?" ・The cleaning service update, the moment the camera quit mid-dinner, and a dorayaki at the end of the day ───────────────────────── ☕ Support the channel It helps me keep filming — and buys grandpa something good for dinner. https://buymeacoffee.com/masakijapan ───────────────────────── ⏱ CHAPTERS 0:00 Home, soaked. Keeping a tally 1:11 Rice, a bath, and a hair dryer 3:15 Pink tartar sauce (shibazuke, onion, eggs) 5:34 Onion and maitake soup 8:37 Frying the eggs, mixing the sauce 13:21 Deli karaage and fried oysters. Plating 15:10 Dinner with Grandpa. I tell him about my day 18:42 Dishes. Closing the tally 19:55 Dorayaki in my room ───────────────────────── 📖 THE STORY SO FAR Last time, an overtime night and ramen for one while Grandpa slept. This time we eat together — and I have a bad day to report. ▶    • 🇯🇵Worked Overtime Until 10pm, Ramen for On...   New here? Start with why I live with him: ▶    • Why I, a 24-Year-Old, Ended Up Taking Care...   ───────────────────────── I'm Masaki, 24. I work at a factory in Japan. I live with my 88-year-old grandfather and take care of all the cooking, shopping, laundry, and cleaning. This channel is a quiet record of our daily life. If you're living far from Japan and miss the small, ordinary things — I hope this feels like a place to come back to. ───────────────────────── 💬 What's your cure for a bad day — food, a walk, a person? I'll read the answers to Grandpa at dinner. He's still deciding whether mine counts. 📍 Osaka, Japan 🏭 Factory worker, age 24 👴 Living with my grandfather #lifeinjapan #japanvlog #japandailylife #quietlife #osakajapan #caregiving