Back After Burnout, $880:Mo 🇯🇵 | Dinner for 5

"A rainy night in rural Japan: a dad back at work after burnout, a part-time rehab job at about $880 (¥132,000) a month, and one big pot of soup for a family of five. I'm Yuki, 38. Sixteen years as a physical therapist, then burnout, then 19 months without a job. Last week, I went back. It's been raining here for days. I pick up all three kids after work, come home soaked, and the only thing I want is something warm — for me, for them, and for my wife who's still out in the rain. So tonight: pot-au-feu, with pasta underneath for the kids. Made big enough that tomorrow's dinner is already in the pot. Somewhere between the onions and the rice, I tell you what I was really afraid of when I walked back into healthcare. And what the first two days actually felt like. On a cold, rainy day, when you want something warm — what does your family cook? Tell me your country and the dish. No music — just the real sounds of a rural Japanese home. ── Support the channel ── ☕ Buy me a coffee (one-time, or monthly if you like) https://buymeacoffee.com/yuki_japan 🔔 Or join the channel membership    / @yuki_restart_japan   A slightly closer room, for anyone who wants it. It all goes toward food on the table, repairs on this old house, and the time to keep filming. Nothing is expected — watching is already enough. Chapters 0:00 Opening 0:17 Dear friends 0:38 Home, still in work clothes 1:35 The bath 2:14 Work clothes off 2:56 Rainy-day laundry 3:11 About the job 4:23 Fridge door, no plan 5:49 Wait. The rice. 7:13 Seven cubes 7:37 Chicken 9:22 Cold tofu 10:45 My wife is home 11:33 Soup pasta 12:56 Dinner's ready 13:14 Dinner, all five of us 16:15 What I was afraid of 20:28 Dishes 22:25 Bedtime 23:09 Warmly, Yuki"