So if you've been watching my second channel Tokyo zebra

You already know that Maiko and I are moving apartments here in Tokyo

If you haven't seen any of those videos and you want to see what we're doing in our regular lives

Then definitely check out that channel

But in this video I wanted to break down the moving process

Here in Japan and show you all the ins and outs of the entire move

But before we start our video if you want to help support the channel

definitely check out the Tokyo merch and I did ask the moving company RT Kochi Center if I could film this video and not only

Did they say that I could film the video, but they would do it for free

So without further ado, let me take you behind the scenes of my move here in Tokyo

So before the actual moving and packing day the moving company came over to inspect our place

Using a tablet the coordinator confirmed what items and furniture would be moved to the new apartment. And what would be thrown away?

After that he thoroughly explains the move process and optional services in the standard service

We pack on her own and the company moves our boxes and furniture to the new location

But since Michaels 8 months pregnant we opted for the full service which includes packing and unpacking services meaning

We really only need to prepare the fridge and valuable items. We may have as I show you the entire process

Let me know in the comments how it differs from your country

So the professional Packers should be coming shortly

basically, what they're gonna do is they're gonna help us I pack all of our stuff today and then tomorrow the actual movers are gonna

Come and then the following day that professional Packers will come back and they'll unpack everything for us

So from day one, I was blown away. I've never opted for the service before in my previous

Tokyo moves always opting for the standard service

first of all the Packers put on brand new pair socks when they come into our

Apartment to ensure that they're not bringing in any dust from outside

The service itself is called apron service and rightfully so the ladies are wearing aprons and they specialize in

packing and

Organizing before the apron service commences the ladies lay down

Protective mats to ensure that the floors are not scuffed during the process

And since our studio apartment is so small and we're still sleeping here tonight. They also covered our bed

On the boxes the Packers carefully note the details of what's being packed where it came from and its

destination in the new place, by the way

They use a red tape to indicate

Sweet with extra care yellow meaning that you need it right away at the new place and white means it's a standard box

What's pretty cool about this service is that they pack everything including your plates

They actually just pack it in normal boxes

Just like the white boxes that you see behind me

But we wanted to show you the actual boxes you use if you don't get the full service

They'll send you this like really sturdy plastic box

we're like

collapses and then turns into a full box and then it has like these little

dividers where you can put your plates your cops your bowls and it's a pretty

Convenient and you can see that my Co is behind me doing it right now. How is it Michael?

Yeah, you have to wrap it in the papers and stuff

It is pretty easy if they were just a

Different types, like this is close. I like small plates

Like you like it suck it up and like it's really hard

The packers uses pre-constructed

Collapsible hanger boxes to move all the hanging clothes from the closet

This saves quite a bit of time and it's much cleaner than just dumping clothes in a box or even the trash bag

Which I've seen other people do before. Oh and they also have a special box to carry shoes

Okay, so here we are half of the studio space is filled with boxes with some boxes in the kitchen

but we still need to access the fridge and the bathroom so they left a little space for us to

Do the inside of the fridge turn it off

So, this is the second day of remove we just woke up took a shower

It was kind of weird sleeping with all of these boxes kind of our last night here

But super excited for the movers to come and move all of our stuff to our new place. Anyway, the movers should be here shortly

So this is day two and this is what would be included in the standard of moving service

After a nice greeting the movers carefully cover the apartment building floors entrance doors elevators and even inside of the room

Basically blanketing the entire moving route to ensure that they don't scratch dents or damage any parts of the building

And then before the movers start moving boxes and furniture

They greet the neighbors to let them know that they'll be moving today and apologize in advance for any noise and inconvenience that they caused

One thing that I

Really appreciated is that the movers also clean the furniture as they go so they don't bring dust into the new apartment

It's super nice because some of my furniture has been in hard-to-reach spots, which has collected dust over many years

So it's only been about an hour and they've moved more than a half of our stuff already they're moving at lightning speed

It's pretty cool to watch all of this happen in person

This cabinet behind me has a glass kind of door at the top of it

And I've been using it as a whiteboard this entire time

So that's kind of like a dry erase marker on it and I've asked them to see if they cannot actually

Erase that dry erase marker. We'll see if it actually comes back like intact at the next place

So when they move larger furniture the movers use these quilted fabric tubes of different sizes to accommodate the type of furniture

I'm not sure though, but I don't think many countries use these quilted tubes. Anyway, let me know

They even prepare a special plastic cover for the mattress

For furniture that doesn't fit through the doors like this bed, they'll break it down and they'll actually rebuild it at the new place

I showed him off

And there you go the trucks are all filled

And here's the bathroom all cleaned out

All right, so we just oh we just got here the movers are here right now

The movers just got here

They're gonna go downstairs is the hallway and do all like the wall protection in the ground protection

So it's actually pretty amazing. Is that at the previous apartment?

They were able to move and like pick up everything within like three hours or so. It's really really fast

Now the hair they took on our lunch break and yeah, let's see how the rest of the move goes. Oh

And he also changes into brand new socks at the new place as well

So even before they start they put a protective cover on the floor even inside of the apartment, especially in the high-traffic area

So they don't make any scratches also, they put covers along the walls, which is really nice

Movers also set furniture and specified places so we don't have to move it later on but in the case

We do the moving service does include one free layout change within one year after the move

When they bring in the boxes, they don't put them directly on the floor

But instead they use a cover sheet to protect the floor. Oh

And that's a cabinet that I'm using as a whiteboard, let's see if they were able to preserve the writing I had on it oh

Nice all the writing is still there

Please put that one in the middle and the other one here

Can you move it a little bit more to the left perfect. Oh and here are the clothes

You're doing in my god

Yeah, I'm jumping for the stuff to store stuff

Just don't change

advice, yeah

about these guys

So good morning everyone

This is day. Three and our final day of moving with a Japanese moving company

The apron service ladies should be coming in the next few minutes to help us unpack all of our stuff

We have a ton of boxes to unpack. So it will be really nice to get their help especially since Michaels pregnant

First of all, I

Underestimated their unpacking service the apron service ladies didn't just unpack our stuff, but they also organized things for us

in fact

They tell us that if we don't know how to organize go teach us how to organize closets and kitchen cabinets

They even refolded our clothes and resorted them for our new closet configurations. And there you go. The closet looks much cleaner than before

They also provide a free kitchen sheets to put on the bottom of the cabinets to cushion the pots and pans nice

They're really good like I'm doing makeup right now

that's very much I care about but like she's like reorganizing my stuff and like she's asking me like Oh,

What do I wear often? Like what I don't use usually use this is I could be folding stuff

Yeah

Good

And when they finish they call headquarters on speakerphone and confirmed that the unpacking has been completed to our satisfaction

So that concludes the video a whole three days and were completely

Done with moving having a Japanese moving company, like art made it just so easy

I've actually done several moves in Tokyo before but never with a packing and unpacking

Service and it made it so much easier and faster Michael and I are not completely done outfitting this stuff

But we'll be doing that on the other channel Tokyo zebra

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