The disruption and change to daily life cannot be overstated

對日常生活的干擾和改變怎麼強調都不為過。

it's not just the kids who have to learn a whole new system — it's the parents too!

不僅僅是孩子們要學習一個全新的系統--家長們也要學習!

Here's what Life in Japan is like when your kids enter a new Japanese school.

當你的孩子進入一所新的日本學校時，這裡的生活是什麼樣子。

[Life in Japan Theme Song]

[生活在日本的主題曲]。

Sakura marks not only the beginning of Spring in Japan, but one of the times of greatest change within society.

櫻花不僅標誌著日本春天的開始，而且是社會中變化最大的時期之一。

Yes, great transitions often come right at the beginning of April, when people start new jobs, move to new places

是的，偉大的過渡往往在四月初到來，當人們開始新的工作，搬到新的地方時

or, in our case, start attending different schools

或者，在我們的情況下，開始在不同的學校上學

You do your best to prepare for it, but are we truly ready?

你盡最大努力為它做準備，但我們真的準備好了嗎？

What's going on?

發生了什麼事？

Um, Joshua's getting stuff for shyogako (elementary school)

嗯，約書亞正在為Shyogako（小學）買東西

Becca and Anna are getting stuff for chuogako (junior high)

貝卡和安娜正在為chuogako（國中）買東西。

Oh my goodness, really?

哦，我的天啊，真的嗎？

And I don't need anything.

我也不需要什麼。

And you don't need anything this time, you're all set.

而且這次你不需要任何東西，你已經準備好了。

This store specializes in selling things needed for our local schools, and there's a lot a things you have to buy in preparation.

這家商店專門出售我們當地學校所需的東西，有很多東西你必須買來準備。

Depending on the school, you will need not only school supplies,

根據學校的情況，你不僅需要學習用品。

but also uniforms, water bottles, P.E. clothes, special backpacks and outerwear,

但也有制服、水壺、體育服裝、特殊揹包和外衣。

bags and containers, not to mention all kinds of other speciality equipment.

袋子和容器，更不用說其他各種特種設備了。

We'll show you all what goes in Joshua's backpack.

我們將向你們展示約書亞揹包中的所有物品。

Is that cool? Yea, I want that one.

這很酷嗎？是的，我想要那個。

Oh K.

哦，K。

Oh that looks like the perfect one for you, let's get it? Yep.

哦，這看起來是最適合你的，我們去買吧？是的。

It's time to get ready for school, that means going to the bank

是時候準備上學了，這意味著要去銀行了

And finishing the last-minute school supplies.

並完成最後一分鐘的學校用品。

Well, at least the rain is romantic, huh?

好吧，至少雨是浪漫的，嗯？

OK, so Joshua, we got him registered for his lunches.

好的，所以約書亞，我們讓他登記了他的午餐。

Now we need to go to Kuroganeya to buy some last-minute...I need some iron-on name tags.

現在我們需要去黑金屋買一些最後的......我需要一些熨燙的名字標籤。

Momma likes this store. She does.

媽媽喜歡這家店。她確實如此。

Ruth will find a way to get this store, but we actually do need it.

露絲會想辦法得到這家商店，但我們實際上確實需要它。

I found what will work

我找到了可以工作的方法

You write their names on there, you can stick it on their things

你把他們的名字寫在上面，你可以把它貼在他們的東西上。

OK, so Joshua starts 1st grade tomorrow and these are the supplies he's going to need.

好了，約書亞明天開始上一年級，這些是他需要的用品。

First of all he needs a randoseru, this is the backpack he will wear/use for the next 6 years.

首先，他需要一個Randoseru，這是他未來6年要穿/用的揹包。

I know it's a bright blue, but we let him pick it and helpfully he likes it for 6 years

我知道這是一個明亮的藍色，但我們讓他挑選，而且很有幫助的是他喜歡了6年。

If not, we'll put a cover on the top.

如果沒有，我們會在上面放一個蓋子。

And then every kid needs this... this is your earthquake [hat]

然後每個孩子都需要這個......這是你的地震[帽子]。

If there's an earthquake, you put it on your head and you follow your teacher.

如果發生地震，你把它戴在頭上，然後跟著你的老師。

But then it goes inside of this bag,

但後來它被放在這個袋子裡。

And then this goes over the back of your seat.

然後這個東西放在你的座位後面。

All these things he'll use for six years.

所有這些東西他都會用上六年的時間。

This is the bag—and it's tons of bags—

這就是包--而且是成噸的包--。

This is the bag, he needs a bag like this just to carry all his supplies in to and from school.

這就是那個包，他需要一個這樣的包，只是為了把他的所有用品裝在裡面往返學校。

This is for lunch. This is his little lunch bag and this is his place mat.

這是為午餐準備的。這是他的小午餐袋，這是他的位置墊。

And he carries this, it hangs on the outside of his backpack everyday.

他帶著這個，它每天都掛在他的揹包外面。

Like this...

像這樣...

Ta-da.

Ta-da.

And then his uabaki bag and his uabakis (inside shoes)

然後是他的uabaki包和他的uabakis（鞋內）。

He takes these to school on Monday and brings them back on Friday and we wash them.

他週一把這些東西帶到學校，週五把它們帶回來，我們把它們洗乾淨。

And this he carries in that bag.

而這是他在那個袋子裡攜帶的。

And then this bag is for his sports clothes...

然後這個包是用來裝他的運動服的......

He has his shirt, his pants and his hat

他有他的襯衫，他的褲子和他的帽子

And they all go in there

而他們都在那裡

And he also, he takes it on Monday and brings it back on Friday and we wash it.

他還在週一拿著它，在週五帶回來，我們把它洗乾淨。

And send it back.

並把它送回去。

OK, and now for supplies.

好了，現在是供應問題。

When he goes tomorrow and he gets all his books, he'll also get a box like this where they put a bunch of things in it.

當他明天去拿他所有的書時，他也會得到一個像這樣的盒子，他們在裡面放了一堆東西。

This is Sarah's, I'm not going to open it because it's a disaster inside of it.

這是莎拉的，我不打算打開它，因為它裡面是一場災難。

This also get their renrakucho which is a notebook where they write down their homework everyday.

這也是他們的renrakucho，也就是他們每天寫下作業的筆記本。

And they also need pencils and stuff, so this is his new pencil case

他們還需要鉛筆之類的東西，所以這是他的新鉛筆盒。

He puts his pencils in it and an eraser.

他把他的鉛筆放在裡面，還有一塊橡皮。

Permeant marker goes there.

滲透性標記去那裡。

He needs crayons, he needs glue, these are extra pencils.

他需要蠟筆，他需要膠水，這些是額外的鉛筆。

Uh colored pencils, scissors, tape, origami

呃 彩色鉛筆，剪刀，膠帶，摺紙

And usually also a notebook that they can just draw in if they're bored or sitting around.

通常還有一個筆記本，如果他們無聊或坐立不安，可以直接在上面畫畫。

Hopefully that answer a lot of your questions,

希望這能回答你的很多問題。

If not you can mention them in the comments and I can try to answer them for you

如果沒有，你可以在評論中提到它們，我可以嘗試為你解答。

Yeah, this is my 4th kid, so I've got this down.

是的，這是我的第四個孩子，所以我已經掌握了這個。

Now what they need in junior high, that is just not known yet.

現在他們在國中需要什麼，這只是還不知道。

We'll find out tomorrow

我們明天就能知道了

And with things ready to go, we decided to enjoy one last picnic under the cherry blossoms before the school year got going again.

一切準備就緒後，我們決定在新學年開始前在櫻花下享受最後一次野餐。

Look at this, so pretty! So cool!

看看這個，太漂亮了!太酷了!

It's the rocky-rock crossing! Oh Sarah, do you like the Rocky-rock crossing?

這是岩石-岩層交叉口!哦，莎拉，你喜歡岩石渡口嗎？

Oh this is cool — so pretty!

哦，這太酷了--太漂亮了!

We found a good spot! A good spot for lunch.

我們找到了一個好地方!一個吃午飯的好地方。

I'm going to try a sakura Oh are you? That could be tough.

我打算試試櫻花哦，你呢？這可能很困難。

[imitating duck sounds]

[模仿鴨子的聲音]

Some ducks are like "boy, that looks good! Yum!"

有些鴨子就像 "孩子，這看起來不錯！"。好吃！"

It's chow time. Chow.

現在是吃飯時間。周。

I dropped it.

我把它丟了。

Oh no Becca! Emergency, Emergency! Sad news!

哦，不，貝卡！緊急情況，緊急情況！悲傷的消息！

Oh look, it's standing on a rock!

哦，看，它正站在一塊石頭上呢!

Give me more camera! If you don't, you know what's going to happen!

給我更多的相機！如果你不這樣做，你知道會發生什麼!

I want to be on Life in Japan!

我想參加《生活在日本》節目!

And with that, we made our way back home — tomorrow would be a big day.

就這樣，我們踏上了回家的路--明天將是一個大日子。

The big sisters are going into Junior High school,

大姐們都要上國中了。

He's got such crazy hair...

他有如此瘋狂的頭髮...

Oh, a nice haircut for the first day of elementary school, oh yea!

哦，小學開學第一天的漂亮髮型，哦耶!

Japan's culture is full of ceremony and tradition, and no where can you see that better than in the first day of a new school.

日本的文化充滿了儀式和傳統，沒有什麼地方能比新學校的第一天更能體現這一點。

Today we will have Joshua's entrance ceremony in the morning and soon after the girl's junior high entrance ceremony in the afternoon.

今天我們將在上午舉行約書亞的入學儀式，不久後在下午舉行女孩的國中入學儀式。

There's a mix of excitement and a little bit of nervousness over what is about to happen.

對於即將發生的事情，人們既興奮又有一點緊張。

Oh my goodness! Ready to learn.

哦，我的天啊準備學習。

Whoa! Or fall over! Don't fall over.

哇!或者摔倒！別摔倒了。

That's not a good... Start.

這不是一個好...開始。

Good start. OK, stand here in front.

好的開始。好的，站在這裡，在前面。

What should I do with this?

我應該如何處理這個問題？

Right here, give it to me.

就在這裡，把它給我。

Wait, am I going in it?! Yea.

等等，我是不是要進去？是的。

Right here in front of them

就在這裡，在他們的面前

Here we go — that Sakura is practically done, and we're heading off to the new year of school.

我們來了--那個櫻花幾乎已經完成了，我們要去新一年的學校了。

It's just us today Sarah Bara, but tomorrow Joshua and your official graduation to older sister.

今天只有我們莎拉-巴拉，但明天約書亞和你正式畢業為大姐。

Oh what a difference from before! Look how everything is blooming and green!

哦，與以前相比，差別真大啊!看，一切都在綻放，綠意盎然!

A little after walking Sarah to school, it was time for Joshua's entrance ceremony,

送莎拉去學校後不久，就到了約書亞的入學儀式。

and Joshua was ready to move up in the world.

而約書亞已經準備好在這個世界上往上爬。

Oh, you look so cool Dude! Oh my goodness!

哦，你看起來太酷了 酷哥!哦，我的天啊！

Joshua, look where you're walking here, huh?

約書亞，看看你走到哪裡了，嗯？

Your sisters walked the same way before you, and now you get to walk this way.

你的姐妹們在你之前走過同樣的路，現在你可以走這條路。

Are you excited? Yea.

你興奮嗎？是的。

Oh yea.

哦，是的。

The entrance ceremony introduces the parents and students to the school and staff,

入學儀式向家長和學生介紹了學校和工作人員。

and with a lot of formality lets you know that things are different now.

並以大量的形式讓你知道現在情況不同了。

You go home with a head swimming in information and tons of paperwork to fill out.

你帶著滿腦子的資訊和數不清的文書工作回家。

At least this is our 4th kid doing this, but what comes next will be all new to us.

至少這是我們的第四個孩子在做這個，但接下來的事情對我們來說都是新的。

OK Dude- you did it, didn't you?!

好了，杜德，你做到了，不是嗎？

Officially in Elementary school.

正式進入小學。

Oh girls, the big moment comes!

哦，女孩們，重要的時刻來了!

Here we go, we're walking. We're on our way. Look at the pretty Sakura trees, my goodness!

我們來了，我們在走。我們在路上了。看看這些漂亮的櫻花樹，我的天啊!

Are you swimming in papers?

你是否在文件中游泳？

We were immediately struck by how similar the Entrance Ceremonies were — even the gymnasiums looked alike!

我們立即被入場儀式的相似性所震驚--甚至連體育館都看起來很像！"。

There was a sense of familiarity with it, and yet you can tell that Junior High is a different experience all together.

有一種熟悉的感覺，然而你可以看出，國中是一種完全不同的體驗。

It's the next step of the journey, new for Becca and Anna and new for us as parents in Japan.

這是旅程的下一步，對貝卡和安娜來說是新的，對我們在日本的父母來說也是新的。

What did you girls think about your entrance ceremony? Fun.

你們這些女孩對你們的入場儀式有什麼看法？很有趣。

Was it fun? Uh huh.

這很有趣嗎？嗯哼。

And the classes and your teachers?! Girl teachers!

還有班級和你的老師呢!女老師!

I was excited for that!

我為此感到興奮!

So all our kids have— Sarah, Becca and Anna have girls [teachers] and Joshua has a boy.

是以，我們所有的孩子都有--薩拉、貝卡和安娜都有女孩[教師]，約書亞有一個男孩。

Wow, just right, isn't it?

哇，恰到好處，不是嗎？

So then tomorrow?

那麼，明天呢？

Mommy has to make lunch Lunch!

媽媽要做午餐了。

For five days!

五天了!

For five days?! Are we back in preschool?!

五天了？我們又回到學前班了嗎？

Yes! Uniform, bento... Big backpack...

是的!制服、便當...大揹包...

And 45-minute walk. Oh my.

還有45分鐘的步行。哦，天哪。

What are we going to do tonight to celebrate?

今晚我們要做什麼來慶祝？

Kurazushi. What?

倉央嘉措。什麼？

Kurazushi! Oh, Kurazushi.

倉央嘉措！哦，倉津。

Girls, this is the park where you grew up. And now you're walking by it.

姑娘們，這是你長大的公園。而現在你正走過它。

Saying goodbye to it.

跟它說再見。

Playtime is over.

遊戲時間結束了。

Aw, I need playtime. You need playtime, I know.

噢，我需要玩耍的時間。你需要玩耍時間，我知道。

[Everybody talking]

[大家都在說話]

There's only a 20-minute break for lunch...

只有20分鐘的午餐休息時間...

But you have 10 minute breaks in-between...

但是你在中間有10分鐘的休息時間...

Should we go to Kurazushi with your uniforms on?

我們應該穿上你的制服去倉央嘉措嗎？

Yes. No!

是的。不!

Mommy doesn't want to have to wash it, or get dirty with soy sauce.

媽媽不希望要洗它，或者被醬油弄髒。

Alright, Kurazushi, a celebration of Rebecca, Anna and Joshua going into new schools

好了，倉央嘉措，慶祝麗貝卡、安娜和約書亞進入新學校。

And Sarah moving up into the third grade as the big sister.

而莎拉作為大姐姐升入三年級。

Yes! There's yours

是的!這是你的

Seared salmon and cheese. Do it — 4, order, thank you.

烤三文魚和奶酪。做吧--4，點菜，謝謝。

She pulls it apart, let's see: pro! Chopstick pro.

她把它拉開，讓我們看看：親!筷子親。

Hashi pro. I am too!

哈希親。我也是!

You too? I've been using it for 3 years.

你也是嗎？我已經用了3年了。

Is she pro? She's pro!

她很專業嗎？她是職業的！

Becca, the whole thing, no problem. Whoops!

貝卡，整個事情，沒有問題。嗚呼!

Lost some points— oh! But recovered!

失去了一些分數--哦！但又恢復了。

Chopstick pro. I've been using this for 6 years.

筷子專家。我使用這個已經6年了。

Six years, huh?

六年了，嗯？

Oh, Daddy's salmon with onion came. Yum! Yum!

哦，爸爸的三文魚加洋蔥來了。好吃!百勝！百勝！百勝！百勝

Do you like these videos? Then please show your support by subscribing to our channel.

你喜歡這些視頻嗎？那麼請通過訂閱我們的頻道來表示您的支持。

We work hard to make them for you, and we want to do more than just entertain

我們努力為您製作，我們想做的不僅僅是娛樂。

we want to be a source of life and hope for everyone who comes across this channel, no matter what your background is.

我們希望成為每個接觸到這個頻道的人的生命和希望之源，無論你的背景如何。

So whether you live in Tokyo or are just visiting, please stop by Paz Coffee Shop, or come on a Sunday to Paz Church — we'd love to meet you!

是以，無論你是住在東京還是隻是來旅遊，請到帕斯咖啡店來，或者在星期天到帕斯教堂來--我們很高興見到你！"。

Until next time, we'll see you on Life in Japan!

直到下一次，我們將在《生活在日本》節目中見到你!