What Giving Birth to Babies in Japan is Really Like 

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It's unfortunate that you weren't able to be there Shogo but Zen obviously had other plans. Harumi did an amazing job.

Harumi is so precious and must be protected at all costs 🥹

Congratulations on the birth of your newborn son, Zen. Seeing Hinata and Nagi's reaction to seeing their little brother for the first time was really cute.

What a wonderful welcome for your son! Harumi is such a calm and caring mother. She seems brave enough to manage anything.

Only three minutes in and I'm loving getting to know Harumi...her voice, her spirit, and her personality. I've been watching for so long and she is always so reserved and soft-spoken. I'm glad you made this the way you did so we could all get to know her a bit better and appreciate her even more. And that boy is beautiful! But how could he NOT be so with two such beautiful parents as you two are. Congratulations to you both.

It’s interesting to see how different giving birth is in Japan from USA. My husband was by my side the entire labor with our son. My labor was very long and difficult and my husband was my support- I don’t think I would’ve been well without him there. He actually held our son first because I was so weak from the birth. We only stayed in the hospital for three days and my husband and baby slept in the room with me the entire time; we all have private rooms here. Close family members also come by to see how baby and mom are doing and they typically bring food that mom is craving and gifts like flowers or balloons to celebrate baby😊

Congratulations Shogo and Harumi!

Congratulations! Wow, MAJOR respect to Harumi for being so calm and for recording the whole process-even recording audio for the birth itself! I would never be brave enough to do that! It’s too bad Shogo missed it. Great job to all of you!

Shogo and Harumi congratulation on the precious new addition to the family.He is adorable they all are.

This brought tears to my eyes. I have 6 kids and I love when babies are born. You are all awesome. What a beautiful family. He is such a doll baby.

Omg I'm in tears!!! I'm ugly crying 😭😭😭😭😭😭 Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 May you all live a happy healthy life!

Hes so adorable. All 3 of your babies are beautiful. Congratulations to you both.

Thank you for sharing such a precious moment with us.

Congratulations once again!!! Zen is a beautiful baby. I was very surprised to hear how long the stay was after the birth and how well they fed the mother after the birth of their baby. Much better than the United States.

Thank you so much Harumi for letting us see this very special moment for you! Birth stories are always very special to me and make me cry 😂 you did so amazing.

To all the mothers everywhere in every culture and corner of the world 🌎 ❤️ thank you for bringing and nurturing new life ❤️

Congratulations! I am so happy for all of you. Thank you for sharing such a precious and personal memory with us. I hope your lovely family stays happy, healthy, and strong for all your years.

Many blessing for the newborn. Congratulations Shogo and Harumi!!!

Thank you so much for sharing such special moments with us. I wish you and your family a healty life.

9:23 I couldn't help but notice the german tea. 😄 How did it get there? I know it's been a few weeks now but congratulations again Harumi and Shogo!🥳 Wishing Zen and the family all the best!

That's so lovely 💞 I love how Zen's sisters welcomed him into the family. Such a cute drawing, too. In europe, it's a popular cliche, that the woman blames the man for her pain during birth and treathens him. (Cliche comes up on some movies) I had asked my grandmother, if there was some truth to that. And she said basicly, that she mostly ignored her husband during birth. Kind of like "not now! I'm busy...". Interesting to see another way to handle birth. (I think Shogo's wish to be there and Harumi encouraging Zen are super cute.) Congratulations again 🎉

It’s interesting to see how this compares with giving birth in the U.K. Here the babies stay with their mothers all the time unless they need intensive care. When I had my second child it went so well I was allowed to go home the same day she was born! Finally the hospital food in Japan looks so much better than in the U.K.

That moment where the whole family gathered was so sweet.

Congratulations on Zen coming into the world! May Harumi have a speedy recovery. Your family is wonderful Thankyou for sharing your journey with us.

Dear Harumi, dear Shogo, Congratulations! Zen-chan is very cute. I wish you all joy and health for your whole family. It is interesting to see the differences in health care, so thank you very much for this very touching video. I thought Harumi was very brave to do this alone, I admire you very much. All the best, Annie

Congratulations Shogo!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

Congratulation Shogo and Harumi to another family member.💞

This is a nice way to put the story together. 😊

Congratulations Shogo and Horumi 👏👏🎉🎉

Congratulations Shogo; I wish you a wonderful future from now on.

Aww, you have such a beautiful family!! ❤Congratulations on baby #3!! I had to pause the video because my neighbor's baby started crying before your baby was born, and I thought it was the video!! 😲😂 I hope your daughters love their new baby brother. This video made me smile

it’s so interesting how different it is in every country. Thank you for sharing something so precious and personal, and allowing us to view/share you cultural experiences. ❤

Congratulatios Shogo and Harumi!!!

What a beautiful video. I am always impressed with Harumi's loveliness. And the kids are so adorable. So happy for you all. ❤️ Just an observation: The food for the mom was very different from my experience in the US. 😀

congrats shogo and harumi! wishing you both the best of luck!

Congratulations!!! 🎉 Glad you had a safe delivery - welcome to the world, Zen ❤️ Thank you also for showing what a *real* hospital birth is like, not all dramatic screeching like you see in TV and films, just hard graft, organization and care. Well done!

What a beautiful family. You all are so fortunate to have each other. Zen is a very big boy. He must have started his Sumo training already.. 😉 Best of all futures to you.

This is so precious.... Congratulations to the both of you for having a new family member... And welcome to the world, Zen

Congratulations guys! I wish you all the best!

Harumi is so brave and strong and Shogo is very loving, caring and supportive and they are just the cutest couple 😍! Congrats to both of you on your beautiful baby boy 😘😘😘😘!

Congrats🎉 you guys are such a lovely family.. I’m in the USA and they don’t even let you into the hospital unless you’re so many centimeters dilated, they will literally send you home if you’re not in pain.. also that food looked amazing obviously it’s a different culture but our food is nothing like that.. it’s all just hospital food. Nothing like a home cooked meal, your spread looked amazing.. great job Harumi❤

Your oldest daughter looks exactly like Harumi 😊 Happy birthday and welcome home Zen!!

I cried tears of joy! How beautiful! Congratulations to you all!

Oh man this made me cry. Congratulations!! Thank you for letting us come with you for that amazing experience!!

Quite incredible! It gives peace to my heart to see this loving and caring family and Harumi did soooo great. So much grace and fortitude, I am overwhelmed! Thank you for sharing this totally private moments with us. All luck and health for your family!

Oh my gosh, I had only one baby and almost twenty years ago but I always get emotional 😭 over a birth, so beautiful and special ❤what a wonderful video !! My experience was awful, I had an emergency c section in Toronto during SARS and it was a nightmare, I can’t believe how wonderful the hospital is, here I felt I was kicked out as soon as possible ! Such excellent care and time to recuperate, and the food !! Incredible

Very wholesome, loved it! Congratulations you two!

I find it very amazing that there is tea served from teekanne and even the name is written in german :D as a japanese Loving German i really like this part. And the most important part: Congratulations on the birth of Zen. May the new part of your family be healthy and happy such as the other family members.

Congratulations, Harumi, Shogo and family 💜

Beautiful baby! This was extremely interesting. 5 days!! That is so wonderful. Such a great way to help new mothers. And the food looks and sounds marvelous too.

Oh my goodness!! Congratulations!! What a sweet baby. I cried seeing him just born. Very touching!

Congratulations Shogo and Harumi! 🤗🤗

Impressive delivery! What a beautiful family you have. Blessings to you all!

Congratulations to you, Shogo and Harumi🎉

I loved this video so much! I had a huge smile on my face the whole time I watched it, especially towards the end! So sweet!!

Congrats! And thanks for sharing this! So glad Harumi and Zen are doing well. Hope you all manage sleep here and there.

Such a beautiful family. Congratulations.

Congratulations on your newborn baby, Harumi and Shogo! Baby Zen looks so adorable. 😊

You did amazing Mama 🤗🙌🏽 He’s such a beautiful baby you guys 🥰 7:22 yes, I was going to say that exact same thing, little Zen looks so much like a mini Shogo 🤗

This is so precious I'm gonna cry🥹 Congratulations! ☺️💙

Congratulations to you and Harumi, the girls and the entire families. Zen is a beautiful boy. Love to you all.

First one here! That's wonderful. Shogo! Thanks for this incredible video. I do appreciate

Thx for sharing this video whit us!

Congratulations!!!! Beautiful family!

Congratulations!🎉🎊 All of your children are so adorable! What a beautiful family. Thank you for sharing such a precious time with us.

Thanks for sharing your extra hard work

That baby is Shogo on the lower half of the face, and Harumi through the eyes 🤭. So cute ~♥️

So excited for you both! Congratulations on a healthy baby & Mom! Your reunion was heart warming! So glad you both are doing well!

Thank you so much for sharing this.

Congratulations! This is such a sweet video and well done Harumi for amazing filming of this experience. I have to say the hospital food looks amazing. I barely ate what was given to me after surgery because it looked and tasted horrible. 😅 Wishing you all the best into this new chapter!

Wonderful job, Harumi! On the baby and on the video ☺️

Congratulations! Your family is so lovely 💕

So cute. Congrats!!! Thank you for sharing.

such a lovely family ❤ wish you guys all the best. hope zen is letting his momma sleep 😆

This made my day, your family is so beautiful ❤much love and congratulations

Congratulations, once again to you guys🎉

Way to go Pops! Congratulations!!!

You women are absolutely amazing, and Zen is a copy of his father. Congratulations to you all !!

Congratulations you two! He is very beautiful ❤ Your daughters are super cute and hopefully they get along as they keep growing older.

Congratulations Shogo san. I am so happy for you and your family.

12:21 beautiful picture... congratulations. 😀

Omedeto! So happy for you! What a beautiful family 💗

Congratulations on Zen's birth! You have such an adorable and beautiful family! Best wishes from Brazil!

Congratulations guys I am so happy for you I smiled during the whole video 🥰

I love your slice of life videos. Welcome to the world Zen!

A beautiful and precious family, congratulations! I wish you all long, happy, and healthy lives!

Congratulations! So happy for you!

Greetings from Germany. I had to laugh a bit, when you showed the Tea from Teekanne. I knew, its a quite common brand in Austria, Swiss and Germany, but didnt knew its spread so far.

He's adorable! He looks like a old warlord from old movies and I just love it. ❤️ Of course he'll grow out of the old man look within 2 weeks. I think most boy babies have that old man look their first few weeks. It's those wrinkles. Just love it.

Congratulations!!! おめでとうございます！！！🙌🏻

So, so wonderful Mom! And Dad, and Sisters, and Zen! So precious family

Omg I almost cry during your labor, I can't imagine the pain and doing it alone, OMG. you are such an strong women I couldn't make it, I'm glad are both okay thank you for sharing this with us !! Means a lot. Please take care and rest a lot. Shogo do everything for her from now on!! Sad that Shogo wasn't there he for sure would love to support you on it and saw zen born. Glad he came fast after work

Great job harumi love your vids

Congratulations 👏 guys , all the best!

Seeing a thrilled new-father always makes me smile.

Congrats! I'm so happy 😁

Love your vids shogo and great job harumi

Beautiful man, conglatulations

I'm crying and smiling as I watch this video. It's so cute and wholesome and sweet.