A Japanese Office Worker's Quiet Morning Routine | Potato Salad & Simple Joys

Hello, it's Mika 🌸 Welcome to my small kitchen. Golden Week Holiday is over. And I'm back — with new potatoes, a warm bowl of ochazuke, and a few thoughts about what actually matters. This Saturday, I'm making potato salad from scratch and ochazuke with Hinai chicken broth. Plus strawberries, Korean tea, and the kind of slow morning I really needed. My English lessons are still going. Slowly, but surely ☕ 🕒 Timestamps 0:00 Long holiday is over. Saturday morning is here. 0:13 New potatoes — washing and steaming 1:08 Chopping onion. Why does this always take so long. 2:50 Peeling by hand. Easier than you think. 3:59 Mashing and mixing 5:46 Mayonnaise. Now we're talking. 6:39 Ochazuke with Hinai chicken broth 8:39 Korean tea prep 9:27 Itadakimasu / Quiet breakfast time 11:27 A gift from Sado Island 12:59 Bonus: my weekday morning in Tokyo 🌏 Title in other languages: 한국어: 일본 직장인의 조용한 모닝 루틴 🌸 감자 샐러드와 작은 행복 繁體中文: 日本上班族的安靜早晨日常 🌸 馬鈴薯沙拉與簡單的快樂 ไทย: กิจวัตรยามเช้าอันเงียบสงบของพนักงานออฟฟิศชาวญี่ปุ่น 🌸 สลัดมันฝรั่งและความสุขเล็กๆ Tiếng Việt: Thói quen buổi sáng yên tĩnh của nhân viên văn phòng Nhật Bản 🌸 Salad khoai tây và niềm vui giản dị Bahasa Indonesia: Rutinitas Pagi Tenang Pekerja Kantoran Jepang 🌸 Salad Kentang dan Kesenangan Sederhana Filipino: Tahimik na Umaga ng Japanese Office Worker 🌸 Potato Salad at Simpleng Kasiyahan Hindi: जापानी ऑफिस वर्कर की शांत सुबह की दिनचर्या 🌸 आलू सलाद और छोटी-छोटी खुशियाँ Español: Rutina matutina tranquila de una oficinista japonesa 🌸 Ensalada de patatas y pequeñas alegrías Français: La routine matinale paisible d'une employée de bureau japonaise 🌸 Salade de pommes de terre et petites joies Deutsch: Die ruhige Morgenroutine einer japanischen Büroangestellten 🌸 Kartoffelsalat und kleine Freuden Português: Rotina matinal tranquila de uma funcionária de escritório japonesa 🌸 Salada de batata e pequenas alegrias #MorningRoutine #SilentVlog #SlowLiving #CozyVlog #JapanVlog #LifeInJapan #JapaneseOfficeWorker #SlowBreakfast #WeekendVlog #PotatoSalad #JapaneseBreakfast #GoldenWeek #Ochazuke ☕️ Support my quiet mornings https://ko-fi.com/mika_provista 🐈‍⬛ About me Hello, I'm Mika. I live in Japan and I love documenting the simple, quiet moments of my daily life. 🇯🇵 Not a travel guide. Just my tiny kitchen, my real life, and the occasional beautiful corner of Japan I stumbled upon. Instagram: @its_mikalog   / its_mikalog   ✨ Please like & subscribe if you'd like to see more of my life in Japan 😊

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