This is my daughter's OMAMAGOTO KITCHIN (playing house kitchen.)
She uses this habitually for about one year. 
She did a SHOUGEKI NO KOKUHAKU (shocking confession)
to me yesterday.
She was saying that
"KONO KURUKURU
MAWASUNOTTE NANI?"
"What is this one turned round and round?"
"E~!!
SHIRANAKATTANOO? (What? Didn't you know?)"
The one turned round and round is a dial that adjusts thermal power.
"How did you do it when you turn on the fire and turn off the fire with your kitchen?"
"KOUYO" ("I do it in this way." )
She said and pushed it with a finger over a kitchen counter.
NARUHODO NATTOKU!! (Yep, that does make sense.)
A range of my kitchen is like this.
She saw me cooking with pushing the button of the electric range in a kitchen.Blip! Blip!And, she might have mimicked it.
She has watched only such a range like this since she was born. Even if she does not know the dial of the playing house kitchen, it is no wonder. SHOUGANAI DESU.
Wow
Small generation gap
When I look around it in a house... 
I see. NARUHODO!!
A dial is MEZURASHII (rare) now in a Japanese house. 
In my home, there is such a button on the wall behind the kitchen, too.
Operation buttons of bath and floor heating.
If you push the button "FURO JIDOU 
(Automatic bath)" even if the kitchen and the bathroom are away.
The hot water automatically enters the bathtub, and it stops it in the just good water temperature and amount of the hot water. It will announce,
"OFURO GA WAKI MASHITA (The bath is heated)" when it is completed it. In the home in recent Japan, it is a device not rare.
Inside of the bath is like this.
The button is here also, and the amount of the hot water and the temperature of the hot water can be adjusted.
Therefore, there is no faucet in the bathtub. OFURO NIHA JAGUCHI GA ARIMASEN.
Personally my favorite button is this green "YOBIDASHI BOTAN (call)" button.
If I push this button, the announcement "OFURO DE YONDE IMASU (Please come to the bath)
"
flows from the operation panel of a kitchen.
...ZANNENNAGARA (Unfortunately),I have no chance to be called by this device.
When I bathe two children, and a child goes out of the bath in turn, I will push the button and call my husband who is in the kitchen.
I don't need to shout from the bath,
"AGARUYO~!! (Bring the towel, kids will get out from the bath!!)"
TOTTEMO BENRI DESU. (It is very convenient.)
Speaking of a BENRI NA BOTAN (convenient button) in the house,
I seem to be surprised of overseas people at Washlet in Japanese restroom
.
Overseas people seem to be interested in Washlet very much though
Washlet is ATARIMAE (natural) in Japan.
Because a talk seems to become long,
I make this continuance next OTANOSHIMI (fun)
Japanese Goods eBay Auction
Japan is so high-technology. Almost everything is automated. Its great to know that. More power to your blog.
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Best,
Mitzi
Hello Miko,
I used to live in Japan last year. It is really true that there are so many buttons. The appliances and devices that use nobs are getting less and less. I t is really funny that your daughter's play kitchen is different. I am sure they will soon have to make a new set of toys with only buttons.
Take care,
Kieran
Wow! To be honest, there are more panels and buttons in your house than I expected! I haven't seen that many before. I haven't seen that kind of bathtub control before...! I don't think that it's very common yet. On the other hand, that style of oven is becoming more and more common in the United States.
In my opinion, Japan is probably the world's leader in new technology. I like it all very much :) Haha.. I only have a small apartment right now, so there aren't as many fancy things.
That your daughter didn't know about what "the one that turns around and around is" is funny! haha, maybe it's similar to the way that your parents feel sometimes? "what are those buttons on the oven??" :) My mother doesn't understand new technology very well... :P She will learn!
Dear Miko,
I was working with my US lawyer via email communiations, and I saw your ad (quoted) on google adsense, so I got distracted and landed on your lovely blog site.
In a troubled world of today, I am deeply touched by your blog, and I think you are a special person and thus deserve all the happiness reflected in your blogging.
Anyway, please keep on doing this so more people can share your life and feel the harmony in the world.
Yours,
Roy Fang - Taipei, Taiwan
(quote) Hi from Japan
Imagine for an instant that you are in Japan..I invite you to my house.
en.challenge-coin.co.jp/blog/ (unquote)
Konnichiwa Miko.
This site is awesome, i wish you can let me know how can i subscribe to your updates?
Arigatou Gozaimasu \(^,^)/ keep on writing the happy episodes of your life!
Karen
Hi Mikosan,
hajimemashite. kono pe-ji ni mite totemo tanoshikatta desu. I was searching for websites and was directed to this one and when looking at your blog and the pictures, it feels like being in japan. it's very wonderful. and i will check more of this every day now. I like studying about japan culture and learning about the language. i am always fascinated by Japan as a country in general. thanks for sharing your time and everything that you share here.
yoroshiku onegai itashimasu.
Do
hill.osei
friend i saw you on my email i am happy tobe with you people.do something for me
rymon san,
Thank you very much for your comment.
Please come and stop by again.
DOUMO ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU.
mitzi san,
Thank you very much for your comment.
I will do my best.
Ganbarimasu.
Please come and stop by again.
Kieran san,
Thank you for your comment.
I really agree with you about the new toys.
(^v^)
mata asobini kite kudasai ne.
Tim san,
Soudesune.
New Technology surprises me a lot.
I can't catch up with it.
Taihen desu.
Roy Fang san,
Doumo arigatou gozaimasu.
Thank you very much for your nice comment.
Please come back and stop by.
Karen san,
Thank you for your comment.
I will up this blog every week.
Okay?
mata asobi ni kite kudasai ne.
Do san,
Hajimemashite.
Thank you for your comment.
doumo arigatou gozaimasu.
benkyou ganbatte kudasai.
(^o^)/
oseij san,
Thank you for your comment.
mata asobini kite kudasai ne.
(^v^)
Please come and stop by again.
Ahhh I love your blog.
It gives so much insight..
and so many buttons in your house @_@
I would be confused.