This Man Lives in an Abandoned Japanese School
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2020
- What is it like to live in an abandoned school tucked deep into the mountains of one of Japan's most unexplored zones? Today we meet with a man who has spent the last 6 years of his live living in an abandoned Japanese elementary school. BUT HOW? -- Went back for a follow up!! Watch it HERE: • 1 YEAR LATER: This Man...
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Would you spend the night at this school? Let me know what you think!
Tokyo Lens absolutely would spend the night there
Definitely! Planning on it tbh when I possibly go Japan for my internship next year.
I thought the guy who owned/lived there really made the place what it is. Home made coffee, yes please!. He could do with making a local mini festival there.
With a group of people, yes. Though i don't think I can stay there alone. I am curious and would like to know more of Yo-chan's story especially how he ended up having an abondoned school as his home.
Better question: can someone stay long-term-ish there, then maybe do a bit of work to offset rent a bit? Idk... help clean up the place before office starts, bartend during the afternoon/evenings, etc etc for three months?
It looks like a primo remote coworking space with the real estate for chill after-work activities (sports, campfire nomikai, and astrophotography comes to mind) and an environment that allows knowledge workers to easily get in the zone and stay there. Nothing like nature right outside your window to get you in the right headspace to write code the whole day
the school is basically now a huge mansion for him.
funnily enough, the Japanese language also uses the word mansion ("manshaan"), but it means an efficiency apartment rather than a huge house
@@thundergun933 realx
@@bevynb Ya that always threw me off when people I talk to mention their apartment, calling it a mansion.
@@thundergun933 it's ok. nice to meet you, Hetero Sorry
@@bevynb Same as Thai, mansion means an apartment. Usually it'll be an older apartment.
This guy is basically living in a studio Ghibli movie
Jackson MacNevin YES
Looks like a mansion from the drone shoot
Where’s the issue in that?
Or a Japanese horror game...The Japanese female student ghost must be waiting for him on the stairs at 3am
You have said what my mind had said
he's that cool uncle you wanna visit to get away from the noisy cities
Honestly this dude is the best. He knows how to live life to the fullest
I live in Switzerland and I always wanted to live in Japan, but then I realized that a lot of people would like to live in Switzerland too. Sometimes you just forget that the beauty that you search might just be where you are right now.
What a lovely thought, thank you for the reminder.
@@1whitkat Japan with a conservative government makes it easier to immigrate than Switzerland.
I agree. But also, as someone who comes from a beautiful country (Australia) and has lived in several different countries, it's not just different landscapes, but also different cultures and ways of living that I want to experience :)
@@Lukavichiano true that
Makes sense switzerland is beautiful but all I have is these costum forests in lowland areas and ugly gypsy houses with barely any snow in winter
Shikoku's answer to Natsuki! What an absolute legend!
It's Dave in Japan!
Lol a legend of legends~
Ah, but are you running away from a CGI plane crash
Yeah, but Natsuki plays guitar... they should form a band 😱😱
we need a collab people!
“This man never left primary school” would have been a nice touch.
My nightmare. Really, i till now dont like not even to pass in front of any of the schools i did study. School for me was my prision, my nightmare.
Lol
@@josealmeida5768 Well i am probably one of the few people to like going back to school then 😂 not because the studying ofc
nice one hahah
@@josealmeida5768 same. just the thought of school makes me want to vomit
It wouldn't feel creepy at night because it's not abandoned anymore. It's filled with the positive, creative energy of a man who loves the space. 😊 I wish I could go and stay one day, hear his music, see the mountains and make art.
DIESOFCRINGE
@@VANTARTS RIP
I mean it woukd be lovely in the day but imagine its like 2am and you gotta take a piss and there are no lights on
@KillThrottle those things are from a lack of running water / technical constraints though right?
IDK, those halls still look abandoned and creepy AF.
This man is the perfect example that you can be alone without feeling lonely.
This guy has to run whole hallways after he turns off the lights to get back to his room
He just does the Naruto run and gets there in a blink
omfg, this is hilarious HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Off*
@@requiem165 thank you kind citizen
I'd piss myself from doing this
This guy is literally a Studio Ghibli protagonist.
Can imagine the plot. Musician that lost his muse moves to an abandoned school as a care taker where he struggles to find inspiration. Slowly his music rouses the spirits of the mountain and the spirits begin sneaking into the school to listen to him. Someone from the town possibly a love interest tells him their childhood stories of singing to the mountain spirits in a long held tradition that was forgotten once the school was abandoned, and how the mountains sang back... but not any more...
Slowly the spirits begin visiting enmasse to listen to him at first he's scared but soon comes to love them even bringing the love interest to see them and play music together.
Then a business man with the land owner show up! They're going to expand the road and put in a resort hotel!?
He needs to come up with the money to buy the land and protect the mountain spirits! He's losing hope but in his desperation he creates a masterpiece. Still it couldn't possible save the spirits so he does what he can to say farewell and goes to the roof top to play them his last song... as he does the forest comes to life as spirits of all kinds awaken to listen with the music echoing out and singing back in turn. The towns people down the road come out to stare in wonder, remembering their days as school children playing and singing with the spirits. The love interest appears on the roof revealing to be a guardian spirit of the mountain and thanks him for awakening the valley and reminding the towns people why they protected the mountain. Then she dissipates on the wind still singing along in a haunting echo through the mountain valley.
The next day when the business man shows up, the whole town is there to protest the hotel, and have pooled their money to buy the land and keep it protected.
Lots of tears and hugging. The musician tries to find his love interest among the crowd, though when he asks her parents they seem confused stating they did not have any children seemingly forgetting about her.
That night, as he sits on the school rooftop mourning the loss of his new found love... he plays his masterpiece again... and as he does the mountains sing it back to him in her voice, while spirits flit through the mountain valley singing and dancing.
It'd be called like Valley of Song or something
@@TotallyAGoblin Miyazaki-sensei is that you?
@@TotallyAGoblin that's absolutely beautiful ✨
@@TotallyAGoblin good job man! I could write music for you hehe
@@TotallyAGoblin yeeaahhhh 😀
I'm quite jealous of this man. Living peacefully in surrounded by nature sounds like a dream to me.
Yohei's Quiet Country Cafe
is that the title of the new Ghibli movie?
(no really...I would watch that)
@@sasakelala3360 no, thats an OVA anime (yokohama kadashi kikou quite country cafe)
Nice to see you here Kenny 😄
That series is so underrated. Wish it was longer. Maybe Yohei would release his version 😆
He basically has his own secluded retirement mansion. His own cafe, art room, and gym.
Ikr, it's so schway!
With plenty of company 🤫😂😏
And haunted house
Or should I say school
but is it actually his? The local government could decide to kick him out at any time?
The ghosts after the drum solo: 😮👏
When he mentioned his band was he referring to the ghosts?😂😂
lmao
@@mrpeace9836 graveyard to raveyard
@@Laxman-el7nn and they start doing coke and lsd😂
That was actually a pretty good piece of drumming.
I can imagine this as a manga/anime or light novel where he opens a cafe for mountain gods and yokai who come there to drink coffee and listen to modern music and experience modern human life styles without the need to go into the city and hilarity ensues.
I would read the shit out of that.
@@federicoalfero9287 freaking same!
Sounds awsome!
Possible title: Coffeehouse of the Gods
someone pls write this ❤️❤️
I love how he’s able to just drum to his heart’s content. As a drummer, it’s not easy being able to do that. Especially if you live with/around other people. What a baller
The man is living like a king especially in terms of housing space.
Especially how apartments are usually so small in japan!
He has his own studio and roasts his own coffee. That's a real man right there
at least he isn’t slaving his life away being a salaryman. he found his happiness and he pursues his passion. truly happy for him. and offering some rooms as a hostel was a good idea
Your profile picture made me think I had a hair stuck to my monitor.
@@chrisshotwell4442 That’s the point.
Facts. Why be a salaryman when you can be a TikTok'er or streamer.
@@C-Handle probably because not everyone gets a ton of audiences
This hair! Hahahahhah
That guy truly flourished. His happiness is contagious. I feel happy just by watching him explain the perks of this place/region.
This guy could literally renovate the whole building and turn it into a hotel. He's living the life!
Imagine you are travelling through the forest and you end up at this abandoned school in the middle of nowhere, you enter and you find a man making coffee in an empty bar, he offers you a cup and begins to tell you strange stories of his life. Doesn't this sound like something studio Ghibli would do?
There an anime like that came out 3 years ago but was a cafe
@@cheesse9yearsand name?
@@lordpersius0322 it's in my list of 3000animes may. May Take a while
@@cheesse9yearsand yo, if u can find it I really appreciate 🙏
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Schools are notorious for spirits in Japan... But this guy is living the life!
ghosts probably love his coffee
The spirit of ecstasy
YOURE HERE AGAIN?! 😂😂😂
@Ray Mak AAHHH!!! I use to watch your videos when I was in middle school! I’m 24 now xD Hope your doing well
@Chuck Fucking Santos 69% Japanese people practice shintoism, so they believe in spirit and such
I’ve seen lots of abandoned schools in Japan and its the first time I’ve seen someone living in it and not to mention all alone 😐 ghost or no ghost, that is one brave individual. Literally and Figuratively.
I just keep thinking about how long it takes him to clean the floors.
He's got forever ahead of him, no big deal
Plot twist: This dude is actually the spirit that is haunting the school. The cameraman and his crew were hanging out with a ghost the entire time.
Boring joke
True
@@akmalfarhan25 eh, jokes are subjective
Even further plot twist, the camera crew are also dead they just dont know it and hes introducing them to the afterlife
@@akmalfarhan25 boomer
Plot twist: he was a ghost and everything was an illusion
Damn
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He goes back and locals tell him "no one has been allowed into the building for 25 years"
😯😯😯
Plot twist : Your a ghost and UA-cam is your illusion 👻
😭
Yo-Chan is living the dream. He didn't want to slave away at a 9-5 job, so he found a a way to follow his dream, and he's making a good, dare I say, great life out of it. If you truly love what you do, you never work a day in your life.
Norm, how did you find out about such a remote place, tucked away into the mountains?
I truly feel like Yo~Chan has it figured out. What an incredible way to live! I love his just casual "want to hang out for the day?" and "I'm going to go do this thing, want to come?" kind of spontaneous but chill personality.
“While abandoned, the building is in a good shape”. Well, let’s just say the school buildings in my country CAN’T relate.
"While still in use, they should be demolished" would fit mine's.
"While still in use, the building collapse", that's what happened to schools in rural areas in my country.
They are in bad shape because it's overused maybe? Just kick out all the kids, problem solved.
"While still demolished, they're in use". the schools in my hometown
In my country some schools work 8 hours a day without a functional bathroom.
I envy him, big ass house in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by nature and a wonderful mountain view, able to gaze upon the starry skies that people in the city never get to witness including myself, and not being terrified at all living all alone. That's apex vibin' right there
Me too I envy him
Yeahh..ghost and ghoul also live in there..hihihihihi....ozhzhzhzhzhzhz....00.00 until 03.00 , well ..how about that?
Ikr
@@y.suhendraprimadiesel3219 if you just accept their presence and let them coexist with you, I think it should be fine and actually quite fascinating (if you believe in it)
@@MNMNT_OG well .. well, talk about coexists, I will tell you story, the experience, I hope you enjoy reading this friend, this is real and not made up, back then when I was working as a supervisor, at a mining company, I worked nights with an excavator operator, on duty Doing land clearing in a forest, at work we were hit by night shifts, well everything went smoothly I sat in the car watching the friend work, and the night was getting late, it was 1.30 am, suddenly the excavator unit suddenly turn off ,and could not be turned on, what happened, then the operator friend came out and tried to find out what the problem was, we both climbed back to the engine compartment,we find out what the problem is, all we check there is no problem, i try to remove the injector, and clean it, all fine. then I ordered the operator friend to return to the cockpit to start the engine, and to my surprise the friend suddenly shouted loudly, then he was frightened and roared, he saw a woman standing right in front of the cockpit, with loose hair, silent, staring, and then suddenly disappeared, and strangely the excavator engine could restart, since that night the next day the friend was sick, and did not know what kind of sick is that, and he stopped working , resign ... what do you think about that ?until now, even writing this experience, made me goosebumps, brrrrrrr..tf
This man looks quite charistmatic.
I suppose it has something to do with his change of surroundings, and the fact that he can live his own life the way he wants, but he seems far more open, friendly, and welcoming than most Japanese people I've seen on video so far (with possible exception of Natsuki over on the abroad in Japan channel). Interestingly both of them have a more eccentric lifestyle in a way.
As fellow Japanese, I am grateful to be able to spend our life with nature. I am sure there are many abandoned places in the whole world, and it is important to create new living environments there.
Headcanon: That school is definitely haunted, but all the ghosts think he's such a chill guy that they are very careful to not spook him or any of his guests. My man calms the spirits by vibin'.
By making coffee for them
@@bezverhnyaya_e9354 alright now we just need a manga with that as the plot
i like this!
Agreed!✨
He playing good music the ghost whant to keep him
He's not just living there, he's thriving and he's having a blast I'm actually jealous wtf
Exactly!
He's in a remote place. Nature is around him and he can see the stars so clearly. If he really wanted to, he could grow his own fruits and vegetables.He plays his drums as loud as he can.
In other words, he has made the perfect home.
And he's even making some money off it. His band can practice all they want, and he rents out some space to visitiors... he can even sell them coffee from his cafe.
@@serrano0.l63 They say music can help plants grow. That guy should start wailing on those drums in a garden.
Can't lie. Yo-chan's basically living my dream. Like, I've always loved school buildings, and I'd love to be able to make a living space out of one like this. I hope for the best for Yo-chan!
Ive always imagined living in this kind of places. Schools, warehouses, etc so long its in good condition and hasnt been vandalized and little to no crimes and japan is such a perfect place for this dream. Man that is the ultimate man house
Strangely, He looks more happy than most Japanese Guy. Look at His Face.
Exactly what I thought too!
Yeah, that's the face of contentment. I wonder what he looked like when he had that office job that was "eating him away". I envy him (I have an office job that's gnawing at my soul a little bit but I need to save up some more money before I can do what he did).
Well as you know, japan have workaholic culture, and it makes people stress and stuff, and this man is free from it and do what he wants now in that school
@@shadowflare0269 aka peer pressure
Japanese society always pressures others heavily. Thats why he looks happy alone
Some dudes: Tonight we gonna investigate this abandoned elementary school to see if there is any ghost activity around.
*start* *hearing* *drum* *solo*
Hahah shit
*RUN* tenenenenenenen...
*WRONG SCHOOL FOOL*
😄😁😆😆😆😆🤣😂
Angel Beats
I rewatch these videos from time to time just because they have such an amazing atmosphere to them. It puts me in a mood that I have a hard time describing but I really enjoy it. Something about how the video is made makes me feel like I’m also there, experiencing it myself.
This was the first Tokyo Lens video I ever watched, and I was hooked. Good job Norm, sharing the magic of Japan!
Thank you again for your amazing works Norm!!
Hello This is Yohei. I'm really surprising so many viewers interested in this creepy and weird lifestyle lol, and actually I wanted to reply some interesting comments but I've got no time to do that for each comments, kinda busy recently so I put a little bit of that here.
I guess it's gonna be long sentences but if you're interested in, hope you'll check it.
This lifestyle and business has become so natural to me (like a "Sennin" style = Hermit) but I think about it calmly, that's also natural thing that people think this isn't normal life...and yes, I've really wanted to live like this for a long time, especially building my own studio in the middle-of-great-nature-and-no-one-disturbing-me kinda environment to create some good music out there with my mates, my own basement.
Actually it's complicated to explain how I run this business here, if I have some opportunities and timing in the future, this subject will be cleared, maybe. That's kinda interesting process, and I'm not the only one to start and run this business. But usually, I live and manage this business alone mainly. Anyway, for now enjoy this weird person and beautiful environment of great Iya-Valley where the beautiful region of Japan you gotta dig.
I'm so lucky to get this situation actually, but it's so hard and tough things to do this business and the lifestyle. I want to dig deep and share some kind of things that you may be interested in, from my deep forest and tucked in the mountain school basement.
It's so funny to read your each comments and really appreciate it, This is gonna be my motivation to make some good works!! yea, comments like...
-feel some kinda Japanimation like Ghibli(I love it), or Monogatari series Oshino Meme vibes(I like this series actually) and something like that
-He's like a school guardian or he's...ghost? is he really exist?
I'm writing this comment by my PC with high speed internet right now!!!!!!(yes I'm kinda internet guy. love to watch YT or other streaming site)
-you feel so scary at night to go to the toilet or shower room,right???
Never. Because I can play drums at 3am in the morning, I'm happy and that's everything to me.
-This guy already has a shelter after zombie apocalypse occurred.
That's interesting point and I love this kinda comments to get some inspiration...
By the way it's kinda funny things but sometimes I think about that, if that happened, I finally survive that situation and I realize no one answer my phone or messages and I feel kinda strange...and then I hear the door knocks really hard......What the hell is going on out there, why? no one answer my contact and...I see the zombies out there and see them reaching in to my room here....Now I've got no enough weapons or equipment to fight them and when I realized I naturally grab my guitar or bass on my hands and hit their head hard.
This is actually I imagine about, sometimes, to get some inspiration lol
There're so many nice comments out there of cause, I'm really glad to read all of your comments.
If you've read this everything I wrote here, You're my friend!!
And please subscribe my YT channel and Instagram(there's a link on part 2 movie),
I haven't upload enough so far but I'll make some good music(and release officially when it's done, or introduce environment around here footage.
I really appreciate that many viewers contact me to hear some of my music and like gimme some more of it!!, or overseas shipment service of my coffee already so far!! I'm sure I'd like to do something like that.
Thank you all.
You're living my dream life! This truly inspired me!
Thank you for the long comment this is a great video, so inspiring I wish I could do the same... so glad you are into coffee and music, next time I travel to Japan I would love to visit... all the best in your ventures, Just subscribed to your channel.🙏🙏💖💖enjoy the freedom...!!!
Subbed!
You’re living the dream! Don’t think it’s weird at all. I would give up everything to live the way you are.
Hey , you need friends up there? Gladly will reset my life right now , or maybe wait till 10 more years after I learned how to cook , so I can cook for us
I wonder how many ghost stories are made about the place because of this guy
At night you can hear loud music.. scary
Yeah , and u with your fellas decide to go exploring this school at night . When everything's gone stressful, u guys find out a harmless and kind man is infatuated in his music .
@@penguins0301 whole time it was the ghost of a janitor
HieuDang and he served u coffee 😂
I was sitting and suddenly have to paid for a cup of coffee. Scared as fuc*
always love the way you use music in your videos its not just slapped on, its like you always put it in the right places
This is my favorite video of yours, Norm!
Been going back from time to time to rewatch this. He's living the dream of an introvert musician like me
That coffee room looks like the most chill cafe. Guy has a touch for coffee and vibes... seems so peaceful
I can already hear the Lo Fi
He can see the stars clearly. I envy him for that.
That area is so beautiful. It’s so lush and green. The night sky is wonderful.
That building just seems happy to have people around again.
Sir-
Buildings in general doesn't like to being abandoned
Bro I wanna like your comment but it has 420 likes
Its amazing how he lives so far from people yet his demeanor or aura feels a little different from the people who usually likes to be alone. He still has this warm aura around him and how he talks.
He plays in a band, so presumably he interacts with his bandmates on a regular basis...
There are people nearby, just not many.
@@notatallheng And he sells coffee in a stand in town.
And he hangs out with school's ghosts
thats the difference between being lonely and alone. you can easily be one without the other
Seems like a beautiful place to add as a stop for a Japan trip. It's also wonderful how he found his own path and passion.
Very cool spot to find! I love the idea of taking abandoned buildings and repurposing them; giving these sorts of places new life. It's always amazing to see what old places turn into, and how it influences its aesthetic. For example, the classroom café looks fantastic and welcoming in a way only classrooms can ; invoking nostalgia for those chill school days.
I'm irrationally jealous of this dude. He actually pulls off the effortless "cool slacker" vibe, while probably being super dedicated and regimented.
He's the cool uncle everyone whishes they had.
He's clearly not slacking at all, he's just not needlessly driving himself for everyone's sake but his own, like before.
@@boboloon Ougi Oshino's cool uncle
This man turn a school into his own personal mansion.
You Wish yes quite
So true.
That was awesome!!! I took your advice and watched this one first. Now I'll watch the second one. Japan has long been on my bucket list. I'm still hoping to go one day.
i remember watching this during the pandemic. this had just the right feel to pull me out of the daily drain of work and society. your shots are so beautiful with views that really lit up my heart. aoki is so lucky! 😊also his interior design ideas are so cool
Imagine he has kids which get homeschooled. That's a normal school then.
Hahah makes sense
Brilliant comment lol
😮🤯🤯🤯
Schooled at home which is a school, both home schooled and schooled home?
That actually made me chuckle.
It's way funnier than it should be.
😆
plot twist: he's friendly but a lonely ghost living in this building so that he gets to be friends with humans
Bet his band mates are ghouls that regularly come to keep him company
That’s a nice anime story! Heheh
This is probably one of my favorite stories that you've told, Shikoku looks amazing and that school looks like such a chill place to be at; I hope to visit the area someday and be able to stay at the school if possible!
Binge Day, catching up on all vids I've missed. So fun
It seems weird but imagine turning all the classrooms into bedrooms and having a huge kitchen, dining room, gaming room, several bsthrooms and so much more! This is basically a mansion.
For free.
Maintaining will be expensive and time consuming
@@pranavkumbhar725 He has the property to make a unique hotel experience and that could fund maintainance as well as be a second source of income. And personally, I'd enjoy the process of cleaning each and every room, and then personally hand renovating the place. Would be a fun but large scale project you could work on with friends, as if it was a school thing.
My friend owns a school, and this is what he has done with it
@@mechamach8873 ye wow go do it yourself
A guy living alone in an abandoned school in the mountain sounds like your typical slice-of-life anime.
Watch Japan make an anime out of this when they start running out of ideas coffee shop school and yokai
Go outside
@@TheCrayonStealer1 So you can watch even more anime afterwards?
And it’s a coffee shop too
Just no anime girl
Love this and love the camera shots you got. Happy you did more than 1 video on this
I've been binge watching your videos. Holy... I'm in love with everything you've done.
Thank you~
He singlehandedly made this school such a cool place, the ghosts respect him enough to not spook him.
The ghosts are enjoying it more than ever in their "lives"
It's about energy really. He is happy with his life and state of being that he emits good energy around him, which in turn grants a positive and peaceful atmosphere to his surroundings.
That is why haunted areas are usually in depressing places.
@@jinjinjinrou so ur telling me there's ghosts in me
@@igorz3551 you are a skeleton inside a mass of flesh, piloted by a ghost. Yes.
@@jinjinjinrou but what if my ghost js also depressed? 🥺
Plot twist: He is actually a ghost himself wandering around the abandon school 😂
Dun dun dun...... and his a vampire ahahahaha
@@cerealkillo2813 I always read Dun Dun Dun as funny, sassy cat walking tone
U should maybe write
Dun! Dun! Daaan!
call me Ghost-chan, everyone calls me dead ehm that
whoa. Shyamalan, calm down!
Plot twist: he's actually a killer
This is absolutely my favorite video of yours. 10/10
Watched 10 videos so far. Don't worry I'll watch all of them. Love u work man and love japan countryside ❤️❤️
My school building, which hasn’t been abandoned at all, looks more abandoned than this building...
Yup. My school's been a cockroach and rodent nest for a while before I ever attended. Same goes for most of the surrounding schools.
@Parking Lott nah, I've seen newly rebuilt schools look worse off than this after a year. It usually just happens in bad neighborhoods where both the kids and teachers don't really care.
Lol underrated comment
@Parking Lott it's more reflective of Japanese quality
imagine the smell of that place in the morning 💕💕💕
morning dew from the forest + coffee roasts
But when turns to night......damn its still creepy for me😖😖
Your channel is a blessing.
He's such a cool guy and the type you'd like to meet. Thanks for sharing his story
He’s gonna be one chill ghost once he’s haunting that building
The new urban legend: Harmless Lad
Harmless Lad is a ghost who has a extremely strong sense of Coffee Beans, although he looks creepy, he's actually quite Friendly.
Though he might not haunt at all. He seems like the kind of guy who would be at peace, y’know?
Qwirky Ghost can be at peace and still haunt somewhere. Haunting isn't alway creepy or scary.
How do you know he’s not one already?
People who visit the mansion have reported smelling roasted coffee beans despite the cafe being long closed and at 4am drums can be heard being played despite the old studio being shutdown
Props to the guy for taking the courage in leaving his boring office job for something like this (must have been extra hard decision for to live in a society like Japan). Definitely made a better life choice that many of us could envy. Better wishes for the future.
Tbh I would be terrified of living in a giant building in the middle of nowhere alone
@@joshuagoh1087 Just don't watch horror movies and you're fine. Probably. Unless some burglar comes in
@@EnhancedTrashBin yeah i live Alone and i found out that if i dont watch anything related to ghost or creepy stuff like that , then i will not even remember to be afraid, I Will Just go about my day and be fine, it was like that for a few months, then i decided to watch a really creepy video of a guy exploring a abandoned building that the people said it was hautend and stuff like that and for a few days after that i was a litle scared, or better, uneasy in my own house, imagining if there was something around the dark corner and stuff like that.
My point: dont feed your mind with scary or creepy material or you will start being kinda scared and uneasy in places that are normal and safe.
At least his safe from covid
@@Ashen78Yx Well yeah, I used to watch horror movies as a kid with my brother and I could never sleep in the dark back then. I'd have to have all the lights on because anything in the shadow I just start imagining something watching me and it was the most terrifying thing. I think the one that really got me was the Grudge. That shit was the creepiest movie that I still remember that I cannot sleep under a blanket after watching that. Though now I don't do that since I don't have as a crazy imagination as a did as a kid and I don't watch horror movies anymore.
Ty Tokyo Lens, this is such a great video!!
more power to this true one of a kind pioneer! keep on jamming brother
Definitely coming back during winter. This place was amazing and one of the major highlights for me during this trip.
How do u plan on coming back if there is a travel ban for all foreigners who want to travel to Japan, unless you live there already.
@@nico5179 Uh... yeah... I live out here.
Frame of Travel Lucky son of a gun
Luv ur channel! Voice is so relaxing.
Erebus oh yeah. We totally ran in there like a zerg raid and TOLD him "brah, we be staying here. Lulz Hoap you dun mindzors" and claimed our ground.
Now that, that is out of the way. We visited during the cafe hours. Hit it off as friends and he offered us a place to stay at the back of the hostel. We took him up on his kind gesture. This is something that I don't feel will be extended to just anyone. We were lucky in the circumstances. Hope this clears your questions.
This guy truly is the protagonist of our world
751 likes😱😱😱, nice
Yoo~~ chan
That was deep
He even roasts his own coffee beans. That's dedication
Really enjoyed this one! Great cinema atmosphere, thoughtful story-telling and I share your level of curiosity about it all! 🌸
I would love to live like this man, in the mountain and apart from civilization. It looks so peaceful and relaxing. I love how he makes the school his own and makes it comfortable. I hope one day I can visit him and his place. Japan has so many beautiful places. So sad that a lot of people are moving to the cities. Thanks for sharing.
This dude is the epitome of the phrase "just go with it." I feel like I need to take a lesson from this guy on how to just kick back and vibe. I really dig how he just decided he wasn't happy and then found a place where he could build a space that makes him happy.
yeah, I think his life is not bad at all.
So peaceful...
I can't even imagine going to that school. Going up that winding road on a bike and see the school appear between the trees. Pure serenity.
SilverNiKr my current school (jhs) isn’t quite as rural, but definitely up a steep winding road, beautiful place
Its crazy, right? I've heard that something like 90% of all Japanese people live in the cities. Meanwhile here I am born and raised on a farm going "Damn, they're crazy not to live out there. Its beautiful."
Or something out of a horror movie...
Imagine blasting down that road on a mountain bike
Imagine it in the winter
This is so interesting! What a lucky man! Thank you for making this video :)
This was the first video from your channel that I watched. Gonna rewatch some and watch videos that I didn't
This man is not scared of ghost, the ghost scared of him
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Ian Noof who wouldn’t tho, he took over a whole school
The ghosts like him as company
The ghost was just like
A yo man wassup?
Practicing the drums bro
No, this man is not trapped in a school with ghosts, but ghosts are trapped in a school with this man.
Fresh mountain air, plenty of space, jams, and plenty of coffee. This dude won life.
Just beautiful story and wonderful reportage!
This man is super fascinating !!
Great interview :)
I live in a Abondoned School sounds like a manga title
Yeah agreed
It's like those long ass light novel titles
@@mirzaamrin4636 😂😂😂
@@mirzaamrin4636 As a Japanese I seriously don't understand why they do that, I mean, just by looking at such a long "sentenced" title makes me kinda want to die.
@@mirzaamrin4636 I live in Abondoned School- Living With Spirits, School Life - Spirit School.
Thats more like a real novel name
This is so cool to see, I visited here in 2018 after spotting it randomly on Google Maps when driving around the Iya Valley. It's a beautiful place and we had an excellent pizza at that cafe!
this is INCREDIBLE!!!! So happy for him! I'm almost jealous! I would love to visit.
He's living his best life and helping others achieve that as well. Glad for him.
imagine thinkin this is a abandoned school and hearing him play his drums at 3am.
But the actual condition , he still sleep, and so ..who play that drum at this 3am???..dengdengdeng..hihihihihihihihi someone laugh , but no one there.
@@y.suhendraprimadiesel3219 ?????
Imagine if he’s sleeping and hears the drums being played.
I'd play drums at 3am... If I have one.
@@jameswatson5405 Ah, the roommates are playing it, told them to stop it at 3 AM!
I used to teach in a school like this in the mountains of Japan. The school was surrounded by mountains on 3 sides and faced the ocean. One year we only had 6 students, including only 1 new first grader. The next year, the student body doubled because we had 6 new first graders. I loved that job.
Sounds like the anime Non non biyori
@@sethb.7790
just looked it up. yeah, you're right!
Bet you must have had a wonderful memory about that. I also dream to do something like that but never have the courage.
Wow amazing ^^ what town was that if I may ask ?
@@lucieleairth It was the town of Mikisato belonging to the wider Owase City in Mie Prefecture :)
KUDOS to yohei! music and coffee in your own way is really a thing to envy! way to live life bro!
Fantastic 😊Yohei, your da Man! Great look into "otherness" or uniqueness which i love, back to Nature, best outcome. Thank You for the video!
I read too many horror mangas, I would just say nah and sleep on the streets 🤣
Sad thing is streets are far more dangerous than ghosts.
Bruh u again
much safer yeh
Me too
Those streets are scary AF as well
Plot twist: his "band mates" are actually the demons of the school.
Yokai
And his bodyu guard, NIOH guy puts the demons in check.
This man is living the life. No bosses, no rent, no problem in finding a cozy bed, no noise complaints from neighbors. Just peace and quiet away from the noises of a big city. Got a jam studio too. It would be cool though if ghosts show up and would just make conversation with this man like "dude, you have a good coffee for me to recommend?" That would be awesome. Hahaha
I love how chill Yohei is and love the area - it's true what he said, just looking at what you've shown in 8 minutes, you can see there's so much to explore and see and feel. Such a special area. Thanks for letting us see this.