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I would avoid leaving clues too. But it is your choice, you will see over time if the people who can figure out the clues are the type of people who can visit without wrecking and looting.
I get serious 90s JRPG vibes with some of them. Every moment you expect a guy coming aroung the corner asking "Do you wanna save, and heal by staying overnight?".
@28:30 Those are pillows. Some of them are even made from expensive stones like Jade. That hole is for the person using it to put valuable or important stuff inside. If there's an emergency you can just take the pillow and run out of the house.
As much as it’s fascinating to see it abandoned, I hope this village can be restored as an open air museum because it’s just too beautiful, the place itself tucked in the hills, lots of greenery, that little brook, the traditional houses… I despise mass tourism, but this could be part of little sustainable tours, the young people helping being the tour guide, it could also become an artists’ retreat… It’s just so beautiful to be forgotten! Thanks for showing it to use ❤️
I would love to own a small village like that. refurbish it back to the way it use to be in its original form. Old villages like this one are absolutely beautiful. Thanks for the video.
I follow two UA-cam groups that explore abandoned places respectively. They have done one's in Japan and I always find those ones the most fascinating. I love seeing no graffiti like unfortunately happens all the time here in the states. Thank you for not posting the location. A great upload!
I’ve been playing a game on my iPad called Japan Rural and this reminds me of that a lot. It’s about moving into an abandoned house and fixing it while starting to grow crops, fish, helping the few remaining villagers and repurposing abandoned places to start bringing life back to the village again. I love that there’s a calendar with different traditions that you can follow on certain days, like offering ohagi at a grave in autumn. It’s a beautiful game.
@@MRU112 I’ve only played Stardew Valley. I think it’s similar in the way that there are seasons, crops and people to create friendships with and there’s a list of gifts that they like. You can fish, catch bugs and take photos. It’s a nice chilled back game to play 😊
@JadeCC92 Also, if you haven't played Harvest Moon it's nearly a 1 for 1 of Stardew. Harvest moon friends of mineral town for the GBA was my favourite iteration.
48:00 I’ve watched enough Japanese horror to know to respect the sign. Thanks for bringing us along as always, it would be nice to see what it looks like in the future if it’s fixed up.
Thanks for the video again Norm! I love how you mention that on this particular time you didn't run into many bugs, then a huge spider at 27:46 scurries about on one of the boxes 😄
I always find these kinds of videos interesting, but a bit melancholy. These houses once had families living in them, Mums cooking food, kids playing. Now, there are only traces of their lives clothes, appliances, furniture, curled photographs. They once meant something to people who are no longer there. It's fascinating to see these places, but a bit sad too.
Awesome video. So cool you were able to enter a few houses! Also loved that at the end of the video all the bugs started singing. Makes it so relaxing…
What a curious place! It was so fascinating to see these old buildings, combined with the newer elements. How awesome that some people are trying to preserve this village. ♥ And yeees! Please do return to this place and try to find out more about it. That would be incredible!
This was so very fun to watch, I really enjoy watching a long-forgotten area be explored, giving you a glimpse into the past, or into someone's life who might not be around anymore.
First building seems to be a charcoal kiln. My Neighbor Totoro - land! Got to love the carved wooden relief panel. Looks like a survivor from when a temple / shrine was rebuilt PS - Thanks for the urban exploration
9/10 for this one Norm. The jumping puzzle early one was an unexpected (and scary) treat , but you lose score for not using the save point infront of the shrine. That was reckless, especially in front of such an obvious boss encounter :D
Super cool exploration, Norm. You've done this pretty respectfully, too. It would be great to see this place preserved, since there appears to be some worthwhile traditional architecture with those giant natural beams and posts.
Norm this was a lovely visit. You could see why people liked living there with the lovely sound of babbling creek throughout. Great place to sleep each night. Always fascinating see everything that is left behind. The one building with the closed door kind of made me think they had gathered a bunch of stuff that was salvageable. Just a thought. Thanks for showing us the life in the country. It seemed like a snapshot of the past, left behind for others to wonder about..
I started to feel a little anxiety in my chest as you entered the shrine area after the sun started to go down lol. From there on, it felt like some of the retro style Japanese horror games I’ve seen
love these videos. they don't have to be creepy or anything, just fun to see the history, and loved the mossy shrine. would be nice if you could return to see it in the day and find more info, though it's probably a lot of unnecessary work
Hi Norm great video thank you 👍. I do hope this Village does get preserved for future generations. them other abandoned villages was great to. B safe take care Norm. luv from the uk 🇬🇧👍❤️❤️
Climbing that ladder at 21:30 with a camera in one hand and a flashlight in the other was impressive enough without trying to get to the top. I've tried just walking up a steep & rocky path with a camera in one hand and an umbrella in the other and I seriously thought I would fall to my death when I started loosing balance until I somehow managed to make sure I fell sideways instead of backwards. So I'm fully support the "safety first" mentality (even if I sometimes fail to live up to it myself).
It's odd that everything still looks so well landscaped. Where I am if a town was left abandoned for just one year the grass would be knee high and everything would be coated in moss.
One of the details that amazed me the most, was the road itself, how it’s built in the river’s little canal, a very good idea to save on having to clear forest or build bridges/tunels, and I doubt such a small river that far up a mountain experiences much flash flooding if any. I love when urban infrastructure merges with nature!
Surfboard @ 37.40 is a Windsurfer. Basically a sail attached to a surf board, they've been replaced by kite-surfers now. Very popular in the 1980's. Adobe which is Spanish for mudbrick, is the English word your looking for in regards to the walls.
despite the abandoned buildings, the landscaping and flora in general still look so tidy and lovely. i just stumbled across your channel by chance - this was a delight to watch. count me in as a new subscriber.
In a heart beat I'd explore that village. I'd love to see what wandering priest has that shrine on his roster of shrines to take care of, it looked cared for. Bet he'd have a good idea of the story of the place. Flash light adventures are great, even if low light quality of cameras aren't perfect. As always, thank you!
I love exploring abandoned places and yes, would really like to see you go back to this spot and find folks to talk to and its history. There is such a nostalgic sadness to places like this. You can imagine the children walking to school together or playing in the yards, women cooking over the stoves, men chopping wood or tending a garden. I really wish someone would come in and completely fix up this entire village to its original condition and open it up as a place for tourist to come and experience old, historical Japan. Tourist dollars could then keep the village in good shape and alive again. Maybe you can give someone that idea there and get them to run with it!! Awesome video as usual!!
Awesome video as always Norm. These abandoned places videos are always such an epic adventure you truly see the most amazing things out in the less populated areas. Thanks for letting us ride along with you on your adventures around Japan. 🇯🇵
I love old buildings ❤ I would bet that this village was comprised of elders that either moved or passed away. Some of the new touches are from, of course, things to make their golden years easier. I am so proud of the students that are wanting to preserve this village. They will have a ton of work, but the area is gorgeous! I forsee this as a historical experience and a place to stay. Great video T.L.
So much to see in this video, the house construction, the layout of the houses, the Japanese way of life, the history, beautiful nature and how it tries to reclaim and so much much more. Love it!
I wondered if you, since you have been to so many of these "abandoned" places, ever encountered strange incidences not of this world. It would be interesting to hear and see your stories. Love watching the videos. Love then to bits!
Really fascinating village! I absolutely would be interested to hear more about it from either the students who were restoring it or the old residents, because it seems like it has a story or two it could tell...
All that green and the super soothing water running through the village. It's a very melancholy village with an air of hope. That flashlight is a draw 😆All my family members who passed by behind me were like "that flashlight's great. what is it?" Lighting up the path to the shrine and the shrine was a little spooky though. Expanding my kanji for extreme keep out warnings. 100% would venture for the atmosphere here 💜✌🐦
As always, Norm, very cool video. Now, here’s my take on it. Looking at how big the houses are and how the large timbers were of the style of, like you said, 100 years old or older; looking at the styled roofs; looking at the old kitchens; looking at the fact that I did not see any indoor plumbing; looking at the way the houses were placed along the road, I think this was, at one time, a Way-Station for travelers. These houses may have been Inns or places to eat and drink. I would love to see where the road came from and went to. And considering how grand those houses are this must have been a very important Way-Station. I really hope you get to talk to the folks who are or were trying to do some restoration work. Take care and thanks again.
I love the abandoned village videos! I wish I did some exploring while I was in Japan but maybe next time. Also I am planning on going to the London meetup with my mom. It's going to be my mom first time in UK so I'm excited!
Thank you for another great video and helping share a special and easily forgotten part of Japan. Would love to see a video later on to see how the restoration efforts are going.
Such a lucky find! It’s sad that it’s abandoned and in disrepair, but hopefully it will be restored. It looks like a lovely area and the homes look like they were very cozy at one point.
The well preserved house from around 27:15 might be the staging area for the students. The shinto shrine in that room might be for praying for safety of the workers.
Can’t clearly see the serial number on the fridge but it looks like it’s National NR-2424NV-X. National was a brand founded in Osaka in 1925. It was later used as a sub brand of Panasonic before being gradually phased out of all markets. Last existed in 2008. The one thing I can find is that they changed their logo in 1987 and that’s the later version.
Such a beautiful, peaceful place. I really like the way that road is built with the stone wall along the creek. I would love to live there, just me and the bears!
Wow you have really upped your game this month with all the videos, very impressive. How do you even find the time to film/explore/edit/post so much LOL.. good work. This village had a real Japanese version of "Walhalla" (an old mining town in Australia) vibe to it . Similar layout and such. ** also gas tanks usually have a date stamped on them, probably the easiest way to date these locations
Another beautiful spot norm. Those bugs in the fire hole are know as cave or camel crickets, scary looking critters, harmless, i had a close call with them in a kamakura cemetery cave, pitch black inside, when i turned my phone light on the walls were absolutely covered in them, i made myself very small and quickly retreated with very cold shivers.😱🙄😂ohh !!! I stand corrected norm. Later in the vid you mentioned geji geji bugs ! Urgh !! Horrible things 😅😅😅
I know I'm a bit late commenting but thank you for posting this. My grandma grew up in Japan and said that it looked like this. It's interesting to see.
The fridge is likely 70s and looks like one my parents had for many many years. (National brand was available here in Australia.) The washing machine was a ‘twin tub’ style and was available up to late 70s, possibly early 80s - older relatives had this. Love the first person view. Tip from someone who has spent time in heritage buildings doing assessments - wear a hard hat and have a good rescue plan. Old stuff is amazing but it can surprise you with its lack of structural integrity.
Abandoned place like this makes me feel sad and appreciate life more. Cos we leave everything behind and riches don't matter. As long as it's enough to go by and happy that's what content me. Homeless people will be grateful just to have a rood over their head. Soo many abandoned places
This was fantastic 👏🏻😯 I love seeing the traditional layout of the houses, such beautiful architecture too! It would be wild if you could find out some more information or talk to locals, I’d love to know!!
Hi Norm, thanks for the great tour. Too bad you couldn't date the village, but it was definately retro. Yeah, I think you should return after contacting the university/preservation group or locals who lived there. Keep exploring and keep safe. 29:51 - I believe that is a traditional style pillow. I saw a similar design in China, but with different material. I also think that those pillows were for summer months when a pillow stuffed with feathers or cotton would get wet due to sweating. Just my opinion, hopefully someone can verify. Did you get the name of the shrine? It looks like the name was on a stone pillar.
Doing a little research, the fridge at 27:08 comes back as an early 80s model but was based on a continuation of their (National) late 60s/early 70s models. Likely same compressor and design with a new esthetic.
A very nice video, even if it's a bit sad to see a village abandoned. And judging from the fridge/freezer, the plastic stuff (baskets, and bowls), and the CD player boombox, I'd say it was abandoned somewhen around the 1980s or 1990s, but no later than 1998.
I would love to visit, and would love to see it all fully restored. I have been to retreats in Australia which have lots of self contained cabins in nature. The whole village can be turned into such a retreat, for groups to hire and get away for a weekend.
At 21:37 there seems to be a sound just before you say "wow" and it kinda sounds like a voice. Now before anyone says anything, no I don't think it's a ghost or anything I just found it amusing and a bit spooky.
The creaking sound the chest made when Norm was closing the chest at ~ 17:32 kinda sounded like "Hello" 😂 I had to wind it back, cuz I thought he put some sfx on the video 😂
Great exploration of a well preserved old village i was getting Silent Hill / Fatal Frame vibes during this, especially first person flashlight view. Hope the restoration continues.
Absolutely Beautiful...Looks like some kind of Fairy Tale Place...My guess is many of these places went abandoned during Japan's boom decades during the 70's / 80's & 90's they moved to the cities where the Jobs were and left the Nature behind because it did not pay to stay also most of these places look way beyond repair and are ready for demolition...
I own a 98 years old house in a rural village in Spain. It was built by my great grandpa (I never met him) but it also was my grandma's home. I'll keep it until the day I pass away (which is something that I don't plan to happen soon). I hope it can survive at least another century without being demolished or abandoned.
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No - location won't be posted as every time I have ever publicly posted the location to an abandoned spot like this, I come back to find it looted and destroyed - Adventurers will find it! I leave hints in the vid~
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I would avoid leaving clues too. But it is your choice, you will see over time if the people who can figure out the clues are the type of people who can visit without wrecking and looting.
Norm, it would be nice to have those links to the 2 previous videos on the main channel :-) - when you traced down the last remaining inhabitant....
@myggggeneration it’s linked at the end of this vid!! Shows up as a play card!
National Brand apparently is pre “Panasonic” company brand.
These abandoned villages must have been beautiful in their day. It's so sad to see these places lost.
I get serious 90s JRPG vibes with some of them. Every moment you expect a guy coming aroung the corner asking "Do you wanna save, and heal by staying overnight?".
@28:30 Those are pillows. Some of them are even made from expensive stones like Jade. That hole is for the person using it to put valuable or important stuff inside. If there's an emergency you can just take the pillow and run out of the house.
those straw things looks also like pillows
National NR-242HV-Y The Slim refrigerator, manufactured in 1982, 235L, retail price 190,000 yen. Not that anyone asked
Timestamp?
Cool! I was guessing this would've been mostly been abandoned sometime in the 70's, so mid to late 80's does sound plausible too =D
Definitely 80's. The surfboard is a Windsurfer. Very popular mid 80's to 2000's.
@@pafeso1659 check out 26:49
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As much as it’s fascinating to see it abandoned, I hope this village can be restored as an open air museum because it’s just too beautiful, the place itself tucked in the hills, lots of greenery, that little brook, the traditional houses… I despise mass tourism, but this could be part of little sustainable tours, the young people helping being the tour guide, it could also become an artists’ retreat… It’s just so beautiful to be forgotten! Thanks for showing it to use ❤️
I would love to own a small village like that. refurbish it back to the way it use to be in its original form. Old villages like this one are absolutely beautiful. Thanks for the video.
I follow two UA-cam groups that explore abandoned places respectively. They have done one's in Japan and I always find those ones the most fascinating. I love seeing no graffiti like unfortunately happens all the time here in the states. Thank you for not posting the location. A great upload!
oh this was such a cool stroll. thank you for taking us along and leaving nothing behind.
The Modern Explorer's Motto, "Take nothing but pictures, video and memories. Leave nothing but footprints."
@@blagmate5516 that's what I was referencing 🙂
I’ve been playing a game on my iPad called Japan Rural and this reminds me of that a lot. It’s about moving into an abandoned house and fixing it while starting to grow crops, fish, helping the few remaining villagers and repurposing abandoned places to start bringing life back to the village again. I love that there’s a calendar with different traditions that you can follow on certain days, like offering ohagi at a grave in autumn. It’s a beautiful game.
Like a Japanese stardew valley/harvest moon?
@@MRU112 I’ve only played Stardew Valley. I think it’s similar in the way that there are seasons, crops and people to create friendships with and there’s a list of gifts that they like. You can fish, catch bugs and take photos. It’s a nice chilled back game to play 😊
@JadeCC92 I've had a look at some gameplay, and it does look like a chill time killer. Thanks for the recommendation. 👍
@JadeCC92 Also, if you haven't played Harvest Moon it's nearly a 1 for 1 of Stardew. Harvest moon friends of mineral town for the GBA was my favourite iteration.
48:00 I’ve watched enough Japanese horror to know to respect the sign.
Thanks for bringing us along as always, it would be nice to see what it looks like in the future if it’s fixed up.
Do you know any Japanese horror movies like this kind and that you would recommend? I also love this genre!
Thanks for the video again Norm!
I love how you mention that on this particular time you didn't run into many bugs, then a huge spider at 27:46 scurries about on one of the boxes 😄
Timing 😂
I always find these kinds of videos interesting, but a bit melancholy. These houses once had families living in them, Mums cooking food, kids playing. Now, there are only traces of their lives clothes, appliances, furniture, curled photographs. They once meant something to people who are no longer there. It's fascinating to see these places, but a bit sad too.
Don't feel too melancholy, Japan is FILLED of villages like this. Over 10 thousand abandoned villages across Japan.
Well, it looks like there is someone in the background. Maybe I just haven't had my morning coffee yet. Now that is scary
Where?
It's totally there in the thumbnail. Feels like the guardian of the video :D
Could be the oni of the village
@@chrislessard975 "Bring me 5 new like button presses every 8th full moon...or your next sake will be sour!"
@@GBCrush38:09 👀 looks similar to the thumbnail
The grounds and road seem to be in really good condition... this place is beautiful.
absolutely stunning! what a pretty little village ♥ it deserves to be preserved and I hope that mission is still on-going
Awesome video. So cool you were able to enter a few houses! Also loved that at the end of the video all the bugs started singing. Makes it so relaxing…
That jump @ 9:27 felt just right, love that first person view as well! Excellent and intriguing video
Thanks for posing this Norm. I love going on adventures with you. My purple Explore Always shirt is one of my favorites!!
Mine too!
Hi everyone! Neat abandoned village with huge houses. THX for this journey Norm.
What a curious place! It was so fascinating to see these old buildings, combined with the newer elements. How awesome that some people are trying to preserve this village. ♥
And yeees! Please do return to this place and try to find out more about it. That would be incredible!
This was so very fun to watch, I really enjoy watching a long-forgotten area be explored, giving you a glimpse into the past, or into someone's life who might not be around anymore.
First building seems to be a charcoal kiln.
My Neighbor Totoro - land!
Got to love the carved wooden relief panel. Looks like a survivor from when a temple / shrine was rebuilt
PS - Thanks for the urban exploration
Agreed. It definitely looks like a kiln. My first thought was pottery, but a charcoal kiln would make more sense.
9/10 for this one Norm. The jumping puzzle early one was an unexpected (and scary) treat , but you lose score for not using the save point infront of the shrine. That was reckless, especially in front of such an obvious boss encounter :D
I got the ad jumpscare too 😂
Super cool exploration, Norm. You've done this pretty respectfully, too. It would be great to see this place preserved, since there appears to be some worthwhile traditional architecture with those giant natural beams and posts.
Norm this was a lovely visit. You could see why people liked living there with the lovely sound of babbling creek throughout. Great place to sleep each night. Always fascinating see everything that is left behind. The one building with the closed door kind of made me think they had gathered a bunch of stuff that was salvageable. Just a thought. Thanks for showing us the life in the country. It seemed like a snapshot of the past, left behind for others to wonder about..
I started to feel a little anxiety in my chest as you entered the shrine area after the sun started to go down lol. From there on, it felt like some of the retro style Japanese horror games I’ve seen
love these videos. they don't have to be creepy or anything, just fun to see the history, and loved the mossy shrine. would be nice if you could return to see it in the day and find more info, though it's probably a lot of unnecessary work
Loved the footage of the shrine, the b&w effect made it look even more mysterious. It would be nice to see a follow-up.
Hi Norm great video thank you 👍. I do hope this Village does get preserved for future generations. them other abandoned villages was great to. B safe take care Norm. luv from the uk 🇬🇧👍❤️❤️
Climbing that ladder at 21:30 with a camera in one hand and a flashlight in the other was impressive enough without trying to get to the top. I've tried just walking up a steep & rocky path with a camera in one hand and an umbrella in the other and I seriously thought I would fall to my death when I started loosing balance until I somehow managed to make sure I fell sideways instead of backwards. So I'm fully support the "safety first" mentality (even if I sometimes fail to live up to it myself).
It's a gorgeous old fashioned Stove😊
It's odd that everything still looks so well landscaped. Where I am if a town was left abandoned for just one year the grass would be knee high and everything would be coated in moss.
This series of videos has been an absolute treat and I love the trips to the abandoned places. Really makes me want to visit one on my next trip.
Thanks for another great video! This was a cool abandoned village. Hopefully the restoration hasn’t stopped.
One of the details that amazed me the most, was the road itself, how it’s built in the river’s little canal, a very good idea to save on having to clear forest or build bridges/tunels, and I doubt such a small river that far up a mountain experiences much flash flooding if any. I love when urban infrastructure merges with nature!
Hahah that jump was the best lol the suspense was rather funny to me because an ad played mid-air
Surfboard @ 37.40 is a Windsurfer. Basically a sail attached to a surf board, they've been replaced by kite-surfers now. Very popular in the 1980's. Adobe which is Spanish for mudbrick, is the English word your looking for in regards to the walls.
despite the abandoned buildings, the landscaping and flora in general still look so tidy and lovely. i just stumbled across your channel by chance - this was a delight to watch. count me in as a new subscriber.
Yet another jaw-dropping adventure. Thank you.
In a heart beat I'd explore that village. I'd love to see what wandering priest has that shrine on his roster of shrines to take care of, it looked cared for. Bet he'd have a good idea of the story of the place. Flash light adventures are great, even if low light quality of cameras aren't perfect. As always, thank you!
I love exploring abandoned places and yes, would really like to see you go back to this spot and find folks to talk to and its history. There is such a nostalgic sadness to places like this. You can imagine the children walking to school together or playing in the yards, women cooking over the stoves, men chopping wood or tending a garden. I really wish someone would come in and completely fix up this entire village to its original condition and open it up as a place for tourist to come and experience old, historical Japan. Tourist dollars could then keep the village in good shape and alive again. Maybe you can give someone that idea there and get them to run with it!! Awesome video as usual!!
Awesome video as always Norm. These abandoned places videos are always such an epic adventure you truly see the most amazing things out in the less populated areas. Thanks for letting us ride along with you on your adventures around Japan. 🇯🇵
I really hope to be able to do some abandoned village spotting. It's sort of a window into the past.
Thanks again for a great video.
I love old buildings ❤ I would bet that this village was comprised of elders that either moved or passed away. Some of the new touches are from, of course, things to make their golden years easier.
I am so proud of the students that are wanting to preserve this village. They will have a ton of work, but the area is gorgeous! I forsee this as a historical experience and a place to stay. Great video T.L.
This was incredible Norm!! The vibes were so spooky at times and I loved it!
I am loving your work, if I can call it work, the opening shots alone showing such beautiful colours melts me.
So much to see in this video, the house construction, the layout of the houses, the Japanese way of life, the history, beautiful nature and how it tries to reclaim and so much much more. Love it!
This was a great one Norm. Thank you so much for all you do. Greetings from Aruba.
The curve and the water makes it an amazing landscape
I wondered if you, since you have been to so many of these "abandoned" places, ever encountered strange incidences not of this world. It would be interesting to hear and see your stories. Love watching the videos. Love then to bits!
Really fascinating village! I absolutely would be interested to hear more about it from either the students who were restoring it or the old residents, because it seems like it has a story or two it could tell...
such a pleasing home layout at 12:19
I bet that house looked amazing back when it was in use.
Thanks for this video Norm, it's always exhilarating to explore places absolutely dripping with ephemeral nostalgia!!
One day, I'll be there!
All that green and the super soothing water running through the village. It's a very melancholy village with an air of hope. That flashlight is a draw 😆All my family members who passed by behind me were like "that flashlight's great. what is it?" Lighting up the path to the shrine and the shrine was a little spooky though. Expanding my kanji for extreme keep out warnings. 100% would venture for the atmosphere here 💜✌🐦
As always, Norm, very cool video. Now, here’s my take on it. Looking at how big the houses are and how the large timbers were of the style of, like you said, 100 years old or older; looking at the styled roofs; looking at the old kitchens; looking at the fact that I did not see any indoor plumbing; looking at the way the houses were placed along the road, I think this was, at one time, a Way-Station for travelers. These houses may have been Inns or places to eat and drink. I would love to see where the road came from and went to. And considering how grand those houses are this must have been a very important Way-Station. I really hope you get to talk to the folks who are or were trying to do some restoration work. Take care and thanks again.
I love the abandoned village videos! I wish I did some exploring while I was in Japan but maybe next time. Also I am planning on going to the London meetup with my mom. It's going to be my mom first time in UK so I'm excited!
Thanks again Norm. Great explore!
Thank you for another great video and helping share a special and easily forgotten part of Japan. Would love to see a video later on to see how the restoration efforts are going.
Hi Norm. Can't wait to see this. I be waiting. catch you later. luv from the uk 🇬🇧👍❤️❤️
I loved this video, thank you Norm! :D
Such a lucky find! It’s sad that it’s abandoned and in disrepair, but hopefully it will be restored. It looks like a lovely area and the homes look like they were very cozy at one point.
The well preserved house from around 27:15 might be the staging area for the students. The shinto shrine in that room might be for praying for safety of the workers.
Can’t clearly see the serial number on the fridge but it looks like it’s National NR-2424NV-X.
National was a brand founded in Osaka in 1925. It was later used as a sub brand of Panasonic before being gradually phased out of all markets. Last existed in 2008.
The one thing I can find is that they changed their logo in 1987 and that’s the later version.
looks like 80s design. maybe after the bubble in 80's the village got empty
@@klm20079 well it’s later than 87 if it’s got the later logo on it.
Such a beautiful, peaceful place. I really like the way that road is built with the stone wall along the creek. I would love to live there, just me and the bears!
Beautiful area ♡ but definitely was waiting for the haunted jumpscare most of the time! Great job as always
Wow you have really upped your game this month with all the videos, very impressive. How do you even find the time to film/explore/edit/post so much LOL.. good work. This village had a real Japanese version of "Walhalla" (an old mining town in Australia) vibe to it . Similar layout and such. ** also gas tanks usually have a date stamped on them, probably the easiest way to date these locations
Nice, can't wait
Another beautiful spot norm. Those bugs in the fire hole are know as cave or camel crickets, scary looking critters, harmless, i had a close call with them in a kamakura cemetery cave, pitch black inside, when i turned my phone light on the walls were absolutely covered in them, i made myself very small and quickly retreated with very cold shivers.😱🙄😂ohh !!! I stand corrected norm. Later in the vid you mentioned geji geji bugs ! Urgh !! Horrible things 😅😅😅
I know I'm a bit late commenting but thank you for posting this. My grandma grew up in Japan and said that it looked like this. It's interesting to see.
Such a beautiful village, I would love to live in a place like that.
I do love place like this, thanks to show these place to all!
What a trooper making us able to see all these wonders.
The fridge is likely 70s and looks like one my parents had for many many years. (National brand was available here in Australia.) The washing machine was a ‘twin tub’ style and was available up to late 70s, possibly early 80s - older relatives had this.
Love the first person view. Tip from someone who has spent time in heritage buildings doing assessments - wear a hard hat and have a good rescue plan. Old stuff is amazing but it can surprise you with its lack of structural integrity.
wow, the place is so gorgeous!
Abandoned place like this makes me feel sad and appreciate life more. Cos we leave everything behind and riches don't matter. As long as it's enough to go by and happy that's what content me.
Homeless people will be grateful just to have a rood over their head. Soo many abandoned places
This was fantastic 👏🏻😯 I love seeing the traditional layout of the houses, such beautiful architecture too! It would be wild if you could find out some more information or talk to locals, I’d love to know!!
Very nice, peaceful, and serene shrine area. Hope you find out more about why everyone left.
I would check out the production date on that bottle in 27.48. should give us a sense when the house is abandoned.
Hi Norm, thanks for the great tour. Too bad you couldn't date the village, but it was definately retro. Yeah, I think you should return after contacting the university/preservation group or locals who lived there. Keep exploring and keep safe.
29:51 - I believe that is a traditional style pillow. I saw a similar design in China, but with different material. I also think that those pillows were for summer months when a pillow stuffed with feathers or cotton would get wet due to sweating. Just my opinion, hopefully someone can verify.
Did you get the name of the shrine? It looks like the name was on a stone pillar.
Doing a little research, the fridge at 27:08 comes back as an early 80s model but was based on a continuation of their (National) late 60s/early 70s models. Likely same compressor and design with a new esthetic.
I got so excited dang it gotta wait 7 hours
A very nice video, even if it's a bit sad to see a village abandoned.
And judging from the fridge/freezer, the plastic stuff (baskets, and bowls), and the CD player boombox, I'd say it was abandoned somewhen around the 1980s or 1990s, but no later than 1998.
Yay! I was right with my guess of “wattle and daub” for tsuchikabe …
I would love to visit, and would love to see it all fully restored.
I have been to retreats in Australia which have lots of self contained cabins in nature.
The whole village can be turned into such a retreat, for groups to hire and get away for a weekend.
At 21:37 there seems to be a sound just before you say "wow" and it kinda sounds like a voice. Now before anyone says anything, no I don't think it's a ghost or anything I just found it amusing and a bit spooky.
This was wonderful. Thank you!
awesome and interesting video, thank you! ❤
Amazing the photos generally fascinating 😊
Tsuchikabe, 土壁, literally 'dirt wall'. 'Wattle and daub' or 'cob' are similar traditional building techniques in the West.
The creaking sound the chest made when Norm was closing the chest at ~ 17:32 kinda sounded like "Hello" 😂 I had to wind it back, cuz I thought he put some sfx on the video 😂
Be safe and thanks for an interesting video :)
You need to carry a haunted village survival pack. It would be a flashlight, batteries, gloves, holy water, salt, and a lighter 😆
A Katana blessed and engraved by a Japanese monk for slaying ghosts.
Don't forget the Omamori...
It will be a new channel.. "ParaNORMal"
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Don't forget your sealing papers, portable snack offering bowl and incense sticks!
Great exploration of a well preserved old village i was getting Silent Hill / Fatal Frame vibes during this, especially first person flashlight view. Hope the restoration continues.
Absolutely Beautiful...Looks like some kind of Fairy Tale Place...My guess is many of these places went abandoned during Japan's boom decades during the 70's / 80's & 90's they moved to the cities where the Jobs were and left the Nature behind because it did not pay to stay also most of these places look way beyond repair and are ready for demolition...
I own a 98 years old house in a rural village in Spain. It was built by my great grandpa (I never met him) but it also was my grandma's home. I'll keep it until the day I pass away (which is something that I don't plan to happen soon). I hope it can survive at least another century without being demolished or abandoned.
48:03 What is different about how that sign in written? Is it like a difference between 'please do not enter' and 'do NOT enter'?
Long time viewer love the content would love to be a patron but cant fit it into my budget right now keep it up keep being sassy
That village looks amazing! Hope whoever can bring it back to life.
Hi from Canada love your vids❤
magical places, i can feel the breeze and scent of the places... end of statement. cause I'll talk way too much, cause I love these places