We bought a mysterious Japanese house
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2022
- We bought an old, mysterious Japanese house (which we promptly demolished and built our new, current house on top of). Probably never going to get answers for some of the things we found, but it's all gone now so oh well!
For many older houses in Japan, affordability/availability was prioritized over longevity, and there were a lot of environmental factors to consider (high humidity, natural disasters). In part due to this, old houses here lose much or all of their value as they age, and many houses that go up for sale are either renovated or torn down and built over by the new owners.
Nowadays technology has improved a LOT (along with safety requirements!) so modern Japanese houses can be very high quality and long-lasting, depending on the options you choose. We ended up building a wonderful house perfectly suited for us and our cats, and with a great view of our back yard! Tour of that coming soon. :D
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This is the previous house that was on our property before we tore it down and built our current house!
It felt super weird being able to walk through a house that was technically ours but not really ours. The previous owners were really nice, and we talked to them about our plans to demolish the house and build over it if we bought their property (they were totally fine with it). They actually stopped by after our new house was built (Jun had questions about the well) and we gave them a tour. We are so grateful we were able to receive such a beautiful property from them--they kept such an amazing yard with so many fruit trees and GIGANTIC rhododendron and hydrangea bushes. And it came with a community cat (Rin-chan) who we now also take care of! We adore this place and our new neighborhood so much!
Having a community cat included is a happy bonus! 😁
Edit: re-read! The first part of their post wasn’t there when I posted my comment. (About this being the house before they tore it down and built theirs) I did however miss the part on the video where they didn’t respond about their items.
That’s still amazing!! All those crawl spaces and everything is super creepy! Just have two questions!
Did you ever figure out what those bugs were?
Do you have any “secret” cubbies like the old house had due to how your place was built?
That's actually so wholesome that I'm tearing up.
@@Christmas__365 re-read the comment
@@Christmas__365 Over Rachel's head are the words "THEY DID NOT." I loved that second scroll! Also, they came over and got a tour of the new house, as Jun had questions about the well.
For everyone who’s wondering, this is the house before the new house Rachel n Jun built on the same property :)
WHOOPS, I didn't even think to mention that, haha. Yes! This was the property we bought, before we moved. We're working on the rest of the house building/new house tour videos now so we wanted to upload all the videos together-ish.
@@RachelandJunAdventures You guys should definitely pin this comment! :)
So to confirm. They bought a house, removed it and then built their new house over the old one? I thought they only bought land property and built a new house (watching their older videos when they showed empty garden property). So lost in the little context they provided for this video.
@@MidlerX Yeah I looked at this video and was like "oh, they've bought *another* house.... what the heck are they gonna do with this one..???"
@@RachelandJunAdventures haha I was like "They bought a SECOND property? wow!" :D
Somehow Jun gently headbutting the doorframe to indicate that it is not fitted to his specifications seems like a communication style he picked up from the cats.
2:55 Jun: "Smart Rachel.”
Rachel: (explores a cabinet)
Jun: "My smart wife."
Rachel: "Oh, toothpicks!"
Jun: "My smart wife."
Rachel: "Yes?"
Jun: "Help me open this door?"
Rachel: (confusion and nervous laughter) "Well this will stay a mystery!"
I'm sorry but this part killed me, I loved that interaction during the exploration🤣🤣
Also, the tiny doors, poor Jun🤣
I always forget that Jun is tall is for a Japanese person until the height thing is unavoidable. I'm so used to doors in America that I kinda just assume all doors world wide are the same height.
It's such an odd thing to think of a nation having doors that are small. They must be adjusted to the national average or something which according to a google is 5'2" for men and 4'9" for women.
Poor Jun. He's been banging his head for his whole life...
@@glenngriffon8032 5'2 for men is completely off what- where did you get that number from? i'm pretty sure the average for guys is 170cm (5'7) and for girls around ~160 iirc (5'3)
edit: did a google search and I see where the 5’2 and 4’9 came from… however on the same website, the average heights are listed as 170.7cm (5’7) and 157.8cm (5’2) with the feet and inch conversions listed incorrectly which is peculiar 🤔
@@penguin-tc1cx I'm thinking the statistics depend on the generation. My Japanese mother and father in law are both shorter than me. I'm 5'2". My husband, however, is 5'7". All the older Japanese people (age equivalent to US Boomers/ Silent Gen) I've met have been short. But most of my Japanese friends (under 40) are of what I'd call average modern height.
@@Bumblehampster oh yes definitely, especially since the elderly make up around 40% of the population… however, for fully grown men/women (adults basically) the average height is around what I said in my previous comment (did a google search to make sure asw)
I loved that interaction as well. It's just a goofy, obviously manipulative (in a playful way) "help I'm stuck" kind of thing.
Oh houses with added on extensions can have SUCH weird stuff in them!! My current bedroom was an extension and because of it there's now a door and STAIRS that go nowhere in the basement hahaha. They used to go outside into the yard but the extension was built over them so it's just a door that opens up to stairs that go up into the ground haha.
That feels like it would be a good place to go read or something when you wanna be alone - just set out some comfy cushions and bring a (safe) light source!
The living room in my house is an extension, so the dining room gets very little light compared to when it wasn't there.
It does look that way anyway. Moved in years after it happened by the previous owners.
My grandparents used to have a home with a big porch in the front of their home--- rather than be open they had some old windows around the entire thing. When my mom got the house they remodeled the entire home--- and made 1/2 of that porch into a big laundry room/pantry area--- the windows are still there though and they just kind of built a wall around the outside. My much younger siblings never got to see the old house and were so confused why there are windows in a closet with no view but the inside of the walls.
MY favorite architecture ever is older buildings that have been renovated to the point of being like a beehive of random passages and pockets of space that don't really fit any purpose.
My childhood home was my grandparents' old garden shop/home. Back when it was a shop the living space was on the upper floor and the bottom floor was shop space. By the time I was born it hadn't been a shop in many years but the "entry hall" is still to this day the big open concrete room where the till stood, dad's hobby hallway (a very long workbench with electrical projects) was where they tied bouquets once upon a time and at the far end of that hallway is the teeny tiny customer toilet. The downstairs living room used to be a garage.
The upper floor kitchen, bathroom and main bedroom were added around the time my grandparents moved in I think, dad mentioned once that they had to dig into the slope behind the house to expand the upper floor space. As a teenager I slowly realized that no one else I knew had the kitchen upstairs. Everyone has their kitchen on the ground floor except my dad because when the kitchen was built the ground floor was reserved for customers.
The editing with the spooky music coming everytime Rachel found something potentially scary... It absolutely cracked me up, what a funny video. Rachel was absolutely ready to have her very own Goosebumps adventure ahah
The way Jun said oh no about the forgotten fish was so funny 😂
They should offer it to the cats.
@@hankcohen3419 I would not offer forbidden fish even to dead cats.
Jun continuously hitting his head on the door frames is the kind of comedy that heals my 5'3 (about 1m61) soul XD
I feel his pain I’m 185cm
jumps and try to hit the door frame but definitely wont reach in 5'2 😂
No hops period in 4’10”.
I know! Poor Jun's gonna be concussed.
Me, 180 m, who always hits her head on the doorways of the old trams: I guess I deserve that for running over short girls by accident sometimes 😑
Old houses have such a cool feel to them- some are nostalgic, some are slightly creepy, but i like to think the nicest part about them is it’s a clean slate! There’s so much you can do to make it your own! It’s what you said, Rachel! It’s like a mini adventure!
The enthusiasm Jun says "CAT HOUSE!!" with at the end of the video spoke to me.
Lol I think somebody needs to explain what 'cathouse' is old fashioned American slang for to Jun. 😄😁❤️
Your decision to rebuild really makes sense. My wife and I were in the same situation (ie lived in a Japanese house from that era that just wasn’t built to last more than 30 years, and wasn’t worth renovating.) And we also made the decision to knock it down and completely rebuild. Which I know isn’t as COOL as an extreme renovation…but we don’t regret it now that we’re in the new place!
Also, the process of designing the new place and seeing the construction coming together (traditional Japanese wood frame style but modern esthetic) was really cool. Got the whole series on my channel if you wanna check it out!
Anyway, all the best in your new place!
I'm sure you did the right thing.
Renovating is usually cheaper than building from scratch, but you'll have to deal with constant repairs over the years, so tearing the house down and building a new structure in its place makes the most sense. Especially in Japan where houses devalue quickly and they were not (until recently at least) made to last very long.
How long have you and your wife lived in Japan?
@@CM-ss5pe Well, no regrets so far! (Especially since we have near-zero-interest loans in Japan. That helped. 😅)
@@DoctorEbot 20+ years. (She’s originally from here.)
@@Fabio-ql5yf Rebuilding a house can be about the same as a new house in the same area if the old house is cheap enough. Since old construction homes in Japan actually lose value over time, it can easily be worth rebuilding and is typical in Japan.
Jun saying "My Smart Wife" is so adorable.
The hay/dried grass could be what is left from a very very old bird's nest that may have been up there once. If the theory is the room was never used, perhaps a creature came in and made a home. The nest may have been noticed by the previous owners and cleaned out mostly at one point and there's only small pieces left.
Rachel: "...new, big, sturdy..."
Jun: "Cathouse!"
6 months later: 1/2 cathouse i guess
This whole video is just Jun flexing on his strenght, height and owning a house with his smart wife 😎
And we’re here for it! 🥳
While I'm over here with 0 strength, 5'2 height and no smart wife :((
This house is actually pretty weird. My grandma's old house had a 5 level basement and a lot of weird little nooks and crannies like this one, but this house just seems like it would be so easy to forget something somewhere or end up with kittens or racoons stuck in the walls.
Wtf? Why did she needs 5 level basement for?
@@milkdrinker117 underground parking for the whole neighbourhood
B1 pantry storage
B2 library
B3 woman cave
B4 man cave
B5 pentagram and bodies of the ones that inconvenienced you or your family members used as sacrifice for his satanic majesty.
@@user-il8bl7fh9v lol
@@milkdrinker117 bodies
the secret room with hay made me think of rabbits ! could have just been leftovers of a birds nest, but damage to the walls + hay + maybe fur could be rabbits !
I think they definitely kept chickens there. There were feathers, hay and the scratches on the wall look like beak marks. Plus I think the water leak might be from water bowls from the chickens. Old people do weird stuff- this is something my father would have done lol
I love Jun's quiet laughter as Rachel discovers the mysterious closet pit is full of cockroaches
“See, you did find dead bodies!” 🤣🤣
love that everywhere you go, there's a community of cats and cat lovers
For a second, I thought you got another house, renovate, and sell it off/airbnb it.
Really excited to see the inevitable videos of the process. Can't wait!
My god our mortgage is already enough. 😭 My brain literally wasn't capable of imagining a second house or Airbnb, haha. But I feel oddly honored that people assumed we were business savy enough to do something like that, hahaha
@@RachelandJunAdventures haha who knows maybe few years later you will go for second one 😜
Like Sharmeleon did!
@@nevergiveupdearfriend7289 No second homes! Let people who actually need homes to get housing.
@@bluemoonfaekynd8624 ? I mean they can buy the house and rent it? Investment?
This horror pangs reminds me of when me and my hubby were house hunting and were looking at some odd houses in town. One house had steps everywhere, hall connecting to kitchen a step, kitchen to living room two steps, bathroom had one heart attack step, even upstairs they had steps off of the main room to the bedrooms. There was also a different house where everything was looking fine until we went into one of the bedrooms. They had cut a panel out of the carpet showing a hatch in the middle of the room to the horror like basement. Someone previously had made a set of stairs in there to get down there but they weren't attached to anything. The basement itself had a narrow hall that bent around and I noped out of that lol.
We went house hunting and we actually later ended up renting this house we looked at but one part I found kinda creepy was that there was a door off of one of the bedrooms into the garage. Like it’s not really that creepy but it always creeped me out when I was in that room. The garage was a double garage connected to a single garage with an arch in between. There was a main door off the entrance into the garage but then also the door off of that one bedroom into the single garage. I didn’t like that the door locked from inside the garage and it scared me like a person would come out of the garage into the room while I was in there. It also made that one bedroom impossible to use because there was like nowhere to put any furniture because all the walls had doors or windows on them.
There is nothing quite as creepy as a house that doesn't make sense! In my opinion.
If you can get the original floor plan you can probably find a lot of self done renovations and that's why they tend not to make a lot of sense especially when you get into older and older homes.
@@626jean like it wasn't built by people if none of it makes sense for a place where people live?
@@ffwast Families' needs change as more kids come along, or move out: so they need more or fewer bedrooms, or convert one into a study, dressing room, sewing room, gym, etc. The same happens when you get modern appliances: you don't need a pantry, wash house, coal cellar, etc, any more.
Oooh... That was fascinating! I've done something similar before, only it was my own house, the one I grew up in. When my father died, my mother lived there a few years; we, their kids, all had sentimental feelings for the house and the yard (large, with fruit trees and 40-foot pines) and really didn't want it to be sold, but she had some health issues and none of us were rich. My sister was a property broker, so she handled it and it became part of her business' rental property. Years later after our mom had died, I was visiting and wanted to drive through our old neighborhood, and as we passed out house I said "Oh look, it's been foreclosed on." My sister said "WHAT" in a very flat voice and pulled over; turned out the house had been actually *sold* to a renter and then, yep, foreclosed on. So we went in and looked around... through the large doggy-door on the side, which my dad had installed. She called the person in charge of foreclosed property while we were there and let them know we were in it so we wouldn't be arrested, but it was really strange, walking up the step from the dining room and remembering helping my dad frame the concrete for that, seeing a corner of the fireplace hearth and knowing we'd put an old silver dime in there for luck before it was mortared closed. There was still the horseshoe above the fireplace that we'd left, and brass matchsafe by the mantle; we took them with us, we'd left both of them behind. Most of the fruit trees were still alive, and we took cuttings and some seedlings. It was like being ghosts in our own home.
My guess would be that the one room upstairs was used as storage and full of junk. Perhaps had a window open they couldn't get to. I think the feathers and hay were actually from bird nests 😊 that would also explain the amount of dust. The leak could have even been rain blowing in.
I think if they had kept chickens in there, there would be way, way more chicken poop all over
@@cylontoaster7660 I agree. That's why I'm thinking pigeons and/or other wild birds
Pigeons. For sure!
It seems silly to permanently leave a window open. If I was putting stuff in front of a window so I wouldn’t be able to reach it then I would close it first. You would get so much cold air coming in at night and in winter and you could get wild birds in your house as you said or rain blowing in. That doesn’t sound like a good situation at all.
@@rachelcookie321 I doubt they purposefully left the window open, but I work in a tiny hair salon, and we didn't realize our window was cracked and had a small hole for maybe even a year. It is in our break room, and we had a rack of shelves in front of the window, so we couldn't see it. I had noticed the room was hotter in the summer than the others, but I thought it was just because of the badly insulated door. It's right over the boiler room, so it was cold in the winter, but not crazy cold.
Anyway, if it's a crowded room they rarely went in, I could see the window breaking, and no one noticing. Ours wasn't broken big enough to let in a pigeon, but I think a sparrow could have gotten in!
You might know this already, but some reclaimed wood in houses can't be used for garden beds. They treat them with chemicals and it's pretty toxic and you wouldn't want to absorb into your vegetables.
That being said, that's for here in the US. I'm very aware Japanese houses vastly differ, so your kilometerage...may differ. :)
everywhere treats every wood for outdoor/home use. it’s fine to use. you need to treat it to be waterproof.
@@sloppytoppy3000 What is importan is what it is treated with. If it is treated with something that is toxic, that will go into the soil, and into the plants... you dont want to eat plants with extra toxins.. there are enough toxins in plants to begin with .
it may differ as you said, usuly old houses inside wood are raw wood that werent toxified with anything,,, the outside wood its mostlikely to be caoted with something to make it waterproof andstuff
@@yukichan177 Completely agree. Treated wood is very uncommon in Japan. You will only see it in the mudsills of new construction.
I don't think wood you use inside is treated with toxic chemicals - that would be really stupid, because you live there and would inhale the toxins.
I'm wondering if you managed to incorporate some of the old things (cabinet doors?) into your new house. Maybe you could do a video about that if it's enough to be filmed?
Not yet! We still have a lot of setting up to do in our current house. We haven't planned out all the rooms yet, but I've been thinking about it!
I already really hope y'all make a series for this new project. Even longer episodes with time lapses and before and afters would be nice. I just really enjoy the calm vibes your content gives me. I came for the cats but stayed for the people
They shared progress while their home was being built, when they were choosing the decor and stuff. It's the house that was on the property where their new house was built.
Yeah, I’d like to see that too. My wife and I started the same process a little over a year ago, and are living in our new place now. (I video-blogged it too. Feel fee to check it out… but sorry no cute cats.)
yeah they weren't very clear in the video but this is what was on the land before they built their new house so this is an old video, not a new project. :) i didn't know until i read the about section i was like a new house i wonder what that will be for lol
@@supposedly1-2 they mentioned at the very beginning that it’s where they are building their house (that they already built now)
I never thought there would be a day where I'd suspect Rachel and Jun to add a jump scare but I was definetly holding my breath when they were opening some of them panels 😂
Same, especially some misteries but the only thing close to a jumpscare is that glitchy greyscale thingy
The amount of secret doors to storage and little holes to outside made me imagine a noble household with lots of secret. That bamboo roll and the hay room are supporting the claim as well. Exciting 😁
2:37 Is that a whole seasoned and cooked fish? I wonder how that got left there haha
Well presumably they were an older couple that lived there so probably got busy doing something else and forgot it. My gran has been staying with us the last couple weeks and she’s made then promptly forgotten many cups of tea. I wouldn’t put it past her to forget a whole fish lol.
I’m just imaging how beautiful it was at the prime of the house ❤️
The hay and other stuff in that room they wouldn't let you look at definitely make me think animals were kept there. Not chickens, there would be more of a mess. Perhaps rabbits- hay and fur make sense.
Or birds and squirrels may have nested there and left their nesting materials behind.
It’s so fun going through houses like this! Especially when you don’t have to worry about accidentally breaking anything cause it’s not staying anyway!
Jun doing a single pull up somehow inspired me to workout
Ohhh this means the new house tour video is coming soon! So excited! It's nice that you could do a walk through and clain some things to upcycal from the old home before demolition!
My God, this house is full of great materials that you could reuse if you put in the effort. I know that's a big deal, but damn. That's full of hardwood floors, and the wood across the ceiling in the kitchen. That's some seriously good stuff.
ive been following rachel and jun since rachel was still in the air force? and unable to move to japan. and back then there were a lot of doubters about their relationship saying they were too hasty to get married but now look at them 🌼 the most compatible and harmonious couple living their best life in their new house so many years later 💕
One of my best friends is Japanese and lives in Morioka. When I was in Japan she tried to explain to me home ownership. It sounded like it was not meant for the long term, things were not maintained like in the US. I didn’t really understand at the time. You guys are helping me understand. I have told Miyoko about you. As an American I would love for her to follow you. We learn so much from each other. And I am a total cat lover. She is not but still supports my love for cats!
I find this so interesting, in europe we " learn " via cultural osmosis that americans move cross their continent every few years and that their wooden frame houses fall apart because of termites after 20 years anyway. So to us it would seem a bit redundant to buy a house then and not rent. I guess it's all a matter of perspective .
In the United States it's the opposite. Older homes were built better and more sturdy than newer ones.
In New Zealand newer houses are built better. They didn’t have as much access to good building materials when older houses were built or it was expensive so most old houses are just wooden. There was an Earth in my city in 2012 and a lot of older buildings fell because they hadn’t been built to modern earthquake standards. Plus old houses only have like single glazed windows and are really cold and since they’re all wooden they can rot easily.
Still a bit the same in Japan . At least old architecture were better adapted and where so Much more beautifull
Jun casually lifting his whole body into ceiling past his shoulders and chilling there. Lol
I am so 100% glad you guys said you were tearing it down instead of fixing it. There’s way too much to fix behind all those walls, floors, and ceilings; you’d never finish. Easier to start from scratch, rather than scratch at the surface. Especially with how detailed you guys like to be.
As lovely as I find old houses, I definitely think it was the right choice to tear this old one down. Too many structurally unsound parts to it and ways it wouldn’t function well!!
And all the hay is so mysterious!!!
I feel like the place where u thought were for chickens - maybe was instead for bunnies??? Bunnies use hay and feathers for bedding ? That room would have been a cute place just for ur pets lol. Their own room hehe :P
When I saw the fish filet left behind at 2:41 I knew we were in for a ride
it’s so nice to see the attempts at keeping the old things but it’s even better knowing their new place is built to last and thoughtful! i know we’ll probably never meet but it feels like we’re great friends n thank you for taking us along the journey with you! excited to see some upcoming diys rachel will do with the old items being refurbished!
omg the mental pain when walking on the tatami with shoes on, i get that when i'm at stores like ikea that have room displays with carpet 😭😭😭 as a kid i would ask my mom if it was "really okay" to walk in them and i still feel wrong doing it to this day
"You were right, you found dead bodies." could be taken so much out of context LOL
It's so satisfying having such an old house with so much history. My home was built in 1905!
it's really cool to see the old house! it's evident that you guys did a great job with it.
Just an idea, maybe you can recycle some of the old wood panels/window to make hanging square planters /plant pannels
for your garden!
The wall tiles in the second bathroom are so cute 🥰
Super excited to see the project!
Jun is so tall for a japanese. and i like the design of the old house but i'm so glad to see you change it to your own new home~
Wow, the old house tour feels sooo nostalgic. My only solid memories are from My Neighbor Totoro bc I could reinforce those with repeated viewing, but I think(???) I played in some old Japanese houses when I lived in Misawa as a young child.
Nostalgia is such a strange emotion, and it can hit at such unexpected times.
How fascinating to see the old house! I will say the music getting eerie at points was hilarious and used in great effect. I was laughing every time it crept in. Without context, seeing all the hidden holes and hidden floor/wall panels with small spaces really gets the imagination going. Really loved seeing this finally and to think of all the planning and work put into your home now is amazing. Love you guys and your adorable furbabies and community kitties too. :)
It always amases me how...the Japanese can build really nice looking houses which might not be really big,but certainly do feel like one
I can only guess this will be a veeeery long project but it will be great to see the building progress
It's so awesome that the nice couple you bought the land from is family now. I hope you guys get to share many holidays or celebrations together.
Before reading the description I was like wait you bought another house?!
The music change when Rachel found the mysterious hole changing back to the upbeat piano, hillarious.
Congratulations guys!
Thank you for that tour! It is need to see you pay homage to the old. I can not wait to see your new house tour
Is this really old video before you built your house, or a totally different new house?
This is before we built our current house! The previous house that was on the property.
@@RachelandJunAdventures I think you should pin that, many of us think that this is a new project and not the one before the actual house
@@RachelandJunAdventures i was so confused clicking on the video 😂 i thought i somehow turned back in time and watched a video from your pre construction phase
@@RachelandJunAdventures Thanks I think I got that as I watched the whole video but was definitely confused at the start
This was cool, getting to see the house that was previously on the property.
That’s so exciting! Congratulations!
It’s happening it’s happening!!!!! Eeeee let me get my coffee and snuggle up 🥰 wish it was longer but I’m sooo excited to see the transformation 🥰💕
I wish you guys luck on your new home I love you guys!!!
I love the little decor pieces you guys found from the house! They are so pretty! Plus, I love the homage to previous house. Did you get to use them/are you still planning to use them in the new house?
I am loving how you are going to show the development of your house story
Interesting building, thanks for sharing 🌳
Keep all the woods, build up things with them, furniture and everything you’ve ever dreamed of!
Rachel and jun are so hardworking
Every single Rachel and Jun video brings me so much joy,,,
Really happy to see y’all doing good!
I know you won’t live in this house but your cats would love all the little hidden crevices and hiding places lol 😆
I know this may be after the demolition, but some of those doors even though too small could have been saved for people who still have older homes and are trying to restore older homes. Did you let anyone in there to salvage anything. Maybe someone would like to work on those kitchen units? Love U both❤️💕❤️💕❤️
Kitchen/bathroom units can't be removed. The previous owners actually wanted to take their unit kitchen with them but it wasn't possible. There's also not much of a used market here for things, especially older house parts, which is why it's customary to demolish the whole thing and build over it. We tried to keep what we could realistically use!
@@RachelandJunAdventures Cool 😎 They are restoration crazy in the US. Even customizing vans and living in them. You are in a different Culture and I love watching you both. Do you have a house tour of your new built house on here that I missed? Much love ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️and more Videos Please❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Please give us more stuff-! I want to see more Rachel and Jun footage!!! Your videos are so happy, and they make me feel so calm and controlled..! It’s very contenting. Please make more stuff~! ✨💖🖤💝🌄
It is super weird not being able to see a room even when you are trying to see if you'll buy the house or not. Regardless it is interesting to see how it was before. Thanks for sharing :)
I think it would be more weird if it was being sold to live in but the owners probably expected for it to be demolished by whoever bought it so it wouldn’t of really mattered what was in that room. They probably just had personal stuff in there they didn’t want people to see or something. Or it might of been a messy storage room.
The spooky editing was perfect! This is so interesting! On average, how many ghosts come free with the purchase of a house in Japan? Or are they like an add-on expense?
Right??!! Forget having soot sprites, they got the whole cast of Spirited Away up in that place.
Love how you were looking into the future of what could be recycled
There is so much great lumber in this house!!
it's been so long since I watched one of your videos
I missed you guys 🥰
can't wait for the tour!! you guys are so cute
Thanks for satisfying our curiousity! Can see why you built a new house.
Rachel's hair looks so pretty 🥺
It looks like the kitchen from Tonari no Totoro, literally my favorite movie of all time and space. Look out for the sprites! I think I saw some in the rafters! 😃
Arietti is what I was thinking. Especially when jun opened that door to below the house. I was half expecting to see a little house.
It looks like basically every kitchen in Japan.
Love how there are so many hidden storages, misterrrrrrrioussss
I've been watching you guys for years and everytime I see an upload I get so happy 😊 ❤️
Alllmost a house tour 😂
People who move into Rachel & Jun's house eventually: There's all this hair/fur everywhere and we'll never get an explanation!
Can’t wait to see the new house ❤️
Omg what a mess!!! BUT , I can't wait to see what you do with the house !!!
You guys are too adorable. Also, this house is quirky…..and creepy.
I think we should vote on what we think the old owners kept in that room that might explain the scratch marks, hay/dry grasses, dust etc as I'm genuinely interested what we all think...
A) Chickens/Birds
B) Rabbits
C) Ferrets
D) Goats
E) Pet Rats
F) Otters
G) Other (Please comment)
Though it could be that they had a water leak and used hay to dry it up....but that's not as fun to think about 😆
And if you ever find out Rachel & Jun please let us know 🙏😊
You did such a tremendous work with this house. Wow. Just wow.
What an adventure!! I'm curious as to what you guys creating with the things coming out of it! Miss talking to you guys!
if it's not too much trouble please update your house building playlist! would love to binge all your videos in one go :")
Years ago, I went out house hunting with my mother. There was a particular house we toured that had a "closet" in the kitchen, but it was just a set of stairs that led up into the wall and another closet in a weird shaped room with that had a window we couldn't see from the outside with curtains over it. We could see the frame, see the edges of the panes of glass, and it would be a decent place for a window if we just removed the walls for the closet around it. We pulled the curtains open and... There was siding. An addition was apparently built and removed, and that's all that was left. It was still really weird, though. The stairs going into a wall at least made sense, don't know why they didn't at least free up that window at least.
Nice to see you guys are making progress with the land. Keep up the good work!
woooo so happy to see this build process
A thought for the room with mysterious dust and stuff--it might've been a room for bunnies or chinchillas! Even that dust looked like the type you buy for bunnies etc to take dust baths in!