Tour of a Traditional Japanese House
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- A walk through a large traditional Japanese house with a beautiful garden in Tokyo. The Asakura House is located three minutes away from Daikanyama station (one stop from Shibuya). The house was built in 1919 by a very rich family and it is rare to find such a well preserved building that survived both the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 and the fire bombings in World War II. A must see if you like Japanese architecture and homes.
From Daikanyama Station, go to the intersection of Hachiman Dori and Kyu-Yamate Dori. It is a very short walk. You will see a police box (koban) at the intersection. Take the pedestrian bridge to the koban. The entrance is located across the street from the koban. The fee is 100 yen. Recommended not to go during winter in order to enjoy the views of the garden.
This guy is my dad
I cannot tell you how much I love how the Japanese incorporate the outside into their homes and live with nature, instead of choppping it all down like they do here in the UK to make god damn awful estates
Yeah you right.. i like peaceful place that is connected with nature and also i want to listen sweet chirping of birds and murmuring of insects.
I am from the UK and agree, developers should of been built our houses detached and each different, like in America.
I love Japan specialy these houses I mean who build this this such a beautiful house with nature surrounding it
@@jaredgrey39 there are plenty of detached houses and also all the houses cant look completely different as it may mess up the style of the road, e.g if you made a modern house in a historical neighbourhood
Yeah I left London because it was terrible for me 😥
i just love how the hallway is connect to garden, i gotta have house like that one day
I wish
They call it an engawa
I clicked on this video and not even 5 seconds in I hear the stereotypical background in anime cicada sound...
that's what I thought as well 😂
Same Bruh
its not stereotypical if it actually is a real sound. It's close to reality
I thought the same
Cicadas are everywhere in Japan, I remember there being one in the hallway once and my Japanese teacher picked it up with her hands and threw it out the window like it was nothing, it simply flew away. Apparently people in Japan will catch them for fun during the summer.
Asakura family who built this house was rice traders and owned this area for generations.They still hold the shopping mall called "Hillside Terrace" behind this house.Cicada in Japan may be different species from US.The sound of cicada changes four times a year.Nobody feels noisy.The cicada of August sounds like "tsuku tsuku hooshi".In Japanese hooshi means Buddhist monk. I am waiting for this cicada coming to my home.
japan seems so lovely. the way they live seems very attractive...
Yeah and all those really cool forests
it must be so peaceful to live in a house like that
i wish all houses were like that japan is so pretty i just want to move there and live in a house like that
OMG sameeeee I really wanna move there and live in a traditional house like this
totally i love the style of the house
Fiona Jamieson yea
When I have a house of my own I'll make the front and the living room are Japanese-styled. I just want having a mix of different cultures and styles.
+Außerirdische make sure*
I absolutely love the layout of these traditional Japanese houses I would love to live in one
My dream house
Japanese traditional houses are very simple looking but beautiful and clean on the same time.
As a nature lover, I love the idea of a home that directs more focus the outside environment. For example, having hallways on the outside with sliding doors. Japanese architecture seems almost made for me!
I'd like to own such a beautiful traditional Japanese house one day..
When I get older I am gonna build one of these. Not a huge one like this but one similar.
@@Kyettia It's still my dream! Thanks.
@@NerdyMadness0w0 oh God, you actually replied again after half a decade. I'm so happy to hear
It is my dream, too. Hope we will do it 😍
japanese had style before anyone else knew what style was! American craftsman homes have a lot of japanese knockoff design features but they're missing those wonderful sliding paper doors and outer hallways. Those outer hallways are fantastic! It seems like it would help make the interior of the house much quieter with a hall built around the entire living quarters.
We live in a craftsman house so true very much like the Japanese house. Oriental decor looks great in a craftsman too.
I still love the craftsman architecture.. maybe it's 'missing' something, but it beats cookie cutter crap by a country mile
I believe those outer hallways are called "Engawa" (縁側 (I hope that's the right Kanji lol))
They don't even have to worry about having strong windows cus they know they are safe
Not before anyone.
East had Civilization before the west and that is true.
India, china, japan, java are some such examples...
This kind of old styled house who survived bombing were lost due to the changes in society. Changes of the family make-up, huge inheritance tax etc.Many thanks for the upload.
Oh god, the garden and courtyard are magnificent!
I'm so obsessed with Chinese and Japanese culture these days
Jude Julus I am obsessed with Japanese and Korean culture so you are not alone.
Jude Julus chinese👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼
da will Thank you I read China and Japan conquered Korea. Korea went through a lot and North Korea is going through worse, oh boy I think every country went and are stink going through a process of self culture government but I think some countries enjoy freedom. ☺
ini Budi modern China nope 1900 and before love it. They did have a lot of small scale wars during the dynasties, they every region was a bit different in it's own way.
U kno what if u r western is say it's not as romantic as ur imagining it to be.
There are scarcely any in Japanese culture. They sleep in Futons which are stored during the day.....the only things that exist are low tables for tea, meals, and lamps, which are also able to be stored. The philosophy is to have an empty space, which reflects Zen Buddhism's meditative take on emptiness, as well as the practicality of using the space to do anything. As such, a house is highly flexible and often reconfigured easily to fit whatever need.
I don't know why but houses like these make me feel nostalgic
I like how everything in the house is there for a purpose. It's not crowded with furniture and it's really pretty and untouched
One advantage of having the passageways on the periphery of the house is that they act as insulation for the rooms which are then easier to heat in the wintertime. One thing I'd like to see is what kind of storage they have for dishes, linens clothing, books etc. I like the bare room look but how about convenience? Surely there's a system.
I love the paper walls, the corridors to the garden and the garden. Perfect to relax and meditate.
OMG just looking inside this house makes me wanna try acting stupid and do ninja rolls coz it looks so cool haha
Ikr! It's so epic. Maybe you and a pal could fight with broomsticks and call the room a dojo
Best comment ever
random fact: i REALLY like the sound of cicadas. like, unbelievably much.
Thats Sasuke Uchihas' home u guys remember when he and itachi sat there 3:03
True
@Michelle Ortiz The reference is still BS.
@@aprilbennett4161 LOL! Let him have his fun.
That’s exactly what i was thinking, and that’s actually the reason why i searched for these types of houses
I was rewatching naruto and got to that part where sasuke and itachi sat together on that edge, and when i saw the house style and the outdoor nature i wanted to see if those still exist in real life. Really beautiful!
im gonna build a house like this in our place someday!
hows it going?
Did you build it yet?
that makes so much better sense to have hallway on outside of the house and bedrooms facing gardens. western houses should be built like that too
AIl think about is anime when watching this
Blitz Bro that otaku feel
+Blitz Bro same!
Piece of shit weeaboo.
Infinitus Paradoxious chill out bro
i am also a weeb
It's so beautiful. I've always wanted to move to Japan, but I've always had my doubts because I like traditional Japan better than the contemporary one. I guess a place like that would be wonderful if you feel like me :S
I like the sound at the beginning it sounds calming and I have a lot of energy
very beautiful house.
You know the Japanese traditional poem "HAIKU"?
"How still it is here--
Stinging into the stones,
The locusts' trill."
This Japanese house embodies that.
Is it『閑さや 岩にしみ入る 蝉の声』by 松尾芭蕉/Matsuo Basho? Then it is a cicada, not locust.
Japanese traditional architecture really costs more than usual buildings nowadays...
(one of the reason is shortage of craft men and carpenters.)
beautiful house i see in my live
that has to be the most beautiful tradtional Japanese house I've ever seen! I've been a huge fan of Japan and her traditions and stuff for years and my mouth just dropped wide open the moment this video began!! BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
I’m absolutely fascinated with everything Japanese, especially their traditional homes... One day hopefully I will build my own Japanese style house, it would be such a treat and I know I would feel so happy and at ease living in it... respect to the great and glorious people of Japan, the hard-working geniuses who have achieved so much and provided humanity with many modes of comfort. Maz, Lebanon
Interesting to hear mention, in the blurb, that the house survived the sad bombing, of the Second World War.
My experience of Tokyo, before the Second World War, was that most of the city was covered in wooden houses of two stories.
Much like the density of the houses in London when that city was burned, by fire, three hundred and fifty years ago, spreading from eaves to eaves; the houses in London were all made of wood, too, mostly with thatched roofs, even in the city.
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It is hard for modern day folk to imagine a wooden city but via text books we can see that this was common and that sparks (from bombs etc,) flying in the wind made the fire spread quickly.
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Sorry to go on, thank you very much, Bobby, for posting the video, The Asakura House is a great place, thank you for telling, we all, all about it.
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Ill fitting carpet; someone should tell them.
2:12
The hallways are "on the outside"?
I don't think you mean that, the hallway is "running around the perimeter of the house" might be better. Or just side; "run around the entire side of the house".
"Outside" implies a separate structure.
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An Enclosed Garden with pond.
this is my dream house😭😭 i hope i can build my dreamhouse like this😭😭🖤
beautiful, i love japanese house.
Japanese architecture is amazing. So much more fascinating then America's culture.
Why can’t you appreciate both cultures without putting down one of them? Both countries are beautiful in their own right. There’s pros and cons on both sides smh.
Beautiful.
Woooow stunning! I live in Denmark, and I am so tired of the stupid superficial western life style! It's all about money and fame. I just wanna move to Japan and live peacefully in a traditional beautiful house, located in the forest. Im in love with that house
Derp 6408 you'll be begging to move back once you realise there's no internet or ANY form of communication
No. I'd like that actually! Penguin Bobby
Derp 6408 Lol, you live in Denmark, a Scandinavian socialist country, where you pay high taxes, so what are you talking about. I've seen a lot of people who have never been anywhere, admiring other cultures, and then reality hits them and they're happy to go back home. Japan is very expensive, it's almost impossible to get a citizenship, and you'll be a Gaijin forever.
johnmalory26 i know!! It's literally impossible, but I still dream about it. I just really hate the society, that we live in.
Forstår dig.
Nice garden!
They have such beautiful designs if I ever become rich I would have 1 built
All made of (polished) wood, paper and silk, very natural, this houses radiates serenity and balance, very nice!
I've decided to move to New York when I'm older, finally get out of the marines and college, and use my army funds to recreate a house exactly like this. It's so beautiful, and I don't understand why Japan didn't rebuild them.
I still think the modern day style is very amazing too, but having a house similar to the one in My Neighbor Totoro is my dream. ♥
Love the style of japanese houses.
"indoor-gardens" are fantastic :)
I think if I heard those cicadas every day I too would be meditating and trying to find my zen.
when im older i wanna live in a house like that !
As I watched, I noticed there were fire hydrants all over the place and thought they must be very paranoid about fire. And then at the end, you mentioned the fire proof room they keep their valuables in.
I would love to have a house like this, I plan on building a small house styled like this in the future, nothing will be better than the original though...
The "Staff only" area looked reeeeeealy interesting, I'm not sure if I could hold myself back :P
I love the insect sounds! I actually brought a box of cicadas home from a town about 50 miles away because they had them and I did not! I caught about 40 of them and they sang to me on the drive home! I let them loose in my garden and now I can enjoy their song every summer!
Oh, I love that. Especially the insects sound outside...
good tour . garden is very natural!!!
Japanese homes do not have central heating because it as seen as expensive and wasteful in Japanese culture. Rooms are heated individually through the use of heating appliances such as kotatsu tables. In truly traditional homes, some of the rooms would have pits where fires could be safely lit and food could be cooked, but these are no longer used for obvious safety reasons. This house likely isn't heated except for the staff area, since no one is living in it.
Very interesting. Very plain on the inside, but very nice Asian architecture on the outside along with the gardens. The family that owned the house or mansion rather must've been very wealthy to have built such a large home on a rather large property.
I'm always impressed that the Japanese are able to take off their shoes with their feet. I always have to sit down and untie mine. But I'm interested in getting some like yours, so it's easier to take off when I'm entering my apartment.
i love the sound of the cicadas. reminds me of home
So beautiful.... I used to live in Japan along time ago.
I see you did...
Where did you used to live (like what city)?
A Soldier Of Freedom lucky
Thank you for this awesome video! I hope to stop there one day!
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How are you
Wish I could live in this house
Living in a wheelchair,the outside hallways & beautiful gardens,would suit me.The bath rooms look very accessible.I wish we had seen kitchen. Thank you.
Huggs,silky
I want to live in something like that!!!!
I remember Nobita's home💕
Very interesting and such beautiful gardens. Thank you, from Australia ;-)
I'm going to cry because it's so gorgeous
Always loved the traditional architecture and the homes with the interior gardens.. surprised by how small the rooms are for such a large place.. all hallways.. would have been nice to see them have artifacts and furnishings you would see used to get an idea of what and how the rooms were used.. though there probably wasn't a lot in terms of material possessions I guess.
I wish we could see more of the house, the kitchen and the treasure room, which would reveal more about family life, culture.
Interesting that there is no furniture for guests to sit on and be comfortable, no books, no lighting fixtures... it would be great to see how these things are dealt with in Japanese culture. It’s great to de-clutter, but then how does one deal with guests wanting to sit down and have a drink with you? How would one watch a movie? What would one do for entertainment (paint, read, listen to music, make music, cook) with absolutely no furniture whatsoever? Where are things kept and stored?
It would also be nice to see more of the bathroom, the tub where towels are kept. It’s a good video, thanks for sharing.
its bugs that are very common in Japan especially in the summer. That's why they're in so many anime movies. It would be like having grasshoppers or crickets playing in the background of any Wild West film
i love old house in japan
I’ve watched and read wayyyyyy too many Japanese horror movies and stories to ever live in a house like that. Beautiful though.
Phatastic Meemo omg we’re same hahahaha cant stop thinking about the grudge tho
I need a house like this with the inter garden .. So relaxing
@maricz4 The entrance of Japanese homes is a place for taking off your shoes. It's called a "genkan."
Wow so beautiful japanese house I love it 😮😊👍
I love this kind of houses specially the ones surrounded by cherry blossoms :)
Oooh, I love Japanese style homes, so ancient, beautiful, unique, even better than western style homes, I'd love to live in a home with Japanese style home elements, such as sliding doors and tatami floors
i would love to live in a house like this, especially in japan.
Even in the uk i would love it. To be able to slide those doors open and walk out into a garden like that, to sit in the hallway watching the rain.
Bliss.
The house is very beautiful, especially the garden. I like those tree insect noises that is coming throughout the video.
wow, beautiful classic ancient treasure Japanese home! thanks so much for the view presentation.
i want a Japanese style home so bad!!with the slideing doors and everything!!
i love the sound of the cicada's. don't have them in england.
also, this such a beautiful house. i definetly wantto visit a traditional japanese house someday.
Thank you very much for posting a video of this BEAUTIFUL traditional home. I very much enjoyed a chance to see it. :)
The best house EVER And Forever
No my house now Same with @Japan82a and @Japan82aDos is better
I would LOVE to live in a house like this.
Naruto feels
The garden is dreamlike ☺
I love the sounds of Japanese summers... all those cicadas making lovely noises. What beauty to go along with the tour of a home ^_^
I would absolutely love living there.
I'm saving up money to buy a traditional Japanese house in kyoto, Its $600,000 T^T.
WHat a house and how beautiful with the garden, the garden is so beautiful. If i could live again i would study hard become really rich and buy such a house.
That is just so beautiful o my god I would die to live in this house. I appreciate you posting this greatly !!!!! thumbs up!
130 old house with function of future 2015 homs, this ppl are so inovative.🙇
Thank-you for posting this. It is very beautiful. My son is learning Japanese so now I am interested in everything Japanese...
Oh The Wonder Back Round Noise, Its Been My Dream To Live In A Traditional Japanese House, "Maybe Not That Big"
This looks lovely, but they only let you in a fourth of the house! Not much of a tour lol.
yeah, that's lame
Thanks for uploading that video. I wish we all could live in houses like that.
I never knew I wanted to see the inside of a Japanese home until just now, that was awesome!
i can stay there for ever