There could be a number of reasons why they didnt see value in those, if there is a family. A lot of those places are state owned as you just cant track and contact the owners sometimes (for various reasons, like avoiding taxes for the building, or rather not having enough money to maintain and pay taxes for the building).
Anton, this series of videos have taught me that no matter how difficult things may look at the beginning, if you go step by step with a lot of discipline you can achieve anything you want. Hope you are doing well!
FINALLY Episode 2! Thank you for watching! If you have any questions regarding one of the hardest things with buying an Akiya in Tokyo, Japan, the TRASH DISPOSAL! I am happy to cover that in Episode 3 :)) Xoxo Anton in Japan
just found this gem of a series and I gotta admit im hooked, I love the Japanese culture and really want to learn the language myself and visit Japan. This is a very nice and cozy home ngl
Fuck as if the Japanese government has money for that! 😂 the amount they charge for tax on home owners is crazy high so they clearly don’t have any to go around.
Anton, please tell us about building codes, renovation permits, regulations for reinstating water, power, the bureaucratic and safety hoops. Those conditions, and coordinating the steps add a lot of time to a renovation project in Canada - what is required in Japan?
Questions if you do a Q&A 1. Will you be changing the stairs? 2. Will you be removing part of the doorways so they tall enough for you? 3. Did you change the layout much? 4. Will you breakdown the costs for the total project once its finished? Thank you in advance! :) Congrats on the wonderful home!
Can't wait for the next episodes!! Love to see your journey. Big respect, can even imagine the amount of stress and doubts as a foreigner dealing with such a project.
Fun videos. I found you via shorts a few times and decided to look deeper. Great content, can't wait to see more house renovations and general JP stuff =)
It's the second episode and I've learned so much already! I thought that the Japanese were into repairing things (kintsugi is well known), so it is a surprise to me that the houses there are not being taken care of in a better way. I love repairing things and also have some experience with renovating old houses (in a completely different country, much older and more of a holiday homes), so I feel you. It's hard work, but totally worth it. P.S. I also appreciate you are not afraid to get your hands dirty.
These houses are most often found in suburban and rural areas, and usually belonged to the parents of children who have made their lives in the cities. There is some kind of belief/custom about selling the family home and disposing of the parent's personal belongings. It's becoming an issue for the government there, to have all these empty homes sitting and decaying.
We lived in Tokyo for five years in the 80s. Out beautiful gaijin apartments that were brand spanking new are slated for demolition just 35 years later. The Japanese are terribly wasteful.
It really depends on the region, the family and the way ppl grew up. In the countryside the houses start to be vacated as more and more ppl want to move into the city for work or to just have a better connection to the outside world, as rural villages can easily feel, like the name says rural with a limited amount of connection to the outside world. As Linda already said some of these houses are owned by ppl that dont want to sell it cause of their believe, but at the same time there are cases where the owners either have gonne missing, or the original owner died and they couldnt find a relative or they found someone but the relative just downright didnt accept the house out of various reasons (even if its your house you still have annual tax payments and other stuff that needs to be taken care of, if you simply rent a place the owner has the do something about damages you didnt cause). So a lot of them are vacated cause of money.
@@dinyslamet2245 not necessarily wastefull, depending on the building and what materials were used it makes sense + if the building has mostly empty apartments it wont do any good to either the ppl nor the owner and the country. Additionaly the building materials that were used back then could pose health and insurance problems nowadays. So getting rid of a building that, even thought is stable, doesnt bring any use to the community is the right decision.
@@c0rvu5albu55 Those are valid reasons for getting rid of the building. But then I hear from Anton that it's hard to get rid of waste there, so that seems to be the problem.. I don't know about Japan, but where I am from, a big part of the value of the house is the land it is built on - so it's quite usual to either repair the house or tear it down (if there's asbestos or stuff like that) and build a new one in the same spot.
I'm really interested in everything that happend during your renovation! Can't wait for how throwing all of this away went, and what you did with the things you kept
So… that Kabuto is it valuable? Would a museum want it? Those chests are beautiful!! A little elbow grease and they will be gorgeous!! What treasures you have found!! You WILL have to increase the height on the doorways before you give yourself a concussion! 😂 Toilet by itself?! No where to wash your hands?! 😖
I was stationed in Atsugi in the late 70s. I could never tackle a house renovation project like you have. The whole house looks unusually big from places that I remember. My flat was three tatami rooms separated by sliding doors. You may have already stated, but why did the family leave all of the treasures? The bureau and the silk kimono with obi are not cheap. I noticed china dishware in the kitchen area too. When we see the completed house, I am sure it will be beautiful.
Loving watching this journey with you. So many wonderful items you decided to keep. The trash price, holy moly!! If you decide to do a Q&A, google forms is free and you can make a questionnaire where people can submit questions. Maybe easier than reading comments?
It's not my obachan's home. It looks similar though. Her home is much older. You have some nice things. Is your head going to be okay with the height of the ceilings?
Everything in that house honestly look too valuable to be thrown away. These are literally antiques! Now i rlly wonder what the previous owner looked like living in this space
1. Did you send most of the stuff to a landfill? 2. Did you sell anything to a trift store or anywhere else? 3. Will you show some "treasures" in a video?
Unfortunately most went to landfill.. Japan is way behind on recycling unfortunately, that will hopefully change! Will definitely show treasures! Thanks for your comment
In my experience Japan puts less value on used items though, and fewer people have cars to pick things up with, so I wouldn't imagine you'd get very much money back. Selling this much stuff could end up as a full time job! 😂
My Q&A: - You showed a wardrobe with white doors very briefly. It looked so beautiful and different. I wonder what kind of wardrobe that was. - What will you do with all if the Kimonos? - Is the Kabuto a real one or just for decoration purposes?
Your content is interesting and so the subscribers add up, though it's challenging for the long term. Though my queries are regarding the purchase of the house, did you get a structural audit done and what about the electrical and plumbing, did you have to redo anything in that regard? Also do you have a trusted realtor who does long term lease of furnished properties? People are moving around, so we have more global citizens, which is my dream to live all over the world.
This is great content. Btw you’re probably get this too often but you actually look good from any angle. Must be one of those people with perfect bone structures. Look forward to the rest of the content
Just wonder how and when did you learn Japanese? Did you learn Japanese before coming to Japan or just pick up Japanese as you interacted with Japanese people in Japan.
So 15,000 yen ? If I converted that to dollars and thought of what it would cost to move it here, it would be at least 5x more in the states. But you could rent a truck and take most of it to the dump yourself too . 1,500$ to have a large dumpster placed at my house that take all the materials away 😅
For Q&A - what are the cultural reasons behind Japanese not buying these old house and previous owners leaving valuables in the house instead of selling them?
You are not going to live in that house yourself? Just rent it out? How are japanese houses during the winter time? Is it freezing? I would have soooo many questions about Japan! 😅
Can you please tell more about the size of the house? How many sq meters total? How it lokked from above, for example? I still cannot picture in my head the image of th house and neighborhood. Maybe some google aarth images. Soo interesting.
Many foreign people are longing for Japanese houses and are looking for old Japanese houses. So foreign real estate agents exist and advertise on the Internet. English is not spoken in Japan. Over 40 years ago on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo, a group of young Americans got off the train laughing loudly that none of the Japanese could speak English at all. After they were gone, all of us who had heard them made a big fuss about how rude they were to travel to Japan speaking only in English and not in Japanese. Japanese people do not speak English, but we can read as well as native language of simple one.
It’s heartbreaking to me that the family did not want or see any value in the Kimono collection. My best friend has kimono that have been in her family for multiple generations, and now she is the last - neither her & her partner nor her brother & his wife have chosen/been able to have children, and they are the last of their family line. For her, she says the worst was not knowing what to do with her collection - fortunately we were able to have the evaluation & insurance on them updated, and although she had refused to sell them she says she has managed to find them a “new loving home”. I can tell you, even I was shocked at the evaluation & pricing for a carefully stored & maintained kimono collection. 🤯
Why do you say that they tried to f you over ? Was it because only of the price or because they kept asking for more ? Or did they do partial (e.g. one-ride only) trash run ?
It's hard to evaluate what you actually got rid off, but I see a lot of prefectly fine-looking objects that are being called trash and yet could easily find a new owner in a second-hand shop... v_v This is not against you but just our societies in general (and apparently even more so in Japan) that still want to have us believe that you shouldn't buy something pre-owned unless you're poor. Still so much social stigma against second-hand.
If you check our the first video in his home renovation playlist, he explains how he came upon this property. He basically lived nearby and got curious, so he asked a neighbor about who owned the home
Any history about the home and who lived there. By looking at it the family that lived had to leave some years ago because of the earthquake that happened and got dispersed I'm just guessing.
Does Japan have thrift stores? (A store to donate used items that are no longer needed by the previous owner but are still useable) If they don’t… what would it take to start a business like that in japan? (I legit know nothing of japan. I’m sorry)
the thing is.. you do have to know alot about rebuilding, stucture of houses, security and such to actually renovate correctly. even tho i wish to do that, i dont think im able to..
Ok. I admit it, I'm too lazy to read English subtitles. English not my native tongue and then to watch a video in Japanese und read the English subtitles is doable, but just it takes effort and I cannot do it while working on other things or doing sport. Too bad.
Why did you get rid of the furniture? There's a lot there that you could've kept instead of throw it away. So ultimately you wasted practical items and money
OMG - that ,, trash,, in London's antique markets cost fortune ;))
Me thinks the disposal company is not just piling all of that stuff into a landfill. I'm sure they resell some of the better items.
I can’t get my head around that it was empty in central Tokyo😮.
I need to start import thrash from Japan and get rich
@@baronvandedem3997 sound business plan
very surprising that the family did not want or see any value in the kimono's etc. This is so fascinating, I can't wait to see the whole series
There could be a number of reasons why they didnt see value in those, if there is a family. A lot of those places are state owned as you just cant track and contact the owners sometimes (for various reasons, like avoiding taxes for the building, or rather not having enough money to maintain and pay taxes for the building).
They only did a very quick sweep so may be they didn't see them and Anton maybe told them about them after the discovery ??
I have watched several of these videos and it seems like the same video over and over and over 😂
Anton, this series of videos have taught me that no matter how difficult things may look at the beginning, if you go step by step with a lot of discipline you can achieve anything you want. Hope you are doing well!
FINALLY Episode 2! Thank you for watching! If you have any questions regarding one of the hardest things with buying an Akiya in Tokyo, Japan, the TRASH DISPOSAL! I am happy to cover that in Episode 3 :))
Xoxo Anton in Japan
you spelled see wrong in the bio of the video btw
just found this gem of a series and I gotta admit im hooked, I love the Japanese culture and really want to learn the language myself and visit Japan. This is a very nice and cozy home ngl
Those trying g to save these abandoned homes should be subsidized for trash removal!
Fuck as if the Japanese government has money for that! 😂 the amount they charge for tax on home owners is crazy high so they clearly don’t have any to go around.
Anton, please tell us about building codes, renovation permits, regulations for reinstating water, power, the bureaucratic and safety hoops. Those conditions, and coordinating the steps add a lot of time to a renovation project in Canada - what is required in Japan?
Questions if you do a Q&A
1. Will you be changing the stairs?
2. Will you be removing part of the doorways so they tall enough for you?
3. Did you change the layout much?
4. Will you breakdown the costs for the total project once its finished?
Thank you in advance! :) Congrats on the wonderful home!
Can't wait for the next episodes!! Love to see your journey. Big respect, can even imagine the amount of stress and doubts as a foreigner dealing with such a project.
Dude you sound just like pewdiepie freaking love it
So excited to watch your series within this channel!!
Fun videos.
I found you via shorts a few times and decided to look deeper.
Great content, can't wait to see more house renovations and general JP stuff =)
I can’t wait to see the next episode and the renovation result!
It's the second episode and I've learned so much already!
I thought that the Japanese were into repairing things (kintsugi is well known), so it is a surprise to me that the houses there are not being taken care of in a better way.
I love repairing things and also have some experience with renovating old houses (in a completely different country, much older and more of a holiday homes), so I feel you. It's hard work, but totally worth it.
P.S. I also appreciate you are not afraid to get your hands dirty.
These houses are most often found in suburban and rural areas, and usually belonged to the parents of children who have made their lives in the cities. There is some kind of belief/custom about selling the family home and disposing of the parent's personal belongings. It's becoming an issue for the government there, to have all these empty homes sitting and decaying.
We lived in Tokyo for five years in the 80s. Out beautiful gaijin apartments that were brand spanking new are slated for demolition just 35 years later. The Japanese are terribly wasteful.
It really depends on the region, the family and the way ppl grew up. In the countryside the houses start to be vacated as more and more ppl want to move into the city for work or to just have a better connection to the outside world, as rural villages can easily feel, like the name says rural with a limited amount of connection to the outside world. As Linda already said some of these houses are owned by ppl that dont want to sell it cause of their believe, but at the same time there are cases where the owners either have gonne missing, or the original owner died and they couldnt find a relative or they found someone but the relative just downright didnt accept the house out of various reasons (even if its your house you still have annual tax payments and other stuff that needs to be taken care of, if you simply rent a place the owner has the do something about damages you didnt cause). So a lot of them are vacated cause of money.
@@dinyslamet2245 not necessarily wastefull, depending on the building and what materials were used it makes sense + if the building has mostly empty apartments it wont do any good to either the ppl nor the owner and the country. Additionaly the building materials that were used back then could pose health and insurance problems nowadays. So getting rid of a building that, even thought is stable, doesnt bring any use to the community is the right decision.
@@c0rvu5albu55 Those are valid reasons for getting rid of the building. But then I hear from Anton that it's hard to get rid of waste there, so that seems to be the problem.. I don't know about Japan, but where I am from, a big part of the value of the house is the land it is built on - so it's quite usual to either repair the house or tear it down (if there's asbestos or stuff like that) and build a new one in the same spot.
I'm really interested in everything that happend during your renovation! Can't wait for how throwing all of this away went, and what you did with the things you kept
So… that Kabuto is it valuable? Would a museum want it? Those chests are beautiful!! A little elbow grease and they will be gorgeous!! What treasures you have found!! You WILL have to increase the height on the doorways before you give yourself a concussion! 😂 Toilet by itself?! No where to wash your hands?! 😖
I was stationed in Atsugi in the late 70s. I could never tackle a house renovation project like you have. The whole house looks unusually big from places that I remember. My flat was three tatami rooms separated by sliding doors.
You may have already stated, but why did the family leave all of the treasures? The bureau and the silk kimono with obi are not cheap. I noticed china dishware in the kitchen area too.
When we see the completed house, I am sure it will be beautiful.
Loving watching this journey with you. So many wonderful items you decided to keep. The trash price, holy moly!! If you decide to do a Q&A, google forms is free and you can make a questionnaire where people can submit questions. Maybe easier than reading comments?
Well you're doing great . Just try to keep videos more longer . Love from India 🇮🇳
It's beautiful now, I can't wait to see the end!
It's not my obachan's home. It looks similar though. Her home is much older. You have some nice things. Is your head going to be okay with the height of the ceilings?
Everything in that house honestly look too valuable to be thrown away. These are literally antiques! Now i rlly wonder what the previous owner looked like living in this space
1. Did you send most of the stuff to a landfill?
2. Did you sell anything to a trift store or anywhere else?
3. Will you show some "treasures" in a video?
Unfortunately most went to landfill..
Japan is way behind on recycling unfortunately, that will hopefully change!
Will definitely show treasures! Thanks for your comment
Are there trift stores in Japan? And places like Salvation army that you can take stuff?
Your japanese is ssoooooo gooood
Does Japan have the equivalent of a FB Marketplace to sell items? I'm excited to see your reno/restoration AND those treasures. Good luck. 👍
There’s Mercari and Yahoo auctions
In my experience Japan puts less value on used items though, and fewer people have cars to pick things up with, so I wouldn't imagine you'd get very much money back. Selling this much stuff could end up as a full time job! 😂
아직 한국인들의 잘생김 레이더가 여기까진 안왔군...ㅋㅋ 근데 새집 추구하는 일본 문화 특이하네. 한국은 아파트가 대세라서 인테리어/renovate하는 방식도 완전 달라서 보는 재미가 있군
This was very interesting. Why are there abandoned houses? All the peoples possessions are still there.
Another great episode 😊...looks awesome 👍
You also have stuff you could sell. Even If not as antiques.
You have a lot to contend with. So many treasure's and a lot of clean up. Is it just the two of you? Take care. I am enjoying your videos.
My Q&A:
- You showed a wardrobe with white doors very briefly. It looked so beautiful and different. I wonder what kind of wardrobe that was.
- What will you do with all if the Kimonos?
- Is the Kabuto a real one or just for decoration purposes?
Your content is interesting and so the subscribers add up, though it's challenging for the long term. Though my queries are regarding the purchase of the house, did you get a structural audit done and what about the electrical and plumbing, did you have to redo anything in that regard? Also do you have a trusted realtor who does long term lease of furnished properties? People are moving around, so we have more global citizens, which is my dream to live all over the world.
Please show the before and after of areas you have renovated.
Nice job. I can’t wait for the next episode.
This is great content. Btw you’re probably get this too often but you actually look good from any angle. Must be one of those people with perfect bone structures. Look forward to the rest of the content
Din Nihongo är ruggigt bra!
Amazing! I just bought my 10th house in Japan. Good luck! If you need any help, let me know.
Just wonder how and when did you learn Japanese? Did you learn Japanese before coming to Japan or just pick up Japanese as you interacted with Japanese people in Japan.
thrift/second-hand stores are so big and almost everywhere in japan... you could just give some of the stuff you found there
Are there new building codes which reflect the need to mitigate global warming? Are there incentives to create as energy efficient as possible house?
So 15,000 yen ? If I converted that to dollars and thought of what it would cost to move it here, it would be at least 5x more in the states. But you could rent a truck and take most of it to the dump yourself too . 1,500$ to have a large dumpster placed at my house that take all the materials away 😅
For Q&A - what are the cultural reasons behind Japanese not buying these old house and previous owners leaving valuables in the house instead of selling them?
Money.
Keep going man you did good job 💪👍
How much a house like this cost?
Is this doremon and Nobita's room
english commentary is better than subtitle
so please talk in english like 1st episode
You are not going to live in that house yourself? Just rent it out? How are japanese houses during the winter time? Is it freezing?
I would have soooo many questions about Japan! 😅
Hej Anton, en mycket intressant video. Längtar till din nästa.
Did you try to sell or donate things from the house or was it all just thrown away?
Thank you for sharing your renovation but may I ask that you voice over in English for your English viewers please?
Can you please tell more about the size of the house? How many sq meters total? How it lokked from above, for example? I still cannot picture in my head the image of th house and neighborhood. Maybe some google aarth images. Soo interesting.
Did you return the "treasures" back to the family?
Didn’t you find any bugs and roaches in the house? I mean it’s a beautiful house but pretty much old too and I’m a bit anxious about that.
He said in some other videos that there was a big termite problem in the house.
Many foreign people are longing for Japanese houses and are looking for old Japanese houses. So foreign real estate agents exist and advertise on the Internet.
English is not spoken in Japan. Over 40 years ago on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo, a group of young Americans got off the train laughing loudly that none of the Japanese could speak English at all. After they were gone, all of us who had heard them made a big fuss about how rude they were to travel to Japan speaking only in English and not in Japanese. Japanese people do not speak English, but we can read as well as native language of simple one.
It’s heartbreaking to me that the family did not want or see any value in the Kimono collection. My best friend has kimono that have been in her family for multiple generations, and now she is the last - neither her & her partner nor her brother & his wife have chosen/been able to have children, and they are the last of their family line. For her, she says the worst was not knowing what to do with her collection - fortunately we were able to have the evaluation & insurance on them updated, and although she had refused to sell them she says she has managed to find them a “new loving home”.
I can tell you, even I was shocked at the evaluation & pricing for a carefully stored & maintained kimono collection. 🤯
Have you found Sadako? 😅
Why do you say that they tried to f you over ? Was it because only of the price or because they kept asking for more ? Or did they do partial (e.g. one-ride only) trash run ?
It's hard to evaluate what you actually got rid off, but I see a lot of prefectly fine-looking objects that are being called trash and yet could easily find a new owner in a second-hand shop... v_v This is not against you but just our societies in general (and apparently even more so in Japan) that still want to have us believe that you shouldn't buy something pre-owned unless you're poor. Still so much social stigma against second-hand.
Wow, en svenne i Nippon! Hur e de med mat där? Många säger att de fantasmagoriskt!
Are there no furniture thrift stores in japan?
How much did you pay for this abandoned old house? Can you tell it or not? And how did you find it?
If you check our the first video in his home renovation playlist, he explains how he came upon this property. He basically lived nearby and got curious, so he asked a neighbor about who owned the home
Any history about the home and who lived there. By looking at it the family that lived had to leave some years ago because of the earthquake that happened and got dispersed I'm just guessing.
Does Japan have thrift stores? (A store to donate used items that are no longer needed by the previous owner but are still useable)
If they don’t… what would it take to start a business like that in japan?
(I legit know nothing of japan. I’m sorry)
Don't know if you have mentioned it before, but what site did you find the Akiya on? Or was it through other connections?
Nvm Im dumb, watched the video where you explain it ^^ Ser fram emot mer!
the thing is.. you do have to know alot about rebuilding, stucture of houses, security and such to actually renovate correctly.
even tho i wish to do that, i dont think im able to..
😮
How much to rent a U-Haul and take things to a dump?
Hur gick det med Samuraj hjälmen? När var den tillverkad?
13.22 what did you do with the kimono you found?
Are you willing to sell 2 kimonos?
? Was it an option to just rent a truck and take the trash yourself?
Ok. I admit it, I'm too lazy to read English subtitles. English not my native tongue and then to watch a video in Japanese und read the English subtitles is doable, but just it takes effort and I cannot do it while working on other things or doing sport. Too bad.
How are you treated as a foreigner moving in to an abandoned home?
Was it impossible to give away all that useless furniture?
Why did you get rid of the furniture? There's a lot there that you could've kept instead of throw it away. So ultimately you wasted practical items and money
Why you didn't show the kimonos and the the thing in the box? It's not ok that you say you will show something and you don't show it.