I visited a small town in Toyama prefecture called Kamiichi with the intention of buying one of these two traditional houses. I didn’t (you will find out why in the video). However to my surprise, the local agent is okay with buyers from overseas. If you are interested in one of the two houses please send an email to me first at info@koryoya.com. I do plan to put up the property pages of these two houses on the KORYOYA site as well. Please note that as these two properties are listed for very cheap they could be sold any time. Both are less than 10 mins walk from Kamiichi train station by the way.
0:00 Introduction
3:02 Local train from Toyama station to Kamiichi station
5:15 Machiya house for 1.4mil yen
8:32 Kominka house for 0.5mil yen (by a river)
13:15 My thoughts on the two houses and Kamiichi town
17:31 I am on Patreon!
18:59 Additional footage of the traditional guest house Sho-getsu
23:08 Leaving Kamiichi
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This is exactly what I am looking for something like these two houses and I will be coming by the end of the year to Japan I wish and I hope to meet someone like you or get in contact with someone like you to help me to find something like this it is very very that is perfect for me and my wife I would love to get in contact with you to find something like this keep up the good work see I hope to meet you and see you soon
2nd house would be amazing if renovated, the entrance and outside are beautiful and the house as a whole on the outside would be beautiful if spruced up.
The layout of the house, slightly bellow ground level, allows for any kind of interior design without breaking the aesthetic of the house on the outside.
Higher flood risks for 2nd house as it sits lower than the river bank/levees. Not recommend given climate change.
I prefered the first house & I'm amazed at the low prices! But also sad to see so many of the old houses going to ruin.
If I move to Japan, I prefer to choose Shizuoka or Kanazawa prefecture to live. It's a small but beautiful city. Hope you are exploring more Machiya houses in those two towns or prefectures. LOL. Thank you for your videos!! Hope you doing well.
the first one has A LOT of potential. honestly that's the type of machiya i'd be looking for as a restoration project. i totally agree w/ your assessment of the second house. glad you're doing visits again Machiya-sama!
I really enjoy videos like this. thank you.
Not everybody are seeking a modern hotel experince. That is my guess for the high score. If you are looking for a true traditional experience this is a good place, so people who like that give it a high score. In the end star reviews are inadequate. Different people are looking for different things and those differences can only be taken into consideration with a more in depth description than you will get with a lonely number score.
Vines are good isolators, in summer they are making the inside of the house cooler and in winter warmer. 23:28
how many square feet are the houses..
More videos love it glad I found the channel.
A Facebook group or discord would be good. Easier to interact with your fans.
Couldn't you buy the whole block of abandoned houses for 10k seeing the state they are in?
Great job with finding some good deals. The second house by the river may need a lot of work quite possibly may have issues with river flooding in the past. 9:50 you can see water collecting and most likely it has damaged the framing underneath the house and foundation. (as you mentioned soft flooring due to wood rot and possible Shiro ari from the moisture). Much respect to you for finding these places and restoring them. Whenever I inspect homes in the US, I always check when there is a rainstorm if I can to see if there is any flooding or leakage in the roof.
Try slowing down when your filming,it's hard to see as you move the camera to fast and hold the camera up more,slot of the time all you can see is the floor on most of your video's. 👍
I have so many questions. Can I contact you privately?!
I prefer the second house and to lift it to be near level with the road.
it would allow an upgrade to the foundation and underfloor insulation.
Good video and very detail. Thanks a lot
Hi Steven…please be careful, both of these houses have some obvious challenges as others have commented. You will need to hire a very proactive team to find all the issues and plan for them. Do the planning so unexpected things are limited. When you do decide on your next one make sure to put everything you need in the contract to cover all the things that happened in your first project, especially requiring the continuous prosecution of the work, no splitting time with other projects that the contractor might have. Let me know if I can help you in any way.
How'd I miss this?
Great video. Thanks for sharing them.
The first house is an ideal property for some DIY project. The bones of of the house looks good and all it needs is some sprucing up and some new stains for all the timber structures in the house. And that yellow green train was a beauty at the end of the vlog. Thanks for sharing my friend, glad you're posting again!