What Life on a Japanese Island With Only 11 People is like
This is an island in Japan where only 11 people live! It’s a tiny island in Japan’s seas
between Hiroshima and Ehime Prefecture. The people out there must be so isolated! It made me think, what’s it like to live there? And how do only 11 people
survive on the island? Well, there’s only one way to find out.
I’m going to the island! I’m traveling almost 10 hours to get to this place. First by train, then by bus,
and now by boat. I am almost there.
About 1 hour away. Oh, so here’s my mission. Meet all 11 people on the island and give them a gift. Go inside one of their homes and bring back
omiyage for Maiko and Wolfy. This is 190 yen back and your receipt. So, I’ve gotten my ticket and we’re on our way. [Music] So, I actually had to catch a boat from the port
that only runs four times in the day. This is Baba-san, the person who I contacted
so I could stay overnight on the island. This place is cool! Yeah it is. So, this island is called Takaikami Shima,
literally translated “High God’s Island.” The island itself is about 1.3 km, about 333 acres,
or just a little bit bigger than Disneyland, California. But all the residents here live on
only one small sliver of the island. At least that’s what I’ve been told. Oh, and that’s where I’m staying today. [Music] Today you’re the only guest. There are rooms upstairs
so you probably won’t go up there. You’re welcome to go up there though. Actually, the room on the left up there
has a beautiful ocean view. The sun rises from there,
so it’s beautiful in the morning. Thank you so much! Okay, so we just met Baba-san. Um, he runs this entire lodging. Um, this is like the only lodging
in the entire island. Luckily, they have it. So, I’m going to be staying here for the night. It’s actually pretty cool.
You can already see that there is manga like
drawn all over the buildings here. I just needed to get a little bit settled down
and then we’ll see if we can meet some more people. Um, finally just going to take these guys off. This was just in case
we had rough waters. Help me with motion sickness,
but it actually wasn’t so bad at all. Then this room isn’t bad at all. Also have a cool little turtle here. Looks pretty real. I feel like it’s looking at me. Let me just get the gifts. Here we go. These are made only in Tokyo, so I wanted
to bring them some ‘wagashi’ for them, Japanese sweets. We got 11 total. So, let’s see if we can
find every single person on this island. [Music] So, it’s getting kind of late right now,
so I don’t know if we’re going to be able to find people. I’ve got a backpack filled of omiyage. I think if I don’t find anyone,
I’m just going to go grab some food. There’s like apparently just one place,
like a cafeteria, and that’s it. There’s like no other place to get food. There’s a person walking way down there. Wondering if we should catch up with her. She disappeared.
To one of the buildings. These buildings are actually pretty cool. [Chuckle] It says Machiko Sensei.
So, guess she’s a teacher. This place is just so quiet. This is the place that we’re
going to go eat right now. Huh? I don’t see anyone in the kitchen. Hello. Hi, I’m Paolo from Tokyo. Nice to meet you! Do you live here? I became a resident of the island 2 days ago. Seriously?
Well, then here’s a welcome gift from Tokyo. Thank you. Can I ask your name? Call me Hama-san. So, why did you decide to live on the island? I saw this Manga island on TV and got interested. And I found an apartment here
that cost only ¥10,000 ($65) a month. That’s it? Amazing. Do you wanna see? Sure, why not? Huh? That makes it 12 on the island,
which means I’m going to be short one gift. I guess I’ll just have to sort it out later. This hill is rough, right? Yeah, pretty steep. She’s taking me to her house. [Music] Please come in. She says that she just moved in yesterday,
so she’s in the middle of unpacking. Only ¥10,000 ($65)! Crazy. So, where did you live before? Nagoya… near the TV tower. Toilet. Nice. The washing machine was just delivered. The bath is really clean, too. She says that she paid
3 months of rent as a security deposit. So, 30,000 yen, about $200 total. That’s not bad at all! Okay.
She says she’s not going to climb the stairs. Not sure why, but
still I can check out this place. Oh, wow. Bring the light up here. Turn this view of the ocean right here. This is dope! Got this whole room that she hasn’t set up yet, I guess. And I think there’s another room
just through here. Wow! Look at this. All this for 10,000 yen.
It’s like 50, 60? I don’t know. $60, $70? It’s like monthly rent just to live here. [Music] It’s big for 10,000 yen right! It’s amazing! Each room is big too. How much did you pay in Nagoya? Rent was around ¥200,000 ($1317). But my daughter still lives there. Ah, hey, you must be pretty young. I’m not young… I’m 81. 81!? Well, I’m so sorry to bother you. Thank you for the gift. No, thank you! The hill is steep so be careful. Nice. First mission completed. That was our second person
we’ve met on the island. They are the only one I’ve given omiyage to.
So that’s one. Okay. Let’s go back here and see
if we can get some food. Cool. Baba-san’s here. I brought you a gift from Tokyo. Thank you. No worries. Apparently, she’s Baba-san’s wife. Now that’s three gifts done.
Nine to go! Here’s the menu. Awesome.
Thanks. So Baba-san and his wife
helped open this cafe last October. And this building used to be a warehouse. Baba-san, when did you move here? Me? I moved here last April. Oh, so what brought you here? Originally, I was in Aichi working in a small factory. I just had an ordinary life. At one point, I found myself questioning if I could
continue the way I lived. He then one day happened upon
a regional relocation website for Ehime Prefecture. He found seven job postings and
one of them was from here. It turned out to be a town revitalization project
which he thought was the perfect opportunity to take on a new challenge. Plus, it allowed him to spend
more time with his family. Island fried chicken.
Motsuni right here. This is what we are eating tonight. Time to try this fried chicken. That’s some good fried chicken! Great dinner.
Thank you! Thank you! Just had dinner. That was super awesome. I don’t think we’re going to
see anyone else tonight, so I think we’re just going to call it
and I’ll see you guys tomorrow morning. [Pop] Nothing like starting the day
with my Tully’s coffee. I really should get sponsored by these guys. Tully’s, if you ever see this video, hook it up. That’s the way to start the morning. So, I slept pretty well last night. It’s just after 5 o’ clock. It’s still dark outside,
so just got to wait another hour. Probably take a shower and then get out
and see if we can find the rest of the people today. I asked Baba-san if they had any water here. And he said that they have a ‘jidou hanbaiki.’ They have a vending machine,
but it’s often sold out. So, I decided to bring my own water
just in case there was no water. I think you can probably drink
the the water from the faucet. Baba-san also told me last night, when I was having dinner,
is that I probably shouldn’t go out at night. Apparently, there’s ‘inoshishi’ running around here. I could potentially get attacked.
So, decided not to go out. That said, let’s get ready for the day. It’s 6:30 now. Let’s head out and see what we can find. Let’s go! No one is out yet. Fairly quiet out here. Let’s go by the dock. Few boats here. So, they might go fishing or something. I think I count like
1 2 3 4 5 6… I’ve seen 20 homes here, maybe? So, no one is up yet. 6:30 in the morning. Maybe they’re up. They’re just in their houses. So, I don’t think I’ll be able
to go into the houses for right now. It is quite windy today. Yeah, I was able to sleep all right. Good morning! Looks like you’re getting in your morning workout. Do you always wake up this early? In Nagoya, I used to sleep between 12-1am. But here, there’s nothing to do
so I go to sleep early. Yeah, I don’t see
any other people around this morning. The first ship arrives at 7:10am and people will
gather there to go to school and stuff. Oh, really?
Well, enjoy the rest of your day! There’s a guy there. Good morning! [School chime] Hi, I’m Paolo.
I’m from Tokyo. Hey, wait!
I got something for you. Hold up!
You’re going too fast! He didn’t want to talk. Let’s just give this to anybody. Now, that did not work out as planned. I guess some people live on this island for a reason. They don’t want to get bothered. I definitely respect that. Found a person, but I guess
they didn’t want to be found. Hopefully, the rest of the day
doesn’t go like that. So, now that’s four people
we’ve met on the island. And a dog, actually. Okay, just after 7 and I think
there is a kid going to school. Good morning. Is it okay to give omiyage
to your daughters? Hi. This is a gift from Tokyo. Good morning.
This is a gift from Tokyo. Thank you! – So, you’re going to school, right?
– Yes. Cool.
What grade are you in? 2nd year of Jr. High. Awesome.
Have a great day. They’re actually Baba-san’s daughters,
the only children on the island. Since there’s no school here,
they have to commute every day by boat. But many years ago, though, there were apparently
more than 100 kids living on the island, all growing up together and going to the same school,
also on the island. It’s crazy to think that this island was once filled
with children running around, laughing, and playing. But who knows, maybe in the future more families like Baba-san’s
will decide to move here and grow the community. [Music] She’s still going.
She just keeps walking the pier. It’s not even a pier.
The dock? Dock. Do you want tto eat lunch together as my apartment? Hi. Yeah, of course!
I’d love to. Thank you. She just invited me to lunch. So, guess that’s what we’re
going to be doing for lunch today. Just wanted to take a closer look at this place. This is maybe their only mailbox
in this entire place. I wonder if they could even get Amazon. And then I think this is the office.
Let me see if it’s open. It’s like the waiting area. I think this is their one and only
vending machine on the island. Got Calpis water. They got some peach drinks. They do have water, so maybe I didn’t need to actually buy that,
but they said it sells out once in a while. It’s 7:40 now and it’s dead quiet out here. Maybe got to wait until the next boat comes. The next time maybe we’ll see people. There’s another dude over there. See another guy. Maybe we can catch up with him. He’s moving quite fast though. Hi. Good morning. Good morning. Another silent Sam. Hm. Just looked at me very strangely,
but makes sense. [Heartbeat] I’m sorry to bother you… I came from Tokyo. [Music] Accepted the gift.
Mission completed. He’s a busy guy,
so just let him do his thing. And now we can move on. Glad to share a little bit
of Tokyo loveliness. Hey, so where are we at now? We are at… It’s 7:50. Got an entire day here. This is like the main street. If anyone goes anywhere,
see them from this vantage point. I’m going to see if I can give that gift
to the wheelchair guy. Actually, no.
He already said no. Feel kind of bad. I don’t know. Just like life, you know. Sometimes people want to talk to you,
sometimes they don’t. It’s just how it is. But gonna extend that olive branch. Let’s just see how it goes. Wow, it is just so quiet here.
Let me show you. Okay, let’s do a little bit of exploration. Okay, so there’s like a lot of
abandoned places here. I’m not sure about these specific ones, but Baba-san told me that there are many
abandoned homes on the island that are difficult to touch. Since many of the original owners have passed away. They’d have to track down each one of their children,
which is a difficult task in itself. But then they need to get permission from every heir
to use or purchase the home, and all of them must agree. And with Japan’s strict inheritance laws and high taxes,
heirs are often discouraged to claim ownership. So sadly, many of these houses are left behind,
slowly decaying over time. An old middle school. These freaking spiders. That’s what I’m afraid of. It’s going across one of those spiderw webs right there. See the old swing sets here? Soccer goal. So, this school closed down in 2004. Like I said earlier,
it used to be filled with kids. I could kind of imagine them walking up
the hill in the morning every day to class, the yard filling up with students during lunch breaks,
and even balls flying over the fence and hitting nearby houses! This looks like their toilet area here. [Music] I’m so scared what’s going to happen
if I open this door. I don’t know if there’s going to be something that
comes out and like bites me. A snake or something. [Music] Looks like those were the classrooms back in-
Whoa! Almost hit a huge spider web. Oh my god,
there’s so many spiders here! I do not know. That is insane.
Okay, I got to be careful. I don’t even know if these spiders are poisonous. What I was trying to say earlier is,
and it’s kind of sad seeing rundown schools because it means that they had a lot of kids here before. They’ve all grown up and kind of moved out. Microcosm of what’s happening to all of Japan. At least in the countryside areas
in these like little areas. Everyone’s moving to the city. Whoa! Argh! [Music] Okay, so I think over here
it’s a little bit sketch. Probably don’t want to go that far. What a crazy walkway.
And I just see a bunch of spiders over there. But man, there’s a house there as well. There’s like spider webs all throughout there.
That means no one lives there. Like making videos, but not worth getting
a spider bite, falling off that cliff or something. This exploration thing is kind of fun,
but man, I don’t know, guys. So, there must be a lot of
empty apartments here because there’s like four rooms here
and another four over here. Hama-san lives in one of those. That’s like eight. Doesn’t map.
Doesn’t map with all the people living in here. So, I guess if you wanted you could live here. ¥10,000 a month. Cost you less than $1,000
to stay here for an entire year. Hey Baba-san,
is this your house? – Yes, it is.
– Nice. And what are you up to now? Today, I’m going to bring a TV we don’t use to Hama-san. Oh, that’s nice of you.
Hey, did you paint the house yourself? No, this was done by the previous owner. It seems like they were the type of people
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sitting in my room. And uh we can see if anyone walks by. [Music] So I waited.
I don’t know how long. An hour?
Maybe two? It’s been a minute since
I did absolutely nothing. I just sat here thinking
what it’d be like living on this island. The everyday smell of ocean
mixed in with the trees. The feel of the ocean breeze on my skin. The endless sound of the gentle waves, and the absolute feeling that
no one is going to bother me right now. Crazy.
I don’t know though. I enjoy the Tokyo chaos,
but I also appreciate this escape. Man, this island has
so much potential. Oh, there’s one more guy. He looks friendly. Good morning! Hi, I’m Paolo from Tokyo. My name is Hasebe. Nice to meet you. Do you live here? I stay 10 days in Tokyo, another 10 days in Yamanashi
and the last 10 days here every month. That’s interesting. So, he’s not officially a resident here,
but I’ll give him a gift anyway. He’s nice and he kind of lives here. I have something, can you wait here? Really? – Try this.
– What’s that? These are peaches from Yamanashi. They’re so delicious and super hard to get. Wow.
Thank you so much! I knew he was nice. Both are peaches? Yeah, different types. So, he’s actually the person responsible
for helping revitalize the island by hiring manga artists with his
own money to paint all of the buildings. He even started a manga school here for anyone to enroll in and also set up a guest house and the cafe I ate at. So, what’s your goal right now? To make the manga school successful. I also want to fill the walls with manga art,
but it costs so much. That one alone costs 6-7 million yen ($40K-46K). Cr. Coto’s Clinic. He says that shipping the equipment here
to build the scaffolding alone costs more than the painting itself. And this is my home. It looks nice. This place used to be an
okonomyaki restaurant and he renovated it. Do you use this? In the winter, we grill Yakitori here. But the smoke gets crazy, so I removed the 2nd floor. So we can open up the windows
when we BBQ. That sounds fun. Hasebe’s son’s not actually from here,
but his college friend is. Many years ago, when they were both living in Tokyo,
his friend had to return to care for his mother. He came to visit with his friend and almost
instantly fell in love with this peaceful island. At the time, there were still about 40 residents,
but over the years, their numbers continued to decline. When only seven people remained,
Hasebe-san decided it was time to make a change, dedicating his life to revitalizing the island,
hoping to restore community in the place he had grown to love. Do you drink? Yeah, I do. Come over tonight and drink here. – Sure.
– I’ve got everything. Thank you for inviting me. Cool!
I’ve got plans for tonight. After this, he took me to the manga shrine he built to honor
the manga artists as well as the community center. He tells me that they face many challenges
with attracting new residents. The biggest issue being
the lack of a stable local income. In the past, most people made a living here through fishing,
but now there’s no one left to pass down that knowledge. To change that, he’s been working on building new local industries
like farming, beekeeping, and charcoal production, hoping to create sustainable jobs
to keep the island alive. The man with them is visiting today
and helping with the projects. So, I haven’t noticed there’s like this one guy
that comes when the boats come, But I haven’t been able to catch him, so this time I’m going to try
to focus on meeting him. I just have to wait for him to get here. While I wait for this guy to arrive,
still got to think of what to get Wolfy. Got Maiko covered already because, you know,
we got the omiyage from the owner. They don’t have an omiyage shop here
and like any stores or anything. Oh, he’s coming. He’s coming.
He’s coming. He’s coming. [Heartbeat] Hello, my name is Paolo.
I’m from Tokyo. I wanted to give you a small gift. Please take it. [Music]. You live here, right?
How long has it been? 13 years Is this your job? Yeah, I manage this place. – Like mail?
– Right. How many times do you receive mail? 8 times a day. I come when the boats deliver mail. Where did you come from again? Oh, Tokyo. I was in Tokyo 13 years ago. Oh, really? So, what brought you here? I came here to take care of my parents-in-law. His wife is originally from the island and
now he takes care of both his wife and mother-in-law every day. What if you get sick? I can’t get sick! I have to work hard. That’s why I take care of my health. I even got my flu shot the other day. Oh, do you have a hobby? I just fish a little. Cool.
Fishing must be delicious. Of course, it’s delicious. Oh, I think he’s on the move. He says that living costs are extremely low
and it’s relaxing to live here, but it’s definitely inconvenient as there’s
no grocery stores or hospitals on the island. The only way to make life easier here
is to have more people live on the island who run businesses to serve the community. That was cool.
Man, that the dude works hard. [Music] Nice.
Everyone is gathering for lunch. That’s my friend who brought me to the island. Oh, that’s him!
Hello, I’m Paolo. Hello. My name is Kimura. And yes, he accepted my gift. I’m getting closer! It’s so peaceful here, right? It sure is… I wish the world is as peaceful. Agreed. By the way,
can I ask how old you are? 75. I’m probably the oldest one here. [Laughter] Hasebe-san and Kimura-san tell me
that they became friends through karate and even taught kids karate back in their Tokyo days. Kimura-san and his brother, sitting to his right,
are one of the few who grew up here and returned. So I was supposed to have lunch with her but the owner he actually decided to get
everyone together and have lunch. Alright, so. So that was an interesting lunch. Kind of just nice to be able
to talk to them, hang out. After lunch, I decided to go off the reservation to see if I could find, you know, the others. Oh, I think these fences are
meant to keep out the ‘inoshishi.’ Feel like my spidey sense is going off right now. Hopefully, I don’t run into any more spiders. Through this path, I discovered this private beach
that looks as if no one has been here for years. It’s crazy.
People actually used to live here. [Music] As soon as I started walking around on the beach,
I finally knew exactly what omiyag I could bring back for Wolfy. Shells!
He’s going to love it. Okay, so I think we’re good.
Here’s what I got for Wolfy. Got a shell.
Maybe got a piece of glass. Omiyage completed. Time to head back. And then Hasebe-san offered to
take me out for a boat ride. It was kind of unexpected. I’m thinking if I accidentally filmed something
that I wasn’t supposed to earlier, then who knows?
I might be swimming with the fishes. Or it’s just going to be a
beautiful trip around the island. You see there’s a little beach on that side. Walk base is just so, so steep. You can see there’s no way to live here. That’s why everyone lives on that side. Oh, you can see there’s like
fish jumping in the water. [Music] Okay, so we are just arriving back. The ship just actually came and it looks like
the kids have actually gotten back. Okay, so that’s kind of a nice ride. Problem is I still haven’t found the last people. I know I’m running out of time. I think this is going to be my last chance
to see if anyone is coming on the boat. This is the last boat of the day. Alright.
Well, there’s the boat. It’s leaving.
No one got off. Guess that’s it. It is dinner time now. As I promised, I visit
Hasebe-san’s home for a final drink. What do you want to drink? Anything is fine, sake, beer, whiskey, umeshu… I’ll have a beer.
Thank you! All right, so this is
the final send off, I guess. I suppose this is it. Mission not accomplished. I couldn’t meet the last three people on the island, but apparently they were all bedridden
inside of their homes. There’s not much I can do about that. I’m just thankful for all the people I was
able to meet and share stories with on this trip. Stories that I’ll carry with me
for the rest of my life. A story about an island that’s doing all it can
to survive Japan’s ever-decreasing population. A story of a generation of kids who grew up here,
left for the big city, and brothers who eventually returned. A story of a man who, through a lifelong friendship,
still believes in the island’s future. Also, a story of a husband and a wife
who decided to build a life here and raise their kids. Even a story of a woman who
recently decided to start a new life here. And of course, a story of all the people
working to build a community together. It’s a story that I’m thankful
that I got to share with all of you.
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This is Takaikami Island 高井神島, a remote island off Japan’s coast that is also known as Manga Island. It’s just 1.34 square kilometers—roughly the size of Disneyland California—but only 11 people still live here, all on a narrow stretch of land surrounded by sea and forest. Across the island, many homes sit abandoned. Without clear ownership, they’re left to decay, quiet reminders of the island’s past. Yet one man has refused to let the island fade away. Using his own money, he invited manga artists to cover the village in colorful murals, creating a place where art and nature coexist. He’s also opened a manga school, guesthouse, and café to draw in visitors and revive local life. But survival here isn’t easy. With fishing not really a sustainable livelihood, the community is turning toward new industries like farming, beekeeping, and charcoal production, hoping to create stable jobs and keep the island alive for another generation.
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The guy in the mobility scooter was an asshole, lol
10:00 I'll never understand why not blur this guy's face he obviously doesn't want to be on camera.
whoah, what is that bracelet? where can you buy one?
Don't take sweets from strangers, for real.
I love the government in Japan. They still give transfort to people even in that islands.
I could live there
Bro give this island to muslims and they'll multiply like hogs and take over Japan like they're doing with Europe.
This is a joke, probably.
Another tourist treating locals as Pokemon
Love Hama-san's energy 💛
Foreigners who don't follow the rules of Japan shouldn't come. Japanese people are angry. Please tell them to follow the rules.😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
that island gives me Himegashima Island game vibes 😂
if you know you know 😂
I love this place, peace and quiet ,ahhhhhhh:)The people are so nice.thank you for sharing!🇨🇦❤️
Is this Japan's witness protection island?
What a great video!
I wana live there 😬🤍
I'm finding your fear of spiders to be a bit funny but to be fair I've only heard of one person getting hurt by a spider in my country, because one was in her shoe and bit her when she squished it by accident. I guess if we had a bunch of poisonous ones I'd be scared of them too. I enjoy your videos. Thank you.
Nah I'll pay millions to stay der 💕💯💯💯
Hasebe-san is a treasure 🥺
I would love to live there! Sounds like a dream
I feel like this island can't be THAT isolated since it's squessed between two large prefectures, and it isn't that far from Fukuyama and Hiroshima.
I know I have seen this place in a anime
Whats the motion sickness thing on your arm ?
The port office section gives me silent hill vibes
Bro should make some of those places AirBnB and offer "experiences." It's a great place and he can get premium $$$$
The last people probably died in their homes.
i clicked on the video because of the zawa zawa kaiji mural in the thumbnail lol
How is the internet out there on the island? It looks so peaceful.
I'm moving there!!
Someone:"I don't know why you like horror movies, they are so unrealistic!".
The reality:
I so wanna go back to Japan the last time I went I was in Tokyo and took a train to Osaka and Kyoto and it was amazing
Good video
I truly enjoyed this video. One of your best 👍🏾. Thank you.
how much was dinner?
because the the old man didn't want to talk, was he a "jerk".? respect other.. from all he know, the out sider could be a criminal.
I'm 65 and tired of crowded city life here in California.. Wish I can spend last few years of old-age life in place like that! 🤷