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Buying a $22,000 abandoned house in rural Japan sounded like the start of a dream, but week three of the renovation brought the first real doubts. Lloyd and Mandy hit costly mistakes, wrong paint choices, multiple hardware store trips, a garden that had completely taken over, no working hot water, no internet, and a growing list of problems they hadn’t expected.
As they try to turn the old Japanese farmhouse into a family home, they discover how hard it is to live inside a renovation at the same time. The work shifts from painting and sealing the traditional walls to dealing with fragile shoji paper, dark-staining wood, Starlink problems, and the reality that staying in the house may actually be slowing progress. A temporary move gives them space to tackle bigger demolition work and the bathroom properly.
This rural Japan renovation story mixes house restoration, DIY home makeover, countryside living, and the everyday pressure of family life on a construction site. It’s a realistic look at renovating an abandoned Japanese house, learning as you go, and trying to make a forgotten property liveable before winter.
Ideal for viewers searching for abandoned house renovation, Japanese farmhouse restoration, rural Japan living, DIY renovation vlog, house flipping, and home improvement storytime. Also a strong fit for fans of travel-lifestyle content, renovation challenges, and real-life moving abroad videos.
As they try to turn the old Japanese farmhouse into a family home, they discover how hard it is to live inside a renovation at the same time. The work shifts from painting and sealing the traditional walls to dealing with fragile shoji paper, dark-staining wood, Starlink problems, and the reality that staying in the house may actually be slowing progress. A temporary move gives them space to tackle bigger demolition work and the bathroom properly.
This rural Japan renovation story mixes house restoration, DIY home makeover, countryside living, and the everyday pressure of family life on a construction site. It’s a realistic look at renovating an abandoned Japanese house, learning as you go, and trying to make a forgotten property liveable before winter.
Ideal for viewers searching for abandoned house renovation, Japanese farmhouse restoration, rural Japan living, DIY renovation vlog, house flipping, and home improvement storytime. Also a strong fit for fans of travel-lifestyle content, renovation challenges, and real-life moving abroad videos.
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00:00We're Lloyd and Mandy and after four and a half years of traveling the world searching for
00:04somewhere to call our forever home, we finally found it. A $22,000 abandoned farmhouse in rural
00:11Japan. We're now three weeks into trying to turn this forgotten house into our family home and
00:19this week things really started to go wrong. We made some costly mistakes. Everything's pretty
00:25much going not according to plan and we've had to like triple buy things and go to the
00:32store so many times and we're just feeling a little bit down on our luck today. It definitely
00:37is true what they say that everything takes twice as long and costs twice as much as you
00:41think it's going to. Uncovered problems with the house we never knew existed and for the
00:48first time since buying it we seriously started questioning whether we'd made a huge mistake.
00:53Well I think we've really hit a point where this is starting to feel pretty challenging.
01:00We've run into like quite a few dead ends and just feeling a little bit frustrated. Things
01:07get to the point where we even consider leaving the house altogether. We thought that living
01:12here while we're renovating would actually make things easier but upon reflecting we've
01:17realized that it's actually been holding us back a little bit. This was easily our toughest
01:22week in Japan so far. That's all coming up right now on Lloyd and Mandy.
01:58I can't have fun. It's just a joke. That's a joke. I'm a little bit curious. You
02:12can't have fun with this baby. You can't have fun with this baby. You can't go to the
02:21see you. You can't see me. It's like you. You can't hear your heart. This is the
02:22okay we just came down to this awesome hardware store called plus one and got
02:28everything we need pretty much to start painting the first room which is gonna
02:34be our bedroom slash the kids room we got a sander some paint some stain some
02:42protective gear like mask and goggles and stuff yeah pretty much everything we
02:46need it's really affordable down here as well so I think we can get started today
03:18all right we're ready to do some actual renovations so this room upstairs I
03:24spent last week getting it all clean and everything got rid of some nests that
03:29were in here and just gave everything a really good scrub we've been staying in
03:35the room downstairs because it was the first one that was sort of livable I
03:40suppose but this one appears way bigger and way better this is actually two
03:45rooms there's a small room on this side and a slightly bigger room on this side
03:51with two windows and there's plenty of storage space so what we're gonna do is
03:56we're gonna turn this into like our master bedroom here and then have the
04:00kids room here because there are some sliding doors that go on to separate it
04:06so it'll be like one big room but also two rooms separated which we think is
04:12gonna be really cool what we're dealing with though is this really unique
04:17interesting finish on the walls I can't remember what it's called but we'll put
04:22it on screen below but this is really common in Japanese houses especially old
04:28ones it is a thin layer of insulation but it's not like super insulated we're
04:33gonna leave it for now we just want to get this place livable for winter the
04:36whole plan right now is to get this as livable as possible for winter without
04:40doing too much right major renovations we're gonna have to like renovate the
04:44bathroom quite a bit in the kitchen but apart from that we want to kind of leave
04:48most of it as is because as I said we just want to get it livable for winter so
04:53we're gonna sand all the frames in the wood and stain them a nice dark color then
05:00we're going to just seal this wall instead of sanding it back because it's like a
05:07it's just real like sandy texture it's really weird but it sort of comes off
05:10when you touch it and so we're gonna seal that in and then paint over it so it
05:15all looks like brand new yeah if anybody's worked with this stuff before let us
05:19know in the comments down below I've never seen it ever it's really like a like a
05:25rubbery sandy kind of texture obviously there's a chance that there's
05:30asbestos in it and that's probably the biggest reason we don't want to disturb it so
05:34we're not going to take it out we're not going to sand it back we're literally
05:36just going to paint it for now we're also going to replace these I think
05:44they're called shoji windows we're gonna stain the frames and replace the paper so
05:49that's going to look really nice in a few days it'll get it feeling a lot more
05:53like home for us and we can have yeah our bedroom that we're going to be using
05:58for the next winter so yeah I'll get started
06:01now what a hell of a year it's been
06:07keep on bluffing but I just came in
06:12drop my songs but they learn to swing
06:17now what a hell of a year it's been
06:22head in a bottle for my heart in a case
06:27yeah it's getting harder to act my age
06:32play a sad song on a tiny mile
06:36for the man that can find confessing his sins
06:41I need some good news
06:45send me sipping on cold truth
06:47nobody knows what I'm growing up with the devil
06:51when I walk in my shoes
06:54when someone told me
06:56living this life would be lonely
06:59trying to get away from the old me
07:02still start singing these blues
07:07all I really need is a little good news
07:12love keeps knocking but I just stay old
07:17I ain't picking no flowers from the seas that I own song
07:23I can't believe how delicate this paper is look at this
07:36I'm not sure if it's always like that I doubt it
07:38it's probably just really old
07:40it just rips so easily you put your finger on it
07:42ever so slightly it just rips
07:45so we're going to get some more of that
07:47from the hardware store after we stain these
07:49and replace them
07:50stop being lonely
07:52try to get away from the old me
07:55still it's like singing these blues
07:59all I really need is a little good news
08:03it's a little good news
08:07it's a little good news
08:10it's a little good news
08:27I need some good news
08:30seeing you sitting on cold truth
08:32nobody knows what I'm going through
08:35let the devil wouldn't walk in my shoes
08:54I don't know what the deal is
08:55but our Starlink was working absolutely fine
08:59for about 10 days
09:00and then a few days ago it just stopped
09:02it just started turning itself off
09:04turning itself back on again
09:06and going through this cycle
09:07tried everything
09:08troubleshooting it
09:09I've been talking to Starlink for a few days
09:12they've finally said
09:13they're going to send us a new dish
09:14so I guess it's just a faulty dish
09:16if anyone's had any experience using Starlink
09:19let me know down below
09:20because this is the first time I've ever used it
09:22and it was really good
09:23I was really happy with it
09:24but for the last five days
09:27we've had no Wi-Fi
09:28we've been running purely off our eSIMs
09:31and doing all of our work
09:33emails, editing, uploading content
09:36purely just off our eSIMs
09:38which luckily they're pretty good
09:39we use Airlo eSIM
09:41the thing I like about it the most actually
09:43is that it tops up automatically
09:46so I go into the app
09:47and I purchase a top up
09:49that lets it top up automatically
09:50so we're not just left with no Wi-Fi
09:53because if it's like 8 or 9 o'clock at night
09:56and our data runs out on our eSIMs
09:58then we're left with nothing
10:00and we have no way of getting any more data
10:03unless we travel into town 15 minutes
10:06and log on to Wi-Fi somewhere to purchase more
10:09so that's really good
10:10obviously it's super important for us to stay connected
10:12even though we are in a very remote village here in Japan
10:16we do still have to keep editing and uploading this content
10:20so that we can keep progressing
10:22and just troubleshooting things like this
10:25like being able to use the internet
10:28to figure out all these problems is massive
10:30so huge shout out to Airlo for keeping us connected
10:32during this difficult time
10:34if you want to check them out for yourself
10:35I'll put a QR code on the screen which you can scan
10:38also if you use the link down below in the description
10:41and use code Lloyd and Mandy at checkout
10:43you'll get 15% off your Airlo eSIM
11:10what's daddy got?
11:11little bear
11:20so it looks like the paper must have been replaced at some stage already
11:26because there's like two layers here that's on the frame
11:30that's not coming off very easily
11:33so I'm going to have to get something to get the remainder of the paper off of the frame
11:37but the good news is the frames themselves are in great condition
11:41so we'll be able to sand them and stain them and keep them as well
11:45which makes me happy because I think they're really cool
11:49it's like melting away
11:57so apparently the adhesive for the shoji paper
12:02is a starch base
12:03so you can just use a warm water to soak on it
12:08and then it just comes off
12:09it's coming off so easily
12:10like it said not to use a sander
12:13because it'll like clog up the sander
12:14and I'm happy I listened
12:16because this is like it's just like melting off
12:18so it's actually very easy
12:20and I think being able to replace it will be easy too
12:46and I think it's just like I liked this video
12:47so I thought I said
12:48they got married early
12:51never had no mother
12:54Then when he got laid off, they really hit the skids
12:59He started off his drinking, then they started fighting
13:05He took it pretty badly, she took both the kids
13:11She said, I'm not standing by, to watch you slowly die
13:17So watch me walkin' at the door, at the door, at the door
13:29She said, shove it Jack, I'm walkin' at your fuckin' door
13:33She went to a burner's, got a little power
13:39He went to the battery, he stayed about a year
13:45Then he wrote a letter, he said, I wanna see ya
13:51Alright, I'm just starting staining the Shoji window frames
13:55This is really exciting, the stain is looking better and better every day
13:58As it soaks into the walls
14:00I think these windows are gonna look incredible once they're stained
14:04Now that they're all sanded, they look pretty much brand new
14:07I'm really impressed with the condition that they're in
14:09So let's see how they look when they're stained
14:12To her door, to her door
14:16And his heart was singin' like a low-down guitar
14:36Okay, now I'm just sealing these walls
14:39So this sandy texture that is on the walls
14:41We need to seal it before we can paint it
14:44Because when you touch it, a little bit sort of like rubs off
14:50So we can't just paint over that
14:51So we found this water-based sealer
14:54And I've done a couple of spots and it's already worked, I think
14:58Feels like it, but we won't know till tomorrow
15:01So we've just got to do all these walls
15:06And then hopefully we'll be able to paint tomorrow
15:08Shakin' in his seat
15:09Riding through the streets
15:11In a silver top
15:14To her
15:15Shakin' in his seat
15:18Riding through the streets
15:20In a silver top
15:23To her door
15:26To her door
15:29To her door
15:46Well, I think we've really hit a point where this is starting to feel pretty challenging
15:53The first few days when we moved in
15:55Like, it was obviously a challenge
15:57Because we had to get the place livable
16:00And clean it up so that we could stay there
16:02And we were absolutely exhausted
16:04But I think we were just sort of running on adrenaline
16:07Like, we couldn't believe we were actually
16:10In our house in Japan that we bought
16:13And then the second sort of week
16:15I feel like we fell into a bit of a routine
16:18Got pretty used to, like, living here
16:21And where to buy groceries
16:23And the house and everything
16:25So I started feeling comfortable
16:27And then just the last few days
16:29We've run into, like, quite a few dead ends
16:33And, um, just feeling a little bit frustrated
16:36Uh, like, trying to figure stuff out
16:39And things taking longer than we would have liked
16:44Especially with the language barrier
16:47It's been a challenge
16:48And then the heat has been, like, really tiring during the day
16:52It's been okay at night
16:53Like, it cools down quite a bit here
16:55But, yeah, during the day
16:57Trying to get stuff done
17:00And it's extremely hot
17:01And then you throw in a couple of bad sleeps here and there
17:05Like, Lila has a bad sleep
17:07And, yeah, just trying to get the energy to keep working
17:11And keep moving forward
17:12Um, it definitely feels like
17:16This last week has been more of a challenge than previously
17:20But, uh, we knew it was going to be a challenge
17:23And we don't regret it at all
17:25We knew, yeah, we were going to run into a lot of dead ends
17:28But we're up for the challenge, I suppose
17:31Me and Mandy are always up for a challenge
17:33And, uh, this is just another one of those
17:35Alright, I've just been at Family Mart
17:36To get some snacks for me and Mandy for today
17:40We've got the chocolate-covered pretzels
17:43Mandy's request
17:46Two different types of cheese
17:47I've never had this before
17:49Hokkaido cheese
17:50Not sure what that's like
17:54Camembert blended cheese
17:57We've got the salami
17:58Sliced salami
17:59What else we got?
18:03Some crackers
18:07Some popcorn
18:10Grape soda
18:12All this is so cheap
18:13And then my favourite
18:14I got these
18:17I saw these as I was lining up
18:19Family Mart socks
18:22I just saw these and thought
18:23They look really cool
18:24They've got, like, the Family Mart colours
18:26Striped
18:27They're only four bucks or something
18:29Um, I need some new socks
18:31So, I picked these up
18:32Hopefully they fit
18:34So, yeah
18:35I've been trying to learn
18:36A little bit of Japanese every day
18:38And just use it
18:39When I'm going to the store
18:40Um
18:41But I feel like I keep getting it wrong
18:43Whenever they ask me
18:44If I need a bag
18:45I think they're asking
18:47Will that be all
18:47And then the other way around
18:49And
18:50I keep saying the wrong thing
18:51And feeling like an idiot
18:52So
18:52If anyone has any advice
18:55For learning Japanese
18:56I'm trying to pick up
18:57A little bit
19:00I'm trying to pick up
19:01A little bit every day
19:02Um
19:03But it's so hard
19:03Because I'm not talking
19:04To that many people
19:05Like, I literally only talk
19:06To somebody
19:07When I go to the hardware store
19:09Or to the convenience store
19:10Or something like that
19:11And it's just very minimal Japanese
19:13So I'm trying to
19:13Listen to podcasts
19:15And YouTube videos
19:16That give Japanese lessons
19:18But without immersing myself in it
19:20I feel like it's
19:20Really difficult to pick up
19:22If anyone has any
19:23Advice on how to learn it
19:25A bit faster
19:25Because it's a very difficult language to learn
19:27Let me know in the comments below
19:29Oh my god
19:30These chocolate covered pretzels
19:33I'm going to end up eating
19:34All of them before I get home
19:36These are
19:37Incredible
19:40Oh my god
20:15I want to go hard
20:18I want to have fun
20:21I want to be happy
20:24I want to have fun
20:25I want to have fun
20:27I want to have fun
20:28But I can't help you
20:28It looks so great
20:29But it lights a sun
20:32I can watch forever
20:36Wild and shine on everyone
20:38It's a black di terry
20:41In a black taxi
20:44They take my hand
20:46And hold it gently
20:48On the middle
20:50It's all in my head. It's all in my mind. I'm so selfish. You're so kind. It's all in my
21:04head. Happy I can't breathe. I look in the mirror. What is happening to me?
21:28Heaven. Wow, that was the most ridiculous breakfast. Chicken waffles. I've been wanting to try chicken waffles for years. I
21:36never thought I would do it in Japan. That was incredible.
21:46Okay, today was supposed to be painting day in the room upstairs. I just did a small section of this
21:53room and I'm not happy with it.
21:56It went on really brown. The idea was that I was going to sort of color drench this room with
22:01like a chocolatey brown and so far everything's come up darker than what I like.
22:06The stain is definitely darker but it's lightened which I'm happy with it now.
22:11But now the paint went on brown and it's dried like completely black like it's giving goth vibes. Look how
22:21dark this is. Even compared to the stain. It's so dark. I'm so sad.
22:31So we're a little bit disappointed because we thought today things were going to get a bit more finished but
22:38everything's pretty much going not according to plan and we've had to like triple buy things and go to the
22:46store so many times and we're just feeling a little bit down on our luck today.
22:51This room is meant to take like five days. We planned it out. I think this is day seven. Yeah,
22:57we're nowhere near done. Today we're supposed to get all of it painted and then finish tomorrow.
23:04So we're dealing with two issues is that the wall's using a lot of paint and it's the wrong color.
23:12Yeah.
23:13So that whole tin of paint's basically useless. So we could probably use it in the desk or something. Yeah,
23:19we'll use it for something else.
23:20That's okay. It's also like for that small section, it took like half a tin of paint just for that
23:28section and it needs another coat as well. And we did the sealer primer.
23:33Needs another coat?
23:33Yeah, like that you can still see gaps there. And I, yeah, so like if we were to keep using
23:40that paint, we'd have to use probably 10 tins of paint. And it's like $45 a tin for that stuff.
23:48So we're not going to be using that, that paint. We're going to have to swap colors and
23:54We're going to have to do either another seal or a primer. Yeah. I think probably a primer.
24:04Yeah. We're going to have to go back to the store for the hundredth time this week.
24:10We've been every day this week. Multiple times.
24:13Anyway, it definitely is true what they say, that everything takes twice as long and costs twice as much as
24:18you think it's going to.
24:20I just didn't think they would apply to simple painting.
24:25We're using this as a learning experience though. Like this is our first time doing this.
24:30The stain went pretty well. I think like the stain looks great.
24:33Yeah. So we'll count that as a win. But yeah, the paint not going so good.
24:37Seal primer is not so good. We'll get there. We will get there.
24:43I am getting to use up a bunch of the tomatoes from one of our neighbors that brought these over,
24:49which is so nice. That's going to go in our dinner tonight. It's going to be so good.
25:04So Lloyd and I have been living in like accommodation that has only had a two burner stove and no
25:12oven
25:12for quite some time now. We were staying in like guest houses or small apartments, that type of thing,
25:19in different places in Southeast Asia. So we've gotten pretty good at making meals just using what
25:25we have. And it's usually very limited, which it still is right now. It is very uncomfortable. I will
25:31be honest. I miss having an oven and like a proper like four burner stove so much. I know not
25:38everyone
25:38has that, but like I love cooking. I love baking. And that's been something that's been like a huge
25:44challenge with traveling full time and then moving into the house. Like I cannot wait for this kitchen
25:50to be finished, you guys. Like I, I just stand here and I just dream about it, what it's going
25:56to look
25:56like. Like we've got such big windows in here. There's so much natural light and such an incredible view
26:01outside. It's just going to be amazing when it's finished. So that's what's keeping me going.
26:05It's tough right now. And with us eating quite a bit from the convenience store, at the moment we're
26:11having just lunches from the convenience store because we're doing so much during the day,
26:14like with renovating and then looking after Lila and everything else. Yeah, we're eating from the
26:18convenience store usually once a day, sometimes twice, but we're, it just doesn't make us like,
26:24we just get a bit run down when we're not eating home cooked food. So trying to cook as much
26:29as possible
26:29on top of the renovating, even though the kitchen is in absolute shambles, but um, it is what it is.
26:36I saw a post recently that said I'd rather be uncomfortable for two years than house poor for
26:4130 and it really spoke to me. I'm like, yes, that's how I feel right now. So I'm just reminding
26:47myself, this is temporary. We're going to get through it and uh, it's all going to be worth it
26:51in the end. Definitely the most uncomfortable thing at the moment is we're boiling water for
26:57everything right now, like to do the dishes and to have baths. Especially when you're exhausted after
27:03you're painting or renovating or whatever all day. And then you've got to boil water. It's all part of
27:10the fun. It's not that bad. That's what I call baths. All right. Today's the day. Finally going to attack
27:19this garden that's been overgrown for months. I ordered the wrong machine from Amazon. I ordered this
27:27dinky little electric brush cutter because it was cheap and I thought maybe Japanese Amazon's better
27:34than in Australia. It's not, uh, it didn't do anything. So I just went and bought this big petrol
27:40brush cutter and I'm going to get this whole garden tidied up because it's an absolute eyesore.
27:49And I'm sure the neighbors are probably looking at us thinking, when are you guys going to clear this
27:53garden? It looks like it's been sitting here since winter, honestly. I don't think anyone's touched
27:58it all year and there's spiders and all sorts of things growing in it. So today's job is to cut
28:05it
28:05back. And then first thing Monday, I'm going to go down to the village office and ask what we can
28:12do
28:12with all of our green waste. Cause it's going to be a lot of branches, a lot of grass, a
28:17lot of stuff.
28:17Um, I might make a compost pile and then, I don't know, maybe I have to get like a
28:25machine so I can cut everything into small bits like a wood chipper and make some mulch. I don't
28:30know yet. It did rain yesterday, so everything's a little bit wet. It's not ideal.
28:54Wow, this thing is awesome. It's got this steel blade on it, which we don't really use in Australia.
28:59We just use like a nylon wire. This thing cuts through everything. Weeds, branches, trees,
29:06you name it. It's going to make the job so much easier.
29:37I'm done.
29:44He's kind of kidding, but he's kind of not. Um, we've had a little bit of a revelation.
29:50Um, just realizing that we thought that living here would, while we're renovating, would actually
29:55make things easier. But upon reflecting, we've realized that it's actually been holding us back a
30:01little bit. We've been trying to just make rooms more comfortable for us while we're living here,
30:05rather than actually doing the work that needs to be done. And we're spending a lot of time just
30:10trying to handle our own discomforts rather than like just demolishing things and starting from
30:15scratch like they need to be. So we've got a rental for the next month that we're going to be
30:21staying at.
30:21That's about 15, 20 minutes away. And that should give us the freedom a bit more to like rip out
30:29walls and flooring and things that need to be done and not worry so much about us having to live
30:34here
30:34and it be comfortable. Also Lila being around while we're doing demolition isn't really ideal.
30:39So, um, having somewhere else that she can be is a little bit safer and just gives us a bit
30:45more
30:45peace of mind. Yeah, I feel like these first three weeks we've figured out everything that needs to be
30:51done. But the problem is being able to do it while we're here. Like I need to take the windows
30:57out
30:58because we're putting new windows in, but then there's just bugs flying in everywhere.
31:01So kind of living in a construction site and also we're going to tear up all the tiles and
31:06everything in the bathroom. There's so much stuff that needs to be done. Maybe if we didn't have
31:11Lila with us, it would be manageable, but even still like holding ourselves back by trying to live here
31:17and have it as a construction site at the same time. So I just want to get into everything, like
31:23start ripping everything up and start really getting some progress on the house.
31:28I think separating living from working is going to be way easier. We found a really good deal too.
31:34Yeah. Yeah. So I'm going to pack up some of our stuff now. Um, we thought we were done with
31:40suitcases
31:41for a while, but that's okay. I think this will be so much more comfortable because it has an actual
31:45shower, not being able to shower after like being covered in dust and like grass and all the stuff
31:51has been a huge challenge. This is just going to make us a lot more comfortable. We've also been
31:56just like struggling with sleeping as well. Usually we'd have like a two bedroom place
32:01and where Lloyd and I can like take turns sleeping, uh, with Lila. But, um, yeah, that obviously hasn't
32:07been the case. So we're a bit sleep deprived. And I think this will just really help us get ahead
32:11and, um, really be able to tackle the work that needs to be done. Okay. I'm not trying to be
32:16dramatic,
32:16but that might've been one of the best showers I've ever had after three weeks of no running hot water
32:23and literally the most uncomfortable baths ever. Just having to boil pots of water on the stove.
32:32Yeah, that was pretty amazing. So we got this old Japanese style cabin in one of the ski towns that's
32:41sort of close to our house. And wow, is it beautiful. Look at this view.
33:05We've got a fully functioning kitchen with hot water as well, which is amazing. It's obviously
33:14nothing fancy. It's like a, yeah, old school cabin, but everything works. And so we're like super
33:20appreciative of everything really makes you grateful for things when you like deprive yourself of things
33:26for a while. Um, traveling's definitely taught me that this wasn't the plan, but I'm really happy that
33:32we're doing it. We're going to be able to get so much more done on the house and hopefully be
33:35able to
33:36start smashing out the bathroom because that is the most uncomfortable part of the entire house.
33:41Well, we got really lucky with this place. Uh, I was just having a look around to see if there
33:47was
33:47anything close by within our budget because accommodation here is really, really expensive,
33:53even during summer, which isn't really peak season. Uh, and this place just happened to be like 80% off
34:01for longterm, like a month rental on Airbnb, which worked out incredible. It's in a really good
34:07location. We can walk everywhere to the shops and about 15 minutes back to the house. So I'm just
34:14getting ready to go back now. I'm going to finish the garden off and then it's demolition time. We've got
34:21about three or four weeks of a window where we want to get this bathroom done. Um, we're going to
34:28have to
34:28get a plumber though. So we've got a lot to do and I think it's going to be a lot
34:32easier
34:32going back and forth from the house, doing the work and then having somewhere to come back to
34:37that's clean and has a flushing toilet and a hot shower and all that stuff. And I really want to
34:44enjoy this time being in Japan in the woods like this in a really cool ski town and renovating our
34:51house so far. It's been a challenge, but it's been fun at the same time.
34:59Japan is insane. Look at this. There's world-class mountains right behind me here
35:05and then beautiful rice paddies. I'm just on this epic road all to myself on the skateboard.
35:16How cool is this? Japan must have the best nature in the world. Everything is so lush.
35:25I don't know why they call it grain seeds.
35:28But now we've found, yeah, and if you're for sure, I won't deny, yeah, I promise.
35:57Even we've smeared свой mem desire to own hope and so.
35:58But, um, with all that we've found that we've had decades forward,
36:00I celebrate being able to take in the periods alone, but I want to see far from the timeline
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