I’ve been to this link many times but there is no phone number.
Got a phone number or link? There’s a Woodstock dealer in Japan but their website is terrible to look at as a foreigner. A direct number to the...
I called Blaze King and they told me they have a shop that sells their stoves in Japan. I asked them who and the guy said he would get back to me...
Cheers! Gonna stay clear of them then.
Cheers. The Honma stoves are really poor quality they are sold in the big box stores here. Whilst they are around $1500 when you factor in the...
Went to the local co op veg shop and picked up some seconds grapes and some apples to send to the mother in law. Grapes work out at $50 a kilo...
The house walls are about 4 inches of mud stuck to a woven bamboo frame. You can’t even knock them with a sledgehammer you need a big chainsaw to...
Japan has a big population both now and historically because of the shear amount of rivers and the soil. It can produce so much food in such a...
Apply an outside coat over the mud to seal it. Could be a cement mixture or just re mud it. Plaster for the outside of a wall of some nature. What...
Forgot to address the hiking. There are heaps of hiking trails nearby and the ski slopes are about 30 min drive. Still plenty of infrastructure...
There is unlimited supply of timber around here. The government thins the forests out and leaves the stuff on the ground. You wouldn’t bother...
It has its own microclimate this area of Nagano it grows table grapes that fetch over $100 a kilo in Tokyo. I’m seriously considering becoming a...
Stream at the back. Flows year long. Was like a rapid during the recent typhoon it sounded like an aircraft flying by next to the house. These...
Vacancy rates are in the double digits in Tokyo for apartments so not a smart move to buy one in my view. Also people like NEW so a 25 year old...
More pics. The yard was hugely overgrown you could barely walk down there it was 2 meters high with weeds and bamboo. I’ve spent a good few of...
Outside house photos. It has a roof which is about 6 to 10 years old. They replaced the thatched one which had a sheet metal roof placed on top....
You can buy an 2 bed apartment about 10 mins from Tokyo CBD for $150k. That exact same apartment was over a $1 million when it was built 25 years ago.
Old shed. Would have had had clay tile back in the day. Neighbors rice field at the back.
Here’s some of the beams and stuff in better light.
They use to keep the horses inside the house and put poles across to stable them in. Old school garage back in the day. You can see where the...
