Replacing Broken Wood-Frame Windows, by myself! » Japan Akiya Restoration » Ōmishima, Imabari, Ehime

In today's video, I find myself at the house by myself, so naturally I decide to fix some broken windows! Join my on my somewhat chaotic thought process as I piece together the mystery of: which windows were the original exterior windows, and where did they once exist? Thrilling.
今日のビデオでは、私は家に一人でいるので、当然、壊れた窓をいくつか修理することにしました。 私のやや混沌とした思考プロセスに参加して、元の外窓はどの窓で、かつてはどこに存在したのかという謎を解き明かしていきます。 スリリング。
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We are two foreigners living in Japan! We received a 6-month Startup Business Visa in cooperation with Imabari city, which then earned us a 1-year Business Manager Visa. This essentially allows us to sponsor our own residency in Japan via our small business: Benton Homestead. We have an akiya-turned-guesthouse and small natural farm. It's been challenging, but nothing is impossible!
Japan has an estimated 10-12 million 'akiya' abandoned houses, and we've purchased * two * of them! The first house was purchased for ¥1 Million ($7,500 USD) and abandoned for 10 years, which we've now renovated into Benton Guesthouse. The second house was purchased for ¥2.8 Million ($18,000 USD) and abandoned for an estimated 40 years. This one was a former 'ryokan' inn, and came with two pieces of nearby farm and forest land, sitting unused longer than anyone can remember. I’m documenting everything. If you’re curious to see life behind-the-scenes, please subscribe to our channel for daily "shorts", or find us on social media for daily "stories".
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