Unboxing More Antiques and Ceramics » Japan Akiya Restoration » Ōmishima, Imabari, Ehime
In contrast to our last garage unboxing video, this time around we find almost all treasures! Lots of great "new" in box items from many, many decades past. What will we find? Also, an update about our online vintage shop: we will NOT be using Etsy. We're shifting gears, and still deciding which platform will be best for us. We'll keep y'all posted!
前回のガレージ開封ビデオとは対照的に、今回はほぼすべての宝物を発見しました。 何十年も前からの素晴らしい「新品」の箱入りアイテムがたくさんあります。 何が見つかるでしょうか？ また、オンライン ヴィンテージ ショップに関する最新情報: Etsy は使用しません。 私たちはギアを切り替えていますが、どのプラットフォームが当社にとって最適であるかをまだ決定しています。 引き続きお知らせしていきます！
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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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I can totally hear AND understand your feelings of overwhelm! I really wish I was closer and I could come help you get this place sorted and organized faster! I know it'll feel a lot better once you get to the point that everything is gone through, sorted, and put in a more organized space for using and selling. I know I'll definitely need some dishes, utensils, etc., so if you happen to make it up my way in July then I'd love to lighten your load and take some of that stuff off of your hands 🙂
Ah, thank you so much for the understanding! I know you and others would be willing to help, and this is one of the instances where the thought really does count. I really appreciate your words of encouragement. Happy to set aside anything for you! Your house is so cool and so much older than many of the akiya. I'd be thrilled if any of our vintage belongings went to you.
I'm so excited to see your shop open! I love a lot of the pieces you've unearthed from the property. (loves Japanese lacquer and ceramics) As far as the wooden box/trays. I believe they're multipurpose. From carrying meals up to guests, to holding noodles/mochi/dumplings prior to use in the kitchen. Also could be used for air-drying, since the hand-holes on the ends are large, and would allow for decent air flow.
Thank you so much! I just can't believe how much I love thinking of ways to reuse these things, or thinking about what kind of person will love it even more than me. And that's a great observation, about the boxes. They're still in wonderful shape because they were made with good wood.
If there is anyone that can make it work it is a retro fan like yourself! I wish i didn't throw out all the 8 track cassettes and machine i found on a job site now but was lucky to know just enough to keep the games back at least!
Well, we can't save 'em all. But those games you did save are being used in the guesthouse! I got a review recently: "The Famicom collection is exquisite" hahaha. You helped with that :)
A towelket would be fantastic for the beach :)
It really would! Much bigger than the biggest beach towel I've ever seen. Maybe we will make use of it this summer :)
Also Ponkan!
We all know Ponkan is the true star of this channel. Can you believe he was truly feral? Such a transformation.
The tube brought back memories. I had to cut some stuff too. Keep up the good work
Ahh garbage memories, haha. Thanks for the encouragement!
Will be interesting to see if the time/cost of disposal is offset by the revenue generated by sales. We live in a rural area of Japan and are interested in bio-intensive gardening would be good to network.
Yes, always happy to network! Sounds like we have some in common :) And for sure, I'm keeping detailed records of any disposal cost/income, and so far, we've just about broken even, just from metal recycling. I consider income from the vintage items as a separate category from waste disposal, so that will be its own additional income stream. So far we've sold three pieces, but have had the whole Etsy hiccup to deal with, so am hoping for a better start in the near future :)
Those questionable cigarette bowls look like dessert / ice cream bowls I’ve seen in other Japanese culture videos.
Interesting, thanks for sharing! I'm learning so much about dishes, but still have so much to learn.
Aren’t there places to donate a lot of this? Or at a flea market. Selling this online will take forever, cost a lot in shipping, things will get lost or broken on the way, etc. Plus it’s preferable for them to stay in Japan.
You'd be surprised, there actually aren't many places to donate these kinds of things. The market for used belongings in Japan is very small. That's one of the many reasons why there are 12 million+ abandoned houses full of abandoned antiques! I suspect partly because most Japanese people have older relatives with houses full of the exact same thing. In my opinion, the best way to save these things, and get them into the hands of people who will prolong the life of the belongings, is to get them outside Japan. But our shop will be both national and international, so we won't exclusively be selling to foreigners :)