Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We bought an old, mysterious Japanese house (which we promptly demolished and built our new, current house on top of). Probably never going to get answers for some of the things we found, but it's all gone now so oh well!
For many older houses in Japan, affordability/availability was prioritized over longevity, and there were a lot of environmental factors to consider (high humidity, natural disasters). In part due to this, old houses here lose much or all of their value as they age, and many houses that go up for sale are either renovated or torn down and built over by the new owners.
Nowadays technology has improved a LOT (along with safety requirements!) so modern Japanese houses can be very high quality and long-lasting, depending on the options you choose. We ended up building a wonderful house perfectly suited for us and our cats, and with a great view of our back yard! Tour of that coming soon. :D
★Our new merch!!! crowdmade.com/collections/junskitchen
The official Crowdmade website is the ONLY place we're selling merch!
★ Patreon! patreon.com/junskitchen
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Our Japan channel ⇀ youtube.com/RachelandJun
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Twitter | Instagram *@RachelandJun*
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We bought an old, mysterious Japanese house (which we promptly demolished and built our new, current house on top of). Probably never going to get answers for some of the things we found, but it's all gone now so oh well!
For many older houses in Japan, affordability/availability was prioritized over longevity, and there were a lot of environmental factors to consider (high humidity, natural disasters). In part due to this, old houses here lose much or all of their value as they age, and many houses that go up for sale are either renovated or torn down and built over by the new owners.
Nowadays technology has improved a LOT (along with safety requirements!) so modern Japanese houses can be very high quality and long-lasting, depending on the options you choose. We ended up building a wonderful house perfectly suited for us and our cats, and with a great view of our back yard! Tour of that coming soon. :D
★Our new merch!!! crowdmade.com/collections/junskitchen
The official Crowdmade website is the ONLY place we're selling merch!
★ Patreon! patreon.com/junskitchen
►FOLLOW US ε=┌( ･д･)┘
Our Japan channel ⇀ youtube.com/RachelandJun
Jun's Kitchen ⇀ youtube.com/JunsKitchen
Twitch ⇀ twitch.tv/rachelandjun
Twitter | Instagram *@RachelandJun*
►EQUIPMENT (Amazon affiliates links) ＿〆(・∀ ・ )
Camera ⇀ GH5 (amzn.to/2GJWsN2)
►MUSIC ♪♪(o*゜∇゜)o～♪♪
Music from Epidemic Sound: share.epidemicsound.com/rDvsz
