Thank you to everyone following this channel! I know a lot of people are waiting for more house updates. Thank you for your patience. I wanted to share some backstory - I’m trying to keep things as chronological as possible. :) more house things will follow!
Take your time with your house. It's the journey and your video editing that will give you more substantial growth in subscribers and eventually a great community and income. If you need tips and help let me know.
Thanks so much for giving us a little backstory. You seem to have slotted into your community so nicely! I hope this project continues to bring you happiness. 😊
Hm hm....oh that CZcams algorithm is a curse and a bless at the same time. In this case I'm really really happy that it brought me here!!! I'm soooo going to follow this journey of yours! :-) Wish you all the best from Germany. 頑張ってください！
This could be me. I'm in my early 30s and feel absolutely stuck in my IT job. The dreams of just escaping somewhere, anywhere, are getting overwhelming. As you said "Inaka is healing", so I want to thank you for sharing your experience. I'll be here for the whole ride.
Early 30s here too and every year leading up to now it's been more and more difficult to ignore that sense of change, of looking for something even though I'm not sure what it is I'm looking for. It's distracting lol even at work I can't stop thinking of it. Guess I just wanted to say that I feel stuck too.
I did it, quit my job and left the country and all that when i was about 29. It was a massive disruption and honestly it set my life back about 10 years and it wasn't the solution i thought it would be. Things are ok now but if i could do it again I'd do it differently, just find a gradual transition rather than the 'drop it all and follow your dream' idea.
Try going on a long holiday, or find ways to change up your day to day life. I think when you’re in a rut a holiday to somewhere completely new resets you and gives you a bit of inspiration. It could even be another city in your home country you’ve never visited (doesn’t have to be expensive)
I did it and for now I don't regret it. I certainly had to gather a good amount of courage to do something completely different from what was my life befire and abandon all my certainties.
I love your filming style; it feels so personal and real in the sense that you aren't trying to glorify the content. I lived in Inaka for 6 years and ended up leaving due to our proximity to Fukushima Daiichi after the 2011 earthquake. I often wondered what it would be like if I could just pack up my bags and return which unfortunately isn't a possibility now. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with me.
This video made me cry. Thank you so much for sharing your journey and letting those of us who can't live our dreams live vicariously through you. I've wanted to visit Japan ever since I was a small child and I've always had a deep urge in my heart to live somewhere surrounded by nature. With my 29th birthday on the horizon, that longing grows ever stronger. Unfortunately due to chronic illness, I'm instead stuck living in the house that I've grown up in, deep in the city. It's still hard to accept that this is my lot in life, but channels like yours help me dream.
I think this is what so many of us are realizing. We need to be in touch with ourselves, to be able to live in a rhythm that suits us, not to be in competition with each other or ourselves. Not many of us are lucky enough to find this out in our youth, carried away by the pressures of living, family, work and society. I understood it finally after quitting my job to devote time to my artistic pursuits. I am lucky that my expenses were not huge and I am happy with simple things, but even then…… here I am in my 60’s now and really enjoy a few days at home, snowed in, resisting , very easily, much of the modern and new things people around me have. If what I have works then I am content. Good for you! I look forward to watching your channel.
I subscribed very quickly because I feel a kindred spirit in you. My situation is different in that I had a 3d techie desk job for years, bought property but stayed in the US. I changed my lifestyle. Quit my job. Now I’m a massage therapist. Such a 360. But my rural land encourages me to slow down and appreciate and see things differently. I find myself inspired by those that have, or are remaking their lives. It feels good to see so many people rejecting a way of life that really isn’t healthy. And I love seeing different rural areas of the world. I would love to hear your story of how you stumbled into owning this house. I would love to see interviews of your neighbors and friends there. Like what they thought of you moving there, a foreigner. How much Japanese do you know, or just your journey of learning the language and customs. What are your favorite elements of your house and the building techniques they use. I’m fascinated by the boards under the tatami mats for example. How they are not nailed down. So different from western construction. I suppose I have an affinity for Shikoku, because I plan on hiking the 88 temples there someday. So I was so happy to hear that’s where this is. I just really love the videos and eagerly await more!
Congrats you’ve been successfully rediscovering yourself!
A few months ago, I started watching CZcams vids of foreigners living in JPN (especially the countryside) after I bumped into a vid of a German architect, who has been renovating “kominka” (old abandoned houses) in an isolated/dying village in Niigata.
The more I watch those vids, the more I get convinced that skilled migrants with good brains and hearts are becoming valuable assets to JPN (more so than the average Japanese). So, it’s a 2 way street : while JPN may have helped you, you may well be helping JPN.
I went through the same thing during Covid. Stopped being an interior designer for over 20 plus years. Moved out of a house I loved away from a town I liked. Moved to a small town not really known anyone. Moved into an old house and started going landscaping architecture college
My kindred spirit!!! I hope you stick around to share your impressions, Kris! I used to work on teams but now I’m solo on this. It would be great to have your expert opinion. ☺️🙏 Either way, thanks for commenting! I love hearing about people who are watching!
I visited Shikoku with my family for week last summer and fell in love. I wondered what it would be like to get a home and retire there, and now I get to see that through your eyes. Thanks for taking us along on your journey.
I was so surprised and happy to see this pop up! Back in 2016 I spent an unplanned couple weeks in みま市, which is also in 四国! It was probably the happiest days of my life. Your video reminds me of that feeling of total disconnect and slow, local, and very human life in the inaka. Thank you.
Moving back state side feels way different for me and my family. We all found our peace living in Japan, specially in Okinawa. Ever since moving back in U.S, we are looking forward to go back one day and to live again at peace. We love Japan.
I am so excited to see where this leads you to. I am 59 years old now and also again for a new purpose - I think that‘s how I must call it. And hopefully I find it as you did! Awaiting your upcoming insights!
I watched all the Japan episodes. I like your storytelling. Sometimes I do not want to hear people voices when I watch videos so its refreshing that you have captions on how you want to tell your story. You have a nice background music too. The rhythm matches the change of pace of changing from one video to another. Looking forward to the next video.
I’m so glad that youtube recommended this video to me. There are plenty of people showing their life in Japan but it rarely shows the countryside so I am excited for the videos you will create. An old Japanese house has always been a beautiful place to me. I can imagine myself in one.
Wow ❤️ good luck with everything 🙂 can't wait to see more of your videos ☺️ glad you are in process of growing and healing 😌 love and light ❤️ cheers from Melbourne
@@bitsii those are two words that tick my boxes ... The carpentry and museum ones ... Not other words that were in the... I'm gonna go to this... Thing now. Ttfn
I discovered your channel today. You go!! With yourself and make it happen. This is absolutely beautiful. Please keep us updated. You are an amazing spirit.
Thank you for recording your new life. I am fascinated about what you are doing and where you are doing it. My mother-in-law Reiko was from Shikoku (Ehime Prefecture). She met her husband who was a NZ soldier based there in the 50’s and moved to New Zealand and had a family. My husband has been there to visit, a long time ago now, to meet his cousins but sadly have lost touch. My daughter has been learning Japanese for several years and wants to move there and teach but also find the relatives. We hope to visit someday and try and reconnect with the Nakayama family.
Loved how you respect the old house owners and the local traditions. Very relaxing way of doing videos: spoken language isn't needed. Greets from a fellow one: I left everything behind in germany a year ago and live now on Madeira and next year on the Azores
I’m so invested in this channel now, thank the almighty algorithm for taking me here! I’m gonna like and subscribe in hopes your channel can flourish so that you can keen making these. I love this alternate view of Japan seldom seen on CZcams and I love the way you tell your tales. The way you edit with your amazing choice of music. Perhaps it’s due to the slower sort of life sort of videos I been watching, like the Japan camping ones, etc. I love ‘em. I hope you keep going!
2:25 I had to pause here and take a deeper look. It appears to be a castle set on a rocky Mountain in a winter night. Stars are falling, yet are also giant snowflakes.....some people are floating to the centre left.....what a picture, it's amazing. 💕♥💕⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌙🌙🌙❄️❄️❄️⛰️Inaka is beautiful.
It all started with the video of the old house, then when you moved in and now with this summary. I'm subscribing immediately. Your narrative (the close up personal filming, the shooting soundtrack, you not babbling into the camera allll the time like may other channels out there) is whimsical. And your aesthetical eye is present in every shot. I love that so much. Thank you for taking the effort of showing your new life steps and good luck with your new lifestyle :)
I think most people are too broke and/or afraid to try something like this, but this is why your channel helps out. I can live vicariously through you!
Accidently read your story today. you are different than most young Americans. You overcome your fear and bravely got out of your comfort zone finding yourself more than what American people are struggling for here in the United Stated. You are now to live your world to live your way of life. You will find the simple but high quality of life in Japan where people are friendly. Once you pass the test, you are enlightened.
Keep in Up Bitsii !!!!!originially from China & had a blast due to the warm welcome and unparallel kindness of the Beautiful Japanese people last time in Japan!! I am looking to following your steps in a couple of yrs time!!! subscribed!
I grew up on Shikoku, from 1958 to 1976,so most of what you show is a lot like my childhood! I grew up about 40 km east of you in what is now Kami Shi in Kochi Ken. What a fun place!
Hi there. I discovered your CZcams presence today whilst sitting feeling drained and a little sorry for myself after a few days with flu - or that is what it seems ‘we’ have. Interesting approach you have. I could go into our almost lifelong fascination with Japanese ‘life’ but I’ll save that for later. For now I’m happy to thank you for presenting a new take and somehow asking questions of your viewers needing asked. I’ll be watching your journey.
Such an exiting decision you have made to live there! I once biked from Tokyo to Shikoku in a few days, it was such a beautiful Island. I wish I had the time to explore it more. The Japanese are the friendliest and most respectful people I´ve ever met!
Shikoku's beautiful valleys and generous and funny people stole my heart in 2019. Planning to be back next year to practice the bit of Japanese I learned since then. All the best! Lovely vibes 🙃
Wonderful video. I enjoyed the way you explained the project and your decision to relocate and change the course of your life. I hope there'll be more future videos of the house, the community, and the life you build there.
Japan has given me a sense of new discovery, I love this country so much, to the point that going back to my country feels weird and unsatisfying. I wish I could stay here forever, but unfortunately I am not in a position to do so at the moment. After spending 7 months here in Japan I finally found the place I want to stay.
Thank you so much for giving us a glimpse of this beautiful place and your new life. It’s very appealing. I love how you are renovating this house with love, respect for tradition and care. It must be more expensive to do it this way but you still have that intention. As a black woman, I’m not sure what reception I would get in such a rural area but these areas are the most attractive to me, rather than Tokyo. Although I’d like to go there too. Who knows what the future holds. I know Japan is opening up a bit more to foreigners. In the meantime, I’m happy to follow your journey and wish you the best of luck with it all.
Thank you for joining! Have you seen the channel @TheBlackExJp The Black Experience Japan? Actually a Black American woman was working at our town office here for a while too. She was teaching some community classes too. People really liked her. She still lives in Japan but elsewhere now. You might be surprised. People might be fascinated, but they are kind and including. And unlike America where I lived before, there isn’t violence the same way. I hope you visit someday. 👍
Thank you for sharing your story. I still curios about your story. I will wait your next video :) By the way, As I know, Japan's winter season is so cold. Take care!
Thank you for Sharing Bitsii (I really hope that is a name reference, as I understand that "inaka" translates as "rural"). Boomer TLDR incoming! Where to start... or unpack my thoughts on your extremely reflective meditative video? First off, watching this, I feel stress vacating my body.... As someone much older than you, almost every thought you have shared in this video, I have experienced, am experiencing, and hope to experience before I close my eyes for the last time. I think the COVID pandemic did quite a bit of harm to everyone, as I have felt detached from community and more insular, less social, longing for quiet solitude where I can hear my own thoughts without being constantly bombarded by the hype associated with the world. I am an older parent and my daughter just started college, so I feel responsible to be a booster rocket for her as I try to push her further in life to find her own success. As a result, I'm trying to do two things with her. The first is to prepare her for life, the "game" she will need to play, and provide her with as much of my practical knowledge as possible. The second is to have her NOT follow my path to success, where you always sacrifice those things you have shared with us in this video (it's a work in progress for me). As I have done that, I have been more reflective of the idea that your inner connections and roots matter. I'm not talking about what career you have or what skills you've obtained...I'm talking about who you are and what you feel. There may be a point in time where you live back in the City (Tokyo has a lot of hustle and bustle), but I too will one day explore the expat life as a retiree and I realize that when I do so, I can be nomadic, though it would be nice to have that solitude to come back to. I've had this talk with my daughter as there must be some point in life where i can put down my sometimes overwhelming backpack of responsibilities and live life to enjoy. Watching a younger person such as yourself is a step in the right direction for me, so please allow me to live a bit vicariously through your journey. Thank you for allowing me to shed a few layers of stuff that doesn't define me and enjoy some clarity with the sound of my own heart!
These rural videos are so beautiful and serene. Thank you for sharing this life with us. And thanks to everyone who has supported you and welcomed your creativity in your new home.
The moment I saw 5:22 knew exactly where you were having hiked along that road in shikoku. Beautiful spot. And...who would have thought the birthplace of blue LEDs!
i was hiking across Shikoku a few years ago and I came across the building at 4:24 - who would have thought that it was a homage to the inventor of the Blue LED!
There’s very little wrong with this video, perfect music and how your journey has unfolded so far is humbling. If you stick to this format with the occasional video s having human voice that’s perfect. Looking forward to your journey and storytelling. Your followers are in for a treat!!☝️
Very amazing life project! 頑張ってくださいね。I'll follow you for sure! I love Ehime, I also have the chance to have access to an old house in the Area and go every 1 or 2 years. I love the roof tiles and yakisugi those old houses have over there and the beautiful mountains views. I also love the fresh sea food and fish! Good luck with your life there!
Wow it’s amazing and uplifting great video. Shikoku is one of my favorite place in Japan. It’s really amazing how you live your life there with the locals and community. Love it! Love and light y’all
I just found your channel. Thank you so much for sharing your story. I feel like I’ve been hitting my low point here in Japan after several years of dedicating myself to my career. It’s wonderful seeing someone who took the leap and made it on the other side. I too hope to strive and give it my best.
this is just amazing, such a short and simple footage yet the story and emotion was so elaborated. Everyone in it just seems like a familiar character to me. Best wishes to you.
What a lovely video. I wish you all the best! Can't wait to see more about your life and progress. ( that spider really scared me! I let out a yelp lol - I hear Japan has a lot of big ones..but I know they are a good part of nature...)
This is such a beautiful video. Thank you for telling your story and for showing such love and appreciation for the history and culture of your new home. I love old buildings and old traditions and it breaks my heart when things are lost. The respect you show for the former owner of your new home is so touching. I'm so glad you're there renovating so this lovely house can be preserved and enjoy a new life.
I'm just 26 and still working on getting my degree. Lately I've been thinking that I'd be better off living the simple slow life, but I don't want to leave my current life behind just yet. Thank you for sharing your experience. Your courage gives me hope.
Aweeen i am really happy for you. I love Shikoku so much and hopefully, when I finish university, I can have a vacation there too🤍 I wish you all the best!
Congrats that you found the courage to make this move! Many people never will and reside in life circumstances that just lead into more and more unhappiness... Well done and thanks for your truly inspiring video.
What a beautiful community you've found there. How they integrate you into their lives and integrate themselves into yours is heartwarming and simply wonderful!
I am so grateful that this video appeared in my recommendations. Words can’t explain how much this video made my day and motivated to hopefully be able to do the same, later in my life. It showed a beautiful side of life, positivity, and that no matter where you are, there’s still hope to turn things around. I cannot wait to learn more about your journey. I truly wish you the best and a life full of happiness :)
Thank you to everyone following this channel! I know a lot of people are waiting for more house updates. Thank you for your patience. I wanted to share some backstory - I’m trying to keep things as chronological as possible. :) more house things will follow!
Take your time with your house. It's the journey and your video editing that will give you more substantial growth in subscribers and eventually a great community and income. If you need tips and help let me know.
Thanks so much for giving us a little backstory. You seem to have slotted into your community so nicely! I hope this project continues to bring you happiness. 😊
@@tangelite9968 I specialize in hearts. You're welcome
@@Jaredbuncher 🤣❤️
Hm hm....oh that CZcams algorithm is a curse and a bless at the same time. In this case I'm really really happy that it brought me here!!! I'm soooo going to follow this journey of yours! :-) Wish you all the best from Germany. 頑張ってください！
This could be me. I'm in my early 30s and feel absolutely stuck in my IT job. The dreams of just escaping somewhere, anywhere, are getting overwhelming. As you said "Inaka is healing", so I want to thank you for sharing your experience. I'll be here for the whole ride.
Early 30s here too and every year leading up to now it's been more and more difficult to ignore that sense of change, of looking for something even though I'm not sure what it is I'm looking for. It's distracting lol even at work I can't stop thinking of it.
Guess I just wanted to say that I feel stuck too.
Hi where is this house close to? North or south? Thank you
I did it, quit my job and left the country and all that when i was about 29. It was a massive disruption and honestly it set my life back about 10 years and it wasn't the solution i thought it would be.
Things are ok now but if i could do it again I'd do it differently, just find a gradual transition rather than the 'drop it all and follow your dream' idea.
Try going on a long holiday, or find ways to change up your day to day life. I think when you’re in a rut a holiday to somewhere completely new resets you and gives you a bit of inspiration. It could even be another city in your home country you’ve never visited (doesn’t have to be expensive)
I did it and for now I don't regret it. I certainly had to gather a good amount of courage to do something completely different from what was my life befire and abandon all my certainties.
I love your filming style; it feels so personal and real in the sense that you aren't trying to glorify the content. I lived in Inaka for 6 years and ended up leaving due to our proximity to Fukushima Daiichi after the 2011 earthquake. I often wondered what it would be like if I could just pack up my bags and return which unfortunately isn't a possibility now. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with me.
This video made me cry. Thank you so much for sharing your journey and letting those of us who can't live our dreams live vicariously through you. I've wanted to visit Japan ever since I was a small child and I've always had a deep urge in my heart to live somewhere surrounded by nature. With my 29th birthday on the horizon, that longing grows ever stronger. Unfortunately due to chronic illness, I'm instead stuck living in the house that I've grown up in, deep in the city. It's still hard to accept that this is my lot in life, but channels like yours help me dream.
I think this is what so many of us are realizing. We need to be in touch with ourselves, to be able to live in a rhythm that suits us, not to be in competition with each other or ourselves. Not many of us are lucky enough to find this out in our youth, carried away by the pressures of living, family, work and society. I understood it finally after quitting my job to devote time to my artistic pursuits. I am lucky that my expenses were not huge and I am happy with simple things, but even then…… here I am in my 60’s now and really enjoy a few days at home, snowed in, resisting , very easily, much of the modern and new things people around me have. If what I have works then I am content. Good for you! I look forward to watching your channel.
I subscribed very quickly because I feel a kindred spirit in you. My situation is different in that I had a 3d techie desk job for years, bought property but stayed in the US. I changed my lifestyle. Quit my job. Now I’m a massage therapist. Such a 360. But my rural land encourages me to slow down and appreciate and see things differently.
I find myself inspired by those that have, or are remaking their lives. It feels good to see so many people rejecting a way of life that really isn’t healthy. And I love seeing different rural areas of the world.
I would love to hear your story of how you stumbled into owning this house.
I would love to see interviews of your neighbors and friends there. Like what they thought of you moving there, a foreigner.
How much Japanese do you know, or just your journey of learning the language and customs.
What are your favorite elements of your house and the building techniques they use. I’m fascinated by the boards under the tatami mats for example. How they are not nailed down. So different from western construction.
I suppose I have an affinity for Shikoku, because I plan on hiking the 88 temples there someday. So I was so happy to hear that’s where this is.
I just really love the videos and eagerly await more!
Congrats you’ve been successfully rediscovering yourself!
A few months ago, I started watching CZcams vids of foreigners living in JPN (especially the countryside) after I bumped into a vid of a German architect, who has been renovating “kominka” (old abandoned houses) in an isolated/dying village in Niigata.
The more I watch those vids, the more I get convinced that skilled migrants with good brains and hearts are becoming valuable assets to JPN (more so than the average Japanese). So, it’s a 2 way street : while JPN may have helped you, you may well be helping JPN.
I went through the same thing during Covid. Stopped being an interior designer for over 20 plus years. Moved out of a house I loved away from a town I liked. Moved to a small town not really known anyone. Moved into an old house and started going landscaping architecture college
My kindred spirit!!! I hope you stick around to share your impressions, Kris! I used to work on teams but now I’m solo on this. It would be great to have your expert opinion. ☺️🙏 Either way, thanks for commenting! I love hearing about people who are watching!
Such a sharp contrast from your old life and now the new. Breathe deeply and live!
I visited Shikoku with my family for week last summer and fell in love. I wondered what it would be like to get a home and retire there, and now I get to see that through your eyes. Thanks for taking us along on your journey.
I was so surprised and happy to see this pop up! Back in 2016 I spent an unplanned couple weeks in みま市, which is also in 四国! It was probably the happiest days of my life. Your video reminds me of that feeling of total disconnect and slow, local, and very human life in the inaka. Thank you.
The happiest days of your life 🥲❤️ Welcome back, Ryan. Glad to see you.
One of the best silent narration.
Moving back state side feels way different for me and my family. We all found our peace living in Japan, specially in Okinawa. Ever since moving back in U.S, we are looking forward to go back one day and to live again at peace. We love Japan.
We are currently in Okinawa. Sometime I miss NYC (Home Depot beats MakeMan big time); but we are going to give a try to Japan mainland.
I am so excited to see where this leads you to. I am 59 years old now and also again for a new purpose - I think that‘s how I must call it. And hopefully I find it as you did! Awaiting your upcoming insights!
Some of us have lives that lead us back to places we may have lived in past lives. This feels so right for you. From just how you film.
I watched all the Japan episodes. I like your storytelling. Sometimes I do not want to hear people voices when I watch videos so its refreshing that you have captions on how you want to tell your story. You have a nice background music too. The rhythm matches the change of pace of changing from one video to another. Looking forward to the next video.
This looks like the type of place I want to live, the type of people I want to meet. It's really quite beautiful there.
I’m so glad that youtube recommended this video to me. There are plenty of people showing their life in Japan but it rarely shows the countryside so I am excited for the videos you will create.
An old Japanese house has always been a beautiful place to me. I can imagine myself in one.
Wow ❤️ good luck with everything 🙂 can't wait to see more of your videos ☺️ glad you are in process of growing and healing 😌 love and light ❤️ cheers from Melbourne
Love Shikoku. Can’t wait to visit again. Thanks for sharing your experience! It’s very inspiring.
So naturally beautiful... Thank you for sharing this with us
as someone who's learning japanese woodworking, you're putting so many ideas in my head
i really want to do this now
Oooh cool! There are some nice carpentry museums here. I want to go!
@@bitsii those are two words that tick my boxes
... The carpentry and museum ones
... Not other words that were in the... I'm gonna go to this... Thing now. Ttfn
@@bitsii Oh please tell me where I want to visit carpentry museums too next time I go in Ehime!
I admire how you jump and took the risk and challenges to start over and find yourself. Much success. I will be wayching
Beautiful, simply beautiful.
I discovered your channel today. You go!! With yourself and make it happen. This is absolutely beautiful. Please keep us updated. You are an amazing spirit.
This video was very enjoyable to watch. Good luck in your new life in Japan. Japan is a very respectable country.
Thank you for recording your new life. I am fascinated about what you are doing and where you are doing it. My mother-in-law Reiko was from Shikoku (Ehime Prefecture). She met her husband who was a NZ soldier based there in the 50’s and moved to New Zealand and had a family. My husband has been there to visit, a long time ago now, to meet his cousins but sadly have lost touch. My daughter has been learning Japanese for several years and wants to move there and teach but also find the relatives. We hope to visit someday and try and reconnect with the Nakayama family.
Amazing! Where in Ehime? I live here.
Loved how you respect the old house owners and the local traditions. Very relaxing way of doing videos: spoken language isn't needed. Greets from a fellow one: I left everything behind in germany a year ago and live now on Madeira and next year on the Azores
Wow! I love hearing where everyone is watching from! Cheers to you!
I’m so invested in this channel now, thank the almighty algorithm for taking me here! I’m gonna like and subscribe in hopes your channel can flourish so that you can keen making these. I love this alternate view of Japan seldom seen on CZcams and I love the way you tell your tales. The way you edit with your amazing choice of music. Perhaps it’s due to the slower sort of life sort of videos I been watching, like the Japan camping ones, etc. I love ‘em. I hope you keep going!
It’s my greatest dream to see countryside of Japan. You’re place is perfect . More videos please. New subscriber here.
2:25 I had to pause here and take a deeper look. It appears to be a castle set on a rocky Mountain in a winter night. Stars are falling, yet are also giant snowflakes.....some people are floating to the centre left.....what a picture, it's amazing. 💕♥💕⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🌙🌙🌙❄️❄️❄️⛰️Inaka is beautiful.
It all started with the video of the old house, then when you moved in and now with this summary. I'm subscribing immediately. Your narrative (the close up personal filming, the shooting soundtrack, you not babbling into the camera allll the time like may other channels out there) is whimsical. And your aesthetical eye is present in every shot. I love that so much.
Thank you for taking the effort of showing your new life steps and good luck with your new lifestyle :)
Me too
I think most people are too broke and/or afraid to try something like this, but this is why your channel helps out. I can live vicariously through you!
Accidently read your story today. you are different than most young Americans. You overcome your fear and bravely got out of your comfort zone finding yourself more than what American people are struggling for here in the United Stated. You are now to live your world to live your way of life. You will find the simple but high quality of life in Japan where people are friendly. Once you pass the test, you are enlightened.
Keep in Up Bitsii !!!!!originially from China & had a blast due to the warm welcome and unparallel kindness of the Beautiful Japanese people last time in Japan!! I am looking to following your steps in a couple of yrs time!!! subscribed!
よかったですねー😊 Keep on the good work! Enjoy this beautiful place 😉
I wish you the best of luck on this amazing journey! I have wished for a long time to do something like this.
So happy this channel got recommended to me.
Your videos are relaxing and inspiring. Thank you for uploading.
I grew up on Shikoku, from 1958 to 1976,so most of what you show is a lot like my childhood! I grew up about 40 km east of you in what is now Kami Shi in Kochi Ken. What a fun place!
Thank you! This is exactly what I needed to see at this point in my life. I think a time of great change will be in my future soon too.
Hi there. I discovered your CZcams presence today whilst sitting feeling drained and a little sorry for myself after a few days with flu - or that is what it seems ‘we’ have. Interesting approach you have. I could go into our almost lifelong fascination with Japanese ‘life’ but I’ll save that for later. For now I’m happy to thank you for presenting a new take and somehow asking questions of your viewers needing asked. I’ll be watching your journey.
Everything about this video is beautiful. Just so beautiful. Thank you for sharing ❤️
Such an exiting decision you have made to live there!
I once biked from Tokyo to Shikoku in a few days, it was such a beautiful Island. I wish I had the time to explore it more. The Japanese are the friendliest and most respectful people I´ve ever met!
thank you for sharing your experience with us 🤗
Shikoku's beautiful valleys and generous and funny people stole my heart in 2019. Planning to be back next year to practice the bit of Japanese I learned since then. All the best! Lovely vibes 🙃
Very relaxing to watch Japan you are truly amazing. I hope you will have the best of life over there. I’m excited for other videos. ❤
Wonderful video. I enjoyed the way you explained the project and your decision to relocate and change the course of your life. I hope there'll be more future videos of the house, the community, and the life you build there.
Thank you for introducing yourself, and for not wasting the small moments.
Japan has given me a sense of new discovery, I love this country so much, to the point that going back to my country feels weird and unsatisfying. I wish I could stay here forever, but unfortunately I am not in a position to do so at the moment. After spending 7 months here in Japan I finally found the place I want to stay.
You are amazing and I already admire your journey.
big fan of your videos, and your story is so great. i'm also in love with japan and those places far from the world.
Thank you so much for giving us a glimpse of this beautiful place and your new life. It’s very appealing. I love how you are renovating this house with love, respect for tradition and care. It must be more expensive to do it this way but you still have that intention. As a black woman, I’m not sure what reception I would get in such a rural area but these areas are the most attractive to me, rather than Tokyo. Although I’d like to go there too. Who knows what the future holds. I know Japan is opening up a bit more to foreigners. In the meantime, I’m happy to follow your journey and wish you the best of luck with it all.
Thank you for joining! Have you seen the channel @TheBlackExJp The Black Experience Japan? Actually a Black American woman was working at our town office here for a while too. She was teaching some community classes too. People really liked her. She still lives in Japan but elsewhere now. You might be surprised. People might be fascinated, but they are kind and including. And unlike America where I lived before, there isn’t violence the same way. I hope you visit someday. 👍
i'm rooting for you, this is so beautiful. we love alignment 🤍
Awesome! Gambatte! From one long time Expat to another! I am glad CZcams suggested your video to me! Nice discovery!
beautifully edited vlog - the best, best of luck to you. hope you rest, recover and reclaim!
What an adventure ! Thank you for sharing .
As someone who has been to rural Japan, it is so amazing. Good luck to you and your new adventure!
Best wishes, life is water and sunlight, the rest you make
Thank you for sharing your story. I still curios about your story. I will wait your next video :) By the way, As I know, Japan's winter season is so cold. Take care!
I’m liking your film style. Keep the videos coming
So relatable. Very inspiring, thank you for sharing!
Thank you for Sharing Bitsii (I really hope that is a name reference, as I understand that "inaka" translates as "rural"). Boomer TLDR incoming!
Where to start... or unpack my thoughts on your extremely reflective meditative video? First off, watching this, I feel stress vacating my body.... As someone much older than you, almost every thought you have shared in this video, I have experienced, am experiencing, and hope to experience before I close my eyes for the last time. I think the COVID pandemic did quite a bit of harm to everyone, as I have felt detached from community and more insular, less social, longing for quiet solitude where I can hear my own thoughts without being constantly bombarded by the hype associated with the world. I am an older parent and my daughter just started college, so I feel responsible to be a booster rocket for her as I try to push her further in life to find her own success. As a result, I'm trying to do two things with her. The first is to prepare her for life, the "game" she will need to play, and provide her with as much of my practical knowledge as possible. The second is to have her NOT follow my path to success, where you always sacrifice those things you have shared with us in this video (it's a work in progress for me).
As I have done that, I have been more reflective of the idea that your inner connections and roots matter. I'm not talking about what career you have or what skills you've obtained...I'm talking about who you are and what you feel. There may be a point in time where you live back in the City (Tokyo has a lot of hustle and bustle), but I too will one day explore the expat life as a retiree and I realize that when I do so, I can be nomadic, though it would be nice to have that solitude to come back to.
I've had this talk with my daughter as there must be some point in life where i can put down my sometimes overwhelming backpack of responsibilities and live life to enjoy. Watching a younger person such as yourself is a step in the right direction for me, so please allow me to live a bit vicariously through your journey. Thank you for allowing me to shed a few layers of stuff that doesn't define me and enjoy some clarity with the sound of my own heart!
These rural videos are so beautiful and serene. Thank you for sharing this life with us. And thanks to everyone who has supported you and welcomed your creativity in your new home.
Curiously waiting for new videos. All the best in your new page...
So beautifully inspiring. Many thanks
The moment I saw 5:22 knew exactly where you were having hiked along that road in shikoku. Beautiful spot. And...who would have thought the birthplace of blue LEDs!
This is such a pretty video! Sometimes I find myself wanting to become a hermit in the woods~
I think I will after I live my city life
Thank you.
i was hiking across Shikoku a few years ago and I came across the building at 4:24 - who would have thought that it was a homage to the inventor of the Blue LED!
There’s very little wrong with this video, perfect music and how your journey has unfolded so far is humbling. If you stick to this format with the occasional video s having human voice that’s perfect. Looking forward to your journey and storytelling. Your followers are in for a treat!!☝️
Hear, hear. Can't wait to move back to inaka Japan.
Thank you for sharing your story Bitsii! Your video definitely brought some relaxation and inspiration into my day :)
Subscribed! I'm looking forward to seeing how your newfound journey progresses out there in the lovely Japanese countryside.
Very amazing life project! 頑張ってくださいね。I'll follow you for sure! I love Ehime, I also have the chance to have access to an old house in the Area and go every 1 or 2 years. I love the roof tiles and yakisugi those old houses have over there and the beautiful mountains views. I also love the fresh sea food and fish! Good luck with your life there!
Wow it’s amazing and uplifting great video. Shikoku is one of my favorite place in Japan. It’s really amazing how you live your life there with the locals and community. Love it!
Love and light y’all
I just found your channel. Thank you so much for sharing your story. I feel like I’ve been hitting my low point here in Japan after several years of dedicating myself to my career. It’s wonderful seeing someone who took the leap and made it on the other side. I too hope to strive and give it my best.
this is just amazing, such a short and simple footage yet the story and emotion was so elaborated. Everyone in it just seems like a familiar character to me. Best wishes to you.
What a lovely video. I wish you all the best! Can't wait to see more about your life and progress. ( that spider really scared me! I let out a yelp lol - I hear Japan has a lot of big ones..but I know they are a good part of nature...)
Enjoyed the video so much. Just joined your channel! Greetings from rural Italy👋
Really cool ! I hope to see soon your next adventure !
I haven’t been this excited about a new CZcams channel in a long time. I’m so excited to see your journey and life in Japan. ❤
I think as an American what you have done is courageous and amazing. I wish you all the best on your new adventure in life.
Beautiful video, Thanks.
This is such a beautiful video. Thank you for telling your story and for showing such love and appreciation for the history and culture of your new home. I love old buildings and old traditions and it breaks my heart when things are lost. The respect you show for the former owner of your new home is so touching. I'm so glad you're there renovating so this lovely house can be preserved and enjoy a new life.
Just watched your series. This is so exciting! I can’t wait to see more 💗 greatly anticipating a house tour.
Loved this. Thank you 🙏
This was so beautiful
Loved this thanks for sharing
I'm just 26 and still working on getting my degree. Lately I've been thinking that I'd be better off living the simple slow life, but I don't want to leave my current life behind just yet. Thank you for sharing your experience. Your courage gives me hope.
Wow, I just found your channel and I’m so excited to binge watch every video! New sub!
Such a beautiful and inspiring vídeo. Subscribed.
Love your story from Indonesia
This video made me cry..!! In a good way. ;)
I’m coming to Japan 🇯🇵 and living there for a while .
Aweeen i am really happy for you. I love Shikoku so much and hopefully, when I finish university, I can have a vacation there too🤍 I wish you all the best!
Congrats that you found the courage to make this move! Many people never will and reside in life circumstances that just lead into more and more unhappiness... Well done and thanks for your truly inspiring video.
This was totally amazing!
What a beautiful community you've found there. How they integrate you into their lives and integrate themselves into yours is heartwarming and simply wonderful!
I am so grateful that this video appeared in my recommendations. Words can’t explain how much this video made my day and motivated to hopefully be able to do the same, later in my life. It showed a beautiful side of life, positivity, and that no matter where you are, there’s still hope to turn things around. I cannot wait to learn more about your journey. I truly wish you the best and a life full of happiness :)
Such a sweet note. Thank YOU! This is a make-my-day comment. 💕