Once A Decade Cold Front in Japan - WE SURVIVED!
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Will we survive Japan's coldest cold front in a decade? After a brief water outage due to bursting pipes I've upgraded the insulation with heated cables, just in time to greet our first Ryunohara Volunteer, Mary-Ann! Work's progressing at breakneck speed at Ryunohara Hatago and it's all hands on deck.
APPLICATIONS FOR VOLUNTEERS NOW CLOSED: I'm no longer accepting volunteer applications for now because we have filled all the available spots till June 2023. Thank you for the enthusiasm and interest in the Volunteer Programme!
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523 Hiroihara, Ryujinmura,
Tanabe-shi, Wakayama Prefecture
Japan 645-0523
About Ryunohara: Ryunohara is a kominka cafe nestled deep in the mountains of Ryujinmura, Wakayama Prefecture.
We make our own tea from wild tea plants, and serve it at Ryunohara Kissa, where we also serve stewed meats, fried rice, seasonal pastas and other dishes that showcase ingredients from across the Kishu region. We also serve pesticide-free, chemical fertiliser-free rice that we've grown ourselves, and as many vegetables sourced from within Ryujinmura as possible.
The two buildings on the property are traditionally-built 60 and 120 year-old minka (farmhouses), and there will be another 2 farmhouses that will be renovated into guesthouses in 2023.
Looks so beautiful there! Yes Happy Spring, Arigato!
I want to see bro's closet....he is always styling 🤣🤣
In Canada province of Québec! this winter the weather was very cold reach with wind -50 c ! we have to plug ours cars to be able start in the morning!
-5 is more than enough thank you 🥶
@@Ryunoharasometimes even -50 feels like -60. Your breath freezes your eyelashes if there closed for to long they can stay shut😂
Wishing a speedy and not to expensive recovery for all the pipes. And also, Ryunohara looks beautiful in all snow, enjoying to see it so tucked in by it.
Everything’s been fixed!
@@Ryunohara Great to hear🌟🔦🔧. It was kind of amusing to hear how calm you were about it, like it was no biggie, just an everyday thing. It reminded me about my family's boat when I grew up, the deck was half rotten so the boat couldn't handle rain. So if it started raining in the middle of the night everyone had to go up and put things up to shelter over the whole boat. Which was an everyday rather boring chore, as a kid I mostly tried to fake sleep so I didnt have to do it, friends who were visiting became super nervous about it when I told them about our boat couldn't handle rain.
We just left Japan after 2 months. Seriously, we would have loved to experience the snow, ex Coloradoan…. We will be back, Thanks for the connection with Todd and friends,,,,,!!!! Awesome people.
The snow was crazy! Come visit the Kumano region someday!
You got to keep it dripping to prevent it from freezing and bursting
That doesn't always work depending on a number of factors. The best way is to purge all water out of the pipes and shut the main water off in extreme cold.
Hope you get all the water issues taken care of-I was in Japan in early December temp was still mild. Be back end of February hopefully no snow in Kyoto! As beautiful as it is, it can also be a real pain!
Next time there is a snowfall of that caliber I would love a drone shot of the gorgeous mountains. It’s looking fantastic, keep up the good work!
"East wind melts the heavy ice in risshun..."
hi love your videos, they are very cinematic and well composed. what do you use to shot your video?
I can eat maki nori everyday 🤤 itadakimasu! Renovations are looking great
i had to shut one day in the cafe here in Nagano due to no water feeding the cafe washbasin. Luckily it was just frozen and didn't break anything. Took 12 hours to melt and get back online so i can't complain too much as some people got it pretty bad and had expensive repairs.
That’s tough! Warmer weather’s here though so perhaps that’s the last of it for the year.
Keeping the tap slightly open will lower the risk of pipes bursting.
Also, isolating pipes is relatively cheap and easy to DIY.
It still surprises me how common problem it is.
So beautiful! But so sorry hear about your burst pipes! I don't suppose you can move them indoors with insulation? So glad to hear you are getting many volunteers! Looking forward to following your progress!
The pipes are quite difficult to move indoors because the house was designed to have no pipes 300 years ago. They are all on the exterior so I’ve wrapped heated cables (with a thermostat that turns them on when the temperature dips to 0) around the main pipes.
Ah you learnt the hard way.. But don't worry there have been thousands of people who have experienced what you are going through. Good luck with your repairs.
All repaired!
It’s interesting that you are referring to February as Spring. Here in Australia February is our last month of summer and the most humid of the 3 months of summer. I would say that in Japan February is your last month of Winter, and very possible for a lot of snow fall still. Perhaps locals say differently the further south you go. Anyway, moving on…. your place looks equally beautiful in the snow, and always exciting for the dogs to experience it too.
Snow will probably fall later this month so while spring officially began yesterday it’ll still feel like winter. Warm air has began moving in though and the tulips are beginning to blossom.
I'm interested to know what made you choose that particular area in Japan? Do you have a long attachment with it? Sorry if you already covered this in earlier videos. I noticed there don't seem to be many guesthouses locally, at least not on a quick scan of Airbnb, so what is the drawcard to attract customers? Is it Ryujin onsen or something else? Thanks
That’s a good topic for a future video! Long story short Ryujin has a lot of tea (which I like), friendly locals, history (Ryujin Onsen, 1,300 years old), is convenient (1 hour from Nanki-Shirahama Airport which has 3 flights to Haneda daily and 2 hours to Kansai International Airport), access to the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage path via our Okuhechi route, lots of land and nature, and artists (paper makers, weavers, sword makers, theatre…)
@@Ryunohara Thanks, that's all useful info. What about the local village, is there much there (again, sorry if you covered in your earlier videos) eg accommodation, restaurants, schools, council etc, or is it too small to have those? Do you feel at all isolated? I assume the hardest time is winter, but what's it like say in Mar/Apr? Fully spring or still snow? A good time to visit?