hey guys how's it going my name is
Micaela and today I'm in Kumamoto
Prefecture in old early machi for a
project I'm doing with Asahi Shinbun
Asahi newspaper and Kyushu broadcasting
and they've brought us to an empty house
in the middle of nowhere and I thought
it was so cool that maybe you'd like to
know what an old Japanese empty house
looks like so here we go an empty
abandoned or otherwise unattended house
is called an Ikea in Japanese in a
recent survey it was estimated that over
39 percent of vacant residences in Japan
are classified as akhiya as many brand
new homes are built within the city the
number of akhiya and rural areas
increases every traditional Japanese
house starts at the spacious entryway
known as a Gamecock
traditional Japanese homes are mostly
made from natural resources such as wood
paper and rice straw and the size of a
room is normally measured by how many
Khatami mats are laid to the floor both
of these rooms are six tatami or low
Cujo in size wooden floor passages on
the side of the house are called Bilka
which are partitioned by wooden sliding
doors the bathroom is a very important
part of the house and it's often
separated completely from the toilet
hitomi flooring is made of woman rice
straw and was originally introduced as a
luxury before becoming commonplace in
Japanese homes these days however newer
homes have switched to hardwood flooring
with only one washed suit or
japanese-style room
these sliding doors are called fasulo
and are often decorated with art
depicting scenes of nature mountains
cherry blossoms etc
although the average height of the
Japanese person has increased in recent
years traditional Japanese homes were
built to be a little bit smaller in
older constructions some rooms are known
to be only 170 centimeters high that's
only five foot seven like I am 161
centimeters so five foot ball or five
foot three
just like hitting my head
would you like to live in a traditional
Japanese home like this let me know in
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