In this video, I am not cooking but instead am showing the different rooms and features of a traditional Japanese house.
In my channel, I usually show authentic but alternative Japanese home cooking, which can be made with the ingredients that are available outside of Japan.
here you are
Welctokitchentoday
goingtoshowyou
traditionalJapanese
house.SotodayI'm
joiningwithmyverygood
friend.She
hasboughtthishousea
whilebackandhas
renovatedandIwanted
toshowyouthisvery
traditionalJapanese
house. Let me introduce myself.
nice to meet you. This is Shino. I teach Ike and Hai. This house
is about 200 years old. If
you would like, we would be happy to guide you along
.
This is an Ise rope. It
says that it is the house of the future descendants of the people, and
normally people would pass by after the New Year,
usually after the 7th,
but the people of Sejing keep the shimenawa up all year round
. We have kept it
displayed in our home for a long time to ward off misfortune and keep it from entering the gate
. yes. Well, let me show you around.
Well, since this is the Manyo Botanical Garden, there is a copy of the Manyoshu
. The song is called "Ozaki Naru Neko, the one who trains us to sing.
"
yes. The pond is
fixed in this place, and the door is of the same design as those often seen in Shimoda and other places
.
yes.
Here you go. To my house. here you are
Yes, this is the entrance. It might be more accurate to call it a doma, but it
's a
fairly spacious entrance hall, and although we have a roll-type stove installed as an afterthought, people often come and chat there.
Here you go.
yes. It's a
cat.
There are three of them though. It's hidden.
a. yes. please. yes. This is it now. This is the room where we welcome our guests. This is a shelf. We worship Japanese gods.
And, well, when I say Shinto altar, it is actually
displayed on top of a kiridansu, which
is a chest of drawers for storing ornaments.
Inside is a kimono wrapped in paper called tatogami, like this
.
Here you go!
yes. It is said that
fog keeps insects away, and because Japan has
high humidity, it is
good at absorbing moisture and releasing it again, so in the old days,
when a girl got married, she was given a fog chest
as part of her dowry.
Well, that's not true, but in the old days, when a girl was born, they would plant mist on her. By the time the baby grows up, it will be big enough to be cut into tas, so
in the old days people would cut down the tree and make tas. So when you see a house with a misty tree, you know that a girl must have lived there.
yes. yes. yes. thank you.
yes. So, to those who say yes
.
yes. please. This is To.
In a Japanese home, it is, well, the most special room
. It's a space to invite important people
. Here. This is a
traditional Japanese building constructed by staff.
yes.
During this time, you can run over and lay flowers like this. Well, this is a place that Japanese people have cherished as a place to welcome gods and ancestors. The room with this has been
considered the most important room, so it is designed differently from the other rooms. For example, the type of food. yes.
Well, this is also a Kiridan, but it's not something that's usually kept separately. yes.
[Music]
What's this?
This is a foot-operated flag folding machine that folds fabric. What is
hanging here now is a weft made of
threads using traditional Japanese patterns folded horizontally, and a
philosophy hung vertically. The
folding industry has been quite thriving in Japan for a long time,
but nowadays it is rarely seen in ordinary households
.
