Japanese Storage Building Locked-Up 40 years

Japanese Storage Building Locked-Up 40 years

so today I’m in Japan’s Noto area and just behind me is an 80-year-old warehouse and it hasn’t been opened up for the last 40 years there hasn’t been anyone here it’s completely abandoned and today I’m going to be taking you inside as we try to unlock it and see what’s inside a friend of mine recently purchased a property that was abandoned by a millionaire in Noto Ishikawa and while renovating it came across a locked and untouched storage building on the property he told me that I could be the first one to open it so here we are to give you a little more background and why this piqu my interest is because the former owners ancestors built their Fortune as ship owners of the kitam Maya buet Merchant vessels which was known to operate from the Mido period to the late Mai era navigating the Sea of Japan to trade goods from Osaka and Hokkaido so the thing is I don’t know how much all of this cost so I’ve actually brought an appraiser with us today to help us see if there’s anything of [Music] value so this is the house huh but the house and the traditional style storage building known in Japanese as Kura were constructed 80 years ago however after the last air of the family business passed away prematurely about 40 years ago the entire property was left untouched and the storage building has been locked up until today and who knows we may just unearth some old Japanese Treasures worth of millions of dollars only time Hotel wow check this out so this is the main house and this place has already been opened up but just look at here they got some like tires an old couch I think a bird’s nest oh look at that that’s even like a a toilet right there toilet maybe urinal but check out right here they have a little bath area yo what’s this oh I kind of thought it was used to hang people traditional Japanese houses often had exposed ceiling beams and people would use them cleverly for storage making efficient use of the high ceiling space so the interior of the house is pretty worn down and all of the owner’s belongings was left as is Frozen in time for the last 40 years according to my friend had relatives that live in a nearby City but they didn’t particularly bother to go through the former owner’s belongings so it was a mess when he first opened up this main house area it’s still a bit Eerie to walk through an abandoned house even though much of it has already been cleaned [Music] up there’s also an upstairs area but yeah I don’t think I’m going to be going up there anytime soon there’s actually a ladder there jeez there’s just so many cobwebs out here it’s like getting all over me so this is the door right here it hasn’t been opened yet and we got to figure out a way to open it so I think we going to have to use some tools so could a storage building within a Japanese home used to be a symbol of wealth as it was used to store important documents valuables and items that were passed down from generation to generation so you guys might be wondering how I got access to this place my friend who’s revitalizing this notto area more specifically the akasaki area and so he purchased this place to renovate it apparently it cost the amount of a I guess a small car to purchase this entire property um he’s doing quite a lot of different projects around area so if you guys want to know more about what he’s doing then I’m going to leave a link and so you guys can maybe help us support him okay so before we go inside I got some jacket and I got some gloves and stuff so I’m going to put that on and one sec also there’s a lot of like mosquitoes here I already got bit once so we should just spray a little bit actually one of those one of these like AC jackets has a battery here I got to connect it up okay ready to go to the war zone it [Music] is okay so I don’t think I actually need those goggles but it’s quite dark here so I think we need to go bring in some [Music] lights hey are we going to fall through okay not the way I want to die what is that kimonos were once treasured heirlooms passed down from mother to daughter however as Japanese over time have stopped wearing them in regular daily life the demand for them have decreased and so has their market value even though these are still beautiful and functional kimonos some are now considered too old to price these Timeless pieces can often be found at at flea markets and second Hound shops at very affordable prices so none of them are valuable these days so not a good start but I feel like we’re going to find something big oh could this be it man I really thought those items would be worth something this decorative technique of using finely ground gold or silver is unique to Japan has been continuously applied not only to folding screens but also to book covers sliding doors and Scrolls so basically nothing so far huh this is a safe that was used to store money and valuables back in the day all right that’s money on the board get get although we still haven’t found that million dooll treasure I still have hope as he rummages through the boxes I patiently wait for him to yell I found something okay so apparently there is nothing of real value you have a bunch of like gifts that people get when like you go to like weddings and like those kind of things and then you can see that part of the Japanese culture is to give something and you get something back and they just have a lot of these gifts that they just stored away they have all of the kimono and like clothing and like mattress over there some Scrolls not the Dead Sea Scrolls though um unfortunately and they have like these boards here much worth anything hey is any of the furniture up here worth anything apparently even if they were in good condition there’s more people selling them than buying them so they’re not that valuable these days all right so we got the light set up right here so we can see a little bit more of what’s going on over here and you can see all around because of the Noto earthquake that happened recently you see all of it kind of fell over so we have to pick stuff [Music] up the first floor seems to be filled with table wear as we look for stuff still hoping that we find something expensive kutaki is a style of porcelain and it originates from the isikawa prefecture it’s also known for its colorful design that fills the space how much is [Music] it now we’re cooking nice you found more liquor [Music] Weare [Music] those let’s put our glove back on I had to put this take the glove off because I can’t tap to focus on the monitor so I had to take my glove off but go see let’s see what’s inside of this whiskey it looks like there’s just some plates here I don’t know maybe it’s more something we’ll [Music] see made in China there’s more here oh good thing I was wearing gloves grab this nail gloves save the day plates seriously how many plates can one family have so what time period is all this stuff from [Music] hey what’s inside the closet so is it true that Japanese hide their money in their pon we’re like MythBusters this is what we found so far we’re going to keep on looking we are finding some stuff here we’ll put all this outside and then we’ll just count it all up to see what we can actually sell all this stuff for these are wajima lacquerware a famous craft from wajima Ishikawa it’s made of multiple layers of lacquer giving it durability and a beautiful shine these pieces were used back in the day during celebration Gatherings held in the home where they would eat on the ground unfortunately due to pans changing Customs they’re no longer that commonly used is it worth [Music] anything wow this newspaper is from 1960 dope guess we don’t need this mask anymore we’re bringing in all the stuff right now see how much it all cost okay so we pulled everything out pretty much all of the expensive stuff this guy right here is probably one of the the more expensive items it’s about 10,000 Yen just because these are you know stuff that people would want I was thinking that we would find like gold and like all sorts of stuff but we really didn’t find it we have just a bunch of table wear items stuff that people would usually use like in their normal daily living and then put it in storage so this is what we found it is quite cute has like fish and stuff have a little bird here so this is kind of like their fishing association’s Memorial gift all right so Grand Finale drum roll please 50,000 yen for all this stuff behind me that works out to be about $334 $35 yeah but that’s pretty much it you didn’t find any super crazy Treasures or anything but maybe you know next time if you do this again let me know in the comments if you do want to see something like this again if you don’t then well we probably won’t do it again if you guys also share that in the comments but you know if you like this type of video help me out and hit that like button if you guys want to help support the channel then definitely check out the 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An 80 year old abandoned Japanese House with attached Storage Building that has been locked up for 40 years is gonna be opened for the first time in this video. This former owner is from this Noto Ishikawa area and is Japanese Millionaire who’s ancestors built their fortune as shipowners of the Kitamae-Bune merchant vessels, which was known to operate from the mid-Edo period to the late Meiji period, navigating the Sea of Japan to trade goods from Edo, Osaka and Hokkaido. The house has a attached to it a traditional style storage building, known in Japanese as Kura. After the last heir of the family business passed away prematurely about 40 years ago, the entire property was left untouched and the storage building has been locked up until today. We’ll see if we find any hidden valuables or treasures in this Japanese style storage unit.

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