A Real Samurai Lived Here  

you have to be peaceful to chop someones head off

“How was your day honey?” “Beheaded a few dudes, pretty standard ….yours?”

Oh I don’t know shit about the samurai that built it. It’s just the way it’s buit is beautiful. Everywhere you look is a pleasant view. It would calm me down. I probably wouldn’t chop off anybody’s head if i lived there.

Im guessing the samurai built it to take his mind off his head chopping. Do you guys take your work home?

Peacefulness, death, and seppuku.

Individualism clearly wasn't as prized back then.

@@hypergraphic or maybe the had a sense of duty and felt a calling to live up to their forefathers expectations. Something the modern man simply lacks all together.

@@NotSageMan I know the first reply did it too but you can't compare modern times with the standards during the edo period. People back then had very little "career options" and therefore often followed the footsteps of their ancestors. Also serving for 11 generations was a solid achievement and far from the norm even for those times.

@@hypergraphic Bro talks as if he didn't work for a corporation he, his father, and his grandfather have been working for since its inception

11 generations during the edo period which ended 150 years ago. theres so much history in that house

Absolutely nothing here is "minimalist". You people see a tree and think "minimal" like you can just build this house in a day. It's as logistically and literally complex as any other house. From the paintings to the doors, the handles, the wood, everything is complex. There's nothing minimal here.

@@TheJoker-gg8hc I was referring to the amount of furniture in each room and also everything has a purpose nothing is in excess. You don’t see a living Room a dining room 3 bathrooms 6 bedrooms. Only what is needed. The craftsmanship as well no bolts or nails everything is hand fitted with tight joints. You are the only one out of more than 100 people who didn’t understand what I meant. But good day I hope you find happiness in your life.

@@maj.kamper9314 ". . . no bolts or nails . . ." Did you not watch the video all the way through? They had ornamental covers for nail heads. That implies use of nails.

@@calliopeshif7581 I meant structurally. When I referred to the joints and hand fitment. But that’s ok. Some people are only happy when they are miserable. You are a cup half empty type of person. I wish you the best.

@@maj.kamper9314 you really like making assumptions about other people, huh? Very strange. Maybe look within yourself.

Correct, I live a 20min bike ride from here

finally thankyou!

Thank you so much. Worth visiting

Thank you. Not all heroes wear capes

Thank you, it's beautiful.

They definitely restore some part of it

Japan is the country to visit and see how good they are at maintenance of almost everything. Old busses with wooden floors, old ticket machines. They are just good at it. People does not destroy stuff. There is no graffiti, burn marks, slashed seats, thrash or anything of the sort you find in every western cities.

​@@wabalaka1565 yeah.. I mean, every house is renovated. Expecting a house to stand tall without restoration is like expecting food not to spoil without refrigeration. That restoration is the symbol of their care

​@@frodej6640 they dont destroy stuff but they abandon stuff

yh

Frank Lloyd Wright got it all from Japan. I wouldn't be surprised if he visited this specific house.

So is the "SAKE" scene from that movie.

Good, simple design is timeless.

Well yeah, that’s like calling a museum timeless. This is basically a museum.

Commenter meant "Timeless" as in the styling would hold up to today's modern style and design concepts. Nothing to do with preservation.

uuh you made that up

@@MikeBarbarossa nope, try to read some history.

@@MikeBarbarossaImagine you pull out your katana and it already cuts through half of your small house's wall and door. This is why you need a big space for parrying and dueling.

@@tuapuikia You been watching the kill bill eye pluckout fight scene too many times. This isn't the movies, ninjas are not rolling up at night LOL this is his residence, not the battle stage in a video game/movie. No fights go on there, and practicing goes on outside

@@MikeBarbarossa you can't avoid assassination or invasion and it fun to have bigger house.

Shinto was a huge influence in the architecture.

Check out the Morocco Raid, the courtyard is in the middle of the house surrounded by high walls. The orange trees, and the fountain makes it feels like an oasis

I loved Japan, years ago and architecture was beautiful- so was ikebana too

@@user-nq2oz8tf2l Feng Shui is not Shinto but Taoist, although there are some elements of Shintoism in Taoist beliefs. Shalom

Yeah, but imagine the skeeters from that water

I literally came to comment the same thing

This is my favorite architectural style; the rooms and ceilings and doorways and walls, the walkways and roofs and terrain around it.

Hell yeah!

Still gotta clean it though! 😊

Right. I look around me now and there's so much shit, the basement is sinking, the wallpaper is starting to peel, everything is scuffed and knocked from previous tenants... I would love to guve it all away and be surrounded by nature.

@@TyphoonJohnny Doesn’t look like it would take much to keep clean.

A house like this is priceless!

To be that 12th generation kid lol

​@@uBmaniacProbably at that point, Samurai were out of fashion and the family had to do something else. Not their choice. There would still be other ways to serve your family though and occupations. Likely many new occupations that didn't exist 11 generations ago.

The real crime here is that without the intervention of the West selling guns and gunpowder, they would likely have continued this life style as Japan was nothing if traditional. However it is very likely a good thing that they did buy western weapons as China would likely have conquered them if they hadn't.

you just described a southeast asian family during the rainy season.

@archwaldo No sir, I described happiness.

​@@archwaldo lol right, these people lose their minds in Japanese fantasy

Welcome to East Asia

​@@c.b.816Maybe for you.

Is there any furniture from the time displayed? Because in the video it seems completely empty.

@@cg_pizzait’s more like a museum now, so there’s not a lot of furniture so people can move around to view everything easier.

​@@mageofdoomsie1598grateful for the reply.

Where is it and whats it called please?

@@maryapatterson Namura-ke Samurai Residence in Kanazawa. Google this, and the map and other info will pop up on the right including their website which is available in English. When we went, afterwards we walked around, a neighborhood like nothing I had imagined before. If you need to eat, there is a street nearby that is all shops but ask your concierge at your hotel what hours are for typical restaurants and shops, I think it was around 2 and everyone was closed for the afternoon break. Have fun!

They are extremely beautiful and aesthetic, but sadly they are nightmares practically. Despite being supposed to have a temperate climate, Japan has both harsh winter and summer. Those gorgeous paper doors make zero insulation whatsoever. And the foundation creates crawlspace that is always moist and moldy if built in a dry land, let alone "integrated" with a pond. Living in old Japanes house is a challenge in it's own to hone your mind and spirit through experiencing the seasons indoors. You really want to see the house in a museum and preservation, not actually living in one.

I just don't see it

Eh, not my thing.

You mean these upper class ones, right? Because commoner houses weren't anymore than a shack. Without windows and an kind of insulation, only a wedged stick for a door lock.

To me, it's a peaceful design complete with garden.

True we can't all be Samwise Gamgee.

Well done.

The warrior in his garden is the one who forces the gardener into war. A clean conscience is what brings you peace, not a damn garden.

It could be better to be a gardener.

Considering that it is also said that “If you want peace, prepare for war”, it may be necessary to be or hire a warrior if you want to get any gardening done!

there are so many asian houses, this is just the japanese

That's a common misconception, samurais weren't warriors for generations at that point, they were nobility, mainly administrators and bureaucrats

And 8 year old girls 😂

​@@thenoobalmighty8790 can't blame them. Eight is great.

"Mah boi, peace is what all true warriors strive for"

Which part of the sentence are you putting that and in. ​@@thenoobalmighty8790

Many of these old Japanese homes were not designed to be shelters as much as they were meant to be experienced. Every detail invites you to enjoy your senses and your environment. To gain intimacy with yourself and nature. They created a calming and intriguing ambiance. It's a beautiful thing that a lot of us are missing in life. Just one example is the Japanese cypress wood in the open ceiling. The wood would have been untreated and would not only smell amazing, but the smell would change throughout the year and as the humidity changes. One of the other things is the narrow deck with no railing that hangs from a long open door that almost brings the nature into the living space. It's not a deck that separates you from the dangerous edge where you could fear falling, but it draws you into the water and the trees where you can enjoy living. There's so much more to say about it. The saddest part is that good architects know how to do this, but there's very little demand and opportunity for it, or it sometimes gets half assed or the budget gets cut or something else goes wrong. I've seen this executed well in Arizona. People building the desert into their homes instead of building their homes in the desert. It's a different vibe than the water, but it's just as beautiful when it's done well.

ALL of modern architecture, really? you were all over the world to be able to claim that?

Dude for real

Capitalism and industrialization’s fault, everything is cheaply made to get a quick buck for the owners and none of it is built to last.

says someone with 0 architectural understanding

Samurai at the time had evolved to a nobility title. They weren't warriors anymore but bureaucrats

@@KaotikBOOO They were still warrior class but like all nobility they move further away from the fights when they get more influence I assume a low ranking Samurai would fight with the ashigaru

Makes one think twice about not taking your shoes off upon entering I guess.

Always built with beauty

Modern? Not so much. Minimalist? Maybe u meant?

somebody else noticing hahahahah

That song name is sakura sakura

Thats just sakura sakura

@@trexbambi4230hahaha, samurai conquest :(

Cherry Blossoms. It is a traditional Japanese folk song.

My heart aches for the opportunity to spend a week or a month in that setting. You speak of a year? Dream big. It doesn't cost extra.

Japanese gardens are still very manicured. They just mimic a "perfect" nature.

Grow freely? You know what the garden would look like if the plants were allowed to grow wild? Of course it's been tended to.

Something about living on an island makes ppl more conscientious about the use of space

​@Menuki I wish everywhere was an island then😂 island cultures always seem the most intune

Japanese gardens are basically a rudimentary copy of Chinese gardens. Because they either lacked the tools or detailed information of what Chinese gardens were like they used their best approximation and the practice stuck because you do one then all others follow the basic design. Really during this time Japan was influenced by their envoys in China who gave their explanations of China to their confidants and like a game of telephone the information was misconstrued. Its a big reason why Japanese started to sit on their knees copying the way Chinese court officials did but without the stool Chinese officals had because information was lost as it was spreading.

Please Don’t take every good thing from other cultures and put them in your stupid western museums..

The house is a museum. Every part of it is Japanese art. The Samurai is the curator, his design continues to live through the whole of the design. VanGogh, a schizophrenic man, continues to live through the permanence of his work. He had nothing life. His paintings is unmatched by his contemporaries. A person's actions in life live after them, good or bad.

I live in Buffalo and am on the board of directors for the Martin House. Frank Lloyd Wright got a lot of inspiration from Japanese architecture. Exquisite work.

I think she meant that only the rich and important people could afford it 😅

Hmmmm yes the floor is made of floor

@KingTFD you understand that at that time, not many homes had glass windows, right? that the exclusivity due to the owners status at that time is what made it special?

Did you not listen what she said. it's not common to have glass in 1800s. it's only for special purpose back then. so knowing that, its showed how much power and rich was the Samurai.

​@UserName-vt8ly she explains it like she's talking to a caveman that can't figure out that windows STILL exist.

You don’t see the constant bugs, but to everything else, yes.

Where is it?!

Whats it called?

@@vergil8833 "Nomura samurai house and garden" It's a tourist spot, with a plaque and tour times. Looking it up, there's a lot more windows than this video suggests.

I definitely wouldn't call it futuristic.

@@Shock_Treatment bro come on, have you seen any cyberpunk media, all futuristic stuff is japanese.

@@agnel47 I imagine futuristic stuff more like The Jetsons or Logan's Run.

@@Shock_Treatment I almost forgot about those, cool take on the futuristic idea. To each his own I guess.

@@Shock_TreatmentYeah not futuristic but it definitely seems to be ahead of its time.

what is that place called?

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that's not migetsune. its sakura .

Babymetal sounds so natural on the koto. 😉

Dude, It's Sakura Sakura, it's super famous. Megitsune riffs on Sakura Sakura.

I saw falling water from the road. My family underbidgetrd for vacation but my dad being a master woodworker still wanted to see it while we were in the area. We weren't the only car pulled over on the road either, we just viewed it from there..even from the road it was a spectacular site.

Yes but they are japanese mosquitos, and are vrey polite

​@@mothwaltz4163😂😂😂 very hilarious

She's absolutely stunning and incredibly smart. Plus her videos are well made and intriguing.

@@Hushhh855 yes of course this why i follow her(even with glasses she's awesome🤫)

Nomura Samurai Residence in Kanazawa 😊

@@DamiLeeArch thank you!

@@DamiLeeArch Thank you for the info. This place is truly stunning. I think there is a lot to be learned from it.

Ah yes, no other civilization has made houses that stay longer than 89 years

The Japanese architecture is designed with constant maintenance in mind. All traditional houses are expected to receive a total overhaul every fifty years or so. It's a necessity in a country with so many earthquakes.

Thats funny because modern Japanese homes are intentionally built not to last and be disposable, only the land is really valuable

Most houses everywhere last longer than a lifetime. My wooden house was built in 1912, will stand for many many more years, and it is not a special house in any way. Northern Europe btw

@@Spacemongerr It's almost certainly received significant maintenance at least twice in its lifetime. There's a good chance that the top layer of planks has been changed at least once, already. But regardless, traditional Japanese architecture is more flexible, and therefore more prone of sagging than its 20th century Western counterparts. They experience multiple earthquakes during their lifetime, and each one is going to affect the structural integrity in some way. That's why the half century overhaul is a necessary part of their maintenance.