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00:00We will see it when we enlarge the satellite images.
00:06It is a house in the mountains far away from the city.
00:11What kind of people live in such a place and for what reason?
00:17Wow!
00:18Wow!
00:19Behind the tree?
00:20Wow!
00:21Wait a minute.
00:22This is a 180-degree curve.
00:24This way?
00:25This time, it's a steep right curve.
00:27What?
00:28And it's steep.
00:29Wow!
00:30It's still going up.
00:31Wow!
00:32Wow!
00:33Wow!
00:34It's narrow.
00:35Wow!
00:36It's uneven.
00:37It's a great building.
00:38Was this built by one person?
00:39Yes, it was built by one person.
00:40Wow!
00:41I can't believe it was built by Miyomi.
00:43It's amazing.
00:44Wow!
00:45It's amazing.
00:46It's strong.
00:47I can't believe it's 92 years old.
00:48In the past, farmers bought it for food.
00:49Oh, to eat koi?
00:50Yes.
00:52Tonight, we aim for the mystery of the one-storied house, which was discovered by satellite images.
01:00The Great Search of All Japan, Potunto One-Storied House
01:17This is the second time you've been here, right?
01:18Yes, it's my second time.
01:19How is it?
01:20What do you think? Do you think living in a single-family house is good?
01:24Last time, we talked about having a neon house.
01:29But I'm getting interested in it little by little.
01:31I know it's hard, but it's great to have a sense of life.
01:36It's good.
01:38Leon?
01:39Yes?
01:40What's wrong? I thought you were a kid.
01:42You don't want to live in a single-family house, do you?
01:44No, I do.
01:45You don't look like you want to live in a single-family house.
01:48No, I don't.
01:49Last year, I was on Kohaku Utagase.
01:52I'm really grateful.
01:54I was grateful.
01:55That's great.
01:56Thank you very much.
01:57And you made that song?
01:59Mr. Tokoro George.
02:00You made a great flow.
02:02Thank you very much.
02:03Let's move on.
02:04This is the Potsun Pond this time.
02:08It is in the middle of Niigata Prefecture on the Japanese coast.
02:13It's in the middle of the mountain.
02:15It's in the middle of the mountain.
02:17There's a house with a blue roof here.
02:20And there are other buildings.
02:23There are only farmers here, right?
02:25It's Niigata, so I think of rice.
02:30But you're making rice in the middle of the mountain.
02:32That's right.
02:33I'm making rice and alcohol.
02:37Making alcohol.
02:38It's Niigata.
02:39That's right.
02:40It wasn't a paddy field.
02:42The black part in the foreground is a pond.
02:45But Niigata is famous for its cows.
02:47That's right.
02:48Especially this area is famous.
02:50How many people live here?
02:52There are no more than 100 people.
02:55There are no more than 100 people.
02:57It was a beautiful slide.
02:59It was a slide.
03:00It was bad.
03:02Aiming for the Potsun Pond in Niigata Prefecture, which was found in the satellite photo,
03:07The search begins in the neighboring village.
03:11It's in the middle of the mountain.
03:12It's more than Futayama.
03:13That's right.
03:16It took about an hour to get off the highway.
03:20Did you run that much?
03:21I feel like I've come to the back of the mountain.
03:25The rice fields are spread out.
03:28That's right.
03:29It's all rice fields.
03:31It's a rice field after all.
03:34I feel like I've just finished hunting rice.
03:37That's right.
03:38The road is all rice fields.
03:40I can see a house in front of me.
03:42That's right.
03:43This is the neighboring village.
03:46There are a lot of houses.
03:50That's right.
03:51I wish there were more people.
03:53There aren't many people.
03:59There is a person on the right.
04:01Hello.
04:03You don't stop me.
04:06I'm from a TV show called Potsun and Ikkeiya.
04:10Can I ask you something?
04:13Sure.
04:15How can I get there?
04:17Go to the right.
04:19Okay, I'll ask.
04:22I'm glad there were people.
04:24That's right.
04:26It's here.
04:27It said to go to the right.
04:29I'll go in here.
04:30Then...
04:32Earlier...
04:34There he is.
04:38Excuse me.
04:43Did you enter the house?
04:45Yes, I did.
04:47I'm sorry for the sudden visit.
04:49It's okay.
04:50I'm from a TV show called Potsun and Ikkeiya.
04:53I'm walking around here.
04:56Can I take a picture?
04:58I'm watching you on TV.
05:00You know how to do it.
05:02Hurry up.
05:03I want to go to the arrow.
05:06I think it's around here.
05:11It's between Higuchi-san.
05:14Higuchi-san?
05:15Isn't it Higuchi-san's hut?
05:17It's a mountain hut.
05:19Higuchi-san's mountain hut.
05:21But there is a rice field.
05:23It's a rice field.
05:24It's a rice field where you can grow vegetables.
05:26There's a bigger one behind here.
05:31Was it a roof like this?
05:34Was it a blue roof?
05:35You can't see the roof from above.
05:37That's right.
05:38That's right.
05:40The rice field looks big.
05:42Is this a rice field?
05:43Yes.
05:44Does Higuchi-san have a rice field?
05:46Higuchi-san doesn't have a rice field.
05:48Is that a different person?
05:49Is that a rice field in someone's house?
05:51How old is Higuchi-san?
05:54He's about 90 years old.
05:5690 years old?
05:58He doesn't live here.
06:00He doesn't live here?
06:02No, he doesn't.
06:03I see.
06:04He doesn't live here, but he built this hut himself.
06:10Did Higuchi-san build this hut himself?
06:13That's right.
06:14He doesn't have a rice field.
06:16Higuchi-san also built this building.
06:20Is that so?
06:21That's right.
06:22It was built 20 years ago.
06:2520 years ago?
06:26So Higuchi-san built this hut when he was 70 years old?
06:29That's right.
06:30He came here every day.
06:33But now that he's older,
06:35he comes here once or twice a week.
06:38I think that's how it is.
06:40I see.
06:41If that's the case,
06:43this is my family's mountain.
06:48What do you mean?
06:49Higuchi-san said that he wanted to build a hut in Bunabayashi.
06:56So I asked my older brother,
07:00and he said yes.
07:04So he's lending the land?
07:06Yes, he is.
07:07He's a great person.
07:11What a coincidence!
07:13There's a house in Bunabayashi
07:16owned by Sato-san's family.
07:22Higuchi-san is 90 years old.
07:25He rented the land in Bunabayashi
07:28and built the hut himself.
07:31He still comes here once or twice a week
07:35to the hut he built 20 years ago when he was 70 years old.
07:39That's a big difference.
07:41That's right.
07:42His parents didn't do anything.
07:44He built the hut even though the rice paddies weren't his.
07:48That's strange.
07:50I wonder how people in their 90s drive.
07:53Do you want to go there?
07:54Can you show me the way?
07:56Sure.
07:57Thank you very much.
07:59Can I follow you?
08:01Sure.
08:02Thank you for your help.
08:06What a coincidence.
08:08I ran into the owner of the mountain by chance.
08:12I just met Sato-san.
08:15He told me that the owner of the house in Bunabayashi
08:18is Higuchi-san, a 90-year-old man.
08:22Yes.
08:23He also told me that he built the hut himself
08:26when he was 70 years old 20 years ago.
08:29I wonder why he built the hut in the mountains.
08:33That's true.
08:35He told me that he wanted to build the hut in Bunabayashi.
08:39I think that's why he built the hut in Bunabayashi.
08:41I see.
08:42He told me that he comes here once a week.
08:45I see.
08:46He must have driven here by himself.
08:50That's right.
08:52That's amazing.
08:56He's going to turn right.
09:01What?
09:03He's going to turn here.
09:05He's going to turn right.
09:08It's a steep slope.
09:11I need a guide.
09:13Can he turn?
09:15That's amazing.
09:17He's like a youtuber who turns and goes down.
09:20It's hard to climb.
09:23It's steep.
09:26Is this the way to the mountain?
09:28The road is narrow.
09:30It's narrow.
09:31It's hard to drive a car.
09:34There is no road.
09:35Wait a minute.
09:37It's a 180-degree curve.
09:39Is this the way?
09:42He's turning right again.
09:43That's amazing.
09:46Can he make it?
09:48He can make it.
09:52It's a cliff on the left.
09:54It's a cliff on the left.
09:56The road is getting narrower.
09:58It's a cliff.
10:00It's narrow here.
10:02Is it a curve again?
10:04He's going to turn right again.
10:06He's going to turn right again.
10:08It's a steep slope.
10:12He's climbing a lot.
10:16He built a hut 20 years ago at the end of a steep mountain road.
10:23Why did he build a hut on a mountain like this?
10:27I wonder if he still goes there even though he is 90 years old.
10:31Did he drive here when he was 90 years old?
10:35It's amazing that people who work in the fields go there.
10:38That's right.
10:39Oh, no.
10:40He's left behind.
10:42He's still climbing.
10:45He's climbing up.
10:48He's climbing up.
10:50Is he still climbing?
10:52It's a steep slope.
10:54It's a steep slope.
10:56He's still climbing.
10:58He's still climbing.
11:00It's a gravel road.
11:02It's a gravel road.
11:04Is it a curve?
11:06It's narrow.
11:08The road gets worse every time he turns.
11:12It's a gravel road.
11:14The road is bumpy.
11:16The road is bumpy.
11:18It's a steep slope.
11:20It's narrow.
11:22It's amazing.
11:26He's climbing up.
11:28It's a steep slope.
11:30It's a steep slope.
11:32It's scary.
11:34It's scary.
11:36It's dangerous.
11:38It's narrow.
11:40It's difficult.
11:44I can see the house.
11:46It's a blue roof.
11:48I see.
11:50Is this the house?
11:52I think so.
11:54It's a nice house.
11:56There is a house on the right.
11:58There is a house on the right.
12:00He's getting off.
12:02He's getting off.
12:04He said,
12:06He said,
12:08He said,
12:10He said,
12:12He said,
12:14He said,
12:16It was blue.
12:18It was blue, wasn't it?
12:20The blue building here was here,
12:24and the second floor was here.
12:28And?
12:30There's the rice field.
12:32There's rice field below.
12:34There's rice field below.
12:36It's true there is rice field there.
12:38It's there.
12:40It's Bonabayashi.
12:42Well..
12:46I see, I see.
12:52At last, we have arrived at the top of the mountain in Niigata prefecture,
12:55which can be found in satellite images.
13:00On top of the mountain, which continues to climb up,
13:04at the edge of the hill where you can see the rice fields,
13:09there is a high-rise mountain hut with a bright blue roof.
13:14Around it, there is a small hut.
13:20Even if you compare it with satellite images,
13:23the color of the roof of the building and the shape of the rice fields are all the same.
13:29There is no mistake here.
13:34This and that were built by Mr. Higuchi.
13:37This and this were built by Mr. Higuchi?
13:39Yes, yes.
13:40I heard that this was built by Mr. Higuchi, but it's a great building.
13:44This was built by himself, wasn't it?
13:46This was built by himself, wasn't it?
13:48Yes, it was built by himself.
13:50Where is Mr. Higuchi now?
13:52He is not here now, but if he is here, please contact Mr. Higuchi.
13:56Do you know where to contact him?
13:58Yes, I do.
13:59Please wait a moment.
14:00I'm sorry.
14:01Thank you very much.
14:02You are so considerate.
14:04This is my house.
14:06Hello?
14:08Is this Mr. Higuchi's house?
14:11I just heard on TV that there is a house of Mr. Higuchi.
14:20Mr. Higuchi is not here.
14:22Please wait a moment.
14:24Are you Mr. Higuchi's daughter?
14:26No, I'm his wife.
14:28Hello?
14:30Excuse me.
14:31I'm Takishima from the program called Totsunto Ikkenya.
14:35I'd like to ask you something.
14:39When will you come here next time?
14:42I'll come here tomorrow.
14:44Will you come here tomorrow?
14:46She is laughing.
14:47Is that true?
14:48I come here every day and take a nap.
14:52I see.
14:53Are you still here?
14:54Yes, I am.
14:55I see.
14:56Is he taking a nap?
14:58He is driving a car.
15:01Can I come here again tomorrow and talk to you?
15:07Yes, you can.
15:08Is that true?
15:09Yes, you can.
15:10Thank you very much.
15:11Excuse me.
15:12Thank you very much.
15:13Goodbye.
15:14Goodbye.
15:15I'm sorry.
15:16Thank you very much.
15:19Thanks to Mr. Sato, I was able to contact his wife.
15:26The next morning, the search party headed to Totsunto Ikkenya, which is located on a high mountain in Niigata prefecture.
15:38I can see the hut.
15:40That's right.
15:41It's here.
15:44There is a person who is being cleaned here.
15:47That's right.
15:48Is that Mr. Higuchi?
15:52Hello.
15:54Hello.
15:55Excuse me.
15:56I'm from the show called Totsunto Ikkenya, which I called you yesterday.
16:01Are you Mr. Higuchi?
16:03Yes, I am.
16:04I'm sorry.
16:05Nice to meet you.
16:07I'm sorry.
16:08Are you Mr. Higuchi's son's wife?
16:12That's right.
16:13I'm Kenichi's son's wife.
16:17I'm Satomi Higuchi.
16:19You're Satomi.
16:21He's my father.
16:24Nice to meet you.
16:25Nice to meet you.
16:26I'm from the show called Totsunto Ikkenya.
16:28Nice to meet you.
16:31You have ears.
16:32Yes.
16:34It's a bit far.
16:35I see.
16:36You have ears.
16:38Do you always use that board to talk?
16:42Yes, I do.
16:44I don't know what I'm talking about.
16:49But I write what I want to say.
16:52I see.
16:54Nice to meet you.
16:56I don't know what you're talking about.
17:00Can you tell me your name and age?
17:04I'm Takashi Higuchi.
17:06Mr. Takashi Higuchi.
17:09I'm 92 years old.
17:1192 years old.
17:12You're 92 years old.
17:13Yes.
17:14I'm a bean.
17:16A bean?
17:17In this area, a healthy person is called a bean.
17:20I see.
17:22He has a long spine.
17:24He looks strong.
17:27He doesn't look like a 92-year-old.
17:30He looks like a bean.
17:33He's the owner of Totsunto Ikkenya.
17:36He's Takashi Higuchi.
17:3892 years old.
17:41You look healthy at 92 years old.
17:44When I go to the mountains, I clean up.
17:47I don't have a broom at home.
17:49I don't clean up at home.
17:51I clean up when I go to the mountains.
17:53I see.
17:54Because it's your castle.
17:56I can't help coming to the mountains.
17:58Where is your wife?
18:00My wife is healthy.
18:02She's also 92 years old.
18:03What's her name?
18:04Her name is Kinui.
18:05Kinui.
18:06How do you two usually get along?
18:09She's like a 90-year-old man.
18:12But now, she's very kind.
18:15She can't move much because she's taking care of her grandmother.
18:18But I help her get dressed.
18:20I comb her hair.
18:21I do a lot of things for her.
18:23She's very kind.
18:25This is my old dog, Chataro.
18:28He's about the same age as me.
18:30He's 16 years old.
18:31He's also over 90 years old.
18:34Chataro and Takashi are about the same age?
18:37That's why they get along well.
18:39They often talk to each other.
18:46I see.
18:47Chataro's ears are a bit far away.
18:49So it's hard to understand what people say.
18:54But Chataro just listens to me.
18:57He doesn't talk to me, so it's fine.
18:59I see.
19:00We usually go to Kumayoke.
19:03I see.
19:04Kumayoke?
19:05Yes.
19:06So you come to Kumayoke together.
19:08Yes.
19:09He's very quiet.
19:10He doesn't bark at people.
19:12But he barked when a bear was far away.
19:14I see.
19:15Since then, he always comes out when a bear comes out.
19:19I see.
19:20I see.
19:21Recently, when he got older, he didn't want to get in the car.
19:25I see.
19:26He finally got in the car.
19:28I see.
19:29Takashi, how did you get here?
19:32I came by scooter.
19:34By scooter?
19:35He seemed to be confident in driving.
19:38But when we celebrated his 88th birthday,
19:41he said he wanted me to quit my driver's license.
19:45He was very disappointed.
19:47That was the biggest reason why he couldn't go to the mountains.
19:51I see.
19:52So I quit my job at that time.
19:56He said he would send me to the mountains every day.
19:59So I'm picking him up by scooter.
20:03She's a good wife.
20:05She's wonderful.
20:06He said he would send me to the mountains every day.
20:11But I'm busy these days.
20:15What did you do in the first place?
20:18I was a teacher in an elementary school.
20:20I see.
20:22I also quit my job.
20:24After that, I was a volunteer at an old-fashioned reading and listening cafe.
20:29What does your husband do?
20:32My husband was also a teacher in an elementary school.
20:36After he quit his job,
20:38he works at the city's education committee.
20:41I see.
20:42Flowers bloom beautifully in spring.
20:45What kind of flower is this?
20:49What kind of flower?
20:51I don't know.
20:55It's a beautiful flower.
20:57I don't know its name.
20:58I brought it from the bottom and planted it.
21:01I planted a lot of hydrangeas and chestnuts.
21:04Is this chestnut?
21:06No, it's a chestnut.
21:08He likes chestnuts.
21:10He likes chestnut trees.
21:12He wanted to build a hut in a chestnut forest.
21:15So he looked for a chestnut forest and came here.
21:19I see.
21:20He was a bus driver when he was young.
21:24He was a bus driver?
21:26Yes.
21:27In the second half of his life, he was a tour guide.
21:31A tour guide?
21:32Yes.
21:33After he quit his job,
21:35he wanted to build a mountain hut.
21:37So he went to various places in Fukushima prefecture.
21:40I see.
21:41Mr. Takahashi, why did you build a mountain hut here?
21:47Mr. Shido built a mountain hut
21:50and I was in a good mood.
21:54I wanted to do it.
21:56You wanted to do it, too.
21:58I thought I liked it,
22:01but I wanted to relax because someone else was building it.
22:07Why did you choose a chestnut forest?
22:11Why did you choose a chestnut forest?
22:14It's beautiful in spring.
22:16It's beautiful when the leaves come out.
22:22It's cool in the shade in summer.
22:25There's no forest built by someone else.
22:29It's a chestnut forest.
22:30I wanted to look at a chestnut forest like that.
22:33I was looking for a chestnut forest for a long time.
22:36I see.
22:37The rice fields on the other side are all chestnut forests.
22:41Is Mr. Kobayashi the brother of Mr. Sato who guided you here?
22:46Yes, he is.
22:47This land belongs to Mr. Kobayashi, right?
22:50That's right.
22:51I saw him earlier.
22:53Mr. Kobayashi.
22:56Mr. Kobayashi.
23:01I'm sorry, Mr. Kobayashi.
23:02He's the owner of this land.
23:05Nice to meet you.
23:06Does Mr. Kobayashi come here often?
23:10Yes, he does.
23:12He has a rice field.
23:13Does Mr. Kobayashi take care of this rice field?
23:18That's right.
23:19Is this land owned by Mr. Kobayashi?
23:21Yes, it is.
23:22Does Mr. Kobayashi lend this land to Mr. Takahashi?
23:24Yes, he does.
23:25It's okay to build a rice field and play.
23:30It's free of charge.
23:31I see.
23:32I've never taken any money from anyone.
23:35Why did you lend it to Mr. Takahashi?
23:37I didn't have any intention of taking money from him.
23:41He said it was a good place, so I lent it to him.
23:44Mr. Kobayashi, you didn't build the rice field, did you?
23:48No, I didn't.
23:49I built it.
23:51I built it.
23:52The craftsman built it.
23:53I see.
23:54There's a shovel car over there.
23:56That's Mr. Kobayashi's house.
23:58That's also Mr. Kobayashi's house.
24:00It's hard to build a house without a shovel car.
24:05So I borrowed it and used it.
24:08When you built the rice field, you borrowed this shovel car, didn't you?
24:12Yes, I did.
24:13That's right.
24:14How many years ago did you start building this rice field?
24:19It was 22 years ago.
24:21In 2002.
24:22Which one did you build first?
24:24The rice field.
24:25This is the rice field.
24:27What's this?
24:29This is called a rice field.
24:32We call it the second rice field.
24:34The second rice field?
24:35Yes.
24:36Did you really build these two by yourself?
24:40Yes, I did.
24:41I see.
24:42Mr. Takasu, have you ever been a carpenter?
24:46No, I haven't.
24:49Oh, you're a bus driver.
24:50I'm a bus driver.
24:51You're not a carpenter, but why did you build such a house?
24:55I didn't learn how to do it at all.
24:58I built it with my eyes.
25:01What?
25:02You just looked at it?
25:03I just looked at it.
25:04I just looked at it.
25:09I just remembered that I should do this.
25:13What?
25:14What?
25:15I just heard a lot of things I didn't know.
25:18But you know a lot of things you don't know.
25:21I think I have one of these in my head.
25:26Is that so?
25:28I'm just good at building roofs.
25:30Was it a little difficult to build a roof by yourself?
25:34It's a high place, so I didn't have a chance to see it.
25:38Oh, you couldn't see it.
25:40I see.
25:41That's interesting.
25:43I can do it myself now.
25:47Why can you do it now?
25:49Because I saw how to do it as a craftsman.
25:52Oh, I see.
25:53I saw it.
25:54Oh, I see.
25:55You saw your own roof at that time.
25:56That's amazing.
25:57Once you see it, you'll be able to do it next time.
26:01This bridge was also built by my grandfather.
26:03There was no one else.
26:04That's amazing.
26:05The bridge?
26:06Yes, the bridge.
26:07He built the bridge from there.
26:09He said it was inconvenient for him to come here right away.
26:13So he built a bridge.
26:16He collected various materials by himself.
26:19He didn't buy much material.
26:22Is that so?
26:23It's all old.
26:25Did you get it somewhere?
26:26It was a time when houses were being built.
26:31There was a lot of waste when building a new house.
26:36So he collected everything.
26:39He built the windows and windows of the house he lived in.
26:46Oh, I see.
26:47Can you see it?
26:48It's a power pole.
26:49A power pole?
26:50Yes, it's a power pole.
26:52He built it in a blink of an eye.
26:54Did you get the power pole, too?
26:57Yes.
26:58At that time, it was all made of wood.
27:01But he replaced it with a concrete pillar.
27:05I found a pillar like this in Uyama, Iepi.
27:10I see.
27:11This area was damaged by the earthquake.
27:16There's a board here.
27:18Originally, it was in place.
27:21There was a great earthquake two years after it was built.
27:25It was in 2004.
27:26This area was also badly damaged.
27:28This area was also badly damaged and collapsed.
27:31The house was tilted.
27:33The trees fell off the foundation.
27:37I had to go after the earthquake because I was worried about my family.
27:42But all the roads were cut off.
27:45I think it took about a month for the earthquake to pass.
27:49I see.
27:50You were worried.
27:51Yes, I was worried.
27:53I was worried about the house.
27:55That's what I said every day.
27:57I see.
28:02Takashi Higuchi, 92 years old.
28:05He built a mountain hut 22 years ago.
28:09He went to the construction site of the house.
28:13He learned how to do carpenter's work.
28:16He said he built this house on his own.
28:21Can I look inside?
28:24Yes, please.
28:25Can I?
28:26Is this the entrance?
28:29It's actually over there.
28:31I see.
28:32This was built later.
28:34But the stairs are narrow.
28:36It's easier for me to go this way.
28:38I always go in from here.
28:40I see.
28:41Can I take a look inside?
28:44This is also handmade, right?
28:46That's right.
28:47My grandfather made the structure of the bridge himself.
28:50That's amazing.
28:51Is that the terrace?
28:53Is this the terrace?
28:54Yes, this is the terrace.
28:56It's connected to the other side.
28:58Please come in.
28:59Thank you for having me.
29:02This is amazing.
29:04I can't believe they built this in less than two days.
29:07This is amazing.
29:09The ceiling is high.
29:11This is the 12th floor.
29:14I think these stairs are from an old house.
29:19This is amazing.
29:20Is this handmade?
29:21The pillars are made of ash.
29:23The pillars?
29:24All of them are made of ash.
29:25There are many kinds of pillars, including this one and that one.
29:29So, it's not just one pillar.
29:31There are many kinds of pillars.
29:33All of them are pillars.
29:35They are just pillars.
29:38I see.
29:40I got all the materials for the demolition of this house.
29:47I bought a stove, but I made everything around here.
29:51Did you make everything around here with bricks?
29:53I think the house was the most expensive.
29:55The house?
29:56I see.
29:57That's amazing.
29:58I got a kitchen table from a public house that I don't need anymore.
30:02Did you get it?
30:03I made all the pipes myself.
30:05Did you?
30:06I made the water pipes myself.
30:09Where is the water source?
30:11The water source is over there.
30:13It's a horizontal hole.
30:14Horizontal hole?
30:15The horizontal hole is less than 100 meters.
30:18Did you dig it?
30:20No.
30:21A farmer dug it.
30:23The water was originally used for farming.
30:26A farmer dug it.
30:29The water came out from there.
30:31I got a water tank.
30:34The water is stored in the water tank.
30:36I see.
30:38The water is stored in the water tank.
30:41I see.
30:43The water is stored in the yellow part of the water tank.
30:47In that small hut.
30:48Yes, in that hut.
30:50There is a 500-liter water tank in that hut.
30:55That's why the water comes out.
30:58You made the water come out from the water source, didn't you?
31:02Yes.
31:03That's amazing.
31:05What about the electricity here?
31:08There is no electricity.
31:09Is it a generator?
31:10If you turn on the generator, there will be electricity.
31:16There is a switch.
31:18I rarely use it.
31:20You haven't used it.
31:22You don't use it at night?
31:24That's right.
31:25I turn on the candle at night.
31:27If I come late, I turn it off.
31:30Do you go home once?
31:32That's right.
31:33I can't stay at home all day.
31:35I make lunch and leave it at home.
31:38I come to pick him up in the evening.
31:40I see.
31:42In summer, the day is long.
31:44The day is short now.
31:46If I make a mistake, I leave it at home.
31:49I come to pick him up.
31:53What is the most fun thing here?
31:57I like to look at the beach and take a walk.
32:03You like to look at the beach.
32:06Don't you stay here?
32:09I don't stay here.
32:11You don't stay here.
32:12You don't want to live in the mountains, do you?
32:15No.
32:16You want to relax here during the day.
32:18But at night, you go home and take your time.
32:25It's a luxury.
32:26I don't stay here because my grandmother is waiting for me.
32:30That's right.
32:33I see.
32:36Is this the original entrance?
32:39Yes, this is the original entrance.
32:42Is this the entrance?
32:43Yes.
32:44You can go up from here.
32:46Originally, there was no roof.
32:49There wasn't?
32:50I thought it would be better to have a roof because it was the original entrance.
32:55Did you make all of this?
32:57Yes, I made all of this.
33:01This is the bathroom.
33:03There's a bathroom here?
33:05Is this okay?
33:07Yes, it's okay.
33:08I can't take my shoes off.
33:11Which one is the bathroom?
33:13This is the bathroom.
33:14This is the bathroom.
33:19I've been here recently.
33:22I made a wooden bathroom for the first time.
33:25But it didn't work.
33:27It's hard to make a wooden bathroom without water.
33:32You can't make a bathroom without water.
33:35You can't make a bathroom without water.
33:37You can't live without water.
33:39Is that so?
33:40I've been doing this for a long time,
33:43so I'm glad I got this.
33:45I hope I don't get sick again.
33:47You can make a bathroom without water just by looking at the staff, right?
33:51That's right.
33:52How did you boil the water?
33:55I put water in here to make hot water.
34:00Is there water in the black bucket?
34:02Yes, there's water in the black bucket.
34:04I see.
34:05When it's 0.1 degrees Celsius,
34:07I put my hand in it and it gets warm.
34:09The water in the bucket becomes hot water?
34:12I put the water in the bucket and boil it again.
34:16There's water in the bucket?
34:17Yes.
34:18Where does this water come from?
34:21Where does this water come from?
34:23It comes from the yellow bucket.
34:27When it's 0.1 degrees Celsius,
34:29it becomes hot water in about 30 minutes.
34:34Isn't there water in the bucket recently?
34:37No, there isn't.
34:38Why isn't there water in the bucket?
34:40There's a lot of water in the bucket.
34:43Does the water leak?
34:46Even if there's a slight leak,
34:50it's not good.
34:53There's a lot of water in the bucket.
34:56I was going to make a bathroom without water,
35:00but I didn't have a fire.
35:02I see.
35:03I see.
35:04So I used this.
35:05I see.
35:07It's beautifully wrapped.
35:11That's a lot.
35:12It's for cooking.
35:14Who cut this?
35:17I did.
35:18Did Mr. Takashi cut it?
35:20Yes.
35:21That's amazing.
35:22Do you use it on the stove?
35:24Yes.
35:30This machine?
35:31I broke it with this.
35:33Chipper.
35:34It's a chipper.
35:36A chipper.
35:37Mr. Takashi, where did you get this tree from?
35:40It's a mountainous area in Fukuoka.
35:42Did you cut this tree in the mountains?
35:45Who cut it?
35:46Mr. Kobayashi cut it.
35:48Mr. Kobayashi cut it and Mr. Takashi broke it.
35:51I cut it and threw it away.
35:57Don't you throw it away now?
35:58Some people throw it away one by one.
36:00All day long?
36:02Not only in winter.
36:04I use this stove all year round.
36:07Even on a hot day, I always use this stove when I go to the mountains.
36:12Even if there is smoke, bears don't come.
36:15So I always use this stove even on a hot day.
36:22It doesn't come because of the presence of people.
36:25How many years after did the second store start?
36:30About four or five years later.
36:32Four or five years later.
36:34This staircase is also handmade.
36:37There is a gap at the foot.
36:41He's 92 years old, but he's got a good foot.
36:47It's very wide.
36:50That's Irori, right?
36:52That's right.
36:53Did you make that Irori yourself?
36:55No, I made it.
36:57Did you make it yourself?
36:58It's a tree I picked up from the river.
37:01You picked up a tree from the river?
37:03I made it so that it can be adjusted to the right height.
37:08That's amazing.
37:11The ceiling of the Irori is also high.
37:14Why is the top part missing?
37:17There's smoke coming out of there.
37:20Smoke coming out?
37:22I thought I shouldn't make smoke.
37:25I didn't use the melody, but I thought I'd put up with it.
37:31You can make that.
37:33What was the last thing you made?
37:36What was the last thing I made?
37:39Pizza crust?
37:40Pizza crust?
37:42Where is the pizza crust?
37:44Is this it?
37:46That's amazing.
37:48Is it in the hut?
37:50There's snow, so anything can be crushed by snow.
37:53There's snow, so anything can be crushed by snow.
37:57Why did you make pizza crust?
38:02Pizza was delicious.
38:08I looked at the pizza crust.
38:11I thought,
38:13I thought,
38:16I thought,
38:19I thought,
38:21That was a waste.
38:26I went permission of the pizza crust company.
38:29It's so big.
38:31No matter how much I bake.
38:32It doesn't warm up inside.
38:35That's it.
38:37How am I going to eat this?
38:39It looks delicious.
38:40Actually, it's a Panda Panda.
38:44It's delicious.
38:45I've never eaten anything this delicious.
38:47If you want to see the whole thing again, go to Tver.
38:52If you register as a favorite, it will be even more convenient.
38:57Is it snowy around here?
38:59It's snowing a lot.
39:01You can't come here in winter.
39:03Oh, really?
39:04Because all the roads stop.
39:08You can't come here?
39:09In winter, you wear Kanjiki and walk up here.
39:15You walk up here?
39:16Yes.
39:17Takahashi-san?
39:18Yes.
39:19Even now?
39:20Even now.
39:21I couldn't do it this year.
39:22Last year, I came up here 2 or 3 times.
39:25It was in 1991.
39:26This is the road.
39:28Here?
39:29Yes.
39:30If you walk up here, there is a tunnel.
39:33Down here?
39:34You have to walk through this tunnel.
39:37With Kanjiki?
39:38Yes.
39:39It takes about 15 minutes.
39:43Really?
39:4415 minutes?
39:45Satomi-san, don't you come with you?
39:47I can't come.
39:49I'm a little worried about following him.
39:55I can't help him.
39:57But I'm worried.
39:59When I really want to go, I ask my husband to go with me.
40:05What do you do?
40:07What do you do?
40:08I'm a seamstress.
40:09A seamstress?
40:10Yes.
40:11That roof doesn't build snow.
40:14But it's going to snow again.
40:16Because the angle is steep?
40:18If it's built to a certain extent, the slope will be steep.
40:23When the weather is good, it will definitely snow.
40:27That's why I come here in winter.
40:29You come to see if the house is collapsed.
40:32Yes.
40:33I see.
40:34There is a hut under the house.
40:36Is that Mr. Kobayashi's hut?
40:38Yes.
40:39Mr. Kobayashi asked me to build it.
40:41Did Mr. Takashi build it?
40:43Yes, he did.
40:45What is that hut for?
40:47Mr. Kobayashi puts a carp in it in winter.
40:52Does he put a carp in it?
40:53Yes.
40:54There is a carp.
40:58Congratulations.
41:00There is a pond in every house around here.
41:03There is a pond?
41:04Yes.
41:05When people come to the pond, other animals eat the carp.
41:12Is that so?
41:15That's true.
41:17The pond is full of water.
41:21There are no fish in the pond now.
41:25No fish?
41:26Why do you buy carp?
41:28In the old days, farmers bought carp for food.
41:34Is that so?
41:35Have you ever eaten carp?
41:36No, I haven't.
41:37Do you really have carp?
41:38No, I don't.
41:39I see.
41:41Do you eat carp?
41:42Yes.
41:43Farmers bought a lot of carp.
41:49But now it's a rare fish.
41:54It's a rare carp.
41:55Yes.
41:56In the old days, the carp was black.
41:58I don't know why, but the color of the carp suddenly changed.
42:05I made a pond with the color of the carp in my pants.
42:10I enjoyed swimming in the pond.
42:16In Sankanbu, Niigata Prefecture,
42:19wild carp has been farmed in the pond for a long time.
42:25It has become a precious food in winter.
42:28Is that so?
42:29Wild carp is said to be the origin of Nishikigoi,
42:35which is said to have been born with a sudden change in color and pattern.
42:42In winter, wild animals eat the carp in the pond.
42:46In winter, wild animals eat the carp in the pond.
42:52Therefore, it is customary to take wild animals out of the pond and move them to the pond every year.
43:03Mr. Kobayashi, the owner of this mountain, who rents the land for free,
43:10says that he usually buys wild carp from the pond.
43:14Ten years ago, he moved the carp to the pond in the hut that Mr. Takashi built for him.
43:20He says he is passing the winter.
43:25You said that in winter, the snow is deep and you can't come by car.
43:30How do you feed the carp?
43:33I don't feed them in winter.
43:35You don't feed them in winter?
43:36You don't have to feed them in winter.
43:39I feed them in winter with the fat I've accumulated so far.
43:44Do you feed them in winter?
43:45Yes.
43:46I've been doing this for a long time.
43:48Is it like a hibernation?
43:50It's like a half-dead state.
43:51Half-dead state?
43:52Yes.
43:53It's not dead.
43:54It's alive, but it spends a long time because the water temperature rises with the minimum energy.
44:02When Mr. Kobayashi finished preparing the carp,
44:08Mr. Takashi started working on the winter house across the mountain.
44:14What are you going to do?
44:15What do you do with the winter house?
44:18I hang the fallen boards.
44:20Fallen boards?
44:21I have a house like this.
44:23I see.
44:24There's a hook on the side of the window.
44:26This is a metal fitting to hang the fallen boards.
44:30I see.
44:31That's amazing.
44:32I don't want the snow to get inside.
44:34I don't want the snow to be pushed by the board.
44:39Mr. Takashi, do you need any help?
44:41I don't need any help.
44:43You don't?
44:44He likes to do it himself.
44:47Is that so?
44:48I do this alone.
44:53Are you okay?
44:54That's amazing.
44:55That's amazing.
44:56It's dangerous, but are you okay?
44:59Mr. Takashi is worried about the crew,
45:02so he climbs on the flooring,
45:04puts one foot on the window frame,
45:07and hangs the fallen boards on the metal fittings outside the window.
45:13He looks very young at 92.
45:18Wow.
45:19He's very strong-legged.
45:22I can't believe he's 92 years old.
45:26That's it.
45:27That's it?
45:28Yes.
45:31Wow.
45:36It's done.
45:39You do this every year, right?
45:42I do it alone.
45:43Alone.
45:44It must be hard.
45:45It's hard.
45:47But it's fun.
45:50Is that so?
45:52Mr. Takashi is 92 years old,
45:54but are you going to stay here forever?
45:58Yes, even though I'm 92 years old.
46:01Are you going to stay here forever?
46:05You're shining.
46:07It's all up to me.
46:09I'm looking forward to seeing Mr. Takashi come here.
46:13I want to go when he wants to go.
46:19Sometimes he says,
46:21I want to live here for a long time,
46:23and have fun and relax here.
46:27Thank you very much.
46:29I'm so happy.
46:32Right?
46:34You're good.
46:36I'm so happy.
46:39I'm so glad.
46:42Mr. Takashi arrived at this mountain
46:46in search of his favorite bean sprouts.
46:48It's been 22 years since he built a mountain hut by himself.
46:53Even now, he's looking forward to coming here.
46:58Going to this mountain hut is the source of his energy at the age of 92.
47:05In winter, when the mountains are covered with thick snow,
47:09it's hard to come here.
47:12In the beautiful mountain forest that blooms in spring,
47:16when he can't wait to come here with Ms. Satomi,
47:20Mr. Takashi smiles happily.
47:27I didn't know there was a mountain hut like this.
47:30That's right.
47:31He was really sleeping.
47:33He seemed to be in a good mood.
47:35How was it?
47:38I felt the luxury of hand-made things
47:42rather than the luxury of building a magnificent hut.
47:45I didn't think there would be such a beautiful view
47:48because I climbed so much.
47:50I didn't think there would be something surprising.
47:52It was just a mountain hut made by Mr. Takashi and Ms. Satomi.
47:56The happiness of seeing the beauty of Mr. Takashi
47:59is something we will never get.
48:01That's right.
48:02It's the ultimate.
48:04I used to think of it as a secret base.
48:06I see. It's like a secret base.
48:08It's like the top level of a secret base.
48:10It's amazing that you can build it yourself.
48:12It's amazing that you can build it yourself.
48:14If you look at a small pizza pan,
48:16you can see that it was made small.
48:18You can see that it was made small.