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00:00The Megaten is about to begin!
00:05Megaten! Megaten! Megaten!
00:10In 2014, the land was in a state of chaos due to the lack of human intervention.
00:16So, they created a garden,
00:19watered it,
00:23and used the scientists' wisdom and power to rebuild the village.
00:31Now, the village has been reborn as a green and rich village full of life.
00:38Three years ago, the biggest project in the history of the village,
00:42the Omoya Architecture Project, was launched.
00:45Kengo Kuma, an architect who was impressed by the landscape of the village,
00:50came up with an idea.
00:53I think we should go to Kayabuki.
00:55What?
00:56We're going to Kayabuki?
00:57Yes, we're going to Kayabuki.
00:59A unique Kayabuki house in a beautiful village.
01:05Megaten started collecting materials for the Omoya Architecture Project.
01:12The person who will blow the roof of the Omoya Kayabuki house is...
01:18Ogura, a Kayabuki craftsman who lives in Minami Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture.
01:23Ogura's teacher, Ogi Susuki, who grew up around the village.
01:29The Megaten members worked together to rent a large amount of Susuki.
01:35Wow! Amazing!
01:38Another necessary material to blow the roof of the house is bamboo.
01:43Bamboo was cut down from a nearby forest,
01:46and it was being prepared with the cooperation of the local people.
01:52Wow! Amazing!
01:55The power of the architect, scientist, and carpenter is combined.
01:59Last fall, the Omoya Architecture Project was finally completed.
02:05This time, the Kayabuki craftsmen joined in and started building the roof.
02:12There was an important task to build the foundation for the roof.
02:21In addition,
02:23Abe and Miura visited Ouchi-juku, Fukushima Prefecture,
02:28where there are many Kayabuki houses from the early Edo period, to learn about Kayabuki.
02:33This time, the Megaten is the Omoya Project Kayabuki Roof Foundation Special.
02:40I'm so excited!
02:42Yes!
02:43It's amazing just by looking at the bones.
02:45Actually, there was a task to build the foundation before blowing the roof,
02:49and it was surprisingly difficult.
02:51Today, we will show you that.
02:53It seems that there are almost no new Kayabuki roofs.
02:57That's right.
02:58It's very precious to see the process of making Kayabuki from scratch.
03:05If you say so, it sounds like a lie.
03:07It's definitely a precious video.
03:09That's right.
03:10I'd like to show you that.
03:12Before preparing for Kayabuki,
03:14Miura and I went to Ouchi-juku, Fukushima Prefecture,
03:18where Kayabuki craftsmen live, to learn about the reality of Kayabuki.
03:22Let's go!
03:25We've arrived at Ouchi-juku!
03:28It's snowing!
03:30It's snowing all over!
03:32Let's go!
03:34Let's go!
03:35Let's go!
03:36Good morning!
03:38We were welcomed by Kayabuki craftsmen who live in Ouchi-juku with Mr. Okura.
03:45Ouchi-juku, located in Aizu-gun, Minami, Fukushima Prefecture,
03:49is said to be a historical site.
03:52Ouchi-juku is a residential area in the Edo period.
03:57This road is called Aizu Nishikaido or Shimotsuke Kaido.
04:02It connects Aizu Wakamatsu and Nikko.
04:05It was built as one of the residential areas in the Aizu Kaido.
04:09Ouchi-juku is designated as a preservation area for important traditional buildings selected by the government.
04:16The Kayabuki house was built in the 1640s in the Edo period.
04:21It's a precious place that has been preserved as it is.
04:25Kayabuki craftsmen from Ouchi-juku usually live in the Kayabuki house and run a shop.
04:35Is this your house?
04:37This is a souvenir shop.
04:39A souvenir shop?
04:41This is a soba shop.
04:43Soba shop!
04:45This is a coffee shop.
04:47Oh, a coffee shop.
04:49So you've been preserving the Edo period scenery and the shape of your house.
04:56Yes, we have.
04:59We decided to visit a soba shop run by a Kayabuki craftsman, Mr. Sato.
05:04Wow, amazing!
05:06It's snowing.
05:08Wow, this is great!
05:10Thank you very much.
05:12This is great!
05:14This is a port shop.
05:16The bones of the shop's pillars are from when the Kayabuki house was built more than 370 years ago.
05:24The specialty of the shop is...
05:27Wow!
05:29What's the leek for?
05:31The traditional Ouchi-juku leek soba is served with a whole leek instead of chopsticks.
05:39Thank you for the food!
05:41The traditional Ouchi-juku leek soba is served with a whole leek.
05:47This is great!
05:51Mr. Abe had a hard time scooping up the leek because the soba was slippery.
06:03This is great!
06:06Next...
06:09The specialty of the port shop is...
06:11Shin-goro!
06:14Shin-goro is made from ground rice and sweet miso with sesame seeds.
06:20It's a specialty that can only be found in this shop.
06:23Thank you for the food!
06:27This is great!
06:30The miso is strong.
06:35This is great!
06:38What kind of miso is this?
06:41Mr. Abe noticed something while enjoying the food culture of Ouchi-juku.
06:47Isn't it warm inside?
06:49It's warm.
06:51Do you think there's a roof?
06:53It's like insulation.
06:56Thick Kayabuki roofs contain a lot of air.
07:01The air in the Kayabuki roof creates insulation, which keeps the temperature warm in winter.
07:09But the house itself is old, and it can be cold in a house where wind comes in from outside the roof.
07:18By the way, what is the influence of snow on the Kayabuki roof?
07:25This is Ebisuya, a souvenir shop in the Kayabuki house.
07:30In snowy areas, the Kayabuki roof gets damaged quickly.
07:34Last year, Mr. Ogura replaced half of the roof.
07:42How long did it take to replace it?
07:45It took about 20 years.
07:4920 years?
07:52Especially in the Kayabuki house, which has become old,
07:56when snow falls from the roof, the frozen Kayabuki roof is pulled together.
08:03In addition, the Kayabuki roof, which has no support, is structurally weak, and it may break due to the weight of the snow.
08:11Of course, regular maintenance is essential for snow removal.
08:16Mr. Ogura, who has been replacing more than half of the Kayabuki roof in the Kayabuki house for 18 years, has a sense of crisis.
08:27In the old days, there were more than 70 people in the Kayabuki house.
08:34At that time, there were more than 10 people.
08:37How many people are there now?
08:39I'm the only one who does Kayabuki now.
08:44It seems that there are fewer people who have learned the technique of Kayabuki and have inherited the tradition.
08:52In such a situation, there is such an initiative in the Oji-juku.
08:56In an elementary school that was abandoned to raise young craftsmen,
09:06After this, Kayabuki in the classroom!
09:13In an elementary school that was abandoned to raise young craftsmen,
09:27There is a model of Kayabuki roof in the classroom.
09:31Young people learn basic things from their seniors here.
09:37If you have some basic skills, you can mix them with the work of the roof where you actually live.
09:49The mission is to protect the cityscape of Kayabuki from the Edo period.
09:53For that purpose, activities were carried out to pass on the technique to the next generation.
09:59Mr. Abe and Mr. Miura also learned the basics of blowing.
10:04This is how you do it.
10:06Oh, I see.
10:08It's really hard.
10:10If you step on it and pull it, it will close.
10:14It's dangerous.
10:16That's the most dangerous thing to be careful of.
10:19It's really a practice.
10:22I was a little scared at this height.
10:24Two people who experienced the difficulties of Kayabuki.
10:28Finally, the work of Kayabuki has begun.
10:31That's right.
10:33We would appreciate it if you could cooperate with us.
10:35Of course, we would appreciate it if you could help us.
10:39Thank you, Kayabuki craftsmen.
10:44It's amazing.
10:46There are a lot of Kayabuki in the Edo period.
10:50I want everyone to see this as information.
10:53Mr. Miura, how did you feel when you actually went there?
10:57I was surprised that the number of Kayabuki craftsmen was decreasing year by year.
11:01It's amazing to make a Kayabuki roof in the classroom and teach everyone.
11:10The soba shop was the best.
11:12The soba was delicious.
11:14I was very impressed with Shin-Goro and Abe-Goro.
11:17It was very delicious.
11:19Why do you look like Shin-Goro?
11:21That's right.
11:24Mr. Tokoro, the preparation for Kayabuki is about to begin.
11:28It is very precious to be able to see the Kayabuki roof being blown from this new machine from scratch.
11:36Please take a look at this.
11:38In November 2024, the Omoya bone group was finally assembled.
11:44Mr. Kuma, who is not involved in other Kayabuki, is involved in the roof.
11:48It was natural because of the power of the wind.
11:51It took a lot of time to aim for that.
11:53This is a good feeling.
11:55It's like it was blown naturally.
11:58In order to create a curve that looks like it was blown by the wind naturally,
12:04a method was devised to support the bone group of the roof, which had grown in radiation, at the base.
12:11The height of the base was changed according to the curve.
12:17As a result, the roof was lined up in a curve.
12:26And between the roof and the roof, there was a horizontal material called Yanaka.
12:32The Yanaka of the square house attaches a long, straight bamboo and wood to the roof.
12:38Because of the irregular circumference of the Omoya house,
12:41the wood was attached to the bamboo with screws.
12:47And in December...
12:49Nice to meet you.
12:53Kayabuki craftsmen, whom Mr. Ogura knows, gathered from Ouchi-juku, where they visited earlier.
13:01Most of them are from Aizu, but only one came from Nagano.
13:07First, they made the base of the house.
13:10What was the first task?
13:12The task was to tie the log and the Yanaka in a rope.
13:18Yes, yes, yes.
13:19The Yanaka, which is fixed to the log, is tied in a rope so that it does not shift due to the weight of the house.
13:27Is this all over?
13:30All over.
13:31All over?
13:33It's endless.
13:35There are 28 logs in 13 places.
13:38They are tied in 364 places in total.
13:42There is no building like this.
13:44There is no building as big as this?
13:46No.
13:47I see.
13:48They tie it with a rope that is tied with a rope.
13:51Mr. Ogura told me that there is a special way to tie it.
13:55Oh, that's good.
13:57This is how you do it.
14:00This is called Hakomusubi.
14:03It is used to tie a rope in four places and fix it.
14:20After fixing the log and the Yanaka, they tie the rope at the end.
14:26There is also a unique way to tie it here.
14:32This is called Tsubomusubi.
14:34Tsubomusubi?
14:35Yes, Tsubomusubi.
14:37Tsubomusubi is called Otokomusubi or Ibomusubi depending on the area.
14:43However, it is more difficult to loosen and untie than ordinary Katamusubi.
14:47It is an important way to tie it on top of the Kayabukiyami.
14:51It's amazing.
14:56It's amazing.
14:57It doesn't move.
14:59It's tight.
15:01Mr. Miura also tries Tsubomusubi.
15:07Is this still loose?
15:09Yes, it is.
15:10I'm embarrassed.
15:14It's still loose.
15:15It's still loose.
15:17Oh, wait a minute.
15:20Damn it.
15:22Anyway, they have to learn how to tie Tsubomusubi.
15:29It takes an hour to practice.
15:32It's done.
15:33How is it? I'm sorry.
15:38It's better than before.
15:39Is it better than before?
15:40Yes.
15:41Is it still loose?
15:43A little more.
15:44A little more? I see.
15:46Mr. Miura, who has been good at Tsubomusubi since he was a son of a craftsman.
15:52Will he be able to do Tsubomusubi with Kayabuki?
15:56Mr. Ogura, please check it.
16:00It's okay.
16:01It's okay.
16:02Is it okay?
16:03Thank you very much.
16:04Mr. Ogura passed the test.
16:08After that, Mr. Miura, who also learned Hakomusubi, will tie the Tsubomusubi in 364 places.
16:18I see.
16:28The base of the Kayabuki roof can be seen from the inside of the house.
16:34It is important not only to tighten it tightly, but also to align the ropes neatly.
16:40Of course.
16:42It takes a day and a half.
16:45Mr. Ogura finished tying the Tsubomusubi in 364 places.
16:49It's good.
16:52It's explosive.
16:56However, he will continue to make the base of the Kayabuki roof.
17:01Next, he will make the base of the Kayabuki roof using bamboo.
17:06He will make the base of the Kayabuki roof using bamboo.
17:10He will choose the bamboo of the same thickness.
17:15He will line up the bamboo between the bamboo trees.
17:20This is called a bamboo tree.
17:22Next.
17:23This is a bamboo called Izuri.
17:28He will put a bamboo called Etsuri next to it to prevent the Kayabuki roof from falling from the gap.
17:33He will tie all of them with ropes and fix them.
17:37The number of bamboo trees required for the roof of the main house is 140.
17:41He will also line up several Etsuri next to it.
17:46According to the staff's calculation, there are 4,300 places to tie.
17:51It's good.
17:55I want to think it's a lie.
17:57I can't count.
17:59First, he will fix the Kayabuki roof.
18:10He will tie the roof with a Tsubomusubi.
18:14However, he will not just tie it.
18:17Do not loosen it as much as possible.
18:23He has to fix the roof of the main house without any gaps.
18:28When the roof of the main house is lifted, it will be more and more loose.
18:33It's loose.
18:35This is not good.
18:37Do not loosen it as much as possible.
18:40The trick is to hold the bamboo and make it taut.
18:46The work is progressing.
18:52He tied the roof of the main house in two days.
18:55After this, the last part.
18:57The beautiful base of the Kayabuki roof is completed.
19:02The next task is to make the base of the Kayabuki roof.
19:06He will fix the bamboo and Etsuri so that the Kayabuki roof does not fall from the gap.
19:12The bamboo used for Etsuri is also newly obtained from the neighboring Chikurin with Mr. Nishino.
19:18This bamboo needs to be cut vertically and thinly and evenly.
19:23This tool is used.
19:25It's called a bamboo cutter.
19:27How to use it.
19:30Hit it with a hammer.
19:33Make a cut at the end of the bamboo.
19:37Use the properties of the bamboo to avoid the direction of the fibers.
19:40Use force to break the bamboo.
19:44This is very difficult.
19:48He is a man who is proud of his physical strength and muscles.
19:51He broke almost 40 pieces of bamboo.
20:00He took the bamboo one by one.
20:06He put the bamboo on the side and fixed it.
20:13He started to fill the gaps in the bamboo.
20:20What is this for?
20:22This is to fill the gaps in the bamboo.
20:25The bamboo will be on top of the roof.
20:28The gap here will open.
20:32Then the wind will enter.
20:35The space between the wall and the roof will be empty.
20:39So he fills the gaps in the bamboo.
20:45What is this for?
20:48This is the rice straw that was harvested in the village this year.
20:53He cuts the straw into a suitable size.
21:00He stops the straw with a bamboo processed like nails.
21:05This is wonderful.
21:10The temperature inside the house will drop when the wind enters.
21:15This is also a necessary task.
21:18It took him a whole day.
21:21The straw is also finished.
21:25The work of fixing the straw is also over.
21:28This is the last part of the roof.
21:35And then.
21:39This is the wind.
21:42The foundation of the roof was completed in 9 days.
21:47There are a total of 4,650 places where the wind blew.
21:53The curve of the roof designed by KUMA is also wonderful.
22:01Looking from the inside.
22:05This is wonderful.
22:09Mr. Kanazawa of the mansion.
22:13This is cool.
22:19This is like a house.
22:23This is a good feeling.
22:26The day when the roof will be extended is waiting.
22:30I'm looking forward to it.
22:32This is wonderful.
22:36He will show the Tsubomusubi that he learned.
22:42I will show you.
22:47Make a loop diagonally.
22:51Make a loop and stand it up.
22:54Tie it firmly here.
22:58Pass this through the bottom.
23:01Put it in here.
23:03And then.
23:07It's hard like this.
23:09That's great.
23:14It's hard to remove.
23:19Mr. Chokunin is amazing.
23:22I'm impressed.
23:24I haven't blown the firewood yet, but the video is amazing.
23:28I'm looking forward to it.
23:30When the firewood is ready at the harvest festival, you eat it there, right?
23:34That's wonderful.
23:36Thank you for your hard work.
23:38What's next?
23:39Next time, I will try to pilot a real gun.
23:43It is an intuitive feeling of piloting a real gun.
23:48I will challenge Mr. Tokoro to pilot a gun in the studio.
23:52It looks delicious.
23:53Next time, I will try to pilot a real gun.
23:55Please look forward to it.