Last Glimpse of Japan’s Beautiful Old Houses? Lost Japan (ft. Alex Kerr)

In this video, I journey to the island of Shikoku to meet up with author, ‪@alexakerr1‬ to look at how he's been restoring old, vacant and abandoned houses in the Iya Valley and Utazu, amid Japan's rapid urbanisation. More from Alex Kerr on his YouTube channel:    / alexakerr1   -------------------- Support -------------------- If you'd like to support the channel and access more content check out my Patreon:   / tokyollama   or just buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tokyollama Merchandise: https://tokyollama.myspreadshop.com Also, subscribe to my other channel ‪@TokyoLlamaPlus‬ for more videos:    / tokyollamaplus   In between videos I'm posting at Instagram:   / tokyo_llama   -------------------- Books (affiliate links) -------------------- Lost Japan by Alex Kerr: https://amzn.to/3vhGBzU NEW BOOK Hidden Japan: An Astonishing World of Thatched Villages, Ancient Shrines and Primeval Forests: https://amzn.to/3ptt1dp Dogs and Demons by Alex Kerr: https://amzn.to/3z3jmuw Another Kyoto by Alex Kerr https://amzn.to/3OxLZWt -------------------- Stay -------------------- Chiiori: https://www.chiiori-stay.jp Utazu Co-machi-no-ie: https://www.co-machi-no-ie.jp/en/ Ochiai Tougenkyo-Iya https://www.tougenkyo-iya.jp -------------------- Restaurants -------------------- Nakochi Life Share Cottage (reservation only) https://nakochi.jp Kouraku Kura Cafe http://ryoutei-cafe-kouraku.com/kurac... -------------------- Music -------------------- State of Zen - Mandala Dreams 80 Days - Water Mirrors Greensight - Epocha Waking Dream - Mandala Dreams Chi chi - Epocha Mountain Mist - Lucention Like the music? Find my playlist with the music I've used here: https://share.epidemicsound.com/1eenp... And, if you sign up to Epidemic Sound through the playlist link, you'll get 1 month for free! -------------------- Credit -------------------- Demographic data: https://data.worldbank.org https://www.videvo.net/video/an-aeria... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://unsplash.com/photos/_h1IO0AHi... Kawazu-Nanadaru Loop Bridge: FoxyStranger Kawasaki, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons 00:00 Intro 28:16 Nagoro Scarecrow Village of the Dolls #shikoku #japan #japanesehouse