Our house in Japan: The first visit... cleaning, heat pumps, and fun finds!

Our Traditional Old-Folk home (Kominka) in the Japanese Countryside!

Purchased through the local Akiya (空き家) or Vacant house bank,  we purchased our Kominka in Nagano prefecture located within mere minutes of an Olymic ski hill!

This is some of the footage from my first visit this past September.

✓ - Hitachi 18 tatami heat pump installed
✓ - 5 trips to the local dump
✓ - 1 house made move in ready!

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