Hello all. I'm originally from Lancashire, England but now living in the mountains of central Tokushima with my family.
We love in a town called Kamiyama and have been here for ten years now.
We live in an old kominka with a kayabuki and we've been DIYing it slowly for seven years..
We opened an gallery space in the house last year and have had some great shows partnering up with the Kamiyama Artist in Residence program.
I love the inaka and I'm really fascinated to see how creativity can bloom here.
Hope you're all doing OK and looking forward to diving into this forum.
Ta.
Welcome to Japan Simple Life Kamiyamajin and thank you very much for taking the time to sign up. How did you manage to find us, if you don't mind me asking, we're not exactly at the top of many Google searches.
We live in an old kominka with a kayabuki and we've been DIYing it slowly for seven years..
We opened an gallery space in the house last year and have had some great shows partnering up with the Kamiyama Artist in Residence program.
If you have the time and inclination would love to see some pictures of what you've done with the house. No pressure but I do love to see other folk's DIY projects and it might help other people contemplating a similar course.
I love the inaka and I'm really fascinated to see how creativity can bloom here.
Hope you're all doing OK and looking forward to diving into this forum.
Ta.
Well let me once more extend the warmest of welcomes and hope you enjoy being here, we sometimes go a bit quiet but everyone is pretty friendly.
I discovered you guys via a fairly innocuous search for something like 'Japanese mud walls' . I was looking for some info about old Japanese houses for a friend (who has just moved to Kamiyama).
Hopefully I can share some of the experiences I've had with properties and living in the Japanese countryside!
I discovered you guys via a fairly innocuous search for something like 'Japanese mud walls' . I was looking for some info about old Japanese houses for a friend (who has just moved to Kamiyama).
Classic, hadn't thought of that. It's funny how Google works sometimes but glaad you found us anyway.
I discovered you guys via a fairly innocuous search for something like 'Japanese mud walls' . I was looking for some info about old Japanese houses for a friend (who has just moved to Kamiyama).
I live on the way into Tokushima City from Kamiyama and have done some work with mud walls on as I’ve renovated our house. Bamboo backing (Japanese name escapes me), arakabe base layer, sandy nakanuri, homemade shikkui finish. I’d be happy to share what I’ve done and learned. It seems to be working for us but I won’t claim it’s right or easy.
I'm originally from Lancashire, England but now living in the mountains of central Tokushima with my family.
