Inside an Abandoned Japanese Village with

[@TokyoLensExplore]

Hey Everyone!! *Heading off on the next Tokyo Lens Explore video this coming week!!* Would you explore an abandoned village like this? Let me know in the comments section!! And don't forget to give some love to Abroad in a Jam!!

[@alphamike87]

I’d love to explore an abandoned village

[@alphamike87]

Abroad in a Jam needs a jar of jam with Chris’ face on it

[@daisyrosario3438]

Absolutely would explore abandoned places!

[@Rowan_Waters]

Thank you as always for your Epic videos. Yes, I have actually explored a few abandon trailers and houses when I was a kid. Would do it again! When I come to Japan we should meet up and visit some!

[@kristancorsiglia6756]

Absolutely! It’s like stepping back in time.

[@AbroadinJapan]

I hope I didn’t ruin the atmosphere too much with my musical tomfoolery. Shame to imagine what this town once was! Glad the locals have still kept it accessible though. NOW GET READY FOR ABROAD IN A JAM.

[@insolus2307]

are you a youtuber ?

[@mangarajatyangsa]

You being there is add fun atmosphere more, so it's finee

[@chil3988]

Why not delve in the world of Vtubing, Mr. Broad? Always a fan of your content, good to see you broadening your horizons! See what I did there? Cheers!

[@carn109]

Jam session time?

[@Zany_Zim]

Abroad in Japan makes Jam in a Pan

[@edamameme1789]

Between Connor's love hotels with ticks and mold, and Norm's abandoned villages with spiders and millipedes, Chris is really living it up.. lol

[@ali_ordinary7142]

Don't forget about Natsuki's Abandoned Temple on a cliff in an Abandoned Island.

[@XSemperIdem5]

Coming to watch this after the Chris at the abandoned theme park and hotel video 😂 featuring more spiders, the fear of bears, and Connor's near death experience with a dragonfly.

[@mystogan4542]

churr

[@thecolortwelve3784]

This abroad in a jam colab has potential.

[@johnrogers2826]

Wtf?

[@bigbrowntau]

Maybe Chris could branch out to Marmite too, and a Vegemite colab with the Anime Man...or at least cover jellies as well as jams with him

[@HeavenlyCreature.]

Nothing nicer than having some toast with jam near the Beer Waterfall 😋

[@ToiSauce]

🤣

[@m2to653]

When Doctor Jelly pumps up the jam..

[@tjn6278]

Abroad in a jam - an brand new series where Chris gets into messed up situations. "Well that's exciting init"

[@ShamsunNahar-nf1ty]

And jams to his exclusive hit music!

[@rachelcookie321]

@@ShamsunNahar-nf1ty and tries a new type of jam in each episode

[@cherkster]

A well-balanced combination of British and Canadian, with a healthy dose of Japanese history and kanji reading. Something something.

[@Sperbs_9]

I love Chris just hanging on the road like “Have fun. Don’t die!” while Norm wanders in and out of dilapidated buildings and and into the forest. 😆

[@Digi-Warrior88]

Something that has always just really resonated with me, is the realization that buildings basically only have life while we are in them. We bring the energy that helps keep them together, etc. We leave, and they die.

[@ozidanni]

This place would've been so picturesque at its height. Still is really.

[@Rye_Toast]

It really is beautiful, what must their lives have been like? As I sit here making plans for the upcoming holiday season with family, I think about all the milestones that happened in that village, the highs and the lows, the celebrations. All gone, it's quite humbling really, any one of our current towns could be abandoned in 50 years.

[@XSemperIdem5]

Something about nature being in the process of reclaiming it makes it even more beautiful to me.

[@lethfuil]

​@@Rye_Toast I'm a bit at ease here, since my towns (I switch between two) are here (as settlings) for 1700 to 35000 years. So, I think the places are quite popular. :P

[@mrstofu2]

They are so different I don’t think that Chris would ever go camping

[@melnee]

He hiked MTN Fuji in shorts and used a rock as a pillow :p

[@kellietatt]

Chris just ruining the mood is priceless ! xD I'd love more videos with both of you going to different places !

[@Morbisus]

10:08 Same energy with Risottoro trying to kill Chris.

[@oelsay4]

The broad man looks as excited as ever!

[@petitmeowmeow]

It's so sad, all the families and all the memories that were created, just abandoned and left to rot. It would be so interesting to speak to someone who used to live in one of these villages, why they left, where they are now

[@pankajkonwar5676]

They left because they migrated to cities for work and many elders died. So no one is left now.

[@lethfuil]

​@@pankajkonwar5676 Of course some are left. It's fully abandoned since 1979 and that's not that long ago. Also, many of those people don't migrate to far away cities, but the nearest cities. Which is one reason why some of those places still get visited.

[@3DJapan]

16:40 This happened a lot in the US too. I see it all the time on American Pickers. They'll go into some town where all the shops have closed and a a couple people live there. All because a major highway opened that bypasses the town.

[@ladyremy8783]

That little tatami hut looks like a good spot to just sit and look at the river. I enjoy how Chris watches from afar as you risk your neck. 😆

[@methodinsane]

I watched Chris in the Kyota Gin stream just an hour ago and now this? Timezones + Internet == time travel. For some odd reason I thought this was live.

[@imonlyjesting8843]

I watched it live at 9 am EST while he was live in Japan. It truly is like experiencing life with Chris in Japan.

[@jollimaiahtacksworth]

He was so gone by the end of it lmao

[@officialabdulrehman]

This is definition of introvert meets an extrovert xD Chris the hyper active one who would drop beats literally anywhere, Norm being the chill guy listening ASMR or Lofi and just vibing 😂 Loved the video Norm 🙂

[@technicyan]

16:20 Nothing can destroy iron, but its own rust. Great philosophy right here. No one can destroy a person, but its own mindset.

[@lethfuil]

*Their own mindset. Also: A lot of things can destroy iron, as well as people. A lot other than rust and a mindset (that's also bordering "don't have depressions, just be happy!" stuff...), lmao. Yeah, I know, a nice blabla psoido "philosophical" sentence that could be wise, if no one thinks into it, always seems sooo cool and easy to some, but it's actually just shallow and a little bit silly.

[@rupert-japan]

The 'tsuchikabe' earthen walls you try to describe a little bit incorrectly 5 mins in - are the essence of traditional Japanese architecture for centuries. It's not hay but rice straw that is mixed with earth to form the walls using bamboo lattice tied with wara as the base. The rice straw's enzyme - same one that makes natto sticky! - helps bind the earth to make a strong wall. I'm owner of a kominka where we made all our walls this way.

[@RenManinJapan]

I live in Nagoya… I frequently explore all over In Shiga, Mie, Toyota area and run into dead end roads washed out bridges.. and they make excellent camping spots. Touring Japan by motorcycle is the best experiences.. I love it.

[@desk-kun2366]

Dude that sounds cool, make those kinds of vid, I'll definitely watch them.

[@RenManinJapan]

@@desk-kun2366 I’ll get on it… need to get a new motorcycle.. 👍🏻

[@desk-kun2366]

@@RenManinJapan aight! I'll sub to you just in case

[@SuvinRK]

Exploring abandoned villages is pretty interesting, especially once you know what happened to cause the change.

[@phoenixdan1772]

Amazing. Simply amazing. The rain makes for a very beautiful aesthetic too. I can only imagine how serene it would have been to live there in it's prime.

[@yuhumgaribay1414]

Some pov shots almost feels like an rpg adventure walkthrough 😆

[@nicklasrapp2267]

I love these abandoned village, and nature videos. I think it’s so exciting partly because it shows a side of Japan that you don’t usually see, and is hard to get to see as a tourist, and partly because the forest is so dense and these villages seems so compressed in the forest and slopes. It’s almost hard to believe people actually lived their lives there.

[@sanashi27]

Abandoned villages are interesting and somehow the rain adds to the feel of the place being left behind. It makes me wonder what the place must be like when it was still populated. It's fun to see collabs like this, too! Hope to see more maybe next time you two could go to an abandoned love hotel (since Abroad in Japan goes to still active ones).

[@iamjustjoshing]

That rusted soba sign is so awesome!

[@bbss1e2hussain]

Chris jokes cracked me up 😆 Especially this: "These shoes were brand new... 3 Years ago" hahaha. Good chemistry between you and chris! Keep up the good work as always👍

[@XSemperIdem5]

Cut to Connor "my shoes are white!" "this is a $100 jumper!" 😅

[@inkuing838]

This video reminded me of the adventure trip I had with my friends in Japan back when I was an exchange student. The atmosphere, the random music from a friend lol, everything is perfect!

[@DragonGeej]

Two of my favourite creators and their natural chemistry within this video is plain to see. They bounce of each other, both have knowledge and entertainers while being informative. Always enjoy these videos by Norm, and got to love collaborations. Well done guys, love it!

[@noisehippo1561]

I love seeing Chris goofing around :)

[@shandytown7019]

Love you guys doing colabs! You’re both such filmies, and just fun seeing you interact and present together.

[@pinetree7296]

that view over the river imagine when the house was pristine and just waking up one winter morning having breakfast and looking at that view.

[@lethfuil]

And freezing. Those houses would dream of terrible insulation and AC weren't guaranteed back then. :P

[@jayphillips4942]

Love to see Chris jam in more ways than one, love the post towns and would be very interested in a deep dive into them!

[@Ajlez]

I wish I could have had some soba at this beautiful location. The bridges look so cool. I'm always happy for the mood of rain videos, even though everyone tries to avoid making them. ;)

[@Dayyoungy]

Love watching you both, it always slightly saddens me to see people's lives abandoned like that. I'd love to see villages bounce back but I understand it's not always possible

[@ReviewMedic]

wooo, nice collab between two of my fav youtubers who bring japan to the rest of the world

[@grizoh4270]

That old Bus is soo cool, the way the nature has taken it over time really takes you back.

[@Ishyona]

That road reminds me of the long driveway up to my family's farm. Very nostalgic.

[@kristancorsiglia6756]

This is soooo cool. I love seeing old buildings and thinking about what life was like for the people that lived in them.

[@beatnik6806]

I would 100% go inside those houses and explore every upstairs and stuff. I always do that and one day I probably DIE under some abandonen house.

[@nancykraus5127]

I'm glad you document these places. So much history gets lost in this world from abandonment and natural decay.

[@katylibarnes9393]

The bus was like a surprise gift waiting to be revealed and opened. I love it! Was expecting some hippie to come out and greet you.

[@donsanjino]

Such a pleasant super green abandoned village adventure. I feel refreshed.

[@Yubnub1196]

It seems the village once stood along side the old road (used to be National route 13) connected Yonezawa and Fukushima which was built in early Meiji period. Perhaps Emperor Meiji stopped at this village for a water break on his way to Fukushima or Yonezawa, hence the monument appeared in the video around 3:16 was constructed.

[@yazanhamdan84]

I'm definitely subscribing to Abroad and Jam after this video

[@sanablue]

I'm just so fascinated by all the pretty plants! Nature always seems so amazing and interesting when you're somewhere else. Those trees are beautiful! But the old houses are also very cool! I would love to see how they look on the inside. There's probably still a lot of the original 70s furniture or stuff in there. It's a shame that they are so unsafe. Someone should try fly a drone into them to see what's inside.

[@lethfuil]

They actually filmed, and showed, the inside of several of those buildings. In this video.

[@becks5867]

You captured the rustic beauty of this place, I would love to explore. It was nice to see you and Chris having fun too 💜

[@jazzestardust]

I love you two! These collabs are brilliant 😂 British humour and Canadian wonder 💖

[@tijn8844]

That abandoned bus was an incredible last minute surprise which was awesome. Wish I could go here!

[@Chimmbeez]

The more and more I watch of Japan from Chris's channel, and also yours Norm, the more it wants to make me either travel to or even move to Japan! Thanks for all the great content from you both... :)

[@overlord3051]

Love being able to live/travel/hike vicariously through your recordings :)

[@vopacity]

Nice little adventure this one. The sound of the running water amidst the trees adds wonderfully to the atmosphere. Love the bus. Thanks for sharing.

[@taimoorshah8230]

i love places like this. i love history and old place which go hand to hand with each other if your can look at them personally.

[@jax4652]

It would be nice if they could rebuild some of these.

[@FrankieHiltz]

My two favorite Japan Tubers 🤩 Your super positive vibes with Chris' sarcastic demeanor makes a great contrast. Hope to see you guys together more often :)

[@Tonto117]

This was absolutely breathtaking. I mean the literal most picturesque place on the entire planet.. the shrine ❤️

[@fifirala]

I love old places like in this video, they are just so different from what I am used to.

[@alecbdavis]

these old town videos are my favorite to watch

[@danielaleksandrov5701]

My two favorite japan influencers. Awesome Collab!

[@Nagarath16]

7:03 That house must have been so beautiful. Like a dream house.

[@whyisthisathingnow...]

I am really looking forward to seeing more of you and abroad in a jam in the future!😁

[@alcote85]

Loved the video, the history of the town, the exploring and especially the collaboration. Looking forward to more and being able to see these places one day.

[@kristinacetinski]

What a fascinating place! Would love to have seen what it would have looked like it it's prime. Makes you wonder how many similar-era abandoned villages are out there that the Emperor never visited, and so now have been reclaimed by the nature around them.

[@travismoore7849]

Going to old abandoned places is just one of those things that can surprise you.

[@kankun123]

You have great synergy together. I hope you do these on a regular basis and live preferably.

[@TheJuggernaught5000]

Good to see Chris new studio is coming along nicely

[@nemo_201]

Your voice with the rain in the background was AMAZING!!

[@angie23575]

I like that whole massive areas of Japan are being reclaimed by nature, a lot of people seem sad that people have left the towns to go to the cities but maybe it's a good thing?

[@vlazurah789]

7:45 wow.. just wow Beautiful, beautiful location

[@animechickie18]

I like to think that your videos exploring abandoned places brings them a new life. 😊

[@q10-q8v]

Thanks for the nice walking tour and commentary from both of you . Keep up the good work!

[@amenoonline]

Damn, these places most likely looked magical in their prime, locations are gorgeous.

[@VinFJ1]

This is an unexpected collab, cool vid dude!

[@RansomReed]

Can't believe it's already been a year, great video. Love the abandoned videos (even when Chris is crashing the vibe lol), looking forward to more of these!

[@SatanSupimpa]

That's how I would die if I moved to Japan. I love these abandoned places, and I would definitely enter every single place that's probably not safe to enter.

[@venturefanatic9262]

That Water Fall was the saddest part.

[@devilovesdevil]

i adore these videos cuz they are so fascinating and reminds me of how i go searching around the woods when i move somewhere new. Its so amazing how these buildings still stand from so long ago.

[@epicthief]

So amazing, just profound beauty, what magical music

[@seandavie3672]

Thanks guys once again. I'm really enjoying these collaborations! Especially enjoying the urbex stuff! 👏

[@fluffyspark798]

I love abroad in Japan. Such a good content creator

[@jenniree29]

That bus was equal parts amazing and horror movie material. But wow....another wonderful video showing an area I’d love to see in person! Great job, Norm!

[@MrBlueFrancois]

Impressive video ! It's cool Chris was here too With this camera point of view, it just felt like I was in an adventure video game or watching some sort of adventure film with the character going off-path to explore the forest haha

[@adansanchez9643]

I've seen these before, but I was not subscribed, so I am going back and liking all the vids I had already seen in the past.

[@Lestatsuxme1013]

Yay, two of my favorite KZbinrs together and in Fukushima!!! Please do more video does exploring beautiful Fukushima and Tōhoku! ❤️🗾

[@zackanderson3521]

Not gonna lie Chris knows how to make some 🔥 beats.

[@bigbrowntau]

He'll be singing about volcanoes next...oh wait...

[@Shiro-Works]

Wow Chris! Was that a preview of your new track " to much River" 😎

[@pamrapp5474]

Thks guys for making my day......loved the 🚌bus..

[@Runescapeguides110]

Thank you for all of your videos! I'll be moving westvof Tokyo, near fussa in a few months. If you want someone to accompany you through abandoned places, I'd definitely go with you!

[@annettewalter2273]

Chris, admire your back to nature simple down to earth rural residence 🤣🤣🤣🤣 lots of fresh air. Ha ha. Some of those homes had some beautiful views. So sad.

[@karlgarnett7445]

I think the word your looking for is Cobb and still used today as it easly fixable and supper warm to live in.

[@suzyq8134]

Hi from Australia, Norm! I truly love the colabs you do with Chris! You guys make an entertaining team!

[@クリス1970]

A great video with Tokyo Lens and Abroad in Japan.

[@TheBaldr]

Strawberry Jam in Shibuya. Really nice.

[@Diego-ye2os]

10:43 best part

[@pozzo6828]

Loved the video. More! Love blueberry jam, strawberry jam...

[@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi]

spiders in japan wouldnt worry me, maybe cuz im australian. But id imagine before a japanese spider bites you they say sorry.

[@l.c.8475]

That car was chihiro's family coming back from being spirited away

[@sadasdasda6978]

i absolutely love oneshot vlog like this! good stuff

[@josakura]

My favourite collab!