Grilling Sweetfish with the Irori Fireplace For The First Time

[@johnthe6629]

You are blessed with wonderful neighbors..

[@onnasun8122]

Good to see you back, the aerial views are beautiful. The wall at your friend's house is awesome!

[@Ryunohara]

Thanks for watching!

[@debbiecurtis4021]

You could plant Japanese Azalea, cherry, and maples on the slopping grass area, it would make a beautiful scene from the road to welcome guests every season.

[@misssometing]

Autumn in Ryujinmura looks so niceeeeeeeeee

[@Ryunohara]

🍂🍁🍂🍁

[@debbiecurtis4021]

Awaji Shima is the large island between Shikoku and Honshu. It's famous for onions. You can get there by ferry I believe. I went there once in 1995.

[@baang76]

I was looking for video about Irori and Jizai Kagi, and stumbled upon yours. I watched the previous episode where you documented the installation process. It was so peaceful and full of old wisdom. I heard you speak Japanese with Mr. and Mrs. Okuno, and I thought it must be another "Peaceful Cuisine" like channel. But then suddenly, eyhhh..Singlish? Anyway, when the time is right, thinking of visiting this farm-to-table cafe. Keep up the good work!

[@Ryunohara]

Thanks! Glad you found the video interesting.

[@roxanaemanuela6668]

Great, it’s 9 a.m. and now I’m craving charcoal-grilled fish and rice with egg. 🥺 I think Ryujinmura is beautiful in all seasons but autumn 🍂 really looks good on it. Very nice and nostalgic pairing of music and the landscape shots. You bet we can’t wait to come back to Japan and we’ll drop in on you. I think you were right when you said a few months ago “not likely before fall ‘22” but we’re shooting for it. Greetings to everyone and cuddles to Mori-san.

[@Ryunohara]

Hehe you can have all the egg-on-rice you want when you come. Japan just opened its doors to students and business travellers but not tourists - hopefully soon!

[@roxanaemanuela6668]

Obviously I need to find some business to do in Japan.😆 Slowly, slowly, maybe we’ll be back next year.

[@robertoquinonez6102]

Gracias por tan buena información/thanks for such a good information I do like to visit your place as a volunteer and been around the irori for a cup or tea with your company and learn more about Japan’s fulgiré Mi nombre es Roberto from Mexico

[@debbiecurtis4021]

Do you film the aerial shots yourself? What drone and camera do you use? Beautiful aerial shots, and well edited.

[@Ryunohara]

Yes, I use a DJI Mavic Pro 2 to film the drone shots.

[@ericUtr]

Try a traditional scythe too ;)

[@seeker599]

Haii. There some mic device using bluetooth if im not mistake, that you can hang it on your shirt when you far away from your camera. So we can hear you speak. Hehe

[@Ryunohara]

Would love to get one - no funds for that right now 😅

[@froggy2519]

❤

[@calypsomatraville7447]

Love your video. Does the smoke from charcoal and cooking smell go all over the house? I notice there's no ventilation pipe so how does that work? I'm thinking of using something like irori to heat my cold house

[@Ryunohara]

Hello! I shut the doors so that the smoke doesn’t go into the other rooms but the idea behind this design is that the smoke goes up the roof and smokes the thatch to keep it 1. dry 2. free of wasps, rodents, etc. The irori doesn’t warm up a house because the heat dissipates quite easily. Better to use a proper wood stove for that purpose? Iroris are fun to have but using them on a daily basis could cause respiratory problems in the long run.

[@tompabompa]

Hello from Sweden! I don’t understand how it’s possible to have the Irori so close to the Tatami…? Does it not cache fire?😮

[@Ryunohara]

It can! It’s an absolute fire hazard so I watch the fire very closely when I use the irori. It doesn’t catch fire as easily as you think it might though, and the irori was built with clay, stone and lots of cement so there is almost no direct transfer of heat.

[@cymbolic_space1832]

so you dont take the stomach and guts out of the fish and eat the whole thing just like this? amazing. I must try that with small river trout here in canada. sometimes their stomachs have rocks and insects in them so it might taste awful haha! Also, maybe you can tell me a website that i can buy socks and sandals like yours? I tried to find tabi socks here in north america but couldnt find anything nice and made of wool.

[@Ryunohara]

Hello! Ayu can be eaten whole if they are fished from clean rivers (clear water). They eat only moss so they don’t come with insects! I wouldn’t recommend eating trout whole. As for the socks I normally buy them at a hardware store that doesn’t have an online shop. Tabi socks are quite rare these days even in Japan. Tabi shoes and socks can be purchased on this website: tabiji.co.jp/en (I’m not related to that website in any way nor have I purchased things from them; they just happen to be the first thing that appeared when I Googled for tabi shoes.)

[@cymbolic_space1832]

@@Ryunohara thanks for all the answers! knowing those fish eat only moss makes a lot of sense, i certainly wont be eating whole trout haha. and thanks for the link as well 😊

[@debbiecurtis4021]

Does the village's name mean Dragon Shine Village?

[@Ryunohara]

It means Dragon God Village

[@debbiecurtis4021]

Can you grow wasabi and bamboo shoots in Ryojimura?

[@Ryunohara]

Wasabi can be found wild nearby springs and bamboo is everywhere!

[@missyrabbit5250]

what is the bamboo rod that holds the water kettle called? It sometimes has a wooden fish on it?

[@Ryunohara]

It’s a metal rod often hidden by a bamboo sheath, and it’s called a jizaigake (freely-adjustable hook) because it can move up and down. The fish, in any material, is a reminder to be careful with fire (fish live in water and water puts out fires).

[@missyrabbit5250]

@@Ryunohara what is the entire thing called (fish, rod and hook)? Is the whole thing called a jizaigake? I loved the architecture

[@Ryunohara]

@@missyrabbit5250 yep the whole thing is a jizaigake

[@missyrabbit5250]

@@Ryunohara thank you

[@curiousnomadic]

15:39 You don't clean the innards out?

[@Ryunohara]

Hi I did, gutted them after squeezing the poop out first. However the innards are edible if the fish is cooked throughly and are considered a delicacy.

[@curiousnomadic]

@@Ryunohara Strange it is one of the few fish they actually cook.

[@debbiecurtis4021]

The white stuff from the fish isn't milk. I'll leave it to your imagination what it really is. 😉

[@rlee024]

... fishing video soon? 😂

[@Ryunohara]

I feel bad hurting the fish with hooks so no fishing sorry 🐟

[@debbiecurtis4021]

Don't drink milk with kaki