This Man Lives in an Abandoned Japanese School

[@TokyoLens]

*** *PART 2 IS UP NOW*!! *** : kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqiqqWeijbmKnNk ---- *HOW does he live there? Why was there even a school there??* Or check out the 2 days spent here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHSZc6RjbaaHitk Would you spend the night at this school? Let me know what you think!

[@gaijinpete]

Tokyo Lens absolutely would spend the night there

[@JDPrimeShots]

Definitely! Planning on it tbh when I possibly go Japan for my internship next year.

[@stephenlunt342]

I thought the guy who owned/lived there really made the place what it is. Home made coffee, yes please!. He could do with making a local mini festival there.

[@katylibarnes9393]

With a group of people, yes. Though i don't think I can stay there alone. I am curious and would like to know more of Yo-chan's story especially how he ended up having an abondoned school as his home.

[@marcusa3177]

Better question: can someone stay long-term-ish there, then maybe do a bit of work to offset rent a bit? Idk... help clean up the place before office starts, bartend during the afternoon/evenings, etc etc for three months? It looks like a primo remote coworking space with the real estate for chill after-work activities (sports, campfire nomikai, and astrophotography comes to mind) and an environment that allows knowledge workers to easily get in the zone and stay there. Nothing like nature right outside your window to get you in the right headspace to write code the whole day

[@AbroadinJapan]

Shikoku's answer to Natsuki! What an absolute legend!

[@RenerDeCastro]

It's Dave in Japan!

[@TokyoLens]

Lol a legend of legends~

[@desuwa1994]

Ah, but are you running away from a CGI plane crash

[@JamezGrimm]

Yeah, but Natsuki plays guitar... they should form a band 😱😱

[@thewagid]

we need a collab people!

[@atiq.r]

“This man never left primary school” would have been a nice touch.

[@josealmeida5768]

My nightmare. Really, i till now dont like not even to pass in front of any of the schools i did study. School for me was my prision, my nightmare.

[@artisticyeti22]

Lol

[@horizonariondust576]

@@josealmeida5768 Well i am probably one of the few people to like going back to school then 😂 not because the studying ofc

[@Josua_Nel]

nice one hahah

[@sarahm390]

@@josealmeida5768 same. just the thought of school makes me want to vomit

[@RayMak]

Schools are notorious for spirits in Japan... But this guy is living the life!

[@Silver-Arrow]

ghosts probably love his coffee

[@wayne02058]

The spirit of ecstasy

[@igetqt5128]

YOURE HERE AGAIN?! 😂😂😂

[@iliketosleep10hrsaday.54]

@Ray Mak AAHHH!!! I use to watch your videos when I was in middle school! I’m 24 now xD Hope your doing well

[@kanrooihumera710]

@Chuck Fucking Santos 69% Japanese people practice shintoism, so they believe in spirit and such

[@tetrahedron4990]

he's that cool uncle you wanna visit to get away from the noisy cities

[@ewwgreengoo8931]

Honestly this dude is the best. He knows how to live life to the fullest

[@celestinasin8149]

at least he isn’t slaving his life away being a salaryman. he found his happiness and he pursues his passion. truly happy for him. and offering some rooms as a hostel was a good idea

[@chrisshotwell4442]

Your profile picture made me think I had a hair stuck to my monitor.

[@isaacwilcox3010]

@@chrisshotwell4442 That’s the point.

[@C-Handle]

Facts. Why be a salaryman when you can be a TikTok'er or streamer.

[@qq-st9xo]

@@C-Handle probably because not everyone gets a ton of audiences

[@erachmah]

This hair! Hahahahhah

[@vustvaleo8068]

the school is basically now a huge mansion for him.

[@bevynb]

funnily enough, the Japanese language also uses the word mansion ("manshaan"), but it means an efficiency apartment rather than a huge house

[@kizuato2073]

@@thundergun933 realx

[@Crim_Zen]

@@bevynb Ya that always threw me off when people I talk to mention their apartment, calling it a mansion.

[@bevynb]

@@thundergun933 it's ok. nice to meet you, Hetero Sorry

[@MinotaurvsCyclops]

@@bevynb Same as Thai, mansion means an apartment. Usually it'll be an older apartment.

[@warriorbard]

The man is living like a king especially in terms of housing space.

[@JimJudoka]

Especially how apartments are usually so small in japan!

[@TSPH1992]

He has his own studio and roasts his own coffee. That's a real man right there

[@JD.727]

It wouldn't feel creepy at night because it's not abandoned anymore. It's filled with the positive, creative energy of a man who loves the space. 😊 I wish I could go and stay one day, hear his music, see the mountains and make art.

[@VANTARTS]

DIESOFCRINGE

[@JD.727]

@@VANTARTS RIP

[@HorseCritter]

I mean it woukd be lovely in the day but imagine its like 2am and you gotta take a piss and there are no lights on

[@HorseCritter]

@KillThrottle those things are from a lack of running water / technical constraints though right?

[@samuricexful]

IDK, those halls still look abandoned and creepy AF.

[@CircleWilliams]

He basically has his own secluded retirement mansion. His own cafe, art room, and gym.

[@The_Man_Who_Sold_the_World.]

Ikr, it's so schway!

[@animeandgamingczc7091]

With plenty of company 🤫😂😏

[@abstract0407]

And haunted house

[@abstract0407]

Or should I say school

[@squiggs1002]

but is it actually his? The local government could decide to kick him out at any time?

[@jacksonmacnevin6155]

This guy is basically living in a studio Ghibli movie

[@Kuroki883]

Jackson MacNevin YES

[@kostasdrakakis8386]

Looks like a mansion from the drone shoot

[@deleted_215]

Where’s the issue in that?

[@worlddomination4840]

Or a Japanese horror game...The Japanese female student ghost must be waiting for him on the stairs at 3am

[@vexiledrobotics3666]

You have said what my mind had said

[@gracetamayo]

Its amazing how he lives so far from people yet his demeanor or aura feels a little different from the people who usually likes to be alone. He still has this warm aura around him and how he talks.

[@notatallheng]

He plays in a band, so presumably he interacts with his bandmates on a regular basis...

[@jf8461]

There are people nearby, just not many.

[@jf8461]

@@notatallheng And he sells coffee in a stand in town.

[@tameriz1280]

And he hangs out with school's ghosts

[@RichtorGroude1828]

thats the difference between being lonely and alone. you can easily be one without the other

[@wy4553]

This man is the perfect example that you can be alone without feeling lonely.

[@philipkay8372]

That coffee room looks like the most chill cafe. Guy has a touch for coffee and vibes... seems so peaceful

[@austinadams9464]

I can already hear the Lo Fi

[@spooz]

He's not just living there, he's thriving and he's having a blast I'm actually jealous wtf

[@serrano0.l63]

Exactly! He's in a remote place. Nature is around him and he can see the stars so clearly. If he really wanted to, he could grow his own fruits and vegetables.He plays his drums as loud as he can. In other words, he has made the perfect home.

[@Crim_Zen]

And he's even making some money off it. His band can practice all they want, and he rents out some space to visitiors... he can even sell them coffee from his cafe.

[@nickv1212]

@@serrano0.l63 They say music can help plants grow. That guy should start wailing on those drums in a garden.

[@Isatino]

I envy him, big ass house in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by nature and a wonderful mountain view, able to gaze upon the starry skies that people in the city never get to witness including myself, and not being terrified at all living all alone. That's apex vibin' right there

[@nusashy]

Me too I envy him

[@y.suhendraprimadiesel3219]

Yeahh..ghost and ghoul also live in there..hihihihihi....ozhzhzhzhzhzhz....00.00 until 03.00 , well ..how about that?

[@baszil]

Ikr

[@MNMNT_OG]

@@y.suhendraprimadiesel3219 if you just accept their presence and let them coexist with you, I think it should be fine and actually quite fascinating (if you believe in it)

[@y.suhendraprimadiesel3219]

@@MNMNT_OG well .. well, talk about coexists, I will tell you story, the experience, I hope you enjoy reading this friend, this is real and not made up, back then when I was working as a supervisor, at a mining company, I worked nights with an excavator operator, on duty Doing land clearing in a forest, at work we were hit by night shifts, well everything went smoothly I sat in the car watching the friend work, and the night was getting late, it was 1.30 am, suddenly the excavator unit suddenly turn off ,and could not be turned on, what happened, then the operator friend came out and tried to find out what the problem was, we both climbed back to the engine compartment,we find out what the problem is, all we check there is no problem, i try to remove the injector, and clean it, all fine. then I ordered the operator friend to return to the cockpit to start the engine, and to my surprise the friend suddenly shouted loudly, then he was frightened and roared, he saw a woman standing right in front of the cockpit, with loose hair, silent, staring, and then suddenly disappeared, and strangely the excavator engine could restart, since that night the next day the friend was sick, and did not know what kind of sick is that, and he stopped working , resign ... what do you think about that ?until now, even writing this experience, made me goosebumps, brrrrrrr..tf

[@silverstringsgia]

I live in Switzerland and I always wanted to live in Japan, but then I realized that a lot of people would like to live in Switzerland too. Sometimes you just forget that the beauty that you search might just be where you are right now.

[@1whitkat]

What a lovely thought, thank you for the reminder.

[@samuraijosh1595]

@@1whitkat Japan with a conservative government makes it easier to immigrate than Switzerland.

[@Lukavichiano]

I agree. But also, as someone who comes from a beautiful country (Australia) and has lived in several different countries, it's not just different landscapes, but also different cultures and ways of living that I want to experience :)

[@silverstringsgia]

@@Lukavichiano true that

[@profiliskolai3272]

Makes sense switzerland is beautiful but all I have is these costum forests in lowland areas and ugly gypsy houses with barely any snow in winter

[@panchonorthmann6408]

I'm irrationally jealous of this dude. He actually pulls off the effortless "cool slacker" vibe, while probably being super dedicated and regimented.

[@boboloon]

He's the cool uncle everyone whishes they had.

[@killthemwithfirelol]

He's clearly not slacking at all, he's just not needlessly driving himself for everyone's sake but his own, like before.

[@justnot5401]

​@@boboloon Ougi Oshino's cool uncle

[@LordMoldyButt18]

This guy has to run whole hallways after he turns off the lights to get back to his room

[@conchetumareweon2691]

He just does the Naruto run and gets there in a blink

[@nikkijaneine558]

omfg, this is hilarious HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[@requiem165]

Off*

[@LordMoldyButt18]

@@requiem165 thank you kind citizen

[@kiizoo9265]

I'd piss myself from doing this

[@lordpersius0322]

Imagine you are travelling through the forest and you end up at this abandoned school in the middle of nowhere, you enter and you find a man making coffee in an empty bar, he offers you a cup and begins to tell you strange stories of his life. Doesn't this sound like something studio Ghibli would do?

[@cheesse9yearsand]

There an anime like that came out 3 years ago but was a cafe

[@lordpersius0322]

@@cheesse9yearsand name?

[@cheesse9yearsand]

@@lordpersius0322 it's in my list of 3000animes may. May Take a while

[@lordpersius0322]

@@cheesse9yearsand yo, if u can find it I really appreciate 🙏

[@cheesse9yearsand]

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[@Hana-qm3jc]

I'm quite jealous of this man. Living peacefully in surrounded by nature sounds like a dream to me.

[@zensenpai6669]

This guy is literally a Studio Ghibli protagonist.

[@TotallyAGoblin]

Can imagine the plot. Musician that lost his muse moves to an abandoned school as a care taker where he struggles to find inspiration. Slowly his music rouses the spirits of the mountain and the spirits begin sneaking into the school to listen to him. Someone from the town possibly a love interest tells him their childhood stories of singing to the mountain spirits in a long held tradition that was forgotten once the school was abandoned, and how the mountains sang back... but not any more... Slowly the spirits begin visiting enmasse to listen to him at first he's scared but soon comes to love them even bringing the love interest to see them and play music together. Then a business man with the land owner show up! They're going to expand the road and put in a resort hotel!? He needs to come up with the money to buy the land and protect the mountain spirits! He's losing hope but in his desperation he creates a masterpiece. Still it couldn't possible save the spirits so he does what he can to say farewell and goes to the roof top to play them his last song... as he does the forest comes to life as spirits of all kinds awaken to listen with the music echoing out and singing back in turn. The towns people down the road come out to stare in wonder, remembering their days as school children playing and singing with the spirits. The love interest appears on the roof revealing to be a guardian spirit of the mountain and thanks him for awakening the valley and reminding the towns people why they protected the mountain. Then she dissipates on the wind still singing along in a haunting echo through the mountain valley. The next day when the business man shows up, the whole town is there to protest the hotel, and have pooled their money to buy the land and keep it protected. Lots of tears and hugging. The musician tries to find his love interest among the crowd, though when he asks her parents they seem confused stating they did not have any children seemingly forgetting about her. That night, as he sits on the school rooftop mourning the loss of his new found love... he plays his masterpiece again... and as he does the mountains sing it back to him in her voice, while spirits flit through the mountain valley singing and dancing. It'd be called like Valley of Song or something

[@oliverdelica2289]

@@TotallyAGoblin Miyazaki-sensei is that you?

[@katycasona9286]

@@TotallyAGoblin that's absolutely beautiful ✨

[@wavetech_]

@@TotallyAGoblin good job man! I could write music for you hehe

[@margaux951]

@@TotallyAGoblin yeeaahhhh 😀

[@megamcee]

I can't even imagine going to that school. Going up that winding road on a bike and see the school appear between the trees. Pure serenity.

[@gaijinpete]

SilverNiKr my current school (jhs) isn’t quite as rural, but definitely up a steep winding road, beautiful place

[@ohlawd6763]

Its crazy, right? I've heard that something like 90% of all Japanese people live in the cities. Meanwhile here I am born and raised on a farm going "Damn, they're crazy not to live out there. Its beautiful."

[@thuranz2773]

Or something out of a horror movie...

[@Cyberdyne_research]

Imagine blasting down that road on a mountain bike

[@SheeplessNW6]

Imagine it in the winter

[@MionMikan]

Plot twist: This dude is actually the spirit that is haunting the school. The cameraman and his crew were hanging out with a ghost the entire time.

[@akmalfarhan25]

Boring joke

[@devaxionrl8189]

True

[@siliconepeach809]

@@akmalfarhan25 eh, jokes are subjective

[@zakari7-one-1]

Even further plot twist, the camera crew are also dead they just dont know it and hes introducing them to the afterlife

[@neayne1865]

@@akmalfarhan25 boomer

[@catmanh2o257]

I love how he’s able to just drum to his heart’s content. As a drummer, it’s not easy being able to do that. Especially if you live with/around other people. What a baller

[@yoheiyo-chanaokilabo7952]

Thank you again for your amazing works Norm!! Hello This is Yohei. I'm really surprising so many viewers interested in this creepy and weird lifestyle lol, and actually I wanted to reply some interesting comments but I've got no time to do that for each comments, kinda busy recently so I put a little bit of that here. I guess it's gonna be long sentences but if you're interested in, hope you'll check it. This lifestyle and business has become so natural to me (like a "Sennin" style = Hermit) but I think about it calmly, that's also natural thing that people think this isn't normal life...and yes, I've really wanted to live like this for a long time, especially building my own studio in the middle-of-great-nature-and-no-one-disturbing-me kinda environment to create some good music out there with my mates, my own basement. Actually it's complicated to explain how I run this business here, if I have some opportunities and timing in the future, this subject will be cleared, maybe. That's kinda interesting process, and I'm not the only one to start and run this business. But usually, I live and manage this business alone mainly. Anyway, for now enjoy this weird person and beautiful environment of great Iya-Valley where the beautiful region of Japan you gotta dig. I'm so lucky to get this situation actually, but it's so hard and tough things to do this business and the lifestyle. I want to dig deep and share some kind of things that you may be interested in, from my deep forest and tucked in the mountain school basement. It's so funny to read your each comments and really appreciate it, This is gonna be my motivation to make some good works!! yea, comments like... -feel some kinda Japanimation like Ghibli(I love it), or Monogatari series Oshino Meme vibes(I like this series actually) and something like that -He's like a school guardian or he's...ghost? is he really exist? I'm writing this comment by my PC with high speed internet right now!!!!!!(yes I'm kinda internet guy. love to watch YT or other streaming site) -you feel so scary at night to go to the toilet or shower room,right??? Never. Because I can play drums at 3am in the morning, I'm happy and that's everything to me. -This guy already has a shelter after zombie apocalypse occurred. That's interesting point and I love this kinda comments to get some inspiration... By the way it's kinda funny things but sometimes I think about that, if that happened, I finally survive that situation and I realize no one answer my phone or messages and I feel kinda strange...and then I hear the door knocks really hard......What the hell is going on out there, why? no one answer my contact and...I see the zombies out there and see them reaching in to my room here....Now I've got no enough weapons or equipment to fight them and when I realized I naturally grab my guitar or bass on my hands and hit their head hard. This is actually I imagine about, sometimes, to get some inspiration lol There're so many nice comments out there of cause, I'm really glad to read all of your comments. If you've read this everything I wrote here, You're my friend!! And please subscribe my YT channel and Instagram(there's a link on part 2 movie), I haven't upload enough so far but I'll make some good music(and release officially when it's done, or introduce environment around here footage. I really appreciate that many viewers contact me to hear some of my music and like gimme some more of it!!, or overseas shipment service of my coffee already so far!! I'm sure I'd like to do something like that. Thank you all.

[@0111mango]

You're living my dream life! This truly inspired me!

[@CityWalksLondonVlog]

Thank you for the long comment this is a great video, so inspiring I wish I could do the same... so glad you are into coffee and music, next time I travel to Japan I would love to visit... all the best in your ventures, Just subscribed to your channel.🙏🙏💖💖enjoy the freedom...!!!

[@Archclasher27]

Subbed!

[@xSkwintz]

You’re living the dream! Don’t think it’s weird at all. I would give up everything to live the way you are.

[@wilbertgiovanni]

Hey , you need friends up there? Gladly will reset my life right now , or maybe wait till 10 more years after I learned how to cook , so I can cook for us

[@br0ken_stew]

The ghosts after the drum solo: 😮👏

[@mrpeace9836]

When he mentioned his band was he referring to the ghosts?😂😂

[@Gajeboname]

lmao

[@Laxman-el7nn]

@@mrpeace9836 graveyard to raveyard

[@mrpeace9836]

@@Laxman-el7nn and they start doing coke and lsd😂

[@IvefoundthetruthonMay]

That was actually a pretty good piece of drumming.

[@FrameofTravel]

Definitely coming back during winter. This place was amazing and one of the major highlights for me during this trip.

[@nico5179]

How do u plan on coming back if there is a travel ban for all foreigners who want to travel to Japan, unless you live there already.

[@FrameofTravel]

@@nico5179 Uh... yeah... I live out here.

[@nico5179]

Frame of Travel Lucky son of a gun

[@lourdyvicente7343]

Luv ur channel! Voice is so relaxing.

[@FrameofTravel]

Erebus oh yeah. We totally ran in there like a zerg raid and TOLD him "brah, we be staying here. Lulz Hoap you dun mindzors" and claimed our ground. Now that, that is out of the way. We visited during the cafe hours. Hit it off as friends and he offered us a place to stay at the back of the hostel. We took him up on his kind gesture. This is something that I don't feel will be extended to just anyone. We were lucky in the circumstances. Hope this clears your questions.

[@kennylauderdale_en]

Yohei's Quiet Country Cafe

[@sasakelala3360]

is that the title of the new Ghibli movie? (no really...I would watch that)

[@abdulazizdemaitz3311]

@@sasakelala3360 no, thats an OVA anime (yokohama kadashi kikou quite country cafe)

[@Gr95dc]

Nice to see you here Kenny 😄

[@Liliarthan]

That series is so underrated. Wish it was longer. Maybe Yohei would release his version 😆

[@ToastieBRRRN]

Props to the guy for taking the courage in leaving his boring office job for something like this (must have been extra hard decision for to live in a society like Japan). Definitely made a better life choice that many of us could envy. Better wishes for the future.

[@joshuagoh1087]

Tbh I would be terrified of living in a giant building in the middle of nowhere alone

[@EnhancedTrashBin]

@@joshuagoh1087 Just don't watch horror movies and you're fine. Probably. Unless some burglar comes in

[@Guilherme78M]

@@EnhancedTrashBin yeah i live Alone and i found out that if i dont watch anything related to ghost or creepy stuff like that , then i will not even remember to be afraid, I Will Just go about my day and be fine, it was like that for a few months, then i decided to watch a really creepy video of a guy exploring a abandoned building that the people said it was hautend and stuff like that and for a few days after that i was a litle scared, or better, uneasy in my own house, imagining if there was something around the dark corner and stuff like that. My point: dont feed your mind with scary or creepy material or you will start being kinda scared and uneasy in places that are normal and safe.

[@francissantiago1047]

At least his safe from covid

[@EnhancedTrashBin]

@@Guilherme78M Well yeah, I used to watch horror movies as a kid with my brother and I could never sleep in the dark back then. I'd have to have all the lights on because anything in the shadow I just start imagining something watching me and it was the most terrifying thing. I think the one that really got me was the Grudge. That shit was the creepiest movie that I still remember that I cannot sleep under a blanket after watching that. Though now I don't do that since I don't have as a crazy imagination as a did as a kid and I don't watch horror movies anymore.

[@Dewkeeper]

Headcanon: That school is definitely haunted, but all the ghosts think he's such a chill guy that they are very careful to not spook him or any of his guests. My man calms the spirits by vibin'.

[@bezverhnyaya_e9354]

By making coffee for them

[@Pie-jacker875]

@@bezverhnyaya_e9354 alright now we just need a manga with that as the plot

[@lawwIiet]

i like this!

[@Zayashuku]

Agreed!✨

[@brunogagne459]

He playing good music the ghost whant to keep him

[@midhatfatima5643]

plot twist: he's friendly but a lonely ghost living in this building so that he gets to be friends with humans

[@christopherchedid1321]

Bet his band mates are ghouls that regularly come to keep him company

[@GenkiGirl12]

I can imagine this as a manga/anime or light novel where he opens a cafe for mountain gods and yokai who come there to drink coffee and listen to modern music and experience modern human life styles without the need to go into the city and hilarity ensues.

[@federicoalfero9287]

I would read the shit out of that.

[@kyruula6567]

@@federicoalfero9287 freaking same!

[@dney2250]

Sounds awsome!

[@landscapedetective4064]

Possible title: Coffeehouse of the Gods

[@__hulyen]

someone pls write this ❤️❤️

[@serrano0.l63]

He can see the stars clearly. I envy him for that.

[@demonfox560]

This man turn a school into his own personal mansion.

[@magnumopiss244]

You Wish yes quite

[@n-silvabts9178]

So true.

[@icd727]

imagine the smell of that place in the morning 💕💕💕 morning dew from the forest + coffee roasts

[@holybangcats2665]

But when turns to night......damn its still creepy for me😖😖

[@jus0402]

I’ve seen lots of abandoned schools in Japan and its the first time I’ve seen someone living in it and not to mention all alone 😐 ghost or no ghost, that is one brave individual. Literally and Figuratively.

[@diavoloalexander485]

Some dudes: Tonight we gonna investigate this abandoned elementary school to see if there is any ghost activity around. *start* *hearing* *drum* *solo*

[@ambukfx7348]

Hahah shit

[@mrloverman2.0]

*RUN* tenenenenenenen...

[@RandmAnimal]

*WRONG SCHOOL FOOL*

[@tkcaapi2876]

😄😁😆😆😆😆🤣😂

[@TheBritishDJ]

Angel Beats

[@lloydmorganmoore7810]

This is so cool to see, I visited here in 2018 after spotting it randomly on Google Maps when driving around the Iya Valley. It's a beautiful place and we had an excellent pizza at that cafe!

[@caaryu9352]

Plot twist: he was a ghost and everything was an illusion

[@vexiledrobotics3666]

Damn

[@aprilzane-hb9jo]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ShinkuGouki]

He goes back and locals tell him "no one has been allowed into the building for 25 years" 😯😯😯

[@timhosler6759]

Plot twist : Your a ghost and KZbin is your illusion 👻

[@sudirman2646]

😭

[@foxashock6161]

This guy could literally renovate the whole building and turn it into a hotel. He's living the life!

[@JamesTheTurnbull]

I wonder how many ghost stories are made about the place because of this guy

[@meh4062]

At night you can hear loud music.. scary

[@penguins0301]

Yeah , and u with your fellas decide to go exploring this school at night . When everything's gone stressful, u guys find out a harmless and kind man is infatuated in his music .

[@SaintSarcasm]

@@penguins0301 whole time it was the ghost of a janitor

[@nnnarci]

HieuDang and he served u coffee 😂

[@senimanbahadur6811]

I was sitting and suddenly have to paid for a cup of coffee. Scared as fuc*

[@donde6961]

“While abandoned, the building is in a good shape”. Well, let’s just say the school buildings in my country CAN’T relate.

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

"While still in use, they should be demolished" would fit mine's.

[@yazyaz2969]

"While still in use, the building collapse", that's what happened to schools in rural areas in my country.

[@kaibotski4939]

They are in bad shape because it's overused maybe? Just kick out all the kids, problem solved.

[@bluevanga30]

"While still demolished, they're in use". the schools in my hometown

[@adonisfernandez3425]

In my country some schools work 8 hours a day without a functional bathroom.

[@famweii]

He singlehandedly made this school such a cool place, the ghosts respect him enough to not spook him.

[@shogo-100]

The ghosts are enjoying it more than ever in their "lives"

[@jinjinjinrou]

It's about energy really. He is happy with his life and state of being that he emits good energy around him, which in turn grants a positive and peaceful atmosphere to his surroundings. That is why haunted areas are usually in depressing places.

[@igorz3551]

@@jinjinjinrou so ur telling me there's ghosts in me

[@jinjinjinrou]

@@igorz3551 you are a skeleton inside a mass of flesh, piloted by a ghost. Yes.

[@igorz3551]

@@jinjinjinrou but what if my ghost js also depressed? 🥺

[@RShakes]

I truly feel like Yo~Chan has it figured out. What an incredible way to live! I love his just casual "want to hang out for the day?" and "I'm going to go do this thing, want to come?" kind of spontaneous but chill personality.

[@ApostolicGrandma]

Kudos to him. Running a business, keeping busy, refurbishing something old and making it useful. Love!!!!

[@mochi4926]

This dude is the epitome of the phrase "just go with it." I feel like I need to take a lesson from this guy on how to just kick back and vibe. I really dig how he just decided he wasn't happy and then found a place where he could build a space that makes him happy.

[@da_pawz]

yeah, I think his life is not bad at all. So peaceful...

[@heckinmemes6430]

That building just seems happy to have people around again.

[@Myrtillepeacherry]

Sir-

[@ridhosamudro2199]

Buildings in general doesn't like to being abandoned

[@ManongAnt2]

Bro I wanna like your comment but it has 420 likes

[@BlightVonDrake]

Can't lie. Yo-chan's basically living my dream. Like, I've always loved school buildings, and I'd love to be able to make a living space out of one like this. I hope for the best for Yo-chan!

[@Nava4Gamingz]

Strangely, He looks more happy than most Japanese Guy. Look at His Face.

[@huynhngocnamgiang]

Exactly what I thought too!

[@akirebara]

Yeah, that's the face of contentment. I wonder what he looked like when he had that office job that was "eating him away". I envy him (I have an office job that's gnawing at my soul a little bit but I need to save up some more money before I can do what he did).

[@shadowflare0269]

Well as you know, japan have workaholic culture, and it makes people stress and stuff, and this man is free from it and do what he wants now in that school

[@huynhngocnamgiang]

@@shadowflare0269 aka peer pressure

[@ikubarus.6966]

Japanese society always pressures others heavily. Thats why he looks happy alone

[@paullutze9307]

He’s gonna be one chill ghost once he’s haunting that building

[@azurecorviknight4189]

The new urban legend: Harmless Lad Harmless Lad is a ghost who has a extremely strong sense of Coffee Beans, although he looks creepy, he's actually quite Friendly.

[@qwirky1709]

Though he might not haunt at all. He seems like the kind of guy who would be at peace, y’know?

[@die444luve]

Qwirky Ghost can be at peace and still haunt somewhere. Haunting isn't alway creepy or scary.

[@Abdega]

How do you know he’s not one already?

[@d.n5287]

People who visit the mansion have reported smelling roasted coffee beans despite the cafe being long closed and at 4am drums can be heard being played despite the old studio being shutdown

[@gregorylifanov8067]

Fresh mountain air, plenty of space, jams, and plenty of coffee. This dude won life.

[@krayzieegg7294]

Ive always imagined living in this kind of places. Schools, warehouses, etc so long its in good condition and hasnt been vandalized and little to no crimes and japan is such a perfect place for this dream. Man that is the ultimate man house

[@matthewwright9143]

A guy living alone in an abandoned school in the mountain sounds like your typical slice-of-life anime.

[@kingket4]

Watch Japan make an anime out of this when they start running out of ideas coffee shop school and yokai

[@TheCrayonStealer1]

Go outside

[@MajorNyberg]

@@TheCrayonStealer1 So you can watch even more anime afterwards?

[@berlinglasgow4942]

And it’s a coffee shop too

[@Max-pk4hs]

Just no anime girl

[@MeltedMath]

That guy truly flourished. His happiness is contagious. I feel happy just by watching him explain the perks of this place/region.

[@gekotagirl]

It seems weird but imagine turning all the classrooms into bedrooms and having a huge kitchen, dining room, gaming room, several bsthrooms and so much more! This is basically a mansion.

[@JohnDoe-wx2oo]

For free.

[@pranavkumbhar725]

Maintaining will be expensive and time consuming

[@mechamach8873]

@@pranavkumbhar725 He has the property to make a unique hotel experience and that could fund maintainance as well as be a second source of income. And personally, I'd enjoy the process of cleaning each and every room, and then personally hand renovating the place. Would be a fun but large scale project you could work on with friends, as if it was a school thing.

[@brandonhilton5103]

My friend owns a school, and this is what he has done with it

[@lemonke5341]

@@mechamach8873 ye wow go do it yourself

[@Forrealsyall]

I rewatch these videos from time to time just because they have such an amazing atmosphere to them. It puts me in a mood that I have a hard time describing but I really enjoy it. Something about how the video is made makes me feel like I’m also there, experiencing it myself.

[@noof666]

This man is not scared of ghost, the ghost scared of him

[@sarahm390]

JSKAJAKJSKAKAKS

[@nyxlle]

Ian Noof who wouldn’t tho, he took over a whole school

[@hitsurapapel1978]

The ghosts like him as company

[@bimokoro3841]

The ghost was just like A yo man wassup? Practicing the drums bro

[@yedijajodyaditya1403]

No, this man is not trapped in a school with ghosts, but ghosts are trapped in a school with this man.

[@PPandaPete]

Imagine he has kids which get homeschooled. That's a normal school then.

[@hilda4961]

Hahah makes sense

[@thecaprikid1329]

Brilliant comment lol

[@mayagami1909]

😮🤯🤯🤯

[@isaacgraff8288]

Schooled at home which is a school, both home schooled and schooled home?

[@RuSosan]

That actually made me chuckle. It's way funnier than it should be. 😆

[@bornana269]

My school building, which hasn’t been abandoned at all, looks more abandoned than this building...

[@liviawong6928]

Yup. My school's been a cockroach and rodent nest for a while before I ever attended. Same goes for most of the surrounding schools.

[@piranhaplantX]

@Parking Lott nah, I've seen newly rebuilt schools look worse off than this after a year. It usually just happens in bad neighborhoods where both the kids and teachers don't really care.

[@krysxmoon]

Lol underrated comment

[@zm1786]

@Parking Lott it's more reflective of Japanese quality

[@gamemusiclovelove]

As fellow Japanese, I am grateful to be able to spend our life with nature. I am sure there are many abandoned places in the whole world, and it is important to create new living environments there.

[@davidporter2959]

Plot twist: He is actually a ghost himself wandering around the abandon school 😂

[@cerealkillo2813]

Dun dun dun...... and his a vampire ahahahaha

[@अण्वायुवरीवर्त]

@@cerealkillo2813 I always read Dun Dun Dun as funny, sassy cat walking tone U should maybe write Dun! Dun! Daaan!

[@snorkosaurus]

call me Ghost-chan, everyone calls me dead ehm that

[@ikhsanhasbi657]

whoa. Shyamalan, calm down!

[@y0n_8]

Plot twist: he's actually a killer

[@XShadowPrincessXx]

There’s something really cool about living in an abandoned school that’s in the mountains

[@yourneighborhoodxenos]

My dad bought his old, countryside elementary school/gymnasium he went to in the American 60s. He's had it for over a decade now, and has fixed a lot of it. The schoolhouse is still there, and he wants to make an apartment out of it, and he lives in the quonset-shaped gym which is also his massive garage, while the classrooms (were only 4 in total, small school) were torn down and the concrete floor is now a large patio, partially covered. Our neighbor lives where the baseball diamond used to be, and his trailer is actually a school trailer they hauled out there in the 70s for extra room when another grade was added or something--back then, some classrooms were actually mobile trailers. We are almost certain the playground equipment is at the nearby County Forest Preserve started around when the school officially closed. Some of the land of which, my dad's family used to live on for a couple years when he went to the school he eventually bought.

[@BraddArock]

Damn id like to live there

[@1.8bviewsbecauseimflexingm26]

No you dont

[@yourneighborhoodxenos]

@You Wish no heating or AC that doesn't have wheels and plug into the wall. The gym also is slightly cooler in summer and warmer in winter than the outside. The rooms are all built inside of the old gymnasium, where locker rooms and bathrooms and the office were. Gym isn't cooled or heated at all, and the others are on a by-room basis. And it isn't expensive. His electric bill isn't bad at all, but normal, and probably not even near the worst in the county.

[@SuspensefullNoodle]

Narrator: He lives completely alone Ghosts: Haha look! We're gonna be on KZbin!

[@debbieh6684]

Not for long!

[@pemadechen1949]

😂😂

[@bkool24]

I used to teach in a school like this in the mountains of Japan. The school was surrounded by mountains on 3 sides and faced the ocean. One year we only had 6 students, including only 1 new first grader. The next year, the student body doubled because we had 6 new first graders. I loved that job.

[@eisb.24]

Sounds like the anime Non non biyori

[@bkool24]

@@eisb.24 just looked it up. yeah, you're right!

[@yeww.3099]

Bet you must have had a wonderful memory about that. I also dream to do something like that but never have the courage.

[@lucieleairth]

Wow amazing ^^ what town was that if I may ask ?

[@bkool24]

@@lucieleairth It was the town of Mikisato belonging to the wider Owase City in Mie Prefecture :)

[@fallingbed1]

I read too many horror mangas, I would just say nah and sleep on the streets 🤣

[@aricris372]

Sad thing is streets are far more dangerous than ghosts.

[@cosmicegg1283]

Bruh u again

[@blairerimmer7107]

much safer yeh

[@khadijakhatun3907]

Me too

[@saralee3450]

Those streets are scary AF as well

[@mellchiril]

This man looks quite charistmatic. I suppose it has something to do with his change of surroundings, and the fact that he can live his own life the way he wants, but he seems far more open, friendly, and welcoming than most Japanese people I've seen on video so far (with possible exception of Natsuki over on the abroad in Japan channel). Interestingly both of them have a more eccentric lifestyle in a way.

[@jennifer9084]

This felt so whimsical like hes living the best life and enjoying the little things.

[@yawn4983]

This guy truly is the protagonist of our world 751 likes😱😱😱, nice

[@chitrikart2328]

Yoo~~ chan

[@jaywaypeeeasassybaka3184]

That was deep

[@TSPH1992]

He even roasts his own coffee beans. That's dedication

[@MsTemptation]

That area is so beautiful. It’s so lush and green. The night sky is wonderful.

[@tophue7051]

This man has taken "It's free real estate" to the next level

[@AQWorldsRay]

Stories like this are nothing short of incredible, and you do it justice, every. single. time. Question I've been wondering: So does he own that property, if so he has electricity, does his mail get delivered to the school or put in a community mail box somewhere? I wonder how all those little intricacies work when living in a former abandoned property in Japan! ~Cal

[@lynda.grace.14]

Good questions. I had them as well. If answers are possible I'd love to hear.

[@Strafer66]

I wondered also about electricity. The bills must be high

[@giancork1656]

Plenty of electricity there. The school is also a bit of a community hub. If I remember correctly there are a climbing wall, a massage place, the cafe (greaaaat coffee and food), the hostel rooms and one more activity which I can recollect. A friend's of his owns the coffee business and has a couple of other places. He works there and gets to stay there rent free in top of it. I believe the school building is still own by the local municipality. A fantastic, quiet place. Love Shikoku

[@hfalex7703]

I think he is from rich family. Renovation, his band equipment, cafe costs millions and millions yen.

[@greghelton4668]

My guess is they let him use the place free of charge in exchange for keeping an eye on it. Many places like this hope children will one day return to the region. As a person who spends a lot of time in Japan it saddens me to see places like these.

[@frys152]

imagine thinkin this is a abandoned school and hearing him play his drums at 3am.

[@y.suhendraprimadiesel3219]

But the actual condition , he still sleep, and so ..who play that drum at this 3am???..dengdengdeng..hihihihihihihihi someone laugh , but no one there.

[@vireaksak1183]

@@y.suhendraprimadiesel3219 ?????

[@jameswatson5405]

Imagine if he’s sleeping and hears the drums being played.

[@blackblackblackxxx]

I'd play drums at 3am... If I have one.

[@erikho6936]

@@jameswatson5405 Ah, the roommates are playing it, told them to stop it at 3 AM!

[@erickpalacios8904]

I just keep thinking about how long it takes him to clean the floors.

[@jackielee297]

He's got forever ahead of him, no big deal

[@scottPM7174]

I like his honesty with the ghosts part. He could of milked that for a lot of money

[@eL.N.M.]

Finally someone said this ^^

[@0me3s]

An abandoned school in the mountains...........I feel that he's missing a giant yellow octopus that blew up 80% of the moon that should be teaching a class.

[@citlalinajera3745]

yeah where is Koro-Sensei ?

[@khyzere8006]

@@citlalinajera3745 he.... Died.....

[@windward563]

@@khyzere8006 : (

[@kiyoshi5430]

@@khyzere8006 :(

[@kyunnc]

@@khyzere8006 F

[@chika359]

Plot twist: his "band mates" are actually the demons of the school.

[@Chaotic-Star-3-6-9]

Yokai

[@hmuphilly9129]

And his bodyu guard, NIOH guy puts the demons in check.

[@js100serch]

This guy is living my dream, I've always wanted to live in an abandoned school. When I was a kid my mom used to work as a charwoman in my school so I had the opportunity to go there during the weekends and vacations. I really enjoyed it, seeing the school totally empty was really interesting and fun, there was some kind of energy and peacefulness. Now that I'm an adult every time I walk past my old school I wonder how cool it would be to live there.

[@yeehehs428]

It’s amazing how he made something that could’ve been a sad, creepy, abandoned building into a beautiful space with the potential of being a cafe, music studio, or lodging for travelers. It’s like it was waiting for him to go there and give it life (like it was meant for him to take over.) I’m looking forward to what he ends up doing with the rest of the place✨🍃

[@aiyulee6366]

So that's why there's a piano sound from music room. And that's the cleanest abandon school I've ever seen

[@sub-jec-tiv]

I love this dude! Ahhh he’s my favorite kind of Japanese person. The musician/artist who rejected society and creates their own special way while laughing about life. I love it. Great video! Can’t wait to watch part 2.

[@TokyoLens]

Part 2, 3,, and 4 are already up!

[@ConstantThrowing]

The salaryman life seems like a real drag on the self. I'm glad this guy found his escape.

[@jackielee297]

Yeah, he could've died from being a corporate slave

[@tammi6771]

He did an amazing job. The area is absolutely beautiful too. I'm honestly a little jealous lol

[@kingrocklee]

This is absolutely my favorite video of yours. 10/10

[@SatoshiMatrix1]

I think it's wonderful this man moved into the former school and converted it into a home and a hostle for travellers. I also live in a rural area where a small abandoned school was eventually bought and converted into a home rather than either be demolished and rebuilt or remain abandoned. That school also looks absolutely stunning. This guy did a great job with the interior spaces.

[@lm-pw9ul]

Just looking for ghosts in abandoned Japanese school comments. Dude seems cool. The area looks beautiful.

[@666SFXroadie]

Same here!

[@kiyoshi5430]

Honestly, if I'm going to live there.. I want at least a hundred people with me. Lol

[@elflass5544]

Well Norm, gotta hand it to you. These videos just keep getting more interesting and better produced. The contrast between the drumming and quiet school shots at the beginning, the extreme angle shot on the road at 3:28, then the calm moments of the school at night (those big warmly lit windows contrasted with the amazing night sky shots)...and don't forget the interactions with Yo-chan, who just seems like such a nice guy. Also lol, is that Anpanman on the chalkboard at 0:15? Chris Broad would not be happy~ Great video! Keep it up!

[@hasdjkiq23ou4asdf]

always love the way you use music in your videos its not just slapped on, its like you always put it in the right places

[@spikelive]

Hi, first of all I Apologize for my english. I'm 52! I love Japan,Tokyo since i was 12 years old....because of Anime,Karate,Awesome cities ( with Ancient and modern style at the same time), Sakura, Awesome Transportation system ....and because of the civic sense( is it the right,correct english term?)of the Japanese people!! Anw ,this is by far one of the best/awesome/touching video about "Japan" i ever saw!! Thank you very much, grazie mille. Greetings from Italy. Ciao!

[@erase_mello]

I’m guessing your trying to say civil for civic?

[@chrismadiazefanya6071]

"One day when I took a stroll on the tiny road surrounded by forest in a rural town, I heard a loud drum sound banging from a nearby abandoned building... At once, my body petrified into an ice cold, yet my curiousity got the best of me. And so... I encouraged myself to take a closer look at the abandoned school. Once I stepped on the first floor, suddenly... My nasal sensed a strong aroma of roasted coffee! I was so terrified that I decided to leave that cursed place at once! I swear to never walk around that abandoned school building ever again..."

[@culhwch4168]

Nice epilogue for a book

[@axelvelazquez183]

This looks like the beggining for a horror movie, he has guts.

[@DGonz0-]

I thought more of an anime vibe to it...maybe be even comedy similar to "Work!"

[@krumiril6579]

I would never be able to live in that big of a place alone, i get loads of paranoia and anxiety XD

[@y.suhendraprimadiesel3219]

At night..00.00 to 03.00 there a sound or a voice help..me...help..me..help..me...so..sad , sad voice of woman,then suddenly ..a loud laugh ...hihihihihihii..

[@きれい歌-m8m]

This was the first Tokyo Lens video I ever watched, and I was hooked. Good job Norm, sharing the magic of Japan!

[@monsunoguy19]

Ghosts: Exists This guy: Hey demons, it's me, ya boy

[@erarifka]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@krisinacrisis]

More like: ちょっと悪魔、その私、あなたの男の子

[@Venus.Y]

Lol

[@wavetech_]

Ghosts: hey boy, how u doin

[@conq1273]

Shane pls

[@MrShaunKe]

Make this man into an anime

[@TokyoLens]

I second this

[@fadhilsyarif5374]

@@TokyoLens KEKW

[@cosmiccryptid263]

For what?

[@royalkumar795]

@@TokyoLens best Anime location for Summer Vacation Episode

[@TSPH1992]

Wake me up when the mangaka is published by Kodansha or should I say こだんしゃ

[@thempstead]

Ah a TokyoLens video notification 🤗 Cool video. I think that the coolest thing about living in an abandoned school is the space. If you think about the amount of space in the average house and that amount of space in a school then in the latter you have so much space to do things which you wouldn't be able to do in a normal environment. And thats even before the whole run your own coffee shop and things like that. The views of the valley in the video are awesome too

[@ShadowsEdge785]

Yo-Chan is living the dream. He didn't want to slave away at a 9-5 job, so he found a a way to follow his dream, and he's making a good, dare I say, great life out of it. If you truly love what you do, you never work a day in your life. Norm, how did you find out about such a remote place, tucked away into the mountains?

[@ChippiChippiChappaChappaCat]

All of you are complaining about him being alone and it being creepy during the night, But look at the stars, Look at the night sky, He’s far from it.

[@tanwodan3689]

stop thinking horror. u will say goodbye to them

[@sreynethsat673]

I really love the nature there.... Imagine drinking coffee reading book and enjoy the fresh air

[@pe10437]

The music room....yoooo. he can record whole albums. So dope. Its amazing to see another human so happy with the choices theyve made in life.