아무도 모르는 일본의 폐광마을에 도착했다 l 일본 폐광마을 다이어리 ep1

아무도 모르는 일본의 폐광마을에 도착했다 l 일본 폐광마을 다이어리 ep1

This is my first video. I used to work overtime every day, pouring my entire life into my job. But I was thrown out like garbage. To you now living on unemployment benefits, I dedicate this video. After I was suddenly fired from my company, I was totally fed up. So I thought, I just want to live like a real human being now. That’s what I thought, and while searching online, I found a rural town in Japan called Nogata, where abandoned houses were renovated, and people gathered to form a community. I heard about this and thought, maybe I could live like a real human being there. I randomly contacted someone like the village head, asked a bunch of questions, and ended up coming here— even just for a few days, “Come try living here.” “We have a guesthouse,” they said. So with that, I ended up just coming here. Even now, it all feels surreal. But no one came to meet me at the station. I walked for nearly 30 minutes, and no one showed up. So I started to get a little anxious about the village. One by one, I started meeting the villagers and greeting them. Honestly, I still feel dazed. I still don’t quite know what’s going on. Trying to be thoughtful, I heard that Japan doesn’t really have mother-of-pearl crafts. So on Coupang, haha, I bought a business card case made with mother-of-pearl inlay. Honestly, I didn’t come here with a goal. It was completely random. They just said, “Why don’t you come and live here?” And I said OK. So I had no idea what I was supposed to do here, no plan at all. But when I got here, they already had this full schedule prepared for me. Then they started showing me around the house where I’d be staying. Look at this! This house was apparently built over 70 years ago. And it’s been abandoned for nearly 15 years. They even renovated the kitchen, and two or three times a week, they use this place to make bread that’s sold at nearby cafés. That’s what I was told. I started asking some questions, and it turned out that people here spoke with different dialects—Hokkaido, Osaka… I asked where they were from, and it turns out they’d come from all over Japan. Literally every corner of the country. This person was originally one of the local elders living here. Only two houses—this one and the next— were still occupied. More than 30 others had become abandoned homes. Apparently, rural depopulation is a serious problem here in Japan too. Anyway, I went out to look for something for dinner. In the evening, I found a local bakery. I tried to buy bread there. They said you could pay using Naver Pay, so I gave it a try. But it didn’t work. There were errors and it just wouldn’t go through. As expected, Japan still has a long way to go before fully adopting digital payments. It might still take a while. This was a new smoothie machine that had just launched around the time I came to Japan. It was all the rage. When I got there, every day, it was sold out. I tried it, and it was actually delicious. I literally bought one every day. The first day is over now. Whew. I don’t think the video is turning out how I imagined. I’m not very good at talking, so I’m not sure if this video will be interesting. But for someone out there, I’ll keep making them.

회사에서 잘리고 인생이 무너졌던 어느 날,
무작정 떠난 일본 후쿠오카의 작은 시골 마을, ‘노가타’.

빈집을 고쳐 만든 게스트하우스에서
공동체 사람들과 처음 마주한 첫날의 기록.

불안하지만, 그래서 더 소중했던 시작.

⭐️直方市門前町リノベまちの皆様にこの映像を捧げます。
📍 촬영지: 일본 후쿠오카현 노가타시 ‘리노베마치’ 공동체

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