Japanese Rain Windows?!

[AncaXBre]

The first old house you showed was very beautiful. I love traditional Japanese houses: they look so peaceful.

[zack5417]

I dont know if its rude or not to ask how long your visa is sorry if it is if your ok with that or not dont answer

[LeafySuburb]

How much would an old Japanese house be in Japan? Something traditional?

[watashihayouko]

There are amado(rain windows) in my parents house and they use them specially in typhoon season to protect the glass windows.

[prototethys]

Haha yes, ninja-keeper-outers lol

[marukhb66]

"amado " means rain shutter, as those are used against rain old days. It's just name today we japanese use those to keep privacy at night (never for rain)

Most of japanese open amado in the morning and close in evening everyday. It's one of typical household work.

[geminielf7]

last part was funny

[michal1337]

Leatherface + paper windows = ...

[Relatharr]

End of the video cracked me up.

[miguksaramieyo]

So... could someone explain to me why people would "dislike" this video. I understand that it's not an edge of your seat video, but who would think "Agghhh, I HATE amado!" and hit the thumbs down button instead of just moving on to another video?

[1103mix1103]

nowadays, the house that has amado is a little. by the way, the inside of the house is too dark, when the amado closed, so I had scared its darkness when I was a girl. so I could not sleeping. nowadays, I can sleep everywhere.

(￣∇￣*)ゞ

[shylildude]

say minasan konnichiwa the way you say hey guys or the equivalent in japanese please

[caldevera]

0:10 i like how you say 'paper" =)) you say it like "pay-PA" =)) haha

[KarlHeinzofWpg]

LOL - MrBubonicChronic makes me think of a question. IS there such a thing as a trailer park in Japan? I don't think I've ever seen a motor home in that country or in it's movies or television.

[KarlHeinzofWpg]

"Why do they still have them"

Probably for the same reasons some modern Western houses still have fake shutters. You know the ones that don't even have hinges? They are just screwed to the wall and painted an accent colour. Culture passes on the "way things are done" from one generation to the next even when there is not reason for it. I've seen Japanese people bow when talking to each other on the telephone.

[Kooletz71]

that house must be freezing during the winter time...

[LittleKiseop]

2:48 gah that house is so pretty :D

[Obitosenpai]

So they are basically roller shutter for windows.

[atravelerstale]

I really like your videos the best. You just focus on the culture, and the facts, and throw in some humor. Other videos of people in Japan get all high and mighty about themselves because they are cultured or whatever.  I won't name the one I am talking about, but their YouTube name has an animal in it...*cough* meow *cough*

[suiton629]

@TheJapanChannelDcom Japan... So innovative and adaptable & efficient even during the ancient times.

[topbuzzer85]

the end was really funny

[97North]

Thanks for the clarification, I would have called them Ninja-keeper-outers.

[Nemesis093781]

Thank you for the video, and the funny ending.

[mfaerber1]

When I was in Tokyo last fall I passed by a little old lady trying to close her "shutta" with a long pole, so I reached up and pulled it down to her and she was so very grateful.

[blueswiftness]

that is so interesting, I love these videos

[bthom88955]

I would imagine the shutters would help keep the house cool in the summertime when the owners are away at work or elsewhere.

[EzKrispy]

I wonder what would happen if someone walked out and saw you pointing a camera at their windows

[Frank15982]

Very peculiar. The ending was pretty funny XD

[Leecher4711]

Sorry dude ... I can hardly hear a thing ... Could you please check the volume of your next videos? THX

[FHomeBrew]

It's funny in that paper is more or less thin wood. So they're sliding thicker wood in front of the thin wood to protect it (well oké, paper =/= wood).

Nice to see something so peculiar :p funny answers you got to why they're still there on glass windows.

[JL3Wind]

I've always wondered why japanese people would use paper windows in the first place... Maybe you've covered that already though :) Nice and educative video this is nonetheless!

[MrBubonicChronic]

i wonder if trailer parks would be lucrative in japan. seems to only be a north american phenomenon

[thecuddlewagon]

@MrBubonicChronic Jp doesn't have room (land mass) to build golf courses; I highly doubt they would invest in trailer parks.T-parks sprawl out and take up too much land. In Japan, it's "build small & build skyward". B/c of the "American Dream" of owning a huge house, American culture is still adverse to "efficiency" housing, but I think a housing renaissance, per se, would greatly benefit the environment. Less land, fewer building materials and utility resources required to house more people. :)

[MrBubonicChronic]

@thecuddlewagon well damn. thanks for crushing my dream of being the gaijin trailer-park supervisor lol. i too would like too see more hi-rise housing, but it just doesn't make sense for my area right now. we're still waiting for the cascadia subduction zone to rupture.

[lowdown3007]

maybe they are also for typhoons? ... like the hurricane shutters?

[magnacore11]

Hey who's that handsome fella @ 3:53? hahaha ;)

[hame505]

そう言えば雨戸（Rain Windows）は日本だけですね。

これは、障子戸を雨から防ぐガラスのWindowが普及されるま­での日本古来の風雨対策。

今は防犯に役立ってるのかな？

[gripstwo]

@hame505

外人ばっかが見てる場所で日本語で書いたって意味ありませんよ？­

[hame505]

@gripstwo 動画も載せてない日本人批判専用ID乙

[20nana09]

@gripstwo

日本語の分かる外国人だっているんですよ。

特にこういう日本関連の動画ではそういう人が来ることが多い。

あなたが言ってるのはもの凄い偏見だって気付いてる？

[eslh12]

Thanks for your videos and efforts, but in your last ones the volume is very low by the way .. I can barely hear any thing

[singh4lyfee]

i found out about these not long ago from a japanese drama im watching :)

[ReccaDreamer]

really quite interesting. glad to know something new. Nice video again. I wish they have it on houses in the US. Then we wouldn't have to worry so much about break ins through the windows.

[Mmajta]

guess these are quite of the security when the typhoon coming?? cuz Japan is such a typhoon country...

[whit3c00ki3]

I'm not sure if you've covered this question, I haven't see all of your videos, but what is the point of paper doors/windows especially when they can be covered by a second pair of sturdier doors.

[anthemlog]

I lol'd at the end.

[imtheonlysane1here]

Who was that ugly old guy in the last house?

[guitarczar15]

interesting video

[tsukael]

+3283291 points for the ending's special guest appearance!!! :-D

[dragade101]

quite interesting.

[TreyWestlyGray]

reminds me of naruto

[lillskite]

sweet! always wondered what those shades were for!

do some older traditional japanese houses compensate this with having a roof that sort of... sticks out a bit longer from the wall than usual ? like, where they fit in an outdoor passage just outside the wall?

[Keichan2501]

The volume is a little better but it's still low. Can you make it better next time?

[jayjjj3]

I'm pretty sure I saw tons of those when I was visiting Florida.

[davehome22]

i get it for severe weather but it must make the inside of the house so dark right?

[nick4everandever]

That's a beautiful house :3

[7Bossak]

1:56 Zoom out Sound! :D

[MrFukthoseusernames]

cercl

[sassy8girl]

i always thought about that :)

[MurdocLC]

Thought you said the sound would be fixed now. :P

[nokomarie1963]

Of course, I see the external shutter casings and all I can think of is hordes of earwigs nesting in them.

[patientzero532]

So... looks like somebody's beginning to make a few cameo appearances now. ;-)

[Gautigoth]

I remember the TV series ShoGun from the seventies. I was in Sweden and way out in the woods. I was 12 and fell in love with japanese culture. I tried to learn how to eat with chop sticks. Everyone thought I was crazy.

Now everyone seem to like manga and anime. They think they are pro in japanese culture. I don't think they are. But I know I'm not as well.

But if I ever will buy a house in Japan I will be sure it has an amado as a front door.

[blondecrazygaijin]

Great vid --highly practical. I really like your independence from the fell influence of the mindless palaver of that Nagoya nincompoop gaijin, Victor. His admitted YT success in spite of his inability to speak Japanese and his habit of wetting himself totally astonishes me. What happened to the periodic, inexplicable boob shots? They were a tad cynical, but I'd wager they work, you know?

[alexaod]

the police are coming! run! XD

[linkinpain]

the audio is too low..

[1939peo]

Been a subscriber for some time. I wear hearing aids and the sound of your last two videos is horrible. I can hardly hear you. Anything you can do?

[MurdocLC]

@1939peo It's more than the two last ones that's been like this.

[satou1304]

jsdnvei i am just like god damn i wish i had my masters in architecture already. . .i want to be in japan already. . .looking at old house. . .helping the reconstruction. . .

[JosefineJoos]

When I watch this, it feels like I'm in Japan for a few minutes :)

[reshjuk]

Thanks for the video. We don't do that in Finland. The norm nowadays seems to be 3 layers of glass. One on the outside, and two layers on the inside which are close together and they are sealed together and there is some gas other than air between these two glasses to make the window insulate heat better. So that's the normal Finnish window for comparison. I don't remember seeing any shutters here but I guess there may be some.

[shadowicewolf54]

are you ever going to find a house you like? lol

[Jordiscy]

Cute ending.

[Queenterrier]

Thanks for the info! ^_^

[MegaDavetastic]

I love how your implementing yourself more and more in the videos.

[mellowsky47]

I like the old wooden houses.

[jshullaw]

lol at the ending

[kua514]

it must make it extremely dark though when those shutters are closed! I am not sure I like those...

[NeverForgetWizet]

What's with the background noise? If you're only recording your voice, you should use Audacity to remove the noise.

[haversman]

Thanks for this video. My house here in Canada has decorate shutters that are mounted to the outside wall. Maybe it's part this as well? As people do use them, functionally ones are required. I love how though-out these amado (is that right?) are.

Thanks again!

[cmisterking90]

those house look easy to break into

[LordBalto]

It beats nailing up a sheet of plywood like they do in Florida.

[icemaneu]

Volume is still too soft on my pc. I can hardly hear what you are saying. If volume is too loud, we can lower it, but if the volume is too soft, I can't have it louder when it's at the max.

[stevejberry]

this is an extremely useful design for people who work nights and have to sleep during the day. brilliant.

[LordBalto]

@stevejberry As someone who used to work night shift, I can appreciate that.

[114makoto]

Lol. At the end. Thanks for the vids!

[Gell1welt69]

Nice one. I wondered for so long time why we install them and I cant find a answer

[Viccyvictor]

Nice video and.. Haha ;3.. the end was funny again.

[hevydevy2112]

would you only use those guys in the rain? or would one use them in the winter when it's snowing and stuff like that?

[nsaneone]

I never knew you had a clone. That's something you might should have kept on the down-low.

[cloudstrifeification]

I could use some of the metal ones on my house ! We have been having quite a number of severe t-storms with hail and that would be very useful! Great video.

[kiepas1990]

3:48 "Aaahh again that foreigner, dude leave me, and my amado alone!" :D

[JakeHolman78]

In the row of modern houses on my street, the J housewives close their shutters every evening. I always think it's so strange! The crime is almost non-existant, so I don't get it.

[lpfmpm]

日本人の視点からではない日本が見れていつも大変興味深いです。

日本語ですみません。

[MavericksRequiem]

I suppose granted the severe weather in Japan keeping the amado around makes sense. That along with the strong sense of tradition in the culture.

PS: you should keep making cameos in your videos! 8D

[mongool12]

Why would you need security in Japan ?

In most videos you say it is one of the most crime free countries.

[BingTiddleTiddleBong]

雨戸 AMADO = 雨 AME (rain) + 戸 TO (sliding-door)

網戸 AMIDO = 網 AMI (net / wire-screen) + 戸 TO (sliding-door)

The same word applies to window-type thing.

Or 窓用雨戸 (AMADO for window) to be exact.

[radioclash84]

heyyyy guys !!!! i like how u say thhat :)

[wilric01]

@radioclash84 thats why its remixed in TJC48 ^o^

[romanobritish]

Who was the dude in the window it looks like you wait hmmmmmmmmm?

[NavyMedicUSMC]

I also think the reason they still put amado on new buildings is that it is a matter of tradition. Like in America where the "shutters" on windows are actually nailed down, just decoration. But they are a traditional American house look. By the way, when the residents of that apartment find out you touched their shutter they may sue. :)

[BraveSirBevier]

Yea! Finally caught up on the past 3 months of videos :D

[cr4yv3n]

gief moar clips :O

[rdelavega]

You should get sponsorship from Japan's gov for all the free publicity

[purberri]

The shutters you are showing in your video are called "rolladen" in Germany. They use them to block out the light in the rooms, reduces noise and for security. In the summer they helped keep the insects out as well as there are no screens on the windows in Germany.

Are there screens on Japanese windows? Also do you know if the doors were locked in old Japanese houses. Just curious because it would be easy to break through a paper screen. Thanks.

[DjasonD101]

moste homes here in canada have fake storm shuters but at one time thay were used for big storms

[SaiKamiKannon]

That' kinda like NE storm windows, execpt ours is another pane of glass and a another mesh metal screen.

[chopsticks]

should include "amado" in youre tags ^^

[gerryheld]

Random Cuteness at 3:10

[ramsien]

I'm digging the evolution of the videos with our host making an appearance.

[TheLifePerfect]

Here's where I'm the annoying outsider... I don't like a lot of traditional old style Japan. At least, not for modern day living. It's all very pretty and impressive but give me 21st century technology. I'll take 22nd century technology as well. xD

[Saavik256]

Sir, you really should do something about volume... I had to max out both my sound card AND my speakers to hear you well in this video, whereas videos before your computer had died worked fine. I mean no disrespect, just a humble suggestion. Other than that, a wonderful video, I love traditional japanese houses and intend to own one built in the same style someday. <3

[sugar92]

i want to live in a house like this...

[NigelGriff]

People in tornado alley should start using these.

[FinalFan0]

Is it really made out of paper? I always figured it would be some sort of fabric. Squirrels and other animals, I'd think would be able to run through that type of window. O_o

[mar96silva]

AMADO in new houses will help isolation for cold and hot weather, avoid broeaken glass from strong winds and security for the houses

[hcsurfer26]

I was wondering what those where! Thanks for clarifying! I have seen these in old samurai movies and in a couple homes when I was in okinawa last time... Now I know! Thanks! =)

[KurisuBurukkusu]

Love your videos! <3

[lukemomo1]

Japan has "Storm Windows" Guam has "Typhoon Shutters" xD

[coldborelives]

i can't imagine that those paper doors would be good insulators :/

[krustypinoy]

:)

[Mechannotaku]

Damn bobby XD

[BobbyHyattVideos]

@Mechannotaku haha XD

[Plemith]

~~uguuu

[Mechannotaku]

First !

[Plemith]

@Mechannotaku no

[BobbyHyattVideos]

cool man :)