Japan Documentary

The old house (2018x1)

Fecha de emisión: Jul 16, 2018

In the first episode of Japan-Dokus 2018, Jörg is accommodated in an old Japanese house. In the opening credits he calls it a "multi-family house", but actually means a "multi-generation house" - because what looks so big and spacious is likely to become relative very quickly when occupied by at least parents, children and grandparents... The house is by no means a tourist hotspot, but a completely normal, older domicile in the middle of a somewhat sleepy residential area in the Adachi quarter, in the north of Tokyo. Jörg leads you through the rooms, trying out typical Japanese specialties like Futon (a thin sleeping mattress) or Kotatsu (a tabletop placed on a large warm blanket, which in turn hangs over a hot plate). But there are also those that have to do directly with the "old" in the old house - such as the virtually non-existent insulation or the not necessarily completely harmless (or quiet) kerosene heaters. In addition, Jörg draws the (video) comparison to a modern Japanese apartment.