Over at the Second Home, we`ve begun to dig the cavernous pits that will house the foundation the building sits on. There are no `Hito-bashira` planned for this home!:) A quick Google search of `Hito-bashira` will confirm the ancient Japanese tradition of placing a living human in the recesses of a building`s foundation and, of course, leaving him there forever. Obviously, the Japanese don`t actually perform this ritual anymore. The coolest thing I have seen them do though, is after performing the traditional ground breaking ceremony, the wooden stakes that mark the four corners of the lot (and also represent the four points of a compass) are actually buried under the home`s foundation.
Still no permits here, but there is again talk of them being printed this week.
Furano, Hokkaido, Japan. Ski, snowboard, enjoy.
www.furanorealestate.jp
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