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Hi Dr. Liz!
These are all great ideas….Many of the things you mention, or something very similar, are already in the preliminary planning stages for the Summit!
Hi Ryan — thanks for your suggestion.
As you may know, it’s a complicated area to navigate as rules and restrictions vary throughout Japan and can be unusually, even ridiculously strict in areas that have powerful hotel and ryokan lobbies, such as Kyoto. And there are various categories (minpaku, etc.) that have advantages and disadvantages.
Anyway, a great idea and we’ll try to incorporate it into the Summit schedule somehow!
No. As you may know, that’s generally not done during the process of considering buying a property in Japan.
I figured the house, having been built in 1810, has withstood its share of earthquakes, typhoons, etc., and it’s still here, so….
Those that built it knew what they were doing, and where to put it.
No new tiles. In the snow-covered roof photo, the part under the snow are the original clay tiles, but everything above that is tin. We didn’t replace them, just had the rust scrubbed off and repainted.
Unfortunately, no make, model, or model number seems listed anywhere on the oven that I can see. It may be something built for restuarant/industrial use, though it’s the same size as a standard oven. It has a timer, temperature gauge, and options for directing heat (from above only, below only, etc.) but that’s it. I tried searching my email and Messenger hoping to find the people I dealt with, but that was eight years or so ago, and no luck so far. Next I’ll try perusing our folders where we keep receipts and manuals of larger appliances and see if I find anything there….
Yes, let’s get together!
As for my story, it’s really not all that exciting or unusual, other than 1) I ended up buying the first minka I looked at; and, 2) I knew absolutely nothing about them prior, a testament that, if I could buy and nicely renovate a dilapidated minka into something beautiful, absolutely ANYBODY can!
(photo from about a month ago)
I have exactly what you mean, a large stand-alone electric oven big enough to roast a 25-pound turkey. Use it all the time. There was no room for it in my kitchen, so I stuck it on some bricks next to the kamado. You will need to install a 200v outlet, however.
I bought mine from an Australian couple that were running a little business importing them. I searched my email but couldn’t find any contact info, plus I think they stopped selling them a couple of years ago. I’ll keep poking around and see if I can find anything.
