Countryside Life in Japan | Grilled Lamb & Shochu by the Irori on an Autumn Night [ASMR]

An autumn evening in the Japanese countryside, beside the irori hearth in my old home.
I couldn’t wait to use my new Nambu cast-iron grill, so I spent the day searching the local shops for lamb.

As the lamb begins to sizzle, the bustle of the day slowly fades.
Tonight, I’m having Torikai shochu with soda in a Ryukyu glass.

A little frying pan holds warm wakame soup, and yakisoba rounds off the meal.
Then I dim the lights and linger by the fire with a cup of tea.

The evenings grow darker earlier as I think about my first winter in this old Japanese house.
The kerosene heater I’ve prepared brings back memories of the warmth I knew as a student.


In this vast world, you somehow found this little irori.
I’d like to treasure that small connection.
So you can find this fire again, I hope you’ll stay close.


【Timestamps】
00:00 Preview
00:42 Tending the irori fire
02:47 A new cast-iron grill
03:16 Torikai shochu in a Ryukyu glass
03:50 Grilling lamb by the irori
06:16 Soup in a little pan
10:24 Yakisoba to finish
12:12 Dimming the lights
13:30 Caring for the cast iron
14:29 Tea by the fire
15:17 Deepening autumn, preparing for winter
17:14 To those who found this fire