This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lloyd Enbom, 40, a content creator who purchased an abandoned home in Hakuba, Japan, a ski town in Nagano Prefecture , with his wife, Mandy Rutherford. Enbom, who is from Australia, plans to continue traveling with his wife and two-year-old daughter while making Japan their home for half the year. The following has been edited for length and clarity.
We’ve been doing YouTube full-time for nearly five years. Our full-time work is travel content.
In 2021, we were locked down in Australia until the 11th of November, which was the exact day we left.
At the time, a lot of people, especially in…
