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this school is abandonned but we can feel all the life that was there

"Bears in the area". Lol sorry I live in Alaska, it was cute hearing that.

thanks for the ride.. 👍 man, i wish i could go here.. definitely the type of place that i want to bike at..

Everybody knows Japanese cats are bilingual.

Those construction stairs crack me up, but I totally ate s**t in a construction area in Morioka trying to grab onto a railing that didn't really exist. I did find out that my new Apple watch would try to call 911 if I fell, but calling 911 in Japan wouldn't do much constructive (especially since it's 119 there). Beautiful looking facility.

Kagoshima is one of my favorites. But it's so far away. :) Last year when I visited I went directly from PDX -> SEA -> HND -> KOJ. I took a cab to the APA hotel in Kirishima and I had no idea I'd see so many Joyfulls (I'd only been to one by my aunt's house in Yamaguchi Prefecture). Turns out Joyfull is mostly a Kyushu family restaurant. Oh, and I met a very nice obaachan who told me about moving to Kagoshima with her husband after he retired and staying there and how much she liked it (even though her daughter made her give up her car). She warned me about the infrequent trains (everyone else has a car) and told me it was a beautiful place to retire. I meet the nicest people in the middle of nowhere and it's on my (mostly fantasy) list of places I want to move to. The APA Hotel in Kirishima had excellent breakfast but I was just there on my way to Ibusuki (gotta get buried in hot sand once in my life). I guess the only thing I'd say about the area is don't run through Kagoshima station thinking your Suica is good for the whole trip. Once you get out of the city going south, it's not useful. However, contactless VISA works. In any case, I had a few long conversations back at Kagoshima station having the stationmaster get me out of the hole I'd dug for myself. Perfect place for that, by the way. Not too busy and the stationmaster is very helpful.

❤ ghibli feels

Such a beautiful, peaceful place. I really like the way that road is built with the stone wall along the creek. I would love to live there, just me and the bears!

Absolutely beautiful indeed!

Really beautiful scenery. A bit melancholy Consider the effort and materials it took to build up that road bordering the creek .. No small effort !

Bro why are you so tall 😂

I was yelling at you to close the door lol.😂

11:12 he was hiding a small Japanese man in his backpack the whole time for this line alone

29:50 You are evidently walking on tatami floor with your muddy shoes! Intrusion into the old house many generations had polished and lived in barefoot is not tolerable .

Japanese horror games are not realistic, nobody would actually build a house this big full of endless hallwa-

Every time I see these old villages, I get a strong feeling that humans were meant to live like this and not in concrete forests. I mean, there is convenience in cities, but is it worth it?

I would appreciate it if you could be polite when you enter the shrine.If you enter the torii, it is a place where gods live.Torii separates people from God's place of residence. It is an important god especially for the inhabitants there.

I have an errie feelings in that place obake aru yoh achi no tokoro ni, kuwai yo.

The view of that bridge was stunning!

YES IDE EXPLORE THAT PLACE . GREAT VIDEO THANKS FOR SHARING.& TAKE CARE WHILE EXPLORING SOLO

If i am a beach or mountains person. I will say both .

(Fix #1 is the roof...)

Tsuchikabe (土壁) is the same as wattle and daub. The 壁小舞 inside being wattle.

Please go back and find more information on the village!

I love old buildings ❤ I would bet that this village was comprised of elders that either moved or passed away. Some of the new touches are from, of course, things to make their golden years easier. I am so proud of the students that are wanting to preserve this village. They will have a ton of work, but the area is gorgeous! I forsee this as a historical experience and a place to stay. Great video T.L.

Lol, Thor's hammer. I didn't know hammers got that huge. I always thought your average sledge hammers at the hardware store would be the biggest.

i went to japan for the first time in march, I would have loved going to more places like this.

Don't know if someone has mentioned it here, but the older guy 'dragging' his poles when he was walking, its called Nordic Pole walking. Its an actual sport and is supposed to work out your arms, shoulders and core whilst walking. My brother broke a world record doing it and i remember when he was done he needed lots of cold baths and muscle therapy cuz he was just so overworked.

We don’t need no education…we don’t need no thought control… if this were in U.S. it would be totally trashed.

found it ,,, I took a screenshot of the bridge sign and did a reverse image search .... ( plus theres a clue at 7:09 the map on the wall ;) the motorbike is still on Googlemaps :)

how wonderful to cross a suspension bridge and walk through a mountain tunnel under a forest to get to a very beautiful looking school. i hope many children have good memories of that school

i love how there are no cuts in the video. it feels like im walking along with you (especially with listening to your stories!) this is such an amazing channel ive come across and i love this type of content, thank you!

Wow that view from the top is just amazing! Also I enjoy the backstory about turning negativity into something positive which led to your channel that people can watch and enjoy. Also glad that you were ok, and that something worse didn't happen with you breaking your toe going down mount fuji.

Has the location of the London meetup been set yet..? I'm getting kind of anxious because it's on Saturday, and it's Wednesday now... someone please help 😅

Me, thinking to myself: Wow, I wish I could quit work and spend the next several years in this town cleaning it up and restoring it. That would be amazing! My cynical side responds: You don't even clean up your own room.

place so beautiful i almost cried 😣

it makes me sad to see these small villages abandoned.

Straight out of Minecraft

Although rightfully critical of looting and vandalism, as someone who likes to restore old furniture, utensils and ornaments, I couldn't suppress the desire to rescue some of the contents of those houses to restore or repurpose.

im both happy that you found this and recorded it and sad of what happened to this place.. nostalgic? and melancholic?

I wouldn't stay there. I would live there.

I definitely smiled all the way through the video. I love how excited you get when you find a trail.

oh wow that village is so charming

Another great hike! Enjoy your time in Amsterdam. I would have loved to come and meet you but it's a 9 hour flight from where I live. So I'm also a small content creator from the island of Aruba which is a Dutch island in the Caribbean. Have followed your content for years and apart from entertaining me, they also inspire me (not to mention the dose of Japan vlogs I need LOL)! Congratulations again on your 1 million subscribers!

Tip:don't go alone

really need hiking poles, Especially for down hill, saves your ankles and knees big time, and need some steel shank hiking boots if you are on a serious slope

Love all the forest and mist and green

Loved this

The railing on the steps near the end was installed since January 2022. We followed your hike on gmaps. Nice soliloquy!

Thanks for sharing this morning walk with us ... which I watched just before going to bed! The perfect wind down. As you can tell, doing some serious catching up here, but enjoying every minute!! 😊