VLOG 1: A day trip to Koyasan (Mount Koya, Okunoin Temple, Japan) 高野山
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- čas přidán 25. 11. 2018
- Mount Koya, or Koyasan, is one of religious centers of Japan and UNESCO World Heritage site located in a beautiful old forest.
Hello and welcome to my channel! This is my second CZcams video and first ever vlog. On this channel I would like to share my passion for travel, photography and East Asian countries, starting from Japan. This channel will be heavily nature-oriented although not limited to it. I would like to welcome you to follow me on my journey.
Before we get to my Japan travel blog lets me introduce myself. My name is Roman Sudarikov. I was born in Estonia. At the age of eleven I moved to Finland, where I have spent more than 20 years of my life. Currently I am staying in Kyoto, Japan. I feel that this place has everything I need. It has a feeling of a small little town surrounded by nature and full of history, but at the same time it provides everything that you would expect from a big city. It is full of contradictions which I find very fascinating. I like Kyoto a lot and wanted to spend here a bit longer period of time, so in the beginning of this year I decided to make my move. More information about me can be found on my website www.romansudarikov.com/about/
In my very first vlog I visit Mount Koya or Koyasan (高野山) on a day trip from Kyoto. Koyasan is a small town with over one hundred temples situated in the northern part of Wakayama Prefecture. It is located on an 800-meters high basin surrounded by eight mountain peaks. Landform's resemblance to a lotus flower is said to have been the main reason for choosing the place. Koyasan is the religious center of Shingon Buddhism and one of Japan’s most sacred sites. The Shingon sect was established in 816 by the monk Kukai (774-835), also known as Kobo Daishi. He is believed not to be dead, but only resting there in eternal meditation awaiting the return of the Buddha in his mausoleum at Okunoin Temple. Okunoin's cemetery is largest in Japan with over 200000 tombstones and the most representative place of all Mount Koya. This is where the most of Koyasan online pictures you see come from and also where we spent most of our day trip. The other places we visited on that day are Kongobuji Temple and Danjo Garan Temple. Kongobuji is the head temple of Shingon Buddhism and Danjo Garan on the other hand is a main temple complex of Koyasan.
A day trip to Koyasan is a very feasible option if you are staying in Kyoto, although staying overnight at one of the temples would make even better experience. It was great fun filming and editing this video. I also learned a lot in process. Thank you very much for watching! If you liked the video, please consider subscribing because more content is on the way! You can find me also on:
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Music by Epidemic Sound (www.epidemicsound.com)
Gear used:
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Canon EF 16-35 f/4L IS USM
Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG Art
Zhiyun Crane 2 gimbal
Sirui W-2204 tripod with Sirui K-30X ball head
RØDE Stereo VideoMic X
Hoya ProND8 neutral-density filter
Lowepro Whistler BP 450 AW backpack
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Cool! This video helped me to plan my visit to Koyasan. And it's a nice video, nice filming, beautiful picture too.
Thank you very much for watching the video and also subscribing to my channel! I'm really happy to hear that it have been useful for planing you trip to Koyasan. I am a bit slow with uploading but I am constantly working on a new content. Next one will be a long one. It will be similar vlog style as Koyasan. Once again thank you very much!
Damn Roman, your vlog and quality puts a lot of seasoned CZcamsrs to shame. Great editing and directing, wife and I will be staying in Osaka for 3 weeks in October, much appreciated video mate.
Glenn, thank you very much for watching and the comment! I am happy to hear that you liked the video and it maybe also helped you planing your trip! There is a lot to see here in Kansai area (around Osaka) and you are going to have plenty of time. Koyasan is definitely worth visiting! If you haven't been to Kyoto yet you should visit it too. You will not find the same amount of temples and historical monuments anywhere else in Japan. There is a lot of nature around too. If you are interested more in nature in the south direction from Osaka there a lot of beautiful location although many of them are a bit harder to access. Tomorrow we are going to Kumano Kodo, a bit more south from Koyasan. There are over 1000 years old pilgrimage routes which we are planing to hike for 3 days and also film. Once again thank you very much for watching! I wish you to have a nice trip to Japan!
These vlogs are great! Love it! Thanks for sharing, it's so obvious how much time and care you take to finely edit your vlog. Well done!
Thank you very much for your kind words! I am still learning. I made a lot of mistakes when filming and had to correct those in post. I am working now on my next vlog which will be from a 2 days trip to Ohara.
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing it with us! :D
Thank you very much for watching and your kind words! I am happy to hear that you liked my video!
This video is so beautiful! It reminds me the wonderful experience I had in Koyasan in 2019. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you very much for watching, the comment and I assume also subscribing! I cannot see who exactly just subscribed to my channel. I am happy to hear that watching our video brought back your memories from Koyasan! I haven't uploaded new videos for two month now because I am working on a big project from the same region. It will be three vlogs from Kumano Kodo. I wonder if you have visited that too. Once again thank you very much! We highly appreciate it!
Amazing. The first video I came across that gives a good sense of what it's like to be there. Thanks!
Quality footage. Thanks for posting
Thank you very for watching and the comment! I am glad to hear that you liked my video!
Such a quality video. I love it. ❤❤
Thank you very much for watching and the comment! I am glad to hear that you liked my video! I will do my best to make more of those!
Great Video! I loved it. So cinematic and well explained! I'm hoping to go to Japan next year and Koyasan is definitely on my list!
Thank you very much for watching, subscribing and the comment! I highly appreciate it! Koyasan and the area around Koyasan is very interesting! I highly recommend it and I myself also planing to explore it more. There are a lot of historical locations but also nature is very beautiful there. My next video is actually related to Koyasan. It is one more part of same UNESCO word heritage site. It will be from Yoshino. I need just a bit more of time to finish it. Once again, thank you very much!
Breathtaking sights !
Thank you very much! I am happy to hear that you liked it!
Great video. Thanks for sharing your visit to Koyasan.
Thank you very much for watching and the comment! I am happy to hear that you liked my video!
What a great video! Keep it up. I am going to photograph Kyoto and Koya in a couple weeks and I loved that this video gives me a sense of the stations, ticketing, transfers and all that good stuff we are not used to in other parts of the world. Thank you!
Thank you very much for watching and the comment. My next vlogs, which are in editing, are of the same style where we not only show the place but also how we got there. I am happy to hear that you liked this type of style!
Loved your video. Great Music choice! Blessings from London, UK.
Thank you very much for watching and the comment! I am happy to hear that you liked our vlog! For choosing the music, it is mostly Kan who is responsible for it. Merry Christmas! Kyoto, Japan
so nice video! i wanna go there!! :)
Thank you for your comment! Koyasan is very interesting place to visit!
Gorgeous video, thank you! I'm in Kyoto now deciding when to go :)
Thank you very much for watching and the comment! I am happy to hear that you liked our video! I am also sorry for the slow answer! In my opinion Kyoto is one of the most beautiful and interesting places to visit in Japan. There is a lot to see. I hope you have enjoyed your trip a lot! Once again thank you very much!
Hey I just want to let you know that this is by far the most beautiful travel vlog of Japan I’ve seen so far. And trust me, I’ve watched countless travel vlogs of Japan to prepare for my trip next month - and NOTHING is as beautiful and as thoughtful as your vlog right here. GREAT job in creating this beautiful video - I hope you will never stop what you’re doing. Subscribing now ✌️
Hello Diandra J, Thank you very much for watching, subscribing and especially for your kind words! I am very happy to hear that you liked my video so much! I am going to produce more videos and I have no plans on stopping it. I have shot some more already. My next video is going to be from my trip to Hongkong and after it there will be more content from Japan. I have shot already Yoshinoyama and Uji, and of cause a lot here in Kyoto. Once again, thank you very much!
The quality of the video is unbelievable!!! Thank you for sharing this experience. By the way... Your wife is so lovely
Thank you very much for watching and also your kind words! I am very happy to hear it :)
My wife wanted to watch something about Koyasan when we stumbled upon your vlog. It was the best video of all the Koyasan videos that we've seen on CZcams. It made us feel as if we were there. We loved seeing all aspects of your video, from editing to music, to atmosphere. Two thumbs up and we've both subscribed to your channel and and are looking forward to watching all of your videos! Also, my wife says you guys look so cute together.
Huge thank you from me and Kan for watching, commenting, double subscribe and your kind words! We are very happy to hear that you could feel like you are traveling with us, because this is what we are trying to archive by filming everything from the start to the end and making such long vlogs. Koyasan was our first vlog and I have been trying constantly to improve the quality. My most recent videos are short cherry blossom videos from Kyoto, not vlog style, where I am also trying to convey the atmosphere by showing a lot of people. There will be one more short one, which I am planning to publish about 30 hour from now. After that there will be 3 videos from our 3 days trip to Kumano Kodo, which is related to Koyasan. It will still take me some time to finish those but I think that you might like them if you are interested in the area around Koyasan. My Yoshino vlog is also related to Koyasan. Thank you very much once again for everything!
We're watching your VLOG 7 about Uji now and we're loving every minute of it. The quality is so good it feels like we're watching a documentary movie. We're sure it took a lot of time and effort to shoot and edit. We really love the wide variety of angles and perspectives and we really appreciate your professional quality work! Thank you again! Now back to finishing our tour of Uji from California!
Thank you! Enjoy the tour of Uji!
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Thank you very much!!! We are happy that you liked our video! The next one which I am editing now, will be a similar style vlog from the same part of Japan as Koyasan. I am editing Kumano Kodo right now.
This video is definitely some of the best travel blog. Thank you for both... Uploading amazing contents.
Thank you very much for watching and the comment! I am happy to hear that you liked our vlog style! At the moment actually I am editing our next travel vlog which is related to this one. It will be from Yoshino during cherry blossom season. The place is related to Koyasan and the style of the vlog will be very similar but greatly improved I think. Koyasan was our first vlog and after almost two years I see a lot of things which now I could had done better. I think you might like Yoshino vlog. I am editing it full time, but it will still take about 2-4 weeks before it is up on CZcams. Once again, thank you very much!
@@RomanSudarikov thank you for informing great details of your work and I am so excited to see the next upload. Till then keep good work. With regards.....
Thank you! I will.
Awesome video !
Thank you very much! I am glad that you liked it! Thank you also for the comment!
Great video, interesting to see a different way of getting from Kyoto to Koya San, I hitch hiked.
Thank you very much for watching, the comment and subscribing! I think if you hitch hiked to Koyasan, it must have been more interesting than our way. I haven't done anything like that yet. I am editing right now Kumano Kodo vlogs. I have been thinking if at some point I could hike from Koyasan to Kumano Hongu. Once again thank you very much!
@@RomanSudarikov Go for it!
Wow, great video, especially liked that you respected the no video/camera locations. I went to Koyasan in 2017 but the train line was still out so we had to transfer to a bus which unfortunately threw us way behind schedule. But I guess that just means I'll have to go back one day for a proper visit.
Thank you very much for watching and the comment! I am sorry to hear about your bad luck with the trip! I remember something that in 2018 after our trip the line also was cut because of typhoon and there were buses instead, so it seems to repeat from time to time. I think this place is worth a second trip or a longer visit than a day trip as we did. Staying overnight in a temple could be good experience too. Personally I would like to do some hikes in that area in the future. I wish you luck on your next trip to Koyasan and in general too! Once again thank you very much for watching!
Спасибо за очень интересный фильм ! Красиво сказочная природа....увидеть быт и культуру Японии. Хорошие съемки !
Ждем новых фильмов !!!
Спасибо большое! Я очень рад, что понравилось! Буду стараться. Я уже начал обрабатывать следующий фильм.
Going to koyasan next week
Looking forward to it
You guys are a cute couple ❤
Thank you very much! Thank you very much also for watching and the comment! Koyasan is spectacular place! We wish you to have a great trip!
かわいい！😍😍
すごくいいビデオです！👏✨
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You guys made my day! Loved travelling with you guys :) Very pleasant way of filming!
Thank you very much for watching and the comment! We are very happy to hear that you liked our video so much! Someone also just subscribed. I cannot see who is it so than you very much if it was you! We highly appreciate it!
@@RomanSudarikov Yes, it's me :) Subscribed for life! Bless your journey my friends, SHIAWASE 🌸🎎🌸
@@silver17s91 Thank you very much! We wish all the best! Stay safe!
This video got you a sub from me. I was really impressed with the editing! Your English is a little hard to understand sometimes, but I really liked the style. Thanks for the video!
Thank you very much for watching and subscribing! The spoken portions are definitely the weakest ones in my video. I have been trying to get better with those and I think that my next video will be better already, although still not good enough, because it is also from last summer. For about one year I have been using English and Japanese daily and I feel that I got better. I am also doing some voice over for the next video. I will work on my English! Thank you very much for your feedback!
огромное спасибо!!! шикарное качество, красивые проходки, планы с разных ракурсов, красивые панорамы(ни быстро, ни медленно, а как нужно!) и приятное муз.сопровождение. единственное что бы я привнесла, это когда показываются святыни хотелось услышать японскую традиционную музыку. а так все супер!" лайк и подписка с меня)))
такое удовольствие смотреть мою любимую Японию с красивой грамотной подачей. Удачи Вам и вашей спутнице!
Огромнейшее спасибо за просмотр, лайк, комментарий, подписку и особенно совет! Я очень рад, что вам понравилось. Мы особенно уделяем внимание музыке. Сначала мы обсуждаем, Кан ищет подходящие и потом мы вместе выбираем из того, что она нашла. Я думаю, что музыка в нашем влоге номер 7 Удзи является в том направление как вы посоветовали. Она не самая традиционная, но мы искали в этом направление. Я бы назвал её современным вариантом традиционной японской музыки. Мы постараемся учесть ваше пожелание. Если вы будете смотреть Уджи, то очень хотелось бы услышать ваше мнение, является ли музыка в Темплах достаточно традиционной или же вы имели в виду что-то другое. С выбором музыки мне всегда сложно. Не только стиль должен подходить к теме, но она также должна технически подходить к заснятому материалу. Бывали случаи, что музыка именно что хочу, но не как не могу под неё подогнать всё. Также скажу, что я думаю, что мы перестарались с музыкой во влоге 6 Ёшино. Спасибо вам большое.
@@RomanSudarikov влог7 часовая программа, посмотрю когда времени будет побольше, но все же до 16 минуты пролистала - с 03 10- до 05 20 прозвучала нейтральная музыка - обычно такую музыку и используют на такие программы, она еще называется фоновая, без слов. Мне нравится когда фоновая музыка перемежается с песнями, да еще в тему к видеокартинке!!! - у вас в принципе так и есть(правда я англ.яз не понимаю)))
а вот музыка с 14 40- до 16 15 мне понравилась больше, думаю под святыни тоже бы подошла(музыка как у Эрика Сати с маленькой долей мистики).
Я думаю у вас все хорошо! как предложение: когда в программе есть контрасты, звучит современная фоновая музыка (через паузу) зазвучала традиционная музыка (в тему к нац.традициям, обычаям, архитектуре, малой архитектурной форме...) и затем (через паузу) опять продолжилась фоновая музыка - всегда эффектно!
на самом деле у вас и так все хорошо, можно и не заморачиваться))) Еще раз удачи вам Роман и Кан!!!
Спасибо большое! Удзи действительно очень длинное, но я думаю, что оно на данный момент лучше всех получилось. Музыка, которая более в японском или азиатском стиле - это примерно 18-21 мин, 30-33 мин и 46-49 мин. Это как раз когда мы в храме или святилище. Я обычно хочу по возможности фоновую музыку с песней. Так во влоге 6 Ёсино, но я думаю, что там я перестарался с музыкой и когда делал Удзи специально выбирал более фоновую, не так заметную музыку. Я стараюсь чтобы был баланс между тремя типами содержимого: 1. речь, 2. с музыкой и 3. без музыки только звуки окружаемого. В Ёсино номер 3. не хватало, и я хотел исправит это в Удзи. Также стараюсь выбирать музыку, в которой много изменений, и потом подгоняю материал под них. Я ещё учусь и поэтому много анализирую как делать лучше. Очень большое спасибо за ваши советы! Я буду иметь в виду и попробую, когда будет подходящие видео. Похожую перемену музыки с паузой и назад я использовал один раз в видео "Kyoto Cherry Blossom 2021 - Kamogawa River north of Nakaragi Path".
В Коясан русских субтитров не было, но к новым видео, включая Удзи я стараюсь делать перевод и на русский. К Коясан тоже планирую сделать.
Я перевёл содержимое ваших комментарии Кан тоже.
Спасибо вам большое!
What a great Video. You are a very talented Filmmaker :)
Thank you very much for your kind words! I am just started and still in the beginning of my learning process but I try my best. There are still a lot of mistakes I need to improve on. Right now I am working on my next video which will be a similar style vlog from two days trip to Ohara. I will try to make it even better!
@@RomanSudarikov can't wait to see your new Video :)
@@TobiasKaufhold Thank you very much for subscribing! The cut and the music are ready. I am doing color corrections now. After that I still need to do texts, translations and some other effects.
thank you for your vlog :)
Thank you very much for watching and the comment!
ふふつぬゆるる
I know walking through a cemetary at night sounds creepy, but it turned out to very serene when my wife and I did it.
Thank you very much for watching and the comment! It doesn't sound creepy here in Japan because there are a lot cemeteries in Kyoto all around the city, even in the city center itself. Buddhist Temples often have cemeteries behind then and here is a lot of temples here. I am kind of used to it. Koyasan is also quite a special place and the atmosphere was magical and not creepy at all when the walked there during the blue hour.
Beautiful place and quality video
Thank you very much! I am happy to hear that you liked it! Koyasan is very special place I think!
@@RomanSudarikov it deserves more views and you deserve more subscribers best of luck
Thank you very much! I will try my best! It takes time, but I am editing right now my next video which will be from Uji.
I visited Japan a month ago and this video made me feel like I was there again(I'm missing it a lot now). Your camerawork and editing skills are fantastic, keep up the great work!
Thank you very much for watching, the comments and subscribing! Although it is said that people prefer shorter videos on CZcams, we are trying to make a bit longer ones to show the trip completely from the start to the end, so that the viewers could feel that they are on that trip too. I am very happy to hear that you felt this way! Thank you for your complement about my skills. I still learning how to make those videos. We will keep on making those. We are putting all our strength in making those, but it takes time to edit. The current project I am editing is two videos from our trip to HongKong, but after that there will be Japan again. 3 big trips in Japan are in the queue to being edited. I wonder did you visit Koyasan during your last trip to Japan one month ago or are you planing to go there on your next trip?
@@RomanSudarikov I think that having a balanced mix of long and short videos would work well for this channel. Personally I enjoyed every minute of this video and the length was perfect to capture your entire experience.
While I was in Japan, I only visited Tokyo as I felt that there was so much to see and I only had one week to do it all! Although, I wish I made it out of the city for at least one day because when I think back on my trip I realize I spent a majority of my time in the city looking for parks and gardens to get away from the crowds haha! My next visit will definitely be longer and I will be spending more time in nature around the countryside/mountain regions. I'm very jealous that you have the opportunity to live there and I'll continue to live vicariously through your videos :)
Thank you very much for your feedback. In addition to the countryside I would suggest also visiting Kyoto on your next trip. Here is a lot of old Japan to see and it is very different to Tokyo. There is so many temples and other historical places that you will not be able to cover them all even if you stay here for few months. And you can do other trips from here too.
@@RomanSudarikov Thank you for the advice! I will keep it in mind while I'm planning my next trip :)
I was supposed to go Mount Koya this year but unfortunately it was cancelled due to the pandemic. So it's great to be able to feel what it's like watching this. Thank you. Your return trip to Kyoto seems peaceful with hardly anyone around, except for Osaka which is always crowded as far I as I can remember. 😂 Great video!
Thank you very much for watching and the comment! I live in Kyoto, but after the start of pandemic I have been keeping my traveling to the minimum. We have been mostly hiking in the nearby mountains. I have quite many videos to edit from 2019 so I have been concentrating on those. I hope that the next year will be better for everyone! Yes on our way back from Koyasan there was almost no one. There is a huge contrast between big cities and rural parts of Japan. Once again thank you very much!
@@RomanSudarikov editing is not easy so I understand the need for more time in order to produce a good quality video that you've been producing so far. 🧐
Have you been to Mount Hiei near Kyoto? I heard it's as nice as Mount Koya but with a view of Lake Biwa. Might I suggest that place for your future video if you haven't been to? Of course, it's just a suggestion. I don't mean to pressure you. 😅 In the mean time, stay safe, Roman! 😀
Thank you very much! Actually we have been to Mount Hiei already and even better I have filmed it! :) My current plan is that it is going to be VLOG 11. Mount Hiei has been a request by Darren Su in the comments of my Kifune video. I have filmed it during the autumn leaves season last year. It is going to be a hiking video like Konpirasan, but we briefly visited Temples too. The Lake Biwa can be seen too. We didn't use ropeway and hiked all the way up and down. I am always open for any suggestions for future videos! Stay safe!
Красивый фильм. Познакомил с культурой Японии. Новых путешествий и впечатлений
Спасибо большое! Мои путешествия продолжаются, так что о впечатлениях будет в следующих видео.
I love the editing on this. You can really see you spent your time on this - it made for a great watch and it was super helpful! Not sure if you will see this in time, but how or what did you use to plan your route?
Thank you very much for watching my video! I just used google map. It works very well here in Japan. I found that public transportation on Google is more detailed for Japan than many other countries. It is also more convenient than Japanese websites. Although this is my opinion in general, Koyasan buses are not on google, so after arriving there I had to rely on the information provided on location. This was a bit complicated. Later when making this video I found this website. www.rinkan.co.jp/global/en/ It is the same information as at the location but collected in one place. I hope this helps. I guess you are on the way to Koyasan. Have a nice day at Koyasan! The place is amazing.
This was different from the usual videos. While a bit more editing towards the end may have helped, the details helped me get the feel of the locations.
Thank you very much for watching and the comment! We are happy to hear that you liked our video. This video definitely would had required more work in editing and better filming. This was my first long vlog style video and now when I watch it I see a lot of things which I would had done different now. Once again thank you very much!
Hello friends, we are Ariel and Martin and we love traveling, we’ve been to Japan a couple of years ago and really loved the place, today we were looking for videos about Kyoto and came across to your channel and we liked it very much, specially your edition and the way you show the different places, it gives a lot of tranquility and peace to watch and also transmits the essence of it, from now on we will be joining your channel and wish you a lot of success. We will add your channel to ours as a recommended channel. Best regards from Argentina!
Hello Ariel and Martin! Thank you very much for watching and your support! I highly appreciate! I am working right now on my next vlog which will be Yoshino during cherry blossom season. It will be very similar style only improved. I see it as a continuation of Koyasan, so you might like it. I have checked your channel and the last video. It is great! I seems that you have started your channel around the same time as I do. You have quite many videos from Japan and Kyoto so I am very curious to check those next. Once again thank you very much for your support! I wish you a lot of success with your channel too! Best regards from Japan!
Dear @@RomanSudarikov We really enjoy watching your videos, since you show places that usually are not known by tourist like us, and many are in scenic locations, along with the way the two of you present the places in a very natural way. Looking forward to see your next project and! Best of luck! Nice weekend!
Thank you very much! I will try my best! have a nice weekend!
I'm happy I found your Vodeo. It's a nice one and recovered lot of memories of my visit at Koyasan. I spent 3 days there and I found it's not enough to enjoy the spirit and beauty of the place. I dropped my cam at the last day of my stay. Luckily all photos survived and I created some Video Slide Shows.
Your video created the wish to go back to Koyasan and enjoy it much longer.
Have a good time.
Thank you very much for watching and the comment! I am happy to hear that watching our video brought back a lot of good memories! Our visit was quite short, only a day trip, and I too would like to visit Koyasan on a longer trip with a stay in a temple. In general this is the part of Japan I probably would like to explore the most at the moment. Actually right now I am editing 3 day trip to Kumano Kodo, although it might not be the next video which I am going to publish because I am planning some shorter ones too. I am glad to hear that you didn't lose any photos from your trip! Once again, thank you very much! Have a good time and stay safe!
@@RomanSudarikov I look forward to watch more. Big Thanks for sharing!! If you like to see what I sow on my stays in Japan, you are hilghly welcome on my CZcams channel.
I have noticed that you have a channel with a lot of videos/slide shows from Japan. It was past 1 am already so we watched just one. It was the first one with your new thumbnail design. You have captured a lot of beautiful details and we liked it a lot. From your channel it seems like you might live in Kansai too. We are going to check more your videos. Especially I want to see Kyoyasan and from Kumano Kodo. Thank you very much!
@@RomanSudarikov my wife (she is from Kobe) and me life so far in Kobe on our holidays. So most places I visited was Kansai area. If we have opportunity we intend to visit Japan end of this year again. Basically we life in Germany.
Places I have visit in Japan and the world you can see on this map.
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1o72KojNFWgMPP6IwbVhFtDSuljGYKV7d&ll=33.895567084741074%2C133.96382009248487&z=6
It hase connection to my Blog Post and the all photos I took over the time. Basically at the end of each blog post is a gallery og photos.
Have a good and save time.
Your map is very cool! I will have to investigate it more. I wanted to have something like that too. I didn't know that it is possible to put videos on the map like that. I will check the blog too. Have a nice day and stay safe!
很棒的介紹，我也一直很想去高野山。看了你的介紹，讓我大致上了解怎麼規劃行程。謝謝你。我應該會在雪季時前往，如果可以的話，會想在高野山上住宿。
謝謝您的留言且訂閱我們的頻道。很高興視頻中的內容對您有所幫助：）冬季的高野山應是另一番寂靜與美。我們也很期待有機會在那裡住宿，尤其是住在寺廟裡。小提醒：冬季的高野山應該會非常冷，若前往最好提前查詢好天氣狀況（哈哈，現在說這些會不會太早了，畢竟夏天還沒到呢🙃）- Kan
Koyasan is a great place to visit. If you have time, stay at a shukubo temple inn and take an Okunoin night tour in English.
Thank you very much for watching and the recommendation! I am definitely going to visit Koyasan again and next time I want to stay there a night. Thank you very much!
@@RomanSudarikov There are a ton of shukubo listed at www.japaneseguesthouses.com/ryokan-search-results/Mt-Koya/ The food is amazing.
Thank you! I will check it out.
Greetings from Estonia!!
Greetings from Kyoto, Japan! Thank you very much for watching and the comment! I used to live in Kohtla-Järve before moving to Finland when I was eleven years old.
@@RomanSudarikov That is so sweet! Kyoto is probably my favourite place on Earth, I've been there 3 times and I miss it so much. I planned to travel there this November, but that's not possible. Perhaps next year :) I forgot to say that this is an awesome video, Koyasan is definitely on my bucket list :)
Thank you very much for your kind words! I am glad to hear that you liked my video! Kyoto is also my favorite place on Earth. I studied here for one year about 10 years ago. I liked it so much that three years ago I decided to move here for a second time. This year the situation with travel is quite hard everywhere so there is not much we can do now than wait and see what the next year will bring to us. I hope that there will be soon a vaccine which should help a lot! Koyasan is wonderful place to visit!
こんにちは。これはおそらく夏の高野山ですね。敢えて冬に行くのもオススメです。ただ雪が多いときは、入れないこともありますが。
こんにちは。コメントやお勧め、どうもありがとうございます。はい、去年の夏、6月26日行きました。私は、自然のことや歴史があることなどが好きなので、高野山の旅行がとても楽しかったです。すごくきれいな場所だと思います。帰ってから、日帰りではなくて、次回一泊どこかのお寺に泊まろうかと考えていました。冬の時にもお寺に泊まることが出来るかどうかを調べようと思います。冬の時に京都の近くにどこに旅行した方がいいかと考えたことがありますが、高野山がいいと自分で何とか考えられなかったです。お勧め、ありがとうございます。
Stunning footage. I've decided to include Koyasan into my next trip to Osaka and Kyoto now.
PS= Unsure if you're receptive to any of your enthusiastic, supporters offering little bits of kindly meant constructive criticism/honest feedback but here goes anyway: please reconsider your music soundtracks. I found them overbearing and obnoxious and irrelevant to the glorious visuals and possible mood you could have curated. Rock music blaring over a forest? Constant, excitable, almost manic track changes don't work for me especially when disco, pop or rock music is loudly playing over such footage. Ambient sound recording is evocative and really immersive for your viewers, adding another sensory dimension to your footage. If nobody says anything unpleasant to hear (but meant in the spirit of supportive, constructive criticism and helpful feedback and nothing more) then creative, hardworking people can often be left scratching their heads over why they aren't more successful or able to generate great viewing numbers and subscribers. Ultimately, it's your channel and you can do exactly as you please. I am always wary of offending and upsetting a hardworking, generous stranger who gave me more joy than irritation in life, but I just thought I'd offer you one single 'negative' in what is otherwise an entire dump truck filled with happy little thumbs up 👍👍👍. If I made videos myself I would actively ask for feedback in my early days of creating and uploading. Some people get very defensive and take it the wrong way. I hope I've made myself clear 🙏. A terrific video aside from one single aesthetic objection (not personal in the slightest). Thank you so much for your hard work here. An inspiration. 😃
Thank you very much for watching and your feedback! I don't mind constructive criticism at all. It only helps me to improve my videos and I always take it seriously. Even when there have been cases when things are outside of my control, skill level, recourses or for any other reason I couldn't implement those changes, I have been profoundly investigating any solutions. I think it is second time when someone mentioning that music style do not fit the theme of this vlog. I agree on that. It was my incompetence because it was my second video edited and first vlog and now after few years I see a lot of mistakes in it and also ways to improve it. Music is just one of those. Actually soundtrack for my vlogs is something I put a lot of effort but there have been also some other mistakes with it too. Other than this video, for example Yoshino vlog has too much music. There had to be more passages with just natural sound to have more balanced result. Once again thank you very much for watching and especially for writing such a long feedback! I highly appreciate the time you have spent!
@@RomanSudarikov Great channel, I look forward to seeing the beautiful and fascinating things you will choose to share with us all online in the future. Good stuff. People can be unbelievably rude when delivering critiques to strangers online and I often read and ask myself, 'would you talk to that person like that in real life, at a party or over a dinner table when meeting them for the first time?!' Awful what online anonymity does to human beings of all ages. Your reply comment above was as intelligent and conscientious as I knew it would be. Your very best work is yet to come, how exciting! 😃👍
Thank you very much! I will try my best but I am a bit slow on editing. My channel is so small that so far I had only very little problems with impropriate comments but I see that bigger channels have a lot of trouble with the problem you just described.
この動画を通して、私も高野山へ遊びに行ったようで、凄く楽しかったです。
お二人ともお疲れ様でした。
ちょっと気になりますけど、
29:19 歩いている方は坊主さんですか
見てくれてどうもありがとうございました。とても嬉しいです。29：19の方は、坊主さんだと思います。
Can I borrow some parts? It's so beautiful 🥺 I just need it for an assignment 😁
Thank you very much for watching and the comment! What kind of assignment is it? If it is personal not public use then it is ok for the video part. The music which is used in this video is copyrighted. I have paid only for CZcams license for my channel, so I have no right to give any permissions related to the music. Once again thank you very much for watching!
@@RomanSudarikov ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU!!! I am a Social Sudies major and I chose this UNESCO heritage for a 1-minute travel/promotion vlog because I LOVE JAPAN 😁 It will be passed to our professor but I am not sure if it will be posted somewhere. 🥺 But I'll make sure to put credits, I swear. 😭❤️ Can I borrow it?
If I understood correctly you are doing 1 minutes video about UNESCO world heritage and need video material for it. It is okay to use part of this video for your project as long as it is an academic use and not commercial. If your professor will publish your video somewhere publicly I would be very interested to see it too if possible. Also my vlog 6 Yoshino and vlog 7 Uji have UNESCO heritage sites. This permission applies to those too. Yoshino is actually a part of the same heritage site as Koyasan. I am too very interested in UNESCO sites in Japan. One of the videos I am working on right now is Kumano Kodo :) Thank you very much for asking!
@@RomanSudarikov I AM HONESTLY SCREAMING BECAUSE I ALWAYS DREAMED OF VISITING JAPAN AND THESE SITES 😭❤️ MAYBE ONE DAY 🥺 I AM JEALOUS 😂 But yeah Sir, thank you very much! If my professor would post it, I will gladly comment the link here. ❤️ Arigatou! ✨ 😁
Thank you! You will have time to visit Japan and explore those place! I wish you the best with your studies and assignment! :)
Did ai miss it or did you not introduce your travelling partner.
Thank you very much for watching and your comment. There is kind of small introduction added afterwards in the form of a text at the top of the screen in the beginning. I didn't introduce her properly and in this video there is definitely not enough about this channel in general and myself too. My plan, what I am doing, wasn't so clear at that point. At the moment the best introduction is probably in Hong Kong part 1, but if you could wait just a bit please, in our next vlog there will be a proper introduction. It is going to be Uji. I have just finished the edit and started doing transcript, subtitles to different languages and other texts related to the video. I am sorry, I am slow on uploads because the way how I edit, especially the most recent videos, is very time consuming. Once again thank you very much for watching and the comment!
Poluchila bolshoe udovolstvie ot prosmotra video. Drugoj mir. Ochenj krasivo.
Спасибо большое! :) Место действительно сказочное!
@@RomanSudarikov С удовольствием пересматриваю видео. Красота и приятное музыкальное сопровождение!
I love the clarity of the vid. Actually I feel you entered in the modern part of the cemetery. I feel no one suggested you enter from town where the first impression is dramatic. Your entrance was a bit underwhelming. I had the privilege to visit Mount Koya and stay at the Fudoin temple 2 nights and take in this spiritual and millenary cultural aspect of Japan, one of the most memorable parts of our voyage one of many extra ordinary experiences. We had the JR rail green pass and also went from Kyoto to Mt Koya only 2 portions were not part of Jr Pass but only paid like $34.00 equivalent. Also Swica is not accepted for transportation in Koya but very inexpensive bus fares. The little town is owned by the monks and no credit cards accepted so come prepared with cash. Our temple stay was delightful memorable gourmet vegan meals at Fudoin temple beautiful smaller temple as what i have seen in other videos other temples do not serve in the amazing manner and style as Fudoin temple. It was not inexpensive but worth every yen. There is so much to see in the town and experience aJapan like no other. I actually felt I was a mystic and spiritual journey. I am not Buddhist, I am Catholic but here there is something truly unique. Watching your video makes me long to return so much. Thank you.
Dear Alma Oaxaca, Thank you for very much for watching my video and also writing such a long and informative comment. I highly appreciate putting so much of your time and effort in it! It is true, our trip was not really planed to the smallest details and we decided things mostly on the go. Entering from the oldest side of the cemetery would had been more impressive. I think it is possible to save travel costs with JR pass but you would have to go through Nara. I assume that you used that route. We leave in Japan, so we cannot buy JR passes and even if we could, it was just one trip, so it would had been cheaper in this case to just use normal tickets. Of course for the travelers from abroad I would highly recommend using JR pass if they are planing to move around the Japan a lot. Without JR pass the connection between Koyasan and Kyoto is a bit faster if you go through Osaka than through Nara. This is why we had chosen that route. This was just one day trip, but I would really like to stay in a temple and explore that area even more. We liked this small town and in general we enjoy a lot traveling to a bit more remote location such Koyasan. We will definitely return and also considering doing some hike there. The hike would be not the easiest one so that would require some preparations. Actually after this trip we did some more trips already to that area of Japan, but I am struggling with not having enough free time to edit. My next video will be second part of our Hong Kong trip, it is almost ready, but after it I will edit Yoshino during cherry blossom season. It is historically most famous cherry blossom location in Japan and also belongs to the same network of temple as Koyasan. We have shoot also 3 days hike in Kumano Kodo which will be 3 vlogs. If you enjoyed Koyasan, I would highly recommend visiting that too. Once again thank you very much! I wish you a lot of wonderful trips to Japan in the near future!
Roman Sudarikov Roman, I did same route as you just Kyoto to Osaka on Shinkansen only 13 minutes......I love Japanese rail service, for us tourists the rail pass is a great deal. You did a beautiful job in capturing the essence of Koyasan. I look forward to more of your videos. Another area I found fascinating is the inland sea, visited Naoshima, the impressive island museum, don’t know if you have been? I hope to return to Japan next year and definitely return to Koyasan and will take your advice to see Kumon. As a side note your country of Finland is also most beautiful.
Thank you for responding and your companion is just so cute and adorable. Best wishes, be safe and stay healthy..
Thank you for your respond! Naoshima, and in general that area of Japan, I still haven't visited. There are so many places in Japan which I still haven't seen but really want to visit. The most further place in that directing I have been to is Himeji. I will check out your suggestion. It seems to be quite famous because I recognize that I have seen many pictures from there. Also I have delivered your message to my companion. She is laughing. I wish you all the best! Roman
Great video! What's the title of the song (5:06 - 8:55)? Will be going to Koyasan this June
Thank you very much for watching and the comment! I am glad to hear that you liked my first vlog. The name of the song is Every Drop Of Rain by Martin Carlberg. I like a lot this song too. It was end of June when we went to Koyasan. The place is definitely worth a visit! I wish you to have a great trip!
@@RomanSudarikov Thank you for your quick reply. I actually gave up Universal Studios in favor of Koyasan in our last day in Osaka around third week of June. I am just wondering how the weather would be like. Rainy?
If you would like to experience more of the traditional Japan, I think it is a good decision. The weather is quite unstable. It doesn’t rain all the time but when it rains it rains a lot. You will have to rely a bit on luck. But it does have advantages too. The locations will be less crowded. The rain also can add its own atmosphere to the places. For example, I find that sitting inside of some small temple and just watching the rain in the garden outside can be very relaxing. Koyasan too might feel even more mysterious in the rain. If you don't especially hate the rain and prepare yourself for it, I think you will be alright.
@@RomanSudarikov I'm an amateur photographer and I'm sure it's going to be a great photography tour - hopefully it wouldn't be too crowded. Again thank you for patiently responding to my queries - really appreciate ir. Cheers :)
You will be there about the same time we did, so I think it should not be crowded at all. The most popular places such as Kyoto for example are more or less crowded all around the year, but you don't have to go far away from those to find yourself completely alone. The contrast is huge. The locals are quite well aware about it and trying to find solutions. My next two videos from Ohara, which are in the last stage of editing, should show that very well. Japan is very photogenic so I am sure it will be a great trip!
Is it still so warm there in the middle of November? I# going to visit those places soon and I thought it will be between 10-18 °C. Music and filming are very nice! But why you introduced only yourself? It was looking a bit strange...
Thank you very much for watching and the comment! The video was shot in June 2018. There is a huge delay before posting because it takes me a lot of time to edit. I haven't been at Koyasan in November, but I think between 10-18 °C is about right. Late evening and during the night it could probably be even colder so I would bring some warm clothes just in case. Thank you very much also for the feedback! I am aware about this problem and completely agree with you. It was our first vlog and at the time of the filming Kan wished just to follow me without giving any information about herself. During editing she agreed on giving her name and nationality, which then I wrote on the screen to correct this problem a bit. So far the best introduction of both of us could be found in the beginning of our Uji vlog. It is "VLOG 7 Flowers, temples and green tea of Uji". Once again thank you very much!
@@RomanSudarikov Than you very much too! Kan is a very nice woman and a figure in this film! Really great film I enjoyed. I'm taking with me for the first time similarly big BMPCC4k + RS3 Combo gimbal and I will try to learn something from your film too.
I haven't tried your combo, but it sounds like it might be even harder to handle on the trip than what I use. I am also still learning! I assume that you did the trip already because you mentioned middle of November before. I hope that you had a great trip!
@@RomanSudarikov Yes it turned out to be a bad idea. First combo set didn't included LIDAR and so auto-focus. Secondly it was too big and not proper gear for such kind of filming. It is really for a cinema set, not for a vlogging. Last but not least I didn't have any experience with it. For such cases I think the best would be an auto-focus camera with stabilization like Sony Alpha 7s III or FX3/Fx6 or Panasonic GH5 and comparable. However I published some hand held video shots on Shibuya on my channel made with this camera. In Okunoin I used mostly my smartphone and only few shots with the camera: czcams.com/video/1iFnpzmMJ6s/video.html
I see. When shooting I always have everything in manual except focus. It is already hard to keep monitoring constantly exposure and adjusting aperture, ISO, ND filter strength and some times also shutter speed. I am also often clicking the screen of the camera to choose autofocus location, but manual focus would be completely impossible for me to handle on the go. I have been quite often looking at the Black Magic cameras but not having auto focus of my Canon camera is too big sacrifice to make a jump.
高野山は全体が一つのお寺です 奥の院は寺ではありません 霊廟です お墓であり慰霊塔です 他の寺とは違い高野山は見るところではなく感じるところであり祈るところです 日本で一番神聖ともいうべき場所です
ご覧になって頂き、コメント、ありがとうございました。旅行に出る前の準備や目的地についての知識などが足りなくて、撮影していた時にさまざまなことを間違えました。申し訳ございません。金剛峯寺と壇上伽藍は、実はどう見ても一緒のお寺だと思っていましたが、高野山全部は一緒のお寺だと思わなかったです。そして、初めてこのような動画を撮影していたなので、緊張して、変なことを言ってしまったことが多かったです。例えば、奥の院は、お寺ではなくても、ずっとお寺だと言っていました。間違いが多く、誠に申し訳ございません。自分の知識や能力がまだ足りないと思っていますが、自分の勉強にもなると思って、このような皆さんに日本を紹介する動画を撮影したいと思います。撮影する前により分かるように、調べています。ちなみに、今は、高野山と関係がある吉野の動画を編集しています。高野山のことを教えていただき、本当にありがとうございました。ロマン
Hi, would you mind providing detailed directions from Kyoto to koyosan? I've tried writing it down while following your video but it got a little confusing. If you're able to, that would be highly appreciated ! Also how long is travel time? Also how early do the trains run?
Or will I be able to get good directions with Google maps?
Hello PaKou Yang,
Thank you very much for watching!
Here is a text which I made when I was editing the video:
Kyoto Station (JR Tokaido-Sanyo Line Special Rapid bound for Himeji 560JPY, 7：23) → 7：54 Osaka Station ( Kansai Airport Rapid for Nishikujo, Tennoji 180JPY , 8：04) →8：20 Shin-Imamiya Station (Nankai-limited Express Koya 1 for Gokurakubashi 870JPY+780JPY , 8：44) →10：01 Gokurakubashi Station(Nankai Koyasan Cable 390JPY, 10：09) →10：14 Koyasan Station →(Bus No.31 for Daimon Minami Chushajo 1 day bus ticket 830JPY, 10：20) →10：31 Senjuinbashi(West) →Senjuinbashi(East) Bus No.22, 10：58 → 11：04 Okunoin-mae
Here is the same text in Japanese in case you prefer it over English:
京都駅（ＪＲ東海道山陽本線新快速 姫路行, 560円 , 7：23）→7：54大阪駅（関空快速 西九条,天王寺方面, 180円, 8：04）→8：20新今宮駅（南海高野線 特急こうや1号 極楽橋行, 870円+780指定席, 8：44）→10：01極楽橋駅（高野山ケーブルケーブル 高野山行 390円, 10：09）→10：14高野山駅→ 高野山（バス31号 大門南駐車場行き 一日フリー乗車券 830円, 10：20）→ 10：31千手院橋(西) → 千手院橋(東) バス22号10：58→ 11：04奥の院前
There are many possibilities where you could change the train in Osaka and which one is fastest depends on the time you are leaving. So the start might be different but all of routes will lead you to getting on Nankai-limited Express Koya which is a fastest train to get to Koyasan. Google is a perfect tool to investigate it. There is also alternative way through Nara. It will be slower but you will be able to use JR pass for the most part of it. So going through Nara is good only if you want to save some money by using JR pass in my opinion.
Please note, that google is great tool to get to Koyasan, but the Koyasan local buses are not on google, or at least they weren't when we visited it last year.
Does it answers your question? If you have any questions please feel free too ask. I will try my best to answer them.
Roman
I forgot to mention that the travel time from Kyoto Station to Koyasan Station using Nankai-limited Express will be from 2 and half hour to a bit less that 3 hours depending on the route you take and what time you leave. 2 and half hour is also a bit more expensive because it require a Haruka Express train which is a fast line to Osaka Airport. The earliest trains seems to leave Kyoto around 5:20 am.
@@RomanSudarikov thank you very much for the detailed directions. Highly appreciate it. Itll be my first time in Japan so hopefully I'll be able to tackle it with no problems.
You are welcome! I think you will be fine, because you are researching things beforehand!
Can I use the Jr pass to travel there In the morning and come back at night ?
Thank you for your comment! You will have to use different route. It might not be the most convenient and fastest way to get there but you can use JR pass for the most part of it. Again convenience depends from where you are starting from. So for example if you are going there from Nara it will actually be better that the route we took. Closest JR station to Mount Koya is Hashimoto. You will have to get there first. From there normally you would take other train not covered by JR pass to Gokurakubashi and then cable car to the top, but at the moment it seems that cable care is under repaid until February 28, 2019. There is substitute bus connection from Hashimoto to Koyasan. Using those you will arrive at Koyasan to a bit different location first compared to us, but from there you will be able to start using the same local buses we took, so it should not make a big difference.
@@RomanSudarikov Awesome thank you so much :)
You are welcome!
You have great skills on camera and editing - congratulations! Now, having said that, I must say that the fact that you never bothered to introduce us to your lovely companion (not even after, on the footnotes) left a very negative impression, which affected the whole experience of watching your video. I still urge you to fix it, at least on the notes describing the video.
Hello Canterbury J Higuma! Thank you very much for watching and the comment! I highly appreciate your feedback and I completely agree that the introduction of my partner is not at adequate level. At moment of filming our first vlogs Kan wished only to accompany me and not talk about herself at all. At the moment of editing Koyasan video, I was able to convince her only to add name and nationality information on the screen which come at 33s mark. Better introduction can be found in our Vlog 7 from Uji. There is a longer introduction at the start of the video. Once again thank you very much for watching and the feedback. I am still learning and there is a lot of things which still need to be improved. I am also sorry for a late answer! There has been a bit of a break in posting new videos on CZcams. I have been busy with work, but I am still constantly working on my next vlogs, one of which I am planning to publish this week. I wish you all the best! Take care and stay safe!
music selections are painful. this could easily be 7 minute video.
Thank you for watching my video and your comment! I highly appreciate your feedback. I assume that you are referring to the problem with too long music sections. I have been pointed out before that those are too long and not good enough with which I completely agree and I see it as one of the biggest problems. In the future vlogs I going to make them shorter a bit and also going to concentrate a lot on how to improve them and make them more interesting. Shorter videos right to the point are definitely more popular, but I am thinking about finding the way how I could show the whole trip in the interesting way. My videos are going to be a big longer ones. So I would like to find a way how could I improve those getting from place A to B scenes without removing them completely. For examples in the video I am editing right now I am trying to create a lot of variation in style of those sequences. Once again thank you for watching and the comment! I highly appreciate it!
Unbearable! The first 6 to 7 minutes are train stations... great shots but not very effective if you’re looking for information and tips
Thank you very much for watching and the comment! I highly appreciate it! I completely agree that the first part of the video, the going to location scene, is one of the biggest problems although the lack of efficiency can be seen in the middle parts too. This is one of the areas I am trying to improve and putting more effort in my next vlogs. I included the train part because my goal is to show the whole trip from start to the end. I would like to keep this goal but I am looking for a better way to show the whole. In my next vlog, which I am editing right now I think I have improved it significantly although it is still long. The whole video is still 39min but there will be more things happening, a lot of changes, and especially train part I tried to make very visual and put a story into it. The problem which you pointed out is my biggest concerns but instead of cutting it off and doing more like everyone does I am looking for a way to make it worth watching. I might fail but I would like to try it first. For example I think Hong Kong part 1 is better already although not good enough even close. Actually the next vlog I am editing right now is Yoshino during cherry blossom and related to the Koyasan. Once again, thank you very much for your attention! If you might give me a second chance and check out Yoshino when it is done, I would very much like to hear your opinion if I was able to improve this problem. It will still take me 2-4 weeks to finish that video.