ITS BEEN A MONTH since our last vid and I've missed you all so much!! HOW IS EVERYONE?! ---- *Comment Squad and Notification Squad Where you At?* Who is ready for adventure season?? THE Patreon CREW is helping create this years adventure soon!! Come and join us and help pick where I go and how I get there!! Would you go to Shirakawago? Let me know below!! *FULL Hour+ Walk on @TokyoLensExplore !! Check it out!!*
@IamTonySy huh? Wdym? Was there a new car accident, or did you mean the old one when he was still racing? Because if it's the old one, that actually sparked the idea to pursue being a shamisen player. So, as far as I know, Norm still plays the shamisen.
@@CoversbyPatYam He was hit by a truck while on an electric scooter in Tokyo. He broke his small finger and the doctor cautioned him that playing shamisen might cause another break. I am not sure how that all ended up as it was some time ago now, at least over a year I think. I suspect he is still playing Shamisen though, given his love for it.
When I saw the title of this video I had no clue which town you explored but as I was watching it I realized how perfect the title is! Cleanest water, beautiful old houses and spectacular nature😆Shirakawago is such a special place to feel lots of Japan’s beauty😊☺️✨
with With Me Japan!! I recommend you go check it out sometime!! Got any good videos coming up? I saw your Pokemon Cafe one!! I gotta go there sometime!! Looks fun~
Ugh I wish America would take care of its environment! I’m so respectful over the environment, but I hate living in United States because of the people!
What a beautiful place, really lifts your mood. Also really enjoying the chemistry between Norm and Jorden (who is basically my polar opposite). Good vibes central. Not many youtubers have the privilege of older lady fans🙃 Lawson > Family Mart > 7-Eleven > Ministop
That's one of the places in Japan, that I want to visit the most. The traditional old houses, the gutters with the fishes, all that atmosphere.. It's just amazing. Thank you Norm! Hope you have a great time!
I couldn't wait to go in an onsen when I visited Japan! My 1st one was public but somehow didn't feel awkward, just relaxing as everyone kept to themselves and was quiet. Also love how humble you are Norm ❤
@@rietachikawa7947 Did you buy up the salt polluted by the Chinese nuclear power plant wastewater and the South Korean nuclear power plant wastewater? Did you know that their wastewater is several times more polluted than Japanese wastewater?
OMG now I’m getting jealous. The town looks so beautiful and peaceful! I would love to be a fulltime traveler… certainly in Japan. So cool btw the Japanese lady recognised you and was genuinely excited 😍. Thank you for the video. Always happy to see those lovely places. One day I’ll join you in your adventure 🤞🏻😅🤩.
Man, you do such a good job of capturing how amazing and fun living in Japan can be. I lived there for 8 years, we go back and live there for one month every year, and it's just so engrained in my heart and will be for the rest of my life.
This brought back so many memories. I just got back from a 3 month vacation in Japan where i focused on off the beaten path locations. One of them was Hida Furakawa, Just after Takayama. seeing that drone footage really brought back the late night walks by the rivers and over the bridges That i would occasionally take. i ended up going back to Takayama as i enjoyed it so much. Later on as it was starting to thaw in the spring (as i had gone in the winter time) and underneath the frost saw the greenest first blades of grass i had ever seen in my life. looked almost fake. What clean forests up there, clean water. Our host actually seemed suprised when i asked them where i could buy some bottled water nearby, as he said the ones living there never bought any. they would drink straight from the tap as the purity was top tier.Thanks for the vid
Delighted you’re back! I like you having a friend along for your exploration trips. Loved the forest path and the wisteria tree! Am I weird for kind of loving the cloudy/rainy vibe of the previous visit more?
Great video Norm, we visited that village last September. And was also amazed by the Trout and the shadow created by the sun. Perfect. Lots of history and culture from the past.🙌
The most interesting part for me is that I learned more about Shirakawago. Before this video, I know only of its slanted straw houses and their domestic silk industry during winter. Now, I know about their fish, cleanliness, and summer scenery.
Man, Norm, you find the coolest people to feature in your videos. You have a great eye for interesting and charismatic individuals and I always feel excited to see new faces in your videos!
Out of all of the videos I've seen of creators doing things like you, in multiple areas... Japan just always amazes me with how beautiful as it is. I can't wait, hopefully I can stay for more than a week on my first visit.
So beautiful. I love the roofs and how they look with the mountains. Must be super interesting to be a full time nomad! Was just thinking yesterday it would be great to see a new video from you! Thank you for sharing.
Shirakawago is indeed awesome! Kyushu is still on my list. My favourite place is Japan would definitely be Shikoku. When I lived in Japan for almost a year back in 2009 is visited Shikoku at the every end to go to Alex Kerr’s house Chiiori in Iya Valley. It felt like I finally arrived in Japan when I was on the train going through Shikoku. Definitely a big recommendation!
It is a very, very pretty area and it's amazing how clean those drainage channels seem to be. Hopefully if more tourists find their way to that area it continues to be the same
Absolutely STUNNING location. Also, for anyone that may be wondering, this is the place that was the inspiration and basis for the fictional town of Hinamizawa in the Manga/Anime franchise Higurashi: When They Cry!
Absolutely beautiful! I wanted to go here when I was in Japan but didn't make it, so it's definitely on the list when I go back!!!! Hope you had all the adventures! Much love from Arizona 💜💜
I remember your first visit to Shirakawago!! The area is absolutely stunning, and I've been looking forward to when you would visit again~~ That's seriously amazing that Jorden has been nomadic for eight years!!! His footage of Mt. Fuji is beautiful! I lovee that there's a no smoking rule, and people actually follow it. The wisteria and maple are lovely~ The drone shots are fantastic!! The river and mountains are beautiful~ Such a stunning area! Thank you for sharing ^-^. (I had a similar but different comment I typed out while watching the video so I didn't forget what I wanted to say and then closed the tab before actually sending the comment 😢)
That town is really beautiful! I wish I could walk on it's streets in person. I always remember that place cause it's what the town in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is based on and it's amazing how the show is horror but the real life version of the town really does look peaceful.
Thank you for sharing this video with us Norm, I caught some of the early morning live walk and it looked beautiful. I love the balance of the water ways and wood and nature all together, nice sounds and sights. It was great to see you getting recognition for playing the shamisen too. Jordan’s drone footage really added another layer to this, keep up the excellent work. Best wishes
Great looking village with wooden houses! It was nice moment when you were recognized for the Shamisen. It was again nice how video ended with eating food moment (like those pizzas after sailing..).
Great Video as Always Norm! Jordan seems likes a amazing fella to film with and just chill to talk about life! I just added another place to the list for when I get to Japan!
Oh wow, a few years ago, Kyde & Eric did a video in Shirakawago in the winter and it remains one of my favorites or theirs, it's so cool to see it in the summer! What a beautiful place.
I am always struck by just how much the forests remind of growing up in the Pacific Northwest. This was a lovely adventure, and I am missing those egg salad sandwiches! Take care!
I love all of your videos. Japan is a country I have always wanted to visit since I was a teen, but due to my fear of flying I'm unable to go. Your videos are very inspiring and help me a lot. 🙂
I bet the air so beautiful to breath there. With the clean water, and the mountains. Also, that tree make me think of all of the trees in Florida covered in hanging moss. One of the few things I actually miss about Florida.
Oooh, as soon as I saw the houses, I was like "This looks really familiar" and then you mentioned the stream from a few yrs ago and it clicked. This is such a pretty town. Not just in cleanliness, but asthetically too. The houses are gorgeous ♥ As a fellow Aussie - I will eat icecream in winter (pretty sure most of us do) and I don't mind a cup of coffee in the morning. Though I did spend most of the video trying to work out what state Jordan is from. He doesn't sound like he's from NSW or Vic.
I lived in Nanao, which is right over the mountain from Shirakawago. We had a blizzard warning so I went to the store for food, and came out with mostly ice cream 😆😆😆
Greetings from Naples, Florida. Now, that is an awesome place, indeed. Would love to visit there sometime. Thank you for sharing with us, have a great week. 💯
Norm I have to say seeing your videos always make me yearn to find a way to make it to Japan as it is a dream of mine to go, Your videography is amazing. One thing I would love to do is the Shikoku Pilgrimage
There's clean, and then there's this. wow. There really doesn't feel like there's a distinction between nature and civilization. Yet everything just blends so well together. welcome back!
I missed watching this right as it went up because I laid down, but it's definitely made my day seeing this was waiting. I definitely would love to go to this town, it's gorgeous! This video also reminded me I need to budget for a shamisen plushie before they're gone.
Yay thanks for doing a Shirakawago video! I've wanted to go ever since I learned it was the inspiration for Hinamizawa. I'm really enamored with these scenic countryside towns in Gifu, but I wonder how difficult they will be to explore if I don't know much Japanese.
I've actually been playing/reading Higurashi lately and had Shirakawago opened in maps for a couple of days now. Crazy coincidence that I managed to recognize it before I read/heard where they were at! :D I definitely have been thinking about visiting too when I'll eventually end up in Japan. Some spots I recognized from the VN BGs are the sloped road they walk during the first minute, I think that's the one that often appears. Also the river and bridge at 9:05, where the cotton drifting even takes place. The shrine at the 10 minute mark is an obvious one too. I was hoping to see the Irie clinic and Rika and Satoko's little house, but I wasn't able to spot them. Maybe they're in there from an angle I wouldn't recognize, who knows
Youll be fine with no Japanese! Shirakawa is a tourist destination, so they have a lot of English. I just went a few weeks ago and some fo the shopkeepers even spoke really great English. The museum and the main house you can enter even have English guide pamphlets. People in the countryside are also super nice, especially to foreigners!
Every single shot in this is absolutely gorgeous and captures the beauty of the area perfectly 🖤 new to the channel but so happy to be here. Thank you so much for sharing!!!!❤
Was just thinking to myself that I haven't watched any of your vids in a while. What a spectacular place, looks straight out of a story book or video game!
This video was so incredibly relaxing, the views were incredible and the onsen looks DIVINE, now i have something new to add to my goals list, Thank You!
Something I love about Japan the mist is how clean it is nationwide… for this to be the cleanest town in Japan this would be my most ideal place to live
Caught the livestream for the location, so happy you got to see the water wheel spin xD I'd totally visit Shirakawago, this is exactly the spot I'd need to detox from an extended visit to tokyo.
I remember your pandemic tour of this area. It's my favorite early morning stream. It's so beautiful. I would love to wander throughout the area. I'm thrilled to see it alive with so much activity. ❤❤
Last day of my vacation where except for a couple days it's mostly been threatening rain and clouds; all this high quality sunshine is good for the soul.
Hi Norm! This was so beautiful, so great to see you back here. I loved when you were here in 2020, such beautiful scenery. That drone footage was absolutely amazing!! I'm so happy to be a member of the Patreon crew. Thanks for everything you do to make the internet a better place.
ahhh! I went here when I visited Japan a few months ago. Such a beautiful place!! So if you happen to see a cat key chain on the walk up the hill that's totally mine and I really miss it 😢
ITS BEEN A MONTH since our last vid and I've missed you all so much!! HOW IS EVERYONE?! ---- *Comment Squad and Notification Squad Where you At?*
Who is ready for adventure season?? THE Patreon CREW is helping create this years adventure soon!! Come and join us and help pick where I go and how I get there!!
Would you go to Shirakawago? Let me know below!! *FULL Hour+ Walk on @TokyoLensExplore !! Check it out!!*
ice cream tastes better in the cold. lol
Awesome
I’ve been good and we’re moving to California
Welcome back Norm!!
Notification squad here! Great to see you back Norm, hope you're well
It's nice to see Norm getting recognized for the Shamisen, with the passion and happiness he puts into his projects he earned it.
Yeaaah the interaction was so adorable!
Norm is the definition of Genkisou.
But bittersweet because he had to give up the shamisen due to injury from the car accident
@IamTonySy huh? Wdym? Was there a new car accident, or did you mean the old one when he was still racing? Because if it's the old one, that actually sparked the idea to pursue being a shamisen player. So, as far as I know, Norm still plays the shamisen.
@@CoversbyPatYam He was hit by a truck while on an electric scooter in Tokyo. He broke his small finger and the doctor cautioned him that playing shamisen might cause another break. I am not sure how that all ended up as it was some time ago now, at least over a year I think. I suspect he is still playing Shamisen though, given his love for it.
When I saw the title of this video I had no clue which town you explored but as I was watching it I realized how perfect the title is! Cleanest water, beautiful old houses and spectacular nature😆Shirakawago is such a special place to feel lots of Japan’s beauty😊☺️✨
with With Me Japan!! I recommend you go check it out sometime!!
Got any good videos coming up? I saw your Pokemon Cafe one!! I gotta go there sometime!! Looks fun~
Japan is so clean? Then why is Fukushima's nuclear contaminated water discharged into the sea? Instead of drinking them themselves?
@@rietachikawa7947 Same as industrial wastewater.
Do you drink it directly in your country without throwing it into the river?
@@rietachikawa7947 Why would they drink nuclear contaminated water? Do you drink your country's unprocessed wastewater?
Ugh I wish America would take care of its environment! I’m so respectful over the environment, but I hate living in United States because of the people!
The whole town looks super aesthetic, beautiful and the weather seems to be just perfect, I would love to visit sometime
hope you enjoyed it!!
I've been here in 2019. It's so beautiful and the people in that little town are so nice.
What a fantastic guest to have on the channel! And yes, the drone shots were very nice.👍
What a beautiful place, really lifts your mood.
Also really enjoying the chemistry between Norm and Jorden (who is basically my polar opposite). Good vibes central.
Not many youtubers have the privilege of older lady fans🙃
Lawson > Family Mart > 7-Eleven > Ministop
That's one of the places in Japan, that I want to visit the most. The traditional old houses, the gutters with the fishes, all that atmosphere.. It's just amazing.
Thank you Norm! Hope you have a great time!
All I want in life is to be able to explore Japan from top to bottom. Thank you for exploring these places that I am not able to I love these videos.
I couldn't wait to go in an onsen when I visited Japan! My 1st one was public but somehow didn't feel awkward, just relaxing as everyone kept to themselves and was quiet. Also love how humble you are Norm ❤
Japan sure knows how to maintain their cleanliness. Goes to show that discipline is a characteristic we must always instill within ourselves.
a magical place indeed!
Japan is so clean? Then why is Fukushima's nuclear contaminated water discharged into the sea? Instead of drinking them themselves?
@@rietachikawa7947 Same as industrial wastewater.
Do you drink it directly in your country without throwing it into the river?
@@rietachikawa7947 Did you buy up the salt polluted by the Chinese nuclear power plant wastewater and the South Korean nuclear power plant wastewater?
Did you know that their wastewater is several times more polluted than Japanese wastewater?
@@rietachikawa7947 - How are those two concepts even remotely related?! 😂
OMG now I’m getting jealous. The town looks so beautiful and peaceful! I would love to be a fulltime traveler… certainly in Japan.
So cool btw the Japanese lady recognised you and was genuinely excited 😍.
Thank you for the video. Always happy to see those lovely places. One day I’ll join you in your adventure 🤞🏻😅🤩.
OMG what a beautiful town! You’re right, it’s amazingly clean. Thank you for another fun video. ☺️
Woah, you got recognised! That's amazing! 👏
This place is beautiful. Definitely on my list for my next trip!
It's always great to have a friendly guest on the channel and the lady that recognized you from a shamisen performance was so sweet!
Man, you do such a good job of capturing how amazing and fun living in Japan can be. I lived there for 8 years, we go back and live there for one month every year, and it's just so engrained in my heart and will be for the rest of my life.
Every shot of this village really does look like a painting like Jordan said. Lovely video as always Norm!
This brought back so many memories. I just got back from a 3 month vacation in Japan where i focused on off the beaten path locations. One of them was Hida Furakawa, Just after Takayama. seeing that drone footage really brought back the late night walks by the rivers and over the bridges That i would occasionally take. i ended up going back to Takayama as i enjoyed it so much. Later on as it was starting to thaw in the spring (as i had gone in the winter time) and underneath the frost saw the greenest first blades of grass i had ever seen in my life. looked almost fake. What clean forests up there, clean water. Our host actually seemed suprised when i asked them where i could buy some bottled water nearby, as he said the ones living there never bought any. they would drink straight from the tap as the purity was top tier.Thanks for the vid
Just Norm being a tour guide teacher. Nothing but wholesomeness here
Delighted you’re back! I like you having a friend along for your exploration trips. Loved the forest path and the wisteria tree! Am I weird for kind of loving the cloudy/rainy vibe of the previous visit more?
Great video Norm, we visited that village last September. And was also amazed by the Trout and the shadow created by the sun. Perfect. Lots of history and culture from the past.🙌
The most interesting part for me is that I learned more about Shirakawago. Before this video, I know only of its slanted straw houses and their domestic silk industry during winter. Now, I know about their fish, cleanliness, and summer scenery.
Always love watching videos of Shirakawago and lamenting I wasn't able to visit it on my first trip to Japan 🥲 Soon, I shall go!
Man, Norm, you find the coolest people to feature in your videos. You have a great eye for interesting and charismatic individuals and I always feel excited to see new faces in your videos!
keep coming back to binge watch your new vids after 3-4 months ,i just get this warm feeling of nostalgia from your vids :)
Out of all of the videos I've seen of creators doing things like you, in multiple areas... Japan just always amazes me with how beautiful as it is. I can't wait, hopefully I can stay for more than a week on my first visit.
I just love all the shots that you take Norm!
I don't know how you do it but all feels magical
I plan to move to Japan and discover these places on my own. Your videos keep me excited, I love them.❤
So beautiful. I love the roofs and how they look with the mountains.
Must be super interesting to be a full time nomad!
Was just thinking yesterday it would be great to see a new video from you! Thank you for sharing.
I'm desperate to get back to Japan and the more I see Shirakawago the more I want to visit it!
Shirakawago is indeed awesome!
Kyushu is still on my list.
My favourite place is Japan would definitely be Shikoku. When I lived in Japan for almost a year back in 2009 is visited Shikoku at the every end to go to Alex Kerr’s house Chiiori in Iya Valley. It felt like I finally arrived in Japan when I was on the train going through Shikoku. Definitely a big recommendation!
It is a very, very pretty area and it's amazing how clean those drainage channels seem to be. Hopefully if more tourists find their way to that area it continues to be the same
Absolutely beautiful town. Looks like something you'd see in an anime. Also those drone shots were CLEAN.
What a lovely adventure, and such beautiful crisp footage! Loved to see the gutter carp. Thanks for climbing all the stairs so I don't have to 💜
Absolutely STUNNING location. Also, for anyone that may be wondering, this is the place that was the inspiration and basis for the fictional town of Hinamizawa in the Manga/Anime franchise Higurashi: When They Cry!
Absolutely beautiful! I wanted to go here when I was in Japan but didn't make it, so it's definitely on the list when I go back!!!!
Hope you had all the adventures!
Much love from Arizona 💜💜
I remember your first visit to Shirakawago!! The area is absolutely stunning, and I've been looking forward to when you would visit again~~ That's seriously amazing that Jorden has been nomadic for eight years!!! His footage of Mt. Fuji is beautiful! I lovee that there's a no smoking rule, and people actually follow it. The wisteria and maple are lovely~ The drone shots are fantastic!! The river and mountains are beautiful~ Such a stunning area! Thank you for sharing ^-^.
(I had a similar but different comment I typed out while watching the video so I didn't forget what I wanted to say and then closed the tab before actually sending the comment 😢)
That town is really beautiful! I wish I could walk on it's streets in person. I always remember that place cause it's what the town in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is based on and it's amazing how the show is horror but the real life version of the town really does look peaceful.
It’s been a while I’m so glad you blessed us with another Japan video
Thank you for sharing this video with us Norm, I caught some of the early morning live walk and it looked beautiful. I love the balance of the water ways and wood and nature all together, nice sounds and sights. It was great to see you getting recognition for playing the shamisen too. Jordan’s drone footage really added another layer to this, keep up the excellent work. Best wishes
realy loved that one! jordan seems a cool chill dude ;D epic drone footages!
Some great shots, as always! Seemed to have very manageable sized crowds in the area. Such a beautiful town.
8:20 This is one of the reasons me and my family like to take country road drives. You're surrounded by trees, and it's peaceful.
Great looking village with wooden houses! It was nice moment when you were recognized for the Shamisen. It was again nice how video ended with eating food moment (like those pizzas after sailing..).
Great Video as Always Norm! Jordan seems likes a amazing fella to film with and just chill to talk about life! I just added another place to the list for when I get to Japan!
Oh wow, a few years ago, Kyde & Eric did a video in Shirakawago in the winter and it remains one of my favorites or theirs, it's so cool to see it in the summer! What a beautiful place.
Ah, that whole area is BEAUTIFUL. Just lovely to see, thanks for sharing this :D
I am always struck by just how much the forests remind of growing up in the Pacific Northwest. This was a lovely adventure, and I am missing those egg salad sandwiches!
Take care!
I love all of your videos. Japan is a country I have always wanted to visit since I was a teen, but due to my fear of flying I'm unable to go. Your videos are very inspiring and help me a lot. 🙂
Nice to meet you!
"A ""beautiful place to look at"" is usually ""I have nothing to do, free time""…"
From the local people of Japan\(//////)\
I bet the air so beautiful to breath there. With the clean water, and the mountains. Also, that tree make me think of all of the trees in Florida covered in hanging moss. One of the few things I actually miss about Florida.
Oooh, as soon as I saw the houses, I was like "This looks really familiar" and then you mentioned the stream from a few yrs ago and it clicked. This is such a pretty town. Not just in cleanliness, but asthetically too. The houses are gorgeous ♥
As a fellow Aussie - I will eat icecream in winter (pretty sure most of us do) and I don't mind a cup of coffee in the morning. Though I did spend most of the video trying to work out what state Jordan is from. He doesn't sound like he's from NSW or Vic.
Another absolutely beautiful idyllic location, Norm. So amazing. I also want to see the magical fish tube! 😂
thats the goal someday! find the tube lol
I think I remember that live-stream. It's great to be able to see the same town at such different times of day, be able to see how the vibe changes.
Love your tours of Japan. Thank you for your hard work
I lived in Nanao, which is right over the mountain from Shirakawago. We had a blizzard warning so I went to the store for food, and came out with mostly ice cream 😆😆😆
This is 100% a story that needed to be told
Thank you!
Oh! Excited to have caught this one! I saw most of the live stream, which was sooo nice.
Thank you so much for showing us Shirakawago! I was there earlier this year in winter but regrettably only for an hr.
I cant get over how different it looks compared to when I was there in February
such a beautiful part of the world!
oh the footage is so crisp and clean! one of my favorite youtube videos so far!
Greetings from Naples, Florida. Now, that is an awesome place, indeed. Would love to visit there sometime. Thank you for sharing with us, have a great week. 💯
Norm I have to say seeing your videos always make me yearn to find a way to make it to Japan as it is a dream of mine to go, Your videography is amazing. One thing I would love to do is the Shikoku Pilgrimage
There's clean, and then there's this. wow. There really doesn't feel like there's a distinction between nature and civilization. Yet everything just blends so well together.
welcome back!
Thanks eh!! Glad to be back!!
So beautiful Norm, ive added this onto my list for my next visit, i really want to get out to the country areas to explore more :)
The drone shots were killer! 😍 This was such a fun, chill video. I definitely want to visit the fish!
Amazing overhead shots! Jordan did great with the Drone footage. Beautiful place. Great video for a Sunday morning here in the US
I missed watching this right as it went up because I laid down, but it's definitely made my day seeing this was waiting. I definitely would love to go to this town, it's gorgeous! This video also reminded me I need to budget for a shamisen plushie before they're gone.
Yay thanks for doing a Shirakawago video! I've wanted to go ever since I learned it was the inspiration for Hinamizawa. I'm really enamored with these scenic countryside towns in Gifu, but I wonder how difficult they will be to explore if I don't know much Japanese.
I've actually been playing/reading Higurashi lately and had Shirakawago opened in maps for a couple of days now. Crazy coincidence that I managed to recognize it before I read/heard where they were at! :D
I definitely have been thinking about visiting too when I'll eventually end up in Japan.
Some spots I recognized from the VN BGs are the sloped road they walk during the first minute, I think that's the one that often appears. Also the river and bridge at 9:05, where the cotton drifting even takes place. The shrine at the 10 minute mark is an obvious one too.
I was hoping to see the Irie clinic and Rika and Satoko's little house, but I wasn't able to spot them. Maybe they're in there from an angle I wouldn't recognize, who knows
Youll be fine with no Japanese! Shirakawa is a tourist destination, so they have a lot of English. I just went a few weeks ago and some fo the shopkeepers even spoke really great English. The museum and the main house you can enter even have English guide pamphlets. People in the countryside are also super nice, especially to foreigners!
Ah amazing it’s the Higurashi village! I want to go here so bad it looks amazing. Thanks for showing us around!
7:50 I was excited to see the forest after seeing the live stream on the explore channel
Been a WHILE since I got to sit down and drink in a Tokyo Lens vid. This town was so clean and aesthetic, seriously healed my 9-5 soul lol
Every single shot in this is absolutely gorgeous and captures the beauty of the area perfectly 🖤 new to the channel but so happy to be here. Thank you so much for sharing!!!!❤
Was just thinking to myself that I haven't watched any of your vids in a while. What a spectacular place, looks straight out of a story book or video game!
Great timing. This is a clean end to my weekend. Nice one Norm.
This video was so incredibly relaxing, the views were incredible and the onsen looks DIVINE, now i have something new to add to my goals list, Thank You!
A new video to brighten up the day! Glad you're back to posting video's! 😁
Absolutely beautiful village! Thank you for the video tour of it! :)
I was there only last March with some snow still around. A beautiful town, and was also amazed at the trout in the drains. Norm is famous ha ha.
I was just thinking yesterday that I haven't seen you in a while, and here you are! 🎉 Travelling with a fellow Aussie too 🤘🇦🇺🤘 Gorgeous video 😊
YEEEEEEESSSSSSS! Just what I needed thanks so much!!!!!!!!!🫶
Something I love about Japan the mist is how clean it is nationwide… for this to be the cleanest town in Japan this would be my most ideal place to live
I've been waiting for you to upload this kind of video again norm, thanks man
Caught the livestream for the location, so happy you got to see the water wheel spin xD I'd totally visit Shirakawago, this is exactly the spot I'd need to detox from an extended visit to tokyo.
So glad to see a video from you again!
Every shot of this village realy dose look like a painting like Jordan said lovely video as always norm
I also love Inari; It's so tasty! Thanks for the videos as always, Norm!
I enjoyed this vid. Thank you. Also nice choice with the music. Your channel keeps getting better.
I remember your pandemic tour of this area. It's my favorite early morning stream. It's so beautiful. I would love to wander throughout the area. I'm thrilled to see it alive with so much activity. ❤❤
Last day of my vacation where except for a couple days it's mostly been threatening rain and clouds; all this high quality sunshine is good for the soul.
Hi Norm! This was so beautiful, so great to see you back here. I loved when you were here in 2020, such beautiful scenery. That drone footage was absolutely amazing!! I'm so happy to be a member of the Patreon crew. Thanks for everything you do to make the internet a better place.
Beautiful old village. Some really good photo spots in there.
What an amazing location, I am in love! Welcome back Norm!
Been having a horrendous month, this came just right on time💕
Norm, I was just about to say that "that drone shot (over the bridge) was the epic!" only to have you say it. :-) Thanks for all the gorgeous shots.
ahhh! I went here when I visited Japan a few months ago. Such a beautiful place!! So if you happen to see a cat key chain on the walk up the hill that's totally mine and I really miss it 😢
5:00 ice cream is eaten 365 days a year in Vermont, it's just a cold weather vibe
That’s the way to be!!
the soundtracks of your videos are always on point 👏
I love shirakawago and their food..stayed there for a night! Sending hugs from phils
Another spot to put down on my "Must Visit" list. It looks so nice!
you guys make such good travel companions..
What an enjoyable video. Thank you,the scenery and the village, so cool and excellent.