Glad to be able to share the behind the scenes on this with you!! If you haven't seen the documentary I went to shoot, you can watch it here: th-cam.com/video/-qPDLh1Xr-M/w-d-xo.html Thank you so much again to that amazing crew of people who made this possible If you want to join that crew, this is your official invitation to come join us over on Patreon~ I would absolutely love to have you there! (^-^) Fun backstory for anyone who is interested in reading it So something many people don't think of is that during the fall and winter, since Japan doesn't have daylight savings time, the days get really short. And since Kyoto is surrounded by mountains, that shortens the days even more!! So the real unseen challenge, was filming almost everything in these super short daylight hours (it was basically dark by 5 pm lol) But still managed to pull of 3 main videos, a livestream, and 2 videos for the patreon crew all-in-all not bad! Especially considering that mid-day we kept having to do that human thing and eat lol But I really hope that you have enjoyed this series!! I am hoping to do more in the future and look forward to sharing! again, I'd love to have you along for the ride!
As a local, it’s been so surreal for me to see this empty temples, shrines and everything in Kyoto. I really hope that people can visit again here soon😊 Thanks for an awesome video
Ah good memories. I can't believe we got so much done in such little time heh. Loved taking footage of those cats and still surprised at how long we stayed at Fushimi Inari. Loved this adventure, including that special ending. I redeemed myself XD
Lol I didn’t have the heart to admit that we spent over an hour recording cats 😂 They were just so... well they were cats!! And I don’t know if running away at the end counts as redeeming yourself lol But I think we’ll All give you a pass on this one 😉 Just wait until they see the next adventure ...
My wife and I miss Japan so much! We're now based in Canada and we still talk about visiting Japan again. Kansai area was our last trip before immigrating to Canada. Our layover to Canada was in Osaka also. Been to Japan 3 times and we still never get tired of talking about this marvelous country.
I miss Japan so much as well. I've gone 4 times and I still haven't seen enough. To be fair the first two times were on school or organised trips, so I've only been twice as a personal trip, so I've had to see places I've already visited more than once (travelling with friends). I'm really hoping that I might be able to go at the end of next year. All dependant on Covid I guess. I'm fortunate enough to be from and living in Australia though.
Oh wow, nice to see the Arashiyama area is still as hustling and bustling as ever. I hope the local restaurants, especially Naritaya Sushi bar, is still open. I can feel the freezing cold breeze just by looking at the river. One of the perks and charms of being in that part of Arashiyama~ This is so Nostalgic
This footage reminds me of my first trip to Japan, over a decade ago. It was before the massive tourism boom, with foreigners being extremely rare, no English on signs etc. It was not uncommon to be eerily alone in the temples and streets, especially during the night. This brought back so many memories of me wondering around Kyoto, as clueless as one can be.
Your background music always goes well with your scenes! The scenery and serenity of Kyoto during this time is amazing and brilliantly captured in your video!
the temles ,shrines ,tori gates ,gardens ,musik and architecture just broadcast peace. Amazing video was really relaxing to watch and i would love to see victor in more videos he seems to be a very nice person.
Ah, perfect, another Kyoto video to end the weekend with. Always brightens my day seeing these video's popup in my feed! Don't stop what you're doing, the editing and story telling is always inspirational!
Love the behind the scenes. It puts in perspective how much you do just to be able to get everything perfect. This felt peaceful, but sobering, like walking into nature’s library without whispering…
My experience in Kyoto was the same. Truly truly sweet people everywhere. I miss it so much. I have walked down the Inari shrine steps as the lights came on. Wondrous.
none of your videos disappoint me! honestly ur my favorite TH-cam right now, and you make me wish I was in Japan exploring with my friends and making friends even more!
You know it’s a good video if: 1. It‘s a TokyoLens video or 2. There‘s cats We get both so we win the jackpot :‘D Man, I wish I could experience empty Kyoto, must be great! Also that breakfast..I got so hungry seeing that!!! Thank you for another wonderful video! :)
The tranquility and peace of all the landmarks of Kyoto sent chills down my spine, since the water/ birds/ traffic is a lot clearer then when I was last there. It makes me want to go back right after the pandemic.
Dreaming back to last year when I was at some of the places in this video. I miss Japan sooo much. Hopefully I can go there again in 2021. Thanks for the video. Great work as usual!
Man how have I missed this one 🤦♂️ Without all the tourists it looks so calm and quiet, I like it 😄 You just got to love Victor, he is like having your own personal teddy bear with you all the time ha ha
Fantastic and fulfilling and wonderful. I'd love to be visiting lockdown Japan right now. Oh well! Next best thing! Thank you for bringing it to us, guys!
Another spectacular video! Beautiful shots of Kyoto and really showing just how lovely some people can be💖 Also... Victor asleep in the car and running away at the end made me laugh. So wholesome.
I’ve been to Kyoto in February. My first visit to Japan and I loved so much. Watching this makes my heart warm and just makes me want to go again soon. Hope you guys are doing well and keeping safe. Cheers :)
Not surprised that the local people are willing talk after months of next to no people, no business and much less vitality in the city. Understandable that they'd be reluctant when inundated with strangers who (sometimes) are rude, abrasive and disrespectful. Lovely camera work as always. Thanks for the trip down memory lane in places (except for the tunnel) that I have visited as well. Like you, I've not been to Kyoto for some time (2010 and briefly again in 2015). Such a lovely city.
@@TokyoLens My vicarious pleasure, Norm. Your content fills the gaping hole in my heart during those intervals that I can't be in Japan. That's especially true this year when I landed at Narita for a study program the day before Abe closed everything including schools. In the end I had to return to Canada after a couple of weeks with none of my goals accomplished due to the pandemic. Sigh....
I had heard the suggestions to photographers to visit places that are normally inundated with tourists during the COVID-19 shut downs. This affords you the very rare chance to see places like you may never see them in your lifetime. Your comments at 4:30 ring true. You are lucky to be where you are, when you are, and with the equipment to document it in such a unique state. When I lived in Versailles, France, very close to the chateau, I got to learn the schedules and ebb and flow of the armies of tourists. One day just happened to coincide with special local residence appreciation day where the palace was closed to tourists and because I was living in town I was able to get in and take some fantastic photos of the Hall of Mirrors with NO PEOPLE at all. That was so cool and I just wish I had a better camera at the time. So, it is totally worth going to these places and getting "impossible" shots as this chance may never come again!
A treat for those fortunate enough to enjoy it now, I'm looking to come for the World Expo in 2025... should be the opposite of what it is now. But fortunately I have you guys and your amazing high quality footage to enjoy
Another excellent video. Well worth that final rush, as always ;P I'm still torn between enjoying seeing the quiet streets and feeling sorry for the locals adversely affected by the lack of tourists.
Norm, thanks for the invaluable tip to come to these hotspots early in the morning to catch the sunrise. Morning is my favorite time of day so I will carry this advice for the rest of my life! Thank you!
Discovering your video's gives me the chance to visit japan through my computer, thank you for these video's. Maybe one day I will get there in person. Your video with the craftsman who made your desk is my favorite so far I think.
I miss Kyoto. We have somehow managed to climb fushimi Imari taisha when it’s light but then having it go dark because we stop and look at things all the time. So the way down has been in the dark. Although not really at night it gives another feel to it and lots of people disappear as soon as it gets a little dark. I miss Kyoto.
Kyoto is my dream city to visit. I know it would be impossible now to see it like this again (empty since Japan is open now). I get back to this video every now and again. Just to see the place empty. I probably could never experience this Philosopher Path as empty.
Love all the contrasts in this video, from more energetic stuff to slow-motion shots (like the flapping crow). My favorite part was Victor waking up in the tunnel, though! Also +1 for cats ;) Keep on making these great videos, Official Human~
This video reminds of the time I was cycling around the hills in Arashiyama. The foliage at the base of the hills were already fallen, but just slightly up the hills the leaves were still bright vermillion orange and got some of my favorite shots there. I just happened to stop at some random café where it was just café owner and local and despite my limited Japanese and their limited English it was a pleasant conversation. I hope that I can find that place again.
I'm so glad you kept the shot of the camera falling off the dashboard. XD I have like, actual gratitude feelings about being able to see all this extra footage (that documentary makes me feel *so* many things) but. The hilarity of that moment in the car just sticks with me. XD
had the chance to visit kyoto before the covid wrecked most country and after watching this made me missed more of it.. arashiyama bamboo forest at night was calm but eerily serene with the pitch black surrounding, fushimi inari was beautiful despite being partly crowded.. me and my friend took the other route where we had to used the old steep trail to the top and hell it was worth it but couldve been better walking under those torii gates just to get that feel...
Thank you for sharing this video 🥲💜 i miss Japan so much, but its really looking tranquil and magical as it originally is without the 937262792 tourists there.
I was literally just thinking about that mirror before I clicked this video. Didn't even remember where you encountered it, so you can bet I felt like I had deja vu watching this.
Got the best photo ever of my partner and her mom in front of Heian temple with no other people in the shot! It was an effort. Btw, you missed the sign before the pond stepping stones “Non-official human high heels No walking allowed Thank You!!!” And when asking strangers for an interview in Kyoto just don’t say you’re from Osaka. 😆 Maybe this is the year we can get back. Fingers crossed. Thank you giving such respect for these places and the residents. Means a lot to us.
Hello, Love all your videos past years right up to this video, i use to watch it with my nephew and niece. They tell me in a couple of years when they come to Japan, they are going to come looking for you, the same goes to me too. Keep up the good job.
I had the pleasure of going to Kyoto in the Summer of 2019 for a class and truly it blows my mind to see the city while its so empty. Thank you for sharing this and giving me so many nostalgic sights. Im planning on sharing this with some old classmates!
Thank you for sharing the situation of Kyoto! I've been to Kyoto many times but now I live in Tokyo, really miss Kyoto! Your way of approaching people for the interviews is very polite! So nice☺️
This is such quality content- thank you for sharing. I traveled to Kyoto in 2011 shortly after the Fukushima disaster and had a slightly more crowded but similar experience. Perhaps we will never see it so peaceful again.
My parents visited Japan in 1977..bc my dad worked for Canon. And for the rest of my moms life, kyoto remained one of the most beautiful places, if not the most beautiful place, she said she ever saw. And she was pretty traveled. It certainly looks beautiful. And that orange roofed place/palace...my mom was there too. It matches my parents pictures exactly. She used the words tiny beautiful and magical to describe it.❣️ I'm grateful to see this and see some of what she saw. Thank y'all. 💯💐
Visited Kyōto back in May 2019 and it was a dream come true. Such an amazing place, combining so many aspects of japanese people, culture and tradition in a vivid and heartwarming way. Hope to be able to return in October 2021. Thank you so much for your videos!
so beautiful. It's sad with the pandemic situation around the world, but I can't help to say the scenery is so... beautiful, and wish we could enjoy the spaceness more, well, without the negative effect of pandemic of course.
Just yesterday I found a photo of me at the Heian Shrine - back in 1995. Great memories of a city way less crowded than my last few visits there. Glad you’ve experienced Kyoto both ways now. It would be sad to see Kyoto so quiet now but when I experienced it less busy it’s just the way it was. Beautiful city.
Amazing about the old mountain lady, when you think about hardy old people in the west it’s usually some grumpy grizzled old tough person, that woman was the definition of hardy but so happy. Amazing
I was worried you’d fall into the water! Glad you didn’t and your gear was safe. Everyone has a story and given the right person, most are willing to share. Thanks for taking the time to listen and share them.
I had a similar experience visiting Rome last June. I will never forget standing in the Forum late on a Friday morning with only one other couple in the entire place. It was eerie but it was also a once in a lifetime experience. The same thing was true of Trevi Fountain and several other major tourist sites.
I really love those "behind the scenes" videos, they can tell a lot about technical aspects of making documentaries and also they are answering those untold questions "how have you made it" :D now I'm going to watch the documentary itself 😀
Hey Norm just wanted to thank you for all of the really cool Kyoto content recently! I'm an incoming JET that got my placement in one of the suburbs outside of Kyoto, and assuming nothing else changes with travel due to Covid-19 I'll be moving there in late January so it's really cool to see another perspective of what the city is like right now!
Brilliant video! You've captured all the places I wanted to visit in Kyoto! I would have visited if the pandemic didn't happen. Guess I'll go in the near future!
not gonna lie...I'm a bit jealous. The last time I went to Kyoto in 2019, Arashiyama and Fushimi Inari shrine was such a bad experience because everyone was just shoulder to shoulder....kiyomizu-dera was out of the question for us cause it was so crowded. In the end, the best part about our experiences in Kyoto was visiting a small local shrine, and sitting in a park overlooking the mountains whilst eating food from lawson.
The Inari Temple a night is amazing. I was in Kyoto for a few day's. First day I walked for over 26km. That's how exciting Kyoto was to walk around. And I was at the Inari Temple for over three hours. Again it is awesome during the day time, but at night, it gives a whole new feeling. Thanks for doing such a great video of Kyoto. 👌👍 Brings back the great memories of burning the soles off my running shoes. 😉
Beautiful!! I love Kyoto. I love these types of videos too! The documentary was wonderful but seeing behind the scenes makes it even more. Thank you for what you do!
Thank you for taking the time to do the documentary and sharing with us the behind the scenes. I've been to Kyoto 2 times and I have to admit, it looks very very quiet and empty. Hopefully things will slowly go back to normal. Take care and stay safe. - from Singapore
When we went to japan in 2019 january we stayed 3 days in Kyoto so our schedule was pretty pact we wanted to see everything and we got to fushimi inari at night one of the best experiences of my life! One of my friends fell down the steps ahahahahaah! Keep up the good work!!!!
Kyoto is one of the ideal cities I would love to move to. Smaller city, wonderful traditional cultural areas, many Machiyo-style houses to buy, close to numerous nature areas, wonderful people...just an absolute dream!
Glad to be able to share the behind the scenes on this with you!!
If you haven't seen the documentary I went to shoot, you can watch it here:
th-cam.com/video/-qPDLh1Xr-M/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much again to that amazing crew of people who made this possible
If you want to join that crew, this is your official invitation to come join us over on Patreon~ I would absolutely love to have you there! (^-^)
Fun backstory for anyone who is interested in reading it
So something many people don't think of is that during the fall and winter, since Japan doesn't have daylight savings time, the days get really short.
And since Kyoto is surrounded by mountains, that shortens the days even more!!
So the real unseen challenge, was filming almost everything in these super short daylight hours (it was basically dark by 5 pm lol)
But still managed to pull of 3 main videos, a livestream, and 2 videos for the patreon crew
all-in-all not bad! Especially considering that mid-day we kept having to do that human thing and eat lol
But I really hope that you have enjoyed this series!! I am hoping to do more in the future and look forward to sharing! again, I'd love to have you along for the ride!
Beautiful! Thank you!
Next take a quick flight to Finland, to visit Inari here :D
Great video brother, I definitely want to see Kyoto, I hope you and Victor had a great time
thank you for the video!!! Will Japan be open for the summer Olympics?
Have you ever walked to Arashiyama Myoken-dō Temple? I feel like you would like that spot.
As a local, it’s been so surreal for me to see this empty temples, shrines and everything in Kyoto.
I really hope that people can visit again here soon😊
Thanks for an awesome video
It means a lot to me that you, as a local, take the time to watch and leave such a nice comment. Thank you so much~
First place on my list of places to go when all this pandemic nonsense is over.
@@bobstar2683 Please visit us:)
We are waiting for you ☺️👍🏻 let’s celebrate the closure of the pandemic together 💪🏻
As an American, I'm jealous of how immaculately clean that city is.
France is jealous too don't worry.
as a Belgian ...Say sike please .
Respect for where you live is rare
@@cdmanjak It is not rare in Japan. It is a common place for all ages.
@@cdmanjak depends on where you are living and if the local government has respect for its citzens honestly.
Ah good memories. I can't believe we got so much done in such little time heh. Loved taking footage of those cats and still surprised at how long we stayed at Fushimi Inari.
Loved this adventure, including that special ending. I redeemed myself XD
Lol I didn’t have the heart to admit that we spent over an hour recording cats 😂
They were just so... well they were cats!!
And I don’t know if running away at the end counts as redeeming yourself lol
But I think we’ll All give you a pass on this one 😉
Just wait until they see the next adventure ...
Hey Victor, i have to say: this trip was awesome, full of depth and I love the overall creativity. Stay as strong as ever, you rock!
I've never seen Kyoto this empty. I gotta grab my camera and go. This could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take photos of the city.
I’d wait until the fall rush calms a bit
We got there right before it so we were lucky
But yea it’s quite the chance!!
Try to catch Fushimi Inari at night in the snow. It's a scene you'll never forget.
My wife and I miss Japan so much! We're now based in Canada and we still talk about visiting Japan again. Kansai area was our last trip before immigrating to Canada. Our layover to Canada was in Osaka also. Been to Japan 3 times and we still never get tired of talking about this marvelous country.
I miss Japan so much as well. I've gone 4 times and I still haven't seen enough. To be fair the first two times were on school or organised trips, so I've only been twice as a personal trip, so I've had to see places I've already visited more than once (travelling with friends). I'm really hoping that I might be able to go at the end of next year. All dependant on Covid I guess.
I'm fortunate enough to be from and living in Australia though.
Feel the same, beautiful country,beautiful people.
yer im the same, just cant get enough of it
I would just be happy to visit Canada again. It’s still not open from Covid.
And that is why I live in Kyoto. This was Beautiful.I wondered about how you approached people for your interviews and now I know.
Oh wow, nice to see the Arashiyama area is still as hustling and bustling as ever.
I hope the local restaurants, especially Naritaya Sushi bar, is still open.
I can feel the freezing cold breeze just by looking at the river. One of the perks and charms of being in that part of Arashiyama~
This is so Nostalgic
Hey mate~
Super early on this one eh 😉
Hope you’re well
Thanks so much eh
For some reason i've always liked stepping stones.
something about them just really appeal to me
Me tooooo!
Me threeee!
What movie was Norm referencing when talking about the stepping stones?
@@Call_Me_David Lost in Translation. Scarlett Johansson’s character was in this garden, walking on those stones.
@@Bigwasp80 Ah ok. I haven't watched that yet. Thanks.
This footage reminds me of my first trip to Japan, over a decade ago. It was before the massive tourism boom, with foreigners being extremely rare, no English on signs etc. It was not uncommon to be eerily alone in the temples and streets, especially during the night. This brought back so many memories of me wondering around Kyoto, as clueless as one can be.
Really glad I could bring you back to a slightly simpler time
Thanks so much for watching
What year?
Your background music always goes well with your scenes! The scenery and serenity of Kyoto during this time is amazing and brilliantly captured in your video!
Thank you
That really means a lot
I’ve probably said it a million times, but I can’t express how much I love your videos!
the temles ,shrines ,tori gates ,gardens ,musik and architecture just broadcast peace. Amazing video was really relaxing to watch and i would love to see victor in more videos he seems to be a very nice person.
Ah, perfect, another Kyoto video to end the weekend with.
Always brightens my day seeing these video's popup in my feed!
Don't stop what you're doing, the editing and story telling is always inspirational!
Really appreciate that~
Thank you 😊
I claim my 10 points, Lost In Translation, and we went there in February for Setsubun.
Another beautiful film 🎥❤
Love the behind the scenes. It puts in perspective how much you do just to be able to get everything perfect. This felt peaceful, but sobering, like walking into nature’s library without whispering…
My experience in Kyoto was the same. Truly truly sweet people everywhere. I miss it so much. I have walked down the Inari shrine steps as the lights came on. Wondrous.
Omg hi! I love your videos, and your shamisen playing is immaculate!
That’s so kind~
Thank you so much!!
Good job in recording the life of Kyoto during this pandemic. Kyoto is one of the favourite city that I have visited.
😊
Kansai region is amazing. Amazing people, amazing beauty, amazing adventures.
none of your videos disappoint me! honestly ur my favorite TH-cam right now, and you make me wish I was in Japan exploring with my friends and making friends even more!
Its so clean and picturesque. the residents really look after their properties and beyond :)
The movie is Lost in Translation, 1 of my Favs!
was looking for this comment, didn't understand the stone thing in the video.
Went there in 2007, still yet to do the bar at the Hyatt, thats my only movie location to do spot left for me :D
Man, it's so surreal to see Kyoto like this! Will be great to see the hustle and bustle return
Thank you for capturing my hometown so beautifully. I miss there.
i can't believe you're a real person, just so pure of light and wonder, no wonder those people responded so well to you!
You know it’s a good video if:
1. It‘s a TokyoLens video
or
2. There‘s cats
We get both so we win the jackpot :‘D
Man, I wish I could experience empty Kyoto, must be great! Also that breakfast..I got so hungry seeing that!!! Thank you for another wonderful video! :)
I almost want to get a cat just so I can start a cat channel lol
@@TokyoLens
Do it !!
Just Do it !!!
😂
The tranquility and peace of all the landmarks of Kyoto sent chills down my spine, since the water/ birds/ traffic is a lot clearer then when I was last there. It makes me want to go back right after the pandemic.
I love those landscape shots. They are very aesthetic and nice to Watch.
Beautiful video as always.
Dreaming back to last year when I was at some of the places in this video. I miss Japan sooo much. Hopefully I can go there again in 2021. Thanks for the video. Great work as usual!
1:49 that video is the one that popped out from my recommendations on October 31st, thats how i found your channel xD
Again ... what an amazing video. Thank you for your talents, charm and compassionate openness with others.
Man how have I missed this one 🤦♂️
Without all the tourists it looks so calm and quiet, I like it 😄
You just got to love Victor, he is like having your own personal teddy bear with you all the time ha ha
Fantastic and fulfilling and wonderful. I'd love to be visiting lockdown Japan right now. Oh well! Next best thing! Thank you for bringing it to us, guys!
Another spectacular video! Beautiful shots of Kyoto and really showing just how lovely some people can be💖
Also... Victor asleep in the car and running away at the end made me laugh. So wholesome.
Thank you 😊
This one was a lot of fun to make
I guess it IS possible to shoot two videos at once lol
@@TokyoLens always an absolute pleasure to watch! I’m looking forward to what comes next 💖
I’ve been to Kyoto in February. My first visit to Japan and I loved so much. Watching this makes my heart warm and just makes me want to go again soon. Hope you guys are doing well and keeping safe. Cheers :)
Not surprised that the local people are willing talk after months of next to no people, no business and much less vitality in the city. Understandable that they'd be reluctant when inundated with strangers who (sometimes) are rude, abrasive and disrespectful. Lovely camera work as always.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane in places (except for the tunnel) that I have visited as well. Like you, I've not been to Kyoto for some time (2010 and briefly again in 2015). Such a lovely city.
Thank you so much for joining as always!!
@@TokyoLens My vicarious pleasure, Norm. Your content fills the gaping hole in my heart during those intervals that I can't be in Japan. That's especially true this year when I landed at Narita for a study program the day before Abe closed everything including schools. In the end I had to return to Canada after a couple of weeks with none of my goals accomplished due to the pandemic. Sigh....
I had heard the suggestions to photographers to visit places that are normally inundated with tourists during the COVID-19 shut downs. This affords you the very rare chance to see places like you may never see them in your lifetime. Your comments at 4:30 ring true. You are lucky to be where you are, when you are, and with the equipment to document it in such a unique state.
When I lived in Versailles, France, very close to the chateau, I got to learn the schedules and ebb and flow of the armies of tourists. One day just happened to coincide with special local residence appreciation day where the palace was closed to tourists and because I was living in town I was able to get in and take some fantastic photos of the Hall of Mirrors with NO PEOPLE at all. That was so cool and I just wish I had a better camera at the time. So, it is totally worth going to these places and getting "impossible" shots as this chance may never come again!
A treat for those fortunate enough to enjoy it now, I'm looking to come for the World Expo in 2025... should be the opposite of what it is now. But fortunately I have you guys and your amazing high quality footage to enjoy
Another excellent video. Well worth that final rush, as always ;P I'm still torn between enjoying seeing the quiet streets and feeling sorry for the locals adversely affected by the lack of tourists.
An understandable internal battle
Norm, thanks for the invaluable tip to come to these hotspots early in the morning to catch the sunrise. Morning is my favorite time of day so I will carry this advice for the rest of my life! Thank you!
There's something healing about some of yours shots.
Love this kind of behind the scenes / vloggy / day-in-the-life stuff Norm. As always, great work and hope to see more soon! Best wishes and take care.
Thank you so much~ All the best to you too, eh
The scene is from "Lost in Translation". Can't wait till I can come there too!
Nailed it!!
Wonderful video as always. The garden looked so serene.
Also, kitties 💜
Another amazing video.! Truly, I thank you for sharing your view of this part of the world.
Discovering your video's gives me the chance to visit japan through my computer, thank you for these video's. Maybe one day I will get there in person.
Your video with the craftsman who made your desk is my favorite so far I think.
How beautiful is that! Such an amazing place.
I miss Kyoto. We have somehow managed to climb fushimi Imari taisha when it’s light but then having it go dark because we stop and look at things all the time. So the way down has been in the dark. Although not really at night it gives another feel to it and lots of people disappear as soon as it gets a little dark.
I miss Kyoto.
Kyoto is my dream city to visit. I know it would be impossible now to see it like this again (empty since Japan is open now). I get back to this video every now and again. Just to see the place empty. I probably could never experience this Philosopher Path as empty.
Practically empty! Still an amazing town with a rich history. Great video!
Love all the contrasts in this video, from more energetic stuff to slow-motion shots (like the flapping crow). My favorite part was Victor waking up in the tunnel, though! Also +1 for cats ;)
Keep on making these great videos, Official Human~
And the best part is
I still have two more videos from Kyoto coming on the Patreon side
So, plenty to look forward to!!
@@TokyoLens awesome! Will definitely be looking forward to those as well 😊
This video reminds of the time I was cycling around the hills in Arashiyama. The foliage at the base of the hills were already fallen, but just slightly up the hills the leaves were still bright vermillion orange and got some of my favorite shots there. I just happened to stop at some random café where it was just café owner and local and despite my limited Japanese and their limited English it was a pleasant conversation. I hope that I can find that place again.
I'm so glad you kept the shot of the camera falling off the dashboard. XD
I have like, actual gratitude feelings about being able to see all this extra footage (that documentary makes me feel *so* many things) but. The hilarity of that moment in the car just sticks with me. XD
had the chance to visit kyoto before the covid wrecked most country and after watching this made me missed more of it.. arashiyama bamboo forest at night was calm but eerily serene with the pitch black surrounding, fushimi inari was beautiful despite being partly crowded.. me and my friend took the other route where we had to used the old steep trail to the top and hell it was worth it but couldve been better walking under those torii gates just to get that feel...
Thank you for sharing this video 🥲💜 i miss Japan so much, but its really looking tranquil and magical as it originally is without the 937262792 tourists there.
I was literally just thinking about that mirror before I clicked this video. Didn't even remember where you encountered it, so you can bet I felt like I had deja vu watching this.
Got the best photo ever of my partner and her mom in front of Heian temple with no other people in the shot! It was an effort.
Btw, you missed the sign before the pond stepping stones “Non-official human high heels No walking allowed Thank You!!!” And when asking strangers for an interview in Kyoto just don’t say you’re from Osaka. 😆
Maybe this is the year we can get back. Fingers crossed. Thank you giving such respect for these places and the residents. Means a lot to us.
Kyoto is beautiful, it’s interesting to see it without the crowds of people. Great video ❤️
Hello, Love all your videos past years right up to this video, i use to watch it with my nephew and niece. They tell me in a couple of years when they come to Japan, they are going to come looking for you, the same goes to me too.
Keep up the good job.
KYOTOOOOOOOO
OH MY GOD
BEAUTIFUL KYOTO
I REALLY LOVE KYOTO
That garage at 2,33 I was brought up with it, my grandparents home and still my moms home and shop is literally just behind that garage :)
I had the pleasure of going to Kyoto in the Summer of 2019 for a class and truly it blows my mind to see the city while its so empty. Thank you for sharing this and giving me so many nostalgic sights. Im planning on sharing this with some old classmates!
Out of the three cities (Osaka, Tokyo, Kyoto) we visited last 2019, I liked Kyoto the best.
My favorite new channel in a while
Thank you for sharing the situation of Kyoto! I've been to Kyoto many times but now I live in Tokyo, really miss Kyoto! Your way of approaching people for the interviews is very polite! So nice☺️
This is such quality content- thank you for sharing. I traveled to Kyoto in 2011 shortly after the Fukushima disaster and had a slightly more crowded but similar experience. Perhaps we will never see it so peaceful again.
I'll be back later norm when I have time
Glad to see u were able to finish the vid
Have a great day/night
Thanks so much!!
Wow, six seconds in and I'm tearing up because I miss this place so much. Kyoto is just magical.
Yep, Kyoto people are the best. One of the many reasons why I love Kyoto.
My parents visited Japan in 1977..bc my dad worked for Canon. And for the rest of my moms life, kyoto remained one of the most beautiful places, if not the most beautiful place, she said she ever saw. And she was pretty traveled. It certainly looks beautiful. And that orange roofed place/palace...my mom was there too. It matches my parents pictures exactly. She used the words tiny beautiful and magical to describe it.❣️ I'm grateful to see this and see some of what she saw. Thank y'all. 💯💐
Visited Kyōto back in May 2019 and it was a dream come true.
Such an amazing place, combining so many aspects of japanese people, culture and tradition in a vivid and heartwarming way.
Hope to be able to return in October 2021.
Thank you so much for your videos!
Japan is so beautiful! And so are the people. Lovely, lovely people!
Thank you for sharing kyoto's current situation. I've been missing it
Happy that I can bring it to you
Thanks for posting, I was visiting from Australia around this time last year
Omg you have no idea how much I appreciate this video! I stuck in Australia and miss my hometown every minute. Thanks so much for uploading!
You are so welcome!
so beautiful. It's sad with the pandemic situation around the world, but I can't help to say the scenery is so... beautiful, and wish we could enjoy the spaceness more, well, without the negative effect of pandemic of course.
This was so beautiful. One of my dreams is to travel and visit such amazing places. Thank you. 😢😢😢💜💜💜
TH-cam "recommeneds" Tokyo Lens, asking "is this a good recommendation for you?"
Me: "Dude, i'm subscribed to the channel, what do you think?"
It's surreal how Kyoto is so empty but beautiful at the same time.
Just yesterday I found a photo of me at the Heian Shrine - back in 1995. Great memories of a city way less crowded than my last few visits there. Glad you’ve experienced Kyoto both ways now. It would be sad to see Kyoto so quiet now but when I experienced it less busy it’s just the way it was. Beautiful city.
I never been to japan. Kyoto has been my no 1 list to visit someday. Hopefully after pandemic is over, i can visit there
Amazing about the old mountain lady, when you think about hardy old people in the west it’s usually some grumpy grizzled old tough person, that woman was the definition of hardy but so happy. Amazing
kyoto honestly underrated. if not tokyo, ppl talk about osaka but damn kyoto is nice
I was worried you’d fall into the water! Glad you didn’t and your gear was safe.
Everyone has a story and given the right person, most are willing to share. Thanks for taking the time to listen and share them.
haha you and me both!!
Thank you so much again eh
I had a similar experience visiting Rome last June. I will never forget standing in the Forum late on a Friday morning with only one other couple in the entire place. It was eerie but it was also a once in a lifetime experience. The same thing was true of Trevi Fountain and several other major tourist sites.
always, always love the background music
I really love those "behind the scenes" videos, they can tell a lot about technical aspects of making documentaries and also they are answering those untold questions "how have you made it" :D now I'm going to watch the documentary itself 😀
Hey Norm just wanted to thank you for all of the really cool Kyoto content recently! I'm an incoming JET that got my placement in one of the suburbs outside of Kyoto, and assuming nothing else changes with travel due to Covid-19 I'll be moving there in late January so it's really cool to see another perspective of what the city is like right now!
Another great video Norm, loving the content.
Brilliant video! You've captured all the places I wanted to visit in Kyoto! I would have visited if the pandemic didn't happen. Guess I'll go in the near future!
So needed this today, thank you and love the outfit
Great video like always loved seeing what was going on in Kyoto :)
not gonna lie...I'm a bit jealous. The last time I went to Kyoto in 2019, Arashiyama and Fushimi Inari shrine was such a bad experience because everyone was just shoulder to shoulder....kiyomizu-dera was out of the question for us cause it was so crowded. In the end, the best part about our experiences in Kyoto was visiting a small local shrine, and sitting in a park overlooking the mountains whilst eating food from lawson.
The Inari Temple a night is amazing. I was in Kyoto for a few day's. First day I walked for over 26km. That's how exciting Kyoto was to walk around. And I was at the Inari Temple for over three hours.
Again it is awesome during the day time, but at night, it gives a whole new feeling.
Thanks for doing such a great video of Kyoto. 👌👍
Brings back the great memories of burning the soles off my running shoes. 😉
Awesome, it is a lovely view to see Kyoto with no one in it, though is a shame for the businesses.
Beautiful!! I love Kyoto. I love these types of videos too! The documentary was wonderful but seeing behind the scenes makes it even more. Thank you for what you do!
Thank you for taking the time to do the documentary and sharing with us the behind the scenes.
I've been to Kyoto 2 times and I have to admit, it looks very very quiet and empty.
Hopefully things will slowly go back to normal.
Take care and stay safe.
- from Singapore
When we went to japan in 2019 january we stayed 3 days in Kyoto so our schedule was pretty pact we wanted to see everything and we got to fushimi inari at night one of the best experiences of my life! One of my friends fell down the steps ahahahahaah! Keep up the good work!!!!
Kyoto is one of the ideal cities I would love to move to. Smaller city, wonderful traditional cultural areas, many Machiyo-style houses to buy, close to numerous nature areas, wonderful people...just an absolute dream!