I've learned about the Todoroki Gorge from the old Japan Video topics. I grew up watching those episodes of JVT and it introduced me to the real culture of Japan. It made me want to visit Japan, all those Nature trip videos, cultural videos, from snowman village to wrapping things using cloths (like you see in animes). That's the Japan that I wanted to explore. The Japan I wanted to learn. It makes my heart feel warm and excited everytime I would visualize watching those Japan Video Topics. Everytime I would imagine that I would get to experience all those that they've shown. The warm people, very nice culture, very beautiful sceneries. Oh my goodness. I can't put my thoughts into words. Now, as a grown man, I was able to travel 7-8 Asian countries, but not Japan, yet. The reason is, nowadays, travelling countries is usually city tours. In Korea, in Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong. They're all the same. And also of course Japan as well, that's the common tourist itinerary. But that's not the Japan I want to experience. I want to experience the real Japan I learned through Japan video topics. From northern places down to Southern places. From forests, to beaches, to visiting cultural shows, cultural villages. And that is almost impossible for a tourist with a limited budget and time to stay in Japan. As a tourist, it's almost automatically you'd be bound to city travels like Tokyo and Kyoto tours. Mostly like that. I wouldnt get the chance to experience fully those that I watched in the videos. And that's why I don't want to visit Japan now. I don't want to experience it as a tourist. I want to experience it as a local who gets to experience everything in those videos a little each day. Living life to the fullest.
I always prefer to travel independently rather than tours, so you can see what you want to, and spend as long as you like in each place. But yes, as a visitor we'll never experience Japan in the same way as if you live there and really get to know the culture.
This is another spot that has been on my list for awhile. It's interesting to see it at another time of year! Most people show it at the height of summer so it's very green. We'll be there in this fall and I'm excited to see what it looks like with autumn colours.
I'm sure it'll be beautiful in autumn! Another place that's great for the fall colours is Mount Takao: th-cam.com/video/06yoHNi7ZG4/w-d-xo.html I was there in June but people have told me it's great when the leaves change colour.
Hello. It's a nice short trip for escape from busy place. And, it's very peaceful and relaxable. Please show other unmajor but nice spots for us ! Also, today's your fashion is so cute too !
Thanks! The t-shirt is my design :-) www.cakeswithfaces.co.uk/product/hamsters-in-teacups-t-shirt/ I love the city but it's nice to take a break in nature :-)
ah~ That looks like such a nice little escape into nature. Just enough to take a break. It's relaxing even watching it. Thanks for sharing this hidden gem!
A really pretty area I would love to visit when I next visit Tokyo! Not too big yet many things to see (temples, a small bamboo forest, and so on), and it would be a perfect nature walk as well! I really like your uploads because they have home-made/hand-crafted feel to them!
As my trip starts to near, your videos are becoming increasingly helpful. This is perfect. I want to see some nature and quiet without leaving Tokyo or going out to far. Thank you!
Thank you always for sharing. I like a waterfall, so I have been thinking to visit the Todoroki waterfall long time ago. This plan is not realize yet.... Mot.
I like waterfalls too! One day I'd like to go to the 7 Waterfalls trail on the Izu Peninsula. It's quite a long train ride from Tokyo so I've not been yet!
@@cakeswithfaces I think Hinohara-vil Tokyo trail also is fun. Hossawa fall, Ootaki fall, stuff like that. A Tofu donut near Hossawa fall is famous. www.hinohara-tofu.com/
@@cakeswithfaces don't worry, you will never learn everything,... kanji are fun, kanji are frustrating, kanji are mysterious,... 漢字の夢、漢字の影、夢の影、影の夢 ... um, I think this how the poem goes ... (^_^)
Ah wow, hope you enjoyed it! I've only been to Fuji on a coach day trip (on my first trip to Japan!) - I'd love to go back independently and explore more of the surrounding area.
I follow lots of Japan blogs and twitter accounts, and I keep a list of all the places I want to go! :-) It's really messy and more just for my own reference really, but some of them are on Pinterest: www.pinterest.co.uk/cakeswithfaces/japlanning-things-to-do-in-japan/ There are a couple more Hokkaido videos left! :-)
Haha, welcome to my world! My list is never-ending!! :-) It's really messy but mine's on Pinterest: www.pinterest.co.uk/cakeswithfaces/japlanning-things-to-do-in-japan/
Actually, that is not what Todoroki means. Seems you looked up 轟, but this one is 等々力 as the sign says at 0:57. Both happen to be pronounced the same. 等々力 is just a place name with practically no important meaning.
You have a lovely voice. A very pleasant upload. Thank you.
Haha thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
..Maybe the thunderous sound comes from the river when the water is high..Nice quiet place to be alone and think.. ✌💕👍
If I lived in Tokyo it'd be a good place to escape to! :-)
@@cakeswithfaces ..I agree..👍👌💕✌
Nice video... thank you for uploading this beautiful video
Glad you enjoyed it! :-)
I've learned about the Todoroki Gorge from the old Japan Video topics. I grew up watching those episodes of JVT and it introduced me to the real culture of Japan. It made me want to visit Japan, all those Nature trip videos, cultural videos, from snowman village to wrapping things using cloths (like you see in animes). That's the Japan that I wanted to explore. The Japan I wanted to learn.
It makes my heart feel warm and excited everytime I would visualize watching those Japan Video Topics. Everytime I would imagine that I would get to experience all those that they've shown. The warm people, very nice culture, very beautiful sceneries. Oh my goodness. I can't put my thoughts into words.
Now, as a grown man, I was able to travel 7-8 Asian countries, but not Japan, yet. The reason is, nowadays, travelling countries is usually city tours. In Korea, in Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong. They're all the same. And also of course Japan as well, that's the common tourist itinerary.
But that's not the Japan I want to experience. I want to experience the real Japan I learned through Japan video topics. From northern places down to Southern places. From forests, to beaches, to visiting cultural shows, cultural villages. And that is almost impossible for a tourist with a limited budget and time to stay in Japan.
As a tourist, it's almost automatically you'd be bound to city travels like Tokyo and Kyoto tours. Mostly like that. I wouldnt get the chance to experience fully those that I watched in the videos. And that's why I don't want to visit Japan now. I don't want to experience it as a tourist. I want to experience it as a local who gets to experience everything in those videos a little each day. Living life to the fullest.
I always prefer to travel independently rather than tours, so you can see what you want to, and spend as long as you like in each place. But yes, as a visitor we'll never experience Japan in the same way as if you live there and really get to know the culture.
Looks indeed like a good way to escape the crowds for a bit if one is not too far from the location itself :)
Nice to have a breath of fresh air in nature! :-)
This is another spot that has been on my list for awhile. It's interesting to see it at another time of year! Most people show it at the height of summer so it's very green.
We'll be there in this fall and I'm excited to see what it looks like with autumn colours.
I'm sure it'll be beautiful in autumn! Another place that's great for the fall colours is Mount Takao: th-cam.com/video/06yoHNi7ZG4/w-d-xo.html I was there in June but people have told me it's great when the leaves change colour.
Great vid Amy, that place does look pretty cool, that pizza place at the top of the hill looked interesting to...lol.
The pizza place would have to be good to be worth climbing all those stairs!! :-)
Fantastic
This place had been on my list for a while!! :-)
I can't believe It is close to shibuya 😱
It's like the complete opposite type of place!! :-)
Hello.
It's a nice short trip for escape from busy place.
And, it's very peaceful and relaxable.
Please show other unmajor but nice spots for us !
Also, today's your fashion is so cute too !
Thanks! The t-shirt is my design :-) www.cakeswithfaces.co.uk/product/hamsters-in-teacups-t-shirt/
I love the city but it's nice to take a break in nature :-)
These are the places worth visiting to feel real Japan
It's good to get away from the tourist crowds, and your own experience of smaller, quieter places! :-)
This place must look stunning in the Autumn.
Yes it must look amazing, all those trees! I think there are some spots with cherry blossoms too.
I MISS THIS PLACE !!!! I ONLY STAY AROUND IKEGAMI STATION!!!!!
Did you find that a good place to stay? :-)
ah~ That looks like such a nice little escape into nature. Just enough to take a break.
It's relaxing even watching it.
Thanks for sharing this hidden gem!
Glad you enjoyed it! It had been on my list for a while so it was good to finally get there! :-)
When i have a bit of spare time next week, although i'm Dutch, hope it won't be raining then
Enjoy!! :-)
Thank you for sharing Todoroki Keikoku with the world.
it’s happy to see that Tokyo has a lot of hidden urban oasis of nature as well as this.
They might be hidden but they're there! It's great when you discover somewhere hidden and magical!
A really pretty area I would love to visit when I next visit Tokyo! Not too big yet many things to see (temples, a small bamboo forest, and so on), and it would be a perfect nature walk as well! I really like your uploads because they have home-made/hand-crafted feel to them!
Thanks! Just a small place but a nice break for an hour or two :-)
As my trip starts to near, your videos are becoming increasingly helpful. This is perfect. I want to see some nature and quiet without leaving Tokyo or going out to far. Thank you!
Ah that's great to hear! Enjoy!! :-)
Thanks for showing me a part of Tokyo I didn't know about. Great video as always.
Thank you! It's good to explore new places once you've been to the main areas :-)
Thanks for this video 👍 this place has been on our list but never made it so was really good to see it 😀🏴🇬🇧
It was the same for me - it had been on my list for a while! Definitely a place for your second/third/fourth trip!! :-)
This was awesome vlog
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you always for sharing. I like a waterfall, so I have been thinking to visit the Todoroki waterfall long time ago. This plan is not realize yet.... Mot.
I like waterfalls too! One day I'd like to go to the 7 Waterfalls trail on the Izu Peninsula. It's quite a long train ride from Tokyo so I've not been yet!
@@cakeswithfaces I think Hinohara-vil Tokyo trail also is fun. Hossawa fall, Ootaki fall, stuff like that. A Tofu donut near Hossawa fall is famous. www.hinohara-tofu.com/
hahaha, there is a district in Nishi-Chiba called Todoroki 轟 (^_^) ... same sounds but, um, different kanji!
Haha, I'm just starting to learn kanji, there's so much to learn!! :-)
@@cakeswithfaces don't worry, you will never learn everything,... kanji are fun, kanji are frustrating, kanji are mysterious,... 漢字の夢、漢字の影、夢の影、影の夢 ... um, I think this how the poem goes ... (^_^)
Great vid. We were in Tokyo at the same time (tho I spend most it at Mount Fuji) 😊
Ah wow, hope you enjoyed it! I've only been to Fuji on a coach day trip (on my first trip to Japan!) - I'd love to go back independently and explore more of the surrounding area.
Great video. How so u find these hidden and amazing places. Although i must admit i am missing your Hokkaido videos.
I follow lots of Japan blogs and twitter accounts, and I keep a list of all the places I want to go! :-) It's really messy and more just for my own reference really, but some of them are on Pinterest: www.pinterest.co.uk/cakeswithfaces/japlanning-things-to-do-in-japan/ There are a couple more Hokkaido videos left! :-)
Can you please give a link to yr Hokkaido videos as l plan to visit in June end or July.
Why must you do this to me i keep having to add things to do to my list of places to go!
Haha, welcome to my world! My list is never-ending!! :-)
It's really messy but mine's on Pinterest: www.pinterest.co.uk/cakeswithfaces/japlanning-things-to-do-in-japan/
Actually, that is not what Todoroki means. Seems you looked up 轟, but this one is 等々力 as the sign says at 0:57. Both happen to be pronounced the same. 等々力 is just a place name with practically no important meaning.
Good to know, thank you!