Glad you're enjoying the series guys! If you'd like to help support the channel check www.patreon.com/bcpov . My Patrons already have access to next Friday's video where I ride Fujiten MTB park, my favorite bike park in Japan!
Nice video. Those trails seem pretty fun. I plan to visit Japan in the near future and try to find some riding so I am glad I will be able to reference your videos for the best locations. Keep up the awesome videos. Thank you.
Sharing context at the beginning is making each video even more interesting. More story like and I like it. Also I'd be interested in some content on your color-correcting and color-grading process. It always looks great.
My good old tomadashi "Toshi' live right next door to the Ginger at the base of Minekata. So you Did go over the back of the resort.There bears there. I run into a few over the years.
I didn't even realised there was a ski hill on this mountain until started editing this video, so what you see in the video is what I saw of Minekata. We did go to the onsen on the north end though.
Yes but also rocks, trees, tight single track. Our trails are fairly tight with growth and rugged. Lots of natural features like rocky drops, gullies etc. Here is a typical NC Mountain Trail. th-cam.com/video/F0v-0X1Eu_c/w-d-xo.html (about 7min in)
On my trips to Japan I always wondered about all the dirt roads and trails I saw and whether they were open to ride or not. In California most of the dirt roads and trails are open to ride. But maybe not in Japan. Maybe hard to find a lot of miles of rideable trails there.
Yeah, it's a good thing to wonder.. there are a lot of them. Thing is most of Japan is private land so if there are trails there, they're often "secret". Luckily we met a lot of people during the trip that by the end people were showing us where to ride!
Amazing adventures in Japan bro! how do you like your Evil bike compare to your Slash, in terms of an all around mountain bike , climbing/descending. Keep it up bro! I cop one of your Tshirt BCPOV its pretty dope!
Thanks for picking up the shirt! The wreck and the slash are really similar actually, just the wreck it's more plush. The slash climbs better. Front wheel wanders a bit more on steep climbs.
Is it the culture in Japan that recreation is to be paid for or is there a lack of volunteer groups trail-building (like in BC). Awesome video, only reinforces my desire to someday visit Japan!
Hey Raivkka, since Japan is such a small, old country, almost all the land is privately owned. Unlike in Canada were the land is often owned by a government entity. Building on privately owned land in Japan can be quite tricky... unless of course there is money involved.
Glad you're enjoying the series guys! If you'd like to help support the channel check www.patreon.com/bcpov . My Patrons already have access to next Friday's video where I ride Fujiten MTB park, my favorite bike park in Japan!
I love these videos so much man, keep up the good work :D
Thanks so much! I'll keep it up for sure!
Dude it's really cool your sharing these amazing experiences with us. Great videos, keep it up!
Thanks Bob! Super happy to show off Japan! It needs more attention!
What a kind and patient partner you have, lucky you!
Loving this Japan series!! Looks like such an amazing place to experience on a MTB! Great videos! Keep up the good work!
Thanks so much for watching Omer! I really did have fun over there!
Oh Japan has everything!!
Nice mate 👍🏽.. that’s some of the best mountain biking footage I’ve seen on TH-cam. Lighting was great 👌🏽
Thanks Rao! I try to keep it looking good!
Love these Japan videos! Also, whatever you're doing with the color editing is amazing.
Thanks a TON for posting these!!
Nice video.
Those trails seem pretty fun.
I plan to visit Japan in the near future and try to find some riding so I am glad I will be able to reference your videos for the best locations.
Keep up the awesome videos.
Thank you.
Thanks for watching Ryan, hopefully the videos get Japan a little more on the radar in the mtb world!
BCpov Agreed the landscape seems so beautiful with so much potential.
Beautiful forest, looked like a good day.
Thanks Scott, yes, fall in Japan is pretty special!
Beautiful trail, the sun shine through the trees was awesome. Great series so far, the #vanlife looks great too.!
Exciting to see you back on the trails at full speed lol sweet riding man, thanks for sharing the fun as always =)
Thanks Monster! It's a really good time over there, definitely would like to head back at some point!
Such a great series!
Thanks Trous!
Beautiful forest
Love that Japanese forest, so different from the what we have here in BC
Really nice trails, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
I'm enjoying the Japan series. Very awesome to watch!
Thanks for watching!
Sharing context at the beginning is making each video even more interesting. More story like and I like it. Also I'd be interested in some content on your color-correcting and color-grading process. It always looks great.
Thanks Trey.
Yeah, I definitely need to consider doing that video.. only problem is I have so much riding footage and so little time to edit it!
That was rad dude, Japan looks sick!
McLovin' this series!! Thanks Eric.
Haha, would you like fries with that?
Looks fun!
It was! The next vid on Friday is super fun :)
My good old tomadashi "Toshi' live right next door to the Ginger at the base of Minekata. So you Did go over the back of the resort.There bears there. I run into a few over the years.
I didn't even realised there was a ski hill on this mountain until started editing this video, so what you see in the video is what I saw of Minekata. We did go to the onsen on the north end though.
After I saw the Japan intro video I binged watched all the other Japan videos
Awesome! Still more to come!
Crazy how East Coast mountains that trail looks!
Similar Autumn colors?
Yes but also rocks, trees, tight single track. Our trails are fairly tight with growth and rugged. Lots of natural features like rocky drops, gullies etc. Here is a typical NC Mountain Trail. th-cam.com/video/F0v-0X1Eu_c/w-d-xo.html (about 7min in)
Cool weather and this colours! :o
I think autumn is the best time in Japan!
Wild ride👌love this
Thanks Dennis, was a fun one!
On my trips to Japan I always wondered about all the dirt roads and trails I saw and whether they were open to ride or not. In California most of the dirt roads and trails are open to ride. But maybe not in Japan. Maybe hard to find a lot of miles of rideable trails there.
Yeah, it's a good thing to wonder.. there are a lot of them. Thing is most of Japan is private land so if there are trails there, they're often "secret". Luckily we met a lot of people during the trip that by the end people were showing us where to ride!
Nice video it’s good to explore 😘
Gotta have a few adventures here and there, right?
Awesome...
Amazing adventures in Japan bro! how do you like your Evil bike compare to your Slash, in terms of an all around mountain bike , climbing/descending. Keep it up bro! I cop one of your Tshirt BCPOV its pretty dope!
Thanks for picking up the shirt!
The wreck and the slash are really similar actually, just the wreck it's more plush. The slash climbs better. Front wheel wanders a bit more on steep climbs.
Thank you man! much appreciated.
That van looks like the same van you just bought. Do you now live in Japan? If you mind me asking.
Completely different van, same color though! The van in the video might fit inside the new one! I live in Vancouver :)
The Colors are great, looks like lot of these trails are not ridden much. Same case in India..
I'm moving to Victoria BC, March first. maybe when you're on the island we could work out a ride. LMK.
Nice, but sure when I'll be in the island next, but the riding there is awesome!
Is it the culture in Japan that recreation is to be paid for or is there a lack of volunteer groups trail-building (like in BC).
Awesome video, only reinforces my desire to someday visit Japan!
Hey Raivkka, since Japan is such a small, old country, almost all the land is privately owned. Unlike in Canada were the land is often owned by a government entity.
Building on privately owned land in Japan can be quite tricky... unless of course there is money involved.
if you come back I can show you more around nagano.
How do you like the bike with the new frame, is there a big difference?
Actually the slash and the wreck felt really similar. Biggest difference I noticed is that the wreck is quite a bit more plush.
Que bonito lugar!!! Un abrazo fuerte compañero!!
Do you think it’s possible to bike from iwatake to minekata? Like are there expressways or tunnels that we can’t bike through?
It's a small town, so yes, you can definitely pedal over. :)
Great, cheers! Would you recommend the minekata trails to a novice mtb rider?
I think it's not too bad. especially the second trail I did.. it is a little bit steep, but not too bad.
I did them, and compared to BCpov, I am a novice!
What fork and rear suspension are you running with?
Fox 36 160 and an monarch in the back, but i recently switched to an x2.
Nice. Do you think 150 mm of travel would be enough for the type of rides you typically go on? Also love your content man, keep doing you.
The 2nd trail in the video looked like it had some reasonably steep sections? I could be wrong.....
what settings is your gopro on? :)
I use jordan boostmasters settings
th-cam.com/video/BsU26cuCe7I/w-d-xo.html
thanks!!!, cool vid btw
did you rent the van in japan?
Yes we did, Toyota rent-a-car
Try Smile car rental, Heaps cheaper, like 50% .But you need to communicate in Japanese.
😂 that one "trail" was, over grown!
There was still a trail! Haha!
can you film so that the middle of your bars is in the middle of the shit. My OCD is having a shitfit right now.
I dig it. definatly different than the paid trails out there
Yup, a little more natural for sure!
BC come on Here in Nagoya i Wanna Ride With you
Next time, in already back in Vancouver!
いいね❤❤❤❤
nice‼
頑張れ👊😆🎵
Nippon!
Beautiful colors , (you just need to get rid of these red gloves of yours)
Don't quite match the bike anymore, eh?
you need a e-bike man for long trip
Oh yeah? Hrm...
:P :P :P
😀😀