solo summer trip to gifu & nagano 🚞 seishun 18 pass, hiking japan alps, happo pond, hakuba
for my last week of my exchange semester in kyoto, japan, i decided to go on a solo summer trip to various places using the seishun 18 kippu. i spent half of my week looking out train windows, but i would say that the journey itself was a destination!
on the first 2 days of my trip, i went to hakuba in nagano prefecture to hike up to happo pond. i stopped over a postal town called nakatsugawa-juku on my way there. for next days, i visited tokyo and nearby cities, which you’ll see in my next videos!
i find it hard to capture my experiences travelling, so i filmed lots of videos to edit into little films. this is for my family and friends, who i wish were with me in those beautiful places. this is also for you, dear friend, so i hope you enjoy! ☀️
here, sera 𖤣.𖥧.𖡼.⚘
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timestamps:
00:00 – intro
00:23 – first day (August 1, 2024) from Kyoto to Nakatsugawa
01:25 – Nakasendo Nakatsugawa-juku
02:33 – train ride from Nakatsugawa to Hakuba
04:03 – walking to Keimichi Guesthouse + dinner at 喫茶COM
05:48 – second day (August 2, 2024) walking around Hakuba
07:28 – riding the Alpico gondola + 2 chairlifts
08:50 – start of hike from Happoike Sanso Lodge
11:28 – Happoike / Happo Pond
12:36 – descent from Happo Pond
13:17 – ice cream for celebration 🍦
13:58 – cafe de 4260
14:54 – walk back to Daily Yamazaki
15:25 – Hakuba Saegusa Museum
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📷 camera: iphone 7 plus (video) + olympus izm 220 (film)
🎦 editing software: capcut
🎵 music: epidemicsound http://epidemicsound.com
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