Japanese Countryside for Beginners | Leaving Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagoya
The Japanese countryside is beautiful, and this time I wanted to answer a question from a viewer asking where he should go the first time? Let’s examine it, take notes. #Japanesecountryside #japan
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And welcome back John!😁
Just got back from our trip a couple weeks ago, and we visited the countryside around/near Nagoya. Specifically – Gifu, Mino, Gujo Hachiman (during bon odori) and Gero Onsen. Visiting these towns were the absolute highlight of our trip. Can't recommend enough! A random stranger gifted my wife and I, day-passes to the local bus network in Gifu.
Kurama is definitely my favorite countryside part of Japan so far. Technically within the limits of Kyoto, but so far removed that you feel disconnected from it. Highly recommended! Awesome little village, and a great hike up to Kurama-dera, then down to Kibune for some tasty soba! Got to experience this last October, so amazing!
I still highly recommend the Arch pass to new travellers over the JR Pass. Excellent deal and includes some country side visits.
Hi Jon, l love your videos. I am a below the knee single amputee. Would it be disrespectful to the Japanese home owner or owners, if I would have some of the shoe covers to put on before I would go into their home?
Went to Tamagawa Onsen with wife in July. It was one of the most fascinating, unique and surreal experiences.
Hi, John. I think that visiting places like HAKKONE , AKAKURA, southern Japan , and / or even the countryside In HOKKAIDO are great places to visit.
Great video. Was just a little sad that you did not cover Tohoku at all in this stream. Probably the first region that comes to my mind when talking rural Japan
I really love Toyama, Peaceful, Scenery place.
By the way, both KARUIZAWA and NAGANO have great winter skiing resorts for any ski fans ⛷️🎿🛷☃️☃️☃️❄️❄️❄️🌨️🌨️
i agree – nagoya is a great jumping off point into the countryside. You could a day trip out to inuyama which has a castle and old town street or do a hike on the nakasendo from nakatsugawa to nagiso and then take the train up to matsumoto and bus into kamikochi. So many great places! Highly recommend the alpico 4 day bus pass if you are going to be in matsumoto/kamikochi and takayama/shirokawago area if you aren't keen on driving.
John has a great intuition.He senses people's alterior motive..He has a great sense of humor .He has been around.❤
Incidentally just planning a five day road trip from Tokyo towards Kanazawa for early 2025. Well not much to plan really, going to book few places to stay and mostly just start driving and see what happens.
One thing I'm wondering is winter tires, I assume they are useful even at that latitude because of the mountains. At first it looks like only specific rental locations offer winter tires and none of them are anywhere near Tokyo. I assume you can still get winter tires on a car when starting from outskirts of Tokyo and going towards the mountains but maybe it's a special request?
Japannese countryside for beginners. lol.Boy was I a newbie when I went to Ishikawa when I was 16.❤
I found Nagoya a challenge in terms of my second trip to Japan. The announcement at the train station were not English friendly like Tokyo.
It was a little bit of a shock and I certainly got a little lost.
I was there for the aside event, which was amazing.
10/10, would go again.
This is a good list. Many areas seem to rally around a product, piece of history, mascot, etc. These are nice to discover.
Hubby and I plan to do the Shikoku Circuit in 2028. 😊
I’m a bit biased because I love trains, but I recommend anyone intimidated about visiting the Japanese countryside, take a local train journey for a start. So relaxing and a nice way to mingle with the locals. Those small private railways like the Minami-Aso railway I went to last year are particularly nice, because some stations have little business inside it.