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Thanks, will do!

Thank you for hearts!❤

Thank you for commenting! This climb was made on December 22, 2020, which was a weekday, so there were very few people and a relatively easy climb. If of any use, feel free to check out the map links I have provided on my blog post related to this climb: www.pix4japan.com/blog/2020/12/mt-kintoki.html

Thank you for the feedback! Video was a bit short, but hopefully conveyed the feelings I felt in the woods and at the cave. Dale-chan was especially happy to find snow! She can't get enough of it!

Thank you for watching and comment! Lake Tanuki is not on the map of most tourists so it is incredibly calm and peaceful to visit especially on a weekdays. Please visit if you ever have the chance!😅

Thanks for commenting! After arriving to see a dark landscape, am glad I stuck around long enough for the clouds to clear up and provide some good light!😅

Thank you Jason!! My border collie LOVES the water much more than me. Still, it was fun to explore this small but ancient waterfalls with her! She is my best partner for photo shoots!!

Thank you, Tony!! Hope you are doing well and surviving the summer heat!!

Yes I am thanks , monsoon weather is here …. Tons of rain !

Thank you! I was torn between going on a sunny day when it would have been very hot but good views, or a cooler day with more intimate shots. I hope to return again in autumn when the colors change in the highlands. If you are in Japan, this is a rather easy hike for beginners and still fun for more experienced hikers. And super easy on your dog if you have one!😅🐶

Thank you for commenting! That bridge is fun to drive on!!😅

Thank you, Toni! Although the park was the main attraction, I love driving on that loop bridge! It’s only two complete circles, but feels a lot longer!

Thank you! I see you have some great vids of Malta on your site! Very inspirational!

ありがとうございました😊　爪木崎に行くチャンスあれば、ぜひ見に行ってみてください。🌊

Thank you for watching the video! I hope to return to this location again on a clear day and hopefully catch a view of Mt. Fuji!

Thank you for watching, Mio! She had fun except for crossing the scary bridge near the fishing port!😂

Yes, you’re right!! A drone would be cool to learn how to use! Would make for some good footage!

Thank you! Sound design is a bit tough to figure out-how much ambient sound to keep and how much background music to add to compliment the scene. Did you have CC turned on for the subtitles in English?

Hello Snappiness! Thank you for the comment. You were instrumental in my decision to switch from the KP to the K1-II. I am loving this beast of a camera and all of its quirky manual controls. Almost never need to access the menu system, which a a pure delight since I prefer keeping my eye on the OVF and let muscle memory adjust exposures via dials.

ありがとうございました。ワンちゃんと楽しかった！

Thank you! The sunset was amazing to watch! I had never seen such colors while above some of the clouds.😀

Thanks for watching the video and for the lovely comment! Love visiting this park and the waterfront several times a year with my dog. So relaxing!

Thank you, Mio-kun!!!😍

ありがとうございます。機会あれば、ぜひ来園してみてください❣️

見て頂いて、ありがとうございました。 ワンちゃんは山と海が大好きので、いつもの撮影をお楽しみそうです。🐶🥰

Thank you for the comment. I hope to visit Hakone again with different scenery and compositions!

Thank you! I hope to have new videos available in 2022!

コメントありがとうございました。将来的にはるかに高品質のビデオを作ることを願っています。

Thank you! I cheated a little by taking the gondola halfway up the mountain, which I am not able to do usually since I always have my border collie with me. I heard autumn and spring are best for this peak!

@@pix4japan oh yeah, beautiful border collie too :) Autumn is by far my favourite season in Japan! Spring isn't too bad either :)

Thank you!! I arrived at 4:30 am just at sunrise so there were no tourists-I had the whole park to myself!! Visiting during the rainy season was also nice making colors more vibrant than usual with everything being all wet. I think this park is exceptional since it was once an imperial villa and retreat for the emperor and his family over a century ago.

Thank you! Dale-chan love the chance to play in the water as well. Will come back again sometime to shoot the nearby virgin forest on the outcrop. Don't know if there are any nice shots to have, but just hiking in nature will be good enough for me!

Thank you! Learn something new each time I venture out! A lot of trial and error is involved, but slowly and surely I might be able to shoot exactly as I imagined.

Thank you! She loves any place with water whether it’s in the dead of winter or the heat of summer. I hope to go back to this lake this year for a photo shoot on the other side of the reservoir.

Thank you! Great place for a barbecue! Deep in nature but still in Tokyo!

Thanks for watching the video! Most of the quakes are not big enough to notice unless your stationary. I am a little bit more careful when visiting beaches though. Tsunamis are a lot scarier if there is no high ground to run to. I actually found this shrine 12 years ago on a dog walk. Have always wanted to come back with my camera on a rainy day so that colors are less flat.

Thank you for the comment! A clear Mt. Fuji is so illusive in the summer months. I have a few cool locations with views of Mt. Fuji I want to check this year once the government allows long distance travel!

この街の夜風景がとても好き！もちろん、デールちゃんが街の散歩が大好き！！

Yes, the staircase is real. There actually two, one on each side of the mound. The burial mound (Kofun in Japanese) was built as a tomb to a person of high social status in the latter half of the 6th century. This whole area had about 40 mounds, but only 9 still exist and have been excavated for research. Artifacts found in the tomb in the mound are on display now in a museum located nearby in this park. Thanks for watching!!

Thank you for watching the video. I had some of the same questions when I first arrived at the lake! The reservoir will hopefully fill back up to capacity after the rainy season in June and the typhoon season in August and September. Last summer when I visited here, the lake was a full capacity. The barren tree shot had a a huge vine-like shrub that had grown around the trunk of its host and had grown up with the tree, since the bark of the vine was embedded in the trunk of the host tree. You'd think it would kill the tree, but both plants looked healthy. The two large bridges are open to cars and foot traffic. Each bridge had its own designer making the designs quite different from each other. The pontoon bridge is for foot traffic only. Poor Dale-chan panicked a little bit when the pontoon bridge started bouncing up and down. The more shallow ends of the lake were likely green due to the algae. The darker ends of the lake close to the dam were are dark blue. The water level is so low that there is not much natural flow into the lake and very little overflow exiting the lake. The lake still seems healthy as I saw several fisherman along the shores. Yes! There are seven different species of cherry trees planted on that one hillside. The first dark pink/purple blossoms were of a tree that I think is related to azaleas. The reservoir is just one of several that serve to provide the Tokyo metropolis with drinking water. This reservoir provides Tokyo with about 20% of its needs. Interestingly, most Japanese farms need little irrigation due the large amount of natural rainfall. Rice paddies, of course need to be flooded, but all that water comes from nearby rivers. Other crops are all "irrigated" by natural rainfall. Here is the link to the video I shot last year at the eastern end of the lake. Totally different landscape when it green and humid! ua-cam.com/video/7gJOF5sy9yk/v-deo.html

Thank you, Steve. When the KP came out, 4 or 5 years ago, Ricoh touted the low-light capability. What they don’t mention is that a 2-or 3-minute exposure takes a long time to write to the SD card. I don’t know if that is common across all brands or not, but requires patience on my part. On a side note, I plan on getting the new K3 III since it has a slot for the faster SD cards, and will supposedly allow me to capture more low-light shots handheld. Will still keep the KP as my regular work horse, however, especially when I’m shooting in wet or sandy conditions. As for other brands, I came over from Nikon and use canon occasionally, but have no experience with landscape photography using those brands in low-light conditions.

I used to live about a 20-minute walk from this park, so Dale-chan seemed excited about visiting her old stomping grounds! Especially the old slide-going up, going down, and repeat 😂

Thank you, Mika-san! I hope to return someday to capture the west side of the island and hopefully catch a clear shot of Mt. Fuji across they bay.

Thank you for watching the video and commenting! The whole mountain was originally a God and worshipped as such for thousands of years. In modern Japan, it has become less of a holy site and more of tourist destination. However, the locals still consider this mountain to be their chapel, and take extra care to make sure there is no litter and that the trails are accessible and clean. When I am alone on the trails and just listen to the birds and insects, I definitely feel a sense of spirituality that I once felt when trekking out on my own in the hills and mountains during family picnics.

Thank you for watching. Winter photography is a lot more difficult than I had anticipated. Getting the right exposure for the highlights and shadows was tough. I hope I have a chance to try again before spring arrives.

Hopefully I can get out soon for another photo shoot. Need to find a safe place to shoot where there won't be any other people.