Moving to the Japanese Countryside | Life in the Inaka

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  • Опубліковано 10 січ 2023
  • It's time for a change. After going to Tokyo 10 times, it's now time to see a different side of Japan. The inaka, the japanese country side! I'm excited to show you this other side of Japan, I came across some really interesting things here!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 114

  • @solidsn2011
    @solidsn2011 Рік тому +25

    Gifu an Nagano are my favourite prefectures in Japan! Can't wait to come back this year and explore the rural areas! Awesome video! Just subscribed.

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому +3

      Nagano is really good too! A lot of onsen there. Thanks for the sub! I got a lot of inaka videos coming up!

  • @fatwombat2611
    @fatwombat2611 Рік тому +12

    Love Japan and Japanese countryside.

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому +2

      That makes two of us!

    • @fatwombat2611
      @fatwombat2611 Рік тому +1

      @@KokoroKompass I didnt spend much time in the rural villages of Japan when there years ago and mostly just gazed at them while on train trips between the large cities. I have lived in rural Australia so to me many of these places are not so isolated like people think. If I could I would buy a house in or near a small town and spend at least part of the year there with my young family. I worry though aboutt hidden costs and taxes of doing this that sprukers online may not be mentioning. My dream would be somewhere I could jump on a train into town if needed but also have space for an orchard and garden. Some where my children could attend local school perhaps. Still a dream but I think for my children it would be a great experience before they are grown up. Sorry for such a long winded comment. I have many questions to ask those that have gone down this path.

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому +1

      @@fatwombat2611 Oh yeah austraulia has some places in the middle of nowhere haha. I'm from the Netherlands, and such places don't really exist here. So for me it was quite remote haha.
      I hope you can make your dream come true!

  • @xeshing
    @xeshing 11 місяців тому +4

    The part with the kids and the drone is priceless!

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  11 місяців тому

      Haha yeah they were so surprised to find a youtuber way out in the countryside! I hope they found this video somehow

  • @Quiblitz
    @Quiblitz Місяць тому +1

    amazing footage! thank you for showing this side of Japan! Subscribed

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Місяць тому

      Thanks! I hope you can see it for yourself one day!

  • @timswafford5047
    @timswafford5047 10 місяців тому +2

    Love it!!! Awesome

  • @shadnord
    @shadnord Рік тому +4

    That place looks wonderful! Also, I think your pixel art is so cool!
    Best wishes with your travel videos. 😄⭐

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому

      Haha thank you! My day job is making games! The channel is growing quite slowly but I’ll keep trying!

  • @jeannerogers7085
    @jeannerogers7085 Рік тому +3

    Ay ay ay, the steps! Always with the 1000 steps to these lovely shrines and temples. They put you thru rather an ordeal for the experience.

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому

      Yeah I love it when theres a long pathway or steps! It really adds a lot of anticipation to the experience!

  • @Nae395
    @Nae395 Рік тому +1

    Wonderful thank you for taking us.

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому +1

      I'll be taking you many more exciting places!

    • @Nae395
      @Nae395 Рік тому

      @@KokoroKompass very relaxing and your background music nice

  • @audibellle
    @audibellle Рік тому +1

    your videos are very interesting, looking forward to see more of your vlogs

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому +1

      Thanks! I've got lots more fun videos in the works!

  • @tjardolindalinda9101
    @tjardolindalinda9101 Рік тому +3

    Nice to Watch again. great video cousin Enjoy your self 😁💯💯💪

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому

      Glad you enjoyed it, yes so love it here, so peaceful and relaxing!

  • @le_beks
    @le_beks 8 днів тому

    great vid!!

  • @linnea323
    @linnea323 Рік тому +1

    First time I come across your channel and I enjoyed your video, dankjewel! Going to check the rest too for sure (en die in Nederland ook natuurlijk ;-)

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому +1

      She bedankt voor het kijken! Hopefully you enjoy the other videos too!

  • @karinwullems
    @karinwullems Рік тому +2

    Wow so different from our busses and what a beautiful sites 💖

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому

      The bus ride was so relaxing, I will do that more often from now hehe

  • @72643066
    @72643066 9 місяців тому +3

    Beautiful

  • @miepie39
    @miepie39 Рік тому +2

    Nice video 👍🏼 enjoy your journey 🐶

  • @surinamel5708
    @surinamel5708 24 дні тому +1

    Watching from Toronto Canada .

  • @eprohoda
    @eprohoda Рік тому +3

    Like it,gorgeous view! Kokoro- =))

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому

      Thank you! Yes it’s amazing here, I don’t think there’s any place more peaceful than the Japanese countryside

  • @jimtakahashi4638
    @jimtakahashi4638 Рік тому

    (0:42) Breathtaking!

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому

      Yeah you really gotta be lucky that there's no clouds covering it!

  • @Blueblazerz
    @Blueblazerz Місяць тому

    good video

  • @keshavpesode1119
    @keshavpesode1119 Рік тому +1

    Nice video Bro...
    keep it up ... love from India

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому +1

      Thanks brother. I love Indian curry! Haha

  • @dillibabu304
    @dillibabu304 Рік тому

    awsome dude 💌

  • @catholicmeditation1560
    @catholicmeditation1560 Рік тому +2

    Love Rural Japan. Keep it up, bro.!

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому +1

      Thank you brother, will do!

    • @catholicmeditation1560
      @catholicmeditation1560 Рік тому

      @@KokoroKompass subscribed! 👍

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому +1

      @@catholicmeditation1560 Awesome, thanks so much! Getting ever closer to 1000 now!

    • @catholicmeditation1560
      @catholicmeditation1560 Рік тому

      @@KokoroKompass yes! I mean I thought you have thousands of subscribers because of your video quality. You deserve lots of subs.🤟

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому

      @@catholicmeditation1560 Thanks! Yeah I wish haha, but it's heading in the right direction!

  • @ThomasYaya
    @ThomasYaya Рік тому +1

    hehey, a fellow dutchie. I just arrived in Taiwan myself. Great video

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому

      Taiwan is next on my list of countries I want to see! Enjoy!

  • @carolynsilvers9999
    @carolynsilvers9999 10 місяців тому

    Would love to see what homes are like and a few small town shops

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  10 місяців тому

      I didn't really feel comfortable filming someone else's house, but I will be back in Japan again soon and if I get the chance I'll film it!

  • @andrewlamb3585
    @andrewlamb3585 Рік тому

    Love the content. The audio mixing could improve though. Sometimes the music would swell and id have to turn the volume down for a second or 2! Lol. I mean this with respect. Keep up the great work!

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому

      Ahh yeah sorry about that! I got lazy and use automatic damping whenever I talk, it doesn't always work well haha

  • @carolynsilvers9999
    @carolynsilvers9999 10 місяців тому

    I could be happy there

  • @Blueblazerz
    @Blueblazerz Місяць тому +1

    subbed

  • @bbbydgtlnikoniko
    @bbbydgtlnikoniko Місяць тому

    Leuk man dat je dit meemaakt, want de meeste bezoekers kennen alleen "the big city and touristy side" van Japan. Toevallig dat je vriendin ook uit Gifu Prefecture komt, net zoals mijn vrouw.

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Місяць тому +1

      Ja was een heel andere ervaring dan de stad! Haha, Wie weet kennen ze elkaar!

  • @officialabdulrehman
    @officialabdulrehman Рік тому

    You got a new Sub!

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому +1

      Woohoo! Hopefully the youtube algorithm is getting more kind to be haha. Just out of curiousity, how did you find me?

    • @officialabdulrehman
      @officialabdulrehman Рік тому

      @@KokoroKompass the video felt very nice and calm and you seemed natural with camera 😃

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому +1

      @@officialabdulrehman Thanks! But I meant, where did you come across the video? Haha

    • @officialabdulrehman
      @officialabdulrehman Рік тому

      @@KokoroKompass algorithm xD
      Right on my feed if I recall correctly xD

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому +1

      @@officialabdulrehman Ohh, then that's a good sign! :)

  • @archwayfilms4362
    @archwayfilms4362 Рік тому

    Hmmm pretty big for an Inaka. And the bells are not for evil spirits…it’s for bears.

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому

      Yeah hikers typically use bells like that for bears too! But kids get told it's for warding off evil spirits, maybe it's a white lie haha

  • @Its_just_me_again
    @Its_just_me_again 11 місяців тому

    i really enjoy ur vids, great videography, editing and a nice cadence. i was wondering how difficult it is to get permission for drone footage since they prohibited it in around 2015 i think without prior written permission. i was oblivious to this until i spoke with some officers in a local koban. there is some government entity where you have to detail exactly when and where you wish to film. the hard thing is, apart from not knowing exact details of when u wish to fly, but i believe the approval process can take over a month.

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  11 місяців тому

      Thanks! That process is only for red zones in densely populated areas. For less dense areas you simply register the drone. Since this is in the countryside I could fly pretty much anywhere. Tokyo is pretty much all a no fly zone though

    • @Its_just_me_again
      @Its_just_me_again 11 місяців тому

      @@KokoroKompass oh k, i will have to look into it. i was told by police in takayama, gujo hachiman, shirakawago and tomonoura. with tomonoura, that was where they explained the process i need written permission for any place in japan even in areas not built up. i asked if i could film way out of town over the water. they said no. id love to take my drone back again but i will def try and get some more clarification - the poor officer called about 5 different ppl, i was there for over an hour, i just really wanted to go in the end but felt embarrassed so waited through the process. :)

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  11 місяців тому +1

      @@Its_just_me_again That's strange, because that's definitely not true.

    • @Its_just_me_again
      @Its_just_me_again 11 місяців тому

      @@KokoroKompass oh i hope so :) like i said they said it was a new law. the prev few times i had no issues with the drone. im excited to think i may be able to again

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  11 місяців тому +1

      @@Its_just_me_again I flew in January last time, I'm notsure if it changed sibce then. Just look on the japanese aviation website and you can read the guidelines!

  • @Mwoods2272
    @Mwoods2272 Рік тому +1

    Things are so much easier for foreigners when you are with a Japanese national.

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому

      Yes that's very true! But I have stayed in Japan for years by myself too, and it's still doable! It kind of adds to the adventure haha

  • @sin891
    @sin891 Рік тому +1

    I wanna go to Japan so bad

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому +1

      Follow your dreams, no one can stop you!

  • @earlysda
    @earlysda Рік тому

    2:24 "600 kilometers from Tokyo". Wow! Gifu City is 394km from Tokyo. Did you get blown off course?

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому +1

      Oh I might have gotten mixed up with Kyoto, which was our next destination!

    • @earlysda
      @earlysda Рік тому

      @@KokoroKompass Anyway, nice vid. 😀

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому

      @@earlysda Thanks! Theres still a lot of Japan videos left to edit, but I've been quite busy lately

  • @dklang
    @dklang Місяць тому

    Wow, in a few years there may be more gaijin in the countryside than nihonjin

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Місяць тому

      I didn't meet any other foreigners in the countryside so I doubt it :p

  • @lrll5745
    @lrll5745 Рік тому

    Oh you’re in Gifu? Never been there…I am in Hokkaido ….i myself will be moving soon it seems…I will know by end of this year,.

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому

      Oh Gifu is pretty nice! It's very peaceful, but maybe a little bit too peaceful to live permanently haha

    • @lrll5745
      @lrll5745 Рік тому

      @@KokoroKompass in these times, “peaceful” is a figment of folly! Haha stick around…who knows!

  • @lrll5745
    @lrll5745 Рік тому

    Hey welcome to Japan! Where are you?

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому

      I'm traveling around, so I'm never really in one spot haha. But Tokyo is usually my base!

    • @lrll5745
      @lrll5745 Рік тому

      @@KokoroKompass hope u drop by Hokkaido..I’m staying in a rental in Shinsapporo but next year summer, I want to look for something in the country, an old Akiya that I can clean up, with a big garden to put my African greys, plant a veggie garden, keep chickens, go totally off grid…I thought of going solar but I heard there is a devise for $46/- that helps off-gridders settle an easier electric bill! Definitely interesting & according to reviews, they say it works…maybe that’s one of the reasons utilities have increased!

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому

      @@lrll5745 I won't have time to make it to Hokkaido this time unfortunately, but I need to see it one day! Sounds like you got a good plan!

  • @seanjokela
    @seanjokela Рік тому +1

    Guaranteed to be popular in remote areas. But whether they greet you with pitchforks or smiles is kind of a toss-up.

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому +2

      I was welcomed everywhere with a smile, Japanese people are very friendly, even more so in the countryside!

    • @user-fn3vy4ug2n
      @user-fn3vy4ug2n Рік тому

      Pitchforks? 😂 Where are you coming from to expect that

    • @seanjokela
      @seanjokela Рік тому

      @@user-fn3vy4ug2n it's just an expression 😂

  • @davidvasta
    @davidvasta 9 місяців тому

    Whats with the mask outside or at all?

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  9 місяців тому

      People here don't want to infect everyone around them when they have a cold. Also, global pandemic, might have heard about it.

  • @waterblastfestivals-id1sc
    @waterblastfestivals-id1sc 8 місяців тому

    there are no 7/11 groceries stores in the countryside? jeez thats why people leaving

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  8 місяців тому

      There are ofcourse, 7/11 is everywhere!

    • @waterblastfestivals-id1sc
      @waterblastfestivals-id1sc 8 місяців тому

      @@KokoroKompass even in the countryside? In south korea there are 7/11 everywhere in 5 mins walk max even in the most rural areas. I saw on airbnb some houses in the countryside of japan and the owner says there are no convenience stores within walking distance :(

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  8 місяців тому

      @@waterblastfestivals-id1sc In the countryside they might be a bit out of the way yeah. But they are still open 24/7 somehow!

  • @Lotjelolo
    @Lotjelolo Рік тому +2

    Them spirits do like money don’t they

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому

      Gotta have some money to enjoy luxury in the spirit realm!

  • @gandalfstormcrow2486
    @gandalfstormcrow2486 Рік тому +1

    No matter where you go, that's where you are.
    Find a bible, boss. 😘

  • @ThorstenPattberg
    @ThorstenPattberg Рік тому

    Don't film little boys. And don't say they want to be in your video.

    • @KokoroKompass
      @KokoroKompass  Рік тому

      One of their older brothers was there, he said it was okay to film. I know filming children is a difficult topic in Japan.

  • @FlyingKell
    @FlyingKell Рік тому +1

    Nice video