Inside Japan's Stunningly Beautiful Shukuba (Post Towns)

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Japan is home to some of the most beautiful roads and paths I have ever seen in my life. Along the Nakasendo Trail, there are towns called Shukuba, or 'Post Towns'. They are stunningly beautiful from start to finish, and this is what they look like. Today, we take a walk through Narai Juku, and Tsumago Juku.
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@TokyoLens 3 года назад

I am so happy that I could finally make it here after all these years... and bring you along!! What did you think? Would you visit these towns? So a bit of an announcement: The Unnamed Adventure II - The Ways We Almost Died will be coming out THIS month!! As a full-feature 30+ Minute Video This will be available for the Full Adventurers tier over on the Tokyo Lens Patreon! (linked in the description~) I'd love to have you over there!

@thempstead 3 года назад

Looks like an interesting and beautiful place. That little hidden path may be describable as being like something out of Totoro but the whole town looks like something out of a Ghibli movie. I like the way that it looks in the rain, very green with little paths and stone stairs looking like they have almost spontaneously formed out of the landscape. Looking forward to the upcoming video release on Patreon 😜

@memeranglaut 3 года назад

Yep, definitely a place i want to have in my bucket list

@widianantoparantopo7856 3 года назад

Wow, you came out to japan in 2005. Thank you for sharing a good news about Japan, i have a dream soon i can visit to japan and live there, and also i want to study in japan. 😊

@AuntieKaiHawaii 3 года назад

Aloha Norm, I really enjoy vicariously living & seeing Japan & the world with you! I feel that I'm growing as a person, through the experience of understanding more about other people, & their homes, places they live, & feel sacred about. I feel it is important to learn what brings people to happiness, & those things that matter to them & also to you! Mahalo nui for sharing hope & bringing some life back into my world & our world.( I spend many days in bed & still hoping for surgery.) Think of you often, take care, Kai

@Josua_Nel 3 года назад

i'd definitely visit this small town, it looks so beautiful.

@sharlainjapan 3 года назад

Thumbnail of the year 11/10 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

@elainesparklemonkey 3 года назад

Sugoi times a million.

@fabr1cated 3 года назад

cats > everything else

@TokyoLens 3 года назад

Lol figured you would enjoy that one 😊

@otame4771 3 года назад

Is that a date or a score? Or both?

@MiaogisTeas 3 года назад

@@TokyoLens It's funny, I saw it and the clip in the vid and immediately thought "hope he sent a pic of that kitty to Sharla!"

@tobyeveryday729 3 года назад

That sign saying "We have many desires but life is very short". Truer words never spoken 💖

@TokyoLens 3 года назад

😊

@sknmc35 3 года назад

i think those were graves.. it was on someones grave i think..

@haruharu4344 3 года назад

It also captured me.

@MaShcode 3 года назад

Classic Japanese mix of melancholy and schadenfreude

@eintweihencrothen4502 3 года назад

Dwight Schrute: wrong, actually, living is the Longest thing you will do. just joking btw, i love that too

@JS-ob4oh 3 года назад

Yep, Magome to Tsumago is one of those places that makes you wish you could had been born and live your entire life there. I've been around the world, lived in 6 countries and visited another 4. And these 2 post towns made me want to just stop and spend the rest of my life there. But as the signs said, "We have many desires, but life is very short."

@kittykat3268 3 года назад

As a person who is more at home in nature but unfortunately lives in a city... I needed this. Beautiful video, thank you!!

@TokyoLens 3 года назад

Many more to come 😊

@fabr1cated 3 года назад

@@TokyoLens keep them rolling in. you know we're ecstatic for this

@SharpestBulbs 3 года назад

There's never a reason to live in a city.

@bnemel5 3 года назад

Switch places with me

@A-Wa 3 года назад

@@SharpestBulbs ehm there is. like working and studying. those things cant be usually done in rural areas which is sad and makes moving very hard with kids and family

@komugi944 3 года назад

The rain scenery in these post towns are absolutely stunning, Im soooo jealous that I cant be there 😫

@TokyoLens 3 года назад

Stunning unless you’re carrying a camera 😂

@zir456 3 года назад

The Rain Scenary already considered Thumbnail especially that Tree with sign one. Its look Great... 😖😖

@itsalltakenup 3 года назад

“We have many desires but life is short”, so thanks for transporting us to somewhere special.

@siddhantdeshmukh3057 3 года назад

Japan + rain is always so beautiful and relaxing

@user-qi7oc7rm9m 3 года назад

The music and setting make me feel like I'm watching a live action Studio Ghibli film. So 😍

@amiqai 3 года назад

Not to mention the "Totoro Street" as well.

@bork0992 Год назад

I love how much these preserved post towns really highlight the traditional Japanese architecture. I think it’s my favorite style

@Enoxix. 3 года назад

The old towns of Japan are always so beautiful! When I was in Japan I just loved strolling around at night and not worrying about anything…

@raeDFT 3 года назад

My husband and I had our first trip to Japan in 2018 which was so amazing. We were there for three weeks and one of the things we made sure to do was walk the Nakasendō trail from Magome-juku to Tsumago-juku. Walking this trail and getting to see the beautiful post towns is honestly one of the biggest highlights of our trip. The scenery of the area was just absolutely gorgeous!

@BohemianScandalous 3 года назад

I’ve been missing japan a lot and I just started to cry seeing this footage. It’s just so beautiful it makes me happy to be alive.

@collaborativelearning1 Год назад

I miss visiting japan as well and have the same sentiments.

@hiruchavez110 3 года назад

Japan is really beautiful, but i feel sad for the countrysides as the people are slowly leaving them going to cities, although the city and countryside have their own beauty, countryside japan really deserves attention and preservation. Id really love to go to japan and live there, learn more about the people and explore just like you guys do, you earned my respect and my sub.

@youraveragepasser-by7367 3 года назад

Really sad but inevitable across the globe. No well-paying jobs are available for the younger generation in rural towns

@Dezomm 3 года назад

@@youraveragepasser-by7367 Maybe as remote work becomes more common people will start finding their way back into rural places. Many people who live in cities might prefer the calm, beauty and lower prices of living somewhere rural provided they can still do their work from there.

@youraveragepasser-by7367 3 года назад

@@Dezomm true, but that depends on many circumstances. Over 50% of work in my country (Malaysia) can't be done remotely due to terrible internet and the lack of specialized jobs. People are forced to fight to work in urban areas where housing costs are absurd and pay is garbage

@kuchikopi4616 3 года назад

@@youraveragepasser-by7367 damn, that's sad, I hate city life as well.

@yeww.3099 3 года назад

I prefer rural areas, too. Actually just plenty of jobs can be 95% done with internet, but still business owners want us to work in the office, that’s just ridiculous. Guess working on-site is just more about ruling than productivity.

@LetsaskShogo 3 года назад

I'm always looking forward to seeing your videos! It's so nice to know that Japan still has these beautiful places... We really need to protect them!

@serzok1 3 года назад

I think it’s a beautiful combination of scenery, music and time of the day. (4AM=no people on the streets) The rain and the clear streams add positive things. Makes me want to be there too.

@luisat431 3 года назад

It's so beautiful when It stopped raining. Like a new fresh breeze of air

@Natalia-mi4su 3 года назад

I can just imagine how astonishingly is to walk down these streets ♥ I'm so thankful that even i'm far away from Japan i can experience and explore those beautiful places with your yt videos ♥

@johnree6106 3 года назад

Japan has the most beautiful paths it encourages you to hike them, at least that is what I did when I went to Japan and I don't regret it.

@TokyoLens 3 года назад

And in such abundance!!

@isaimanuddin13 3 года назад

The scenery of japanese village is absolute breathtaking. Quite & peaceful. And yeah, the rain makes it more beautiful.

@MrCp3o 3 года назад

I miss japan 🥺, Edo period villages and homes are my favorite.

@thea5714 3 года назад

GORGEOUS stonework walls! I love the symmetry and simple beauty, not just to the eyes but the ears (rain, falling water brook).

@avinsharma6259 3 года назад

I literally cried. I love Japan and i will work hard and one day go there to study and live.

@K1ddkanuck 3 года назад

My goodness. I am at a loss for words. What beauty and serenity. I hope I see these places in person before I die.

@daydreaming8742 3 года назад

Japan is really my type of place, really cozy and chill also relaxing the environment looks so clean and lovely not too much people

@kennyvesty3585 3 года назад

Why i have those emotional longing feeling about this place? It's like ive been there before altho i never really been there.

@clarengrey9122 3 года назад

Now this reminds me of Spirited Away, such a beautiful village💎

@lynnkihara2323 3 года назад

There's just something beautiful about those old villages in the misty rain that just says peace to me.

@maryanmg 3 года назад

So relaxing =D

@antrea333 3 года назад

My bf and I hiked the Nakasendo Trail from Magome to Tsumago two years ago - I read many blogs beforehand saying that this route was quite easy but the first part I was doubting myself so hard because it just seemed uphill forever! Then this elderly lady came out of her home, said "Konnichiwa", saw that we were exhausted foreigners, and then made a hand motion gesturing that just a little bit more and everything would be downhill from there. To this day we are very thankful that woman came out to greet us - we don't know if it was just a coincidence or if she was sitting by her window, ready for tired tourists to come by lol. But she gave us the push we needed and helped us enjoy the stunning trail. I LOVED the back-in-time vibe of the towns and would 100% do it again! Also your filmography is A+++++ as usual :)

@Catssonova 3 года назад

The running water in the "Totoro street" reminded me so much of Koya-San 高野山。I highly recommend a trip to Wakayama prefecture for it and it's massive cemetery and beautiful temples.

@yeevita 3 года назад

the snake, the cat, the rain, the hidden trails. love it!

@user-th3vx9pj5t 3 года назад

I am an old Japanese man who was born in 1951. I myself visited the Nakasendo Trail 43 years ago. This video reminds me of the good old days. Thank you very much!

@aerzhhey4549 3 года назад

Japan is such a beautiful country

@briantaylorphoto 3 года назад

As someone that was involved in the parkour/tricking/video production scene, I am very happy for you. Your success brings joy to me. You videos bring happiness to my heart and reassure my soul that I will one day return to Japan. Thank you for blessing us with your videos. Please don't stop.

@TokyoLens 3 года назад

bro this comment really made my day. honestly. all smiley and shit now lol I appreciate the kindness and thank you so much eh

@browneyesblackdragon6676 3 года назад

Your channel is one of my favorites for exactly this reason. You capture Japan's beauty off the beaten path. Your videos also give us the perspective to never take what we see every day for granted as there are always new and exciting things waiting to be found.

@xiaospetsnaz5809 2 года назад

In the last year or two I have fallen sooooo deeply in LOVE with Japan. It just has such a BEAUTY to it and it continues to pull my soul in. I ultimate goal in life is to live and die there. I truly believe it is the most beautiful place on earth.

@markusmottus1686 3 года назад

What I just saw is like something out of a dream from what felt like a past life in a different time, in a different world. Amazing absolutely amazing. 本とに、ありがとうございます。🙇‍♂️

@AverytheCubanAmerican 3 года назад

Ah you've been blessed by the rains down in Africa. What a beautiful part of Japan. So stunning

@AmaraInSeattle 2 года назад

The waterwheel appeared and I thought, "I wish I could see it closer ". And then y'all moved in for a closer shot. For a split second, it was like I was there, somehow back to adventuring with creator friends and somehow in Japan while sitting in Seattle. The global creator experience is endlessly rewarding. Thx for taking us all along.

@Miss_Nimbus 3 года назад

After a very anxious and emotional few days, this video felt like the hug I really needed. Such a calm and beautiful atmosphere. Thank you for sharing 💜

@TokyoLens 3 года назад

Glad you could enjoy it

@navedabbasi163 3 года назад

One could just take a snapshot of anyplace here and make a lofi playlist. Bam 1 million views. Great video by the way 👌

@muajin 3 года назад

These towns are gorgeous and they are literally everywhere throughout the country. I've been in China for 3 years now and nothing here comes close. It's crazy.

@Zeel_BTS 3 года назад

Sooo stunning. Also, it's surprising how the animation drawings resemble so well to these real life scenarios

@collaborativelearning1 Год назад

agreed, feel the same way.

@irealkenzo 3 года назад

Dang, this place so beautiful with raining and it feels so relaxing

@whyisthisathingnow... 3 года назад

I remember visiting Magome juku during my first trip to Japan. I've always wanted to see more like these especially since moving here. This video was a great reminder!

@ryoi4607 3 года назад

Hey Tokyo Lens I am Japanese myself. Your videos really make me rediscover my home country and I love this feeling! Really great videos and hope to see more videos thank you so much!!!

@atewanders3928 3 года назад

I LOVED THIS! It calmed me so muchhhhh thank you. I've been watching Japan videos for a ridiculous number of years but I forgot how magical traditional towns feel. wish i could just leave everything behind and move there lolol

@dienazzai4893 3 года назад

Beautiful ...wish to be there...one of my wish list..

@tccandler 3 года назад

Really beautiful video... Thank you.

@123haninhk 2 года назад

Even a small village like this looks so clean and gorgeous

@zenbugami Год назад

Who needs to go to shops, when you can admire a beauty of nature and the amazing traditional Japanese buildings. This town and other simillar ones are what I seek the most in this country 🥰 Damn, this unexpected snake... 😱

@Shinchan-hr4wv 3 года назад

You and abroad in Japan are my favorites

@AmandadeOliveira 3 года назад

This place is jaw dropping really wow, just wow. 😍

@titoguevarramocende 3 года назад

Oh ghad. I rarely comment on anything online but this place is beyond amazing. It already looks stunning in the video, imagine being able to walk in those streets and take in the atmosphere. Its like a backdrop for a Haruki Murakami novel, its so captivating that you want to know the lives of the people that live there, its moving.

@pol6398 3 года назад

I think id just cry on the spot if i were there in person, seeing this made my heart all warm and fuzzy

@josefinexoxo7415 3 года назад

WOW! I'd love to see every inch of this town... early in the morning and when everything is open - both ways. Thank you for showing us!

@desireeflemming477 3 года назад

I wish this video was longer! I would love to watch a 30+ minute version and just zen out to the sound of rain.

@sindritmoqi750 3 года назад

How is it possible u have only 100k subs?????You deserve way more ,great work btw made my day 👌

@TokyoLens 3 года назад

Too kind~

@dattmay Год назад

Not even lying, one of my bucket list items is to do the Nakasendo trail and tour as many of the post towns as I can. They’re so spectacularly unique and inherently Japanese.

@martinmaglica3557 Год назад

This little town look like it is from a fairytail .... lovely video it really inspires me to go out and find those hidden places

@adamschultz3799 3 года назад

This is so weird, I was JUST thinking "hmm, haven't watched one of Norm's videos in a while" and here you JUST posted a video. How wild!

@adamschultz3799 3 года назад

Btw im so happy with your growth, I've been following for years and you definitely deserve it! You inspired my channel's start up! 😁

@TokyoLens 3 года назад

Sunday night at midnight in Japan 😉

@Shanyandao 3 года назад

Not gonna lie, I klicked the video before even reading the title because of the thumbnail.... Maaaan this place is beautiful! How is this even real? I would really love to go there, it’s kinda surreal :0 (Also I was worried on multiple occasions that you‘d slip on some stairs)

@saintstales4108 3 года назад

This Place is HEAVEN I can feel the soul of this place and nice choice of music. I will certainly visit this place!

@NocturnalCachalot 3 года назад

Absolutely beautiful, I need to see this place myself ❤️

@stormwarning9182 3 года назад

Japan is soothing for the soul! The moss speaks to my Irish genes. When I visited Eikando temple in Kyoto the first thing I did was kneel down to run my hands over the moss. This is such a gorgeous video Norm - I have marked this town on my 'to visit' list. Thank you!

@sofiadeleon6373 Год назад

Honestly, this was the first video I ever watched about Japan. I already knew I wanted to go there, but it was not until I watched this video and kept searching for more Japan content, that I truly made the decision. I have been binge watching your videos all over again just to leave you comments and I really wanted to comment on this one, but I could only remember bits of the video (the rain, your umbrella, minute 2:49, the snake, and you taking the stairs), so I just spent the last 45 minutes looking for it haha! I remember I was in a really dark place in my life when I first watched this video, but I am so thankful that it popped up on my main page and that you were the one who made me completely fall in love with Japan. Your videos have been both an escape and a motivation for me. And I’m really sorry I posted a long comment, it doesn’t matter if you don’t read it or if I don’t win the flight, I honestly just wanted to say THANK YOU ❤️

@stupidfrog2205 3 года назад

Beautiful. This place is just the most beautiful place I have ever seen.

@paulieoraye9507 3 года назад

I love Japan and your vlog makes me adore how breathtakingly amazing is Japan.

@Gasman2506 2 года назад

I went there a couple years ago with my highschool host family. We did a little tour with a Japanese lady, and we visited different houses and learned about the history. There’s a house that is black on the inside from 200-300 years of smoke, and every day, the ladies rub the smoke in the ceiling wood to make it shiny, it’s very interesting. There’s also another house with a small pond, and the japanese emperor visited that house i think 300 years ago. It was very cool. There is a nikuman/ steamed pork bun shop in that town owned by an old couple, and they make the best nikuman I’ve ever had 😋 Next time you go back there, you should do the little tour. It’s very interesting

@poojabhandary1783 3 года назад

I can just thank you for this spectacular video.. grateful that I stumbled upon this channel..

@albertofernandez6891 3 года назад

So hauntingly beautiful. 360 degree photogenic.

@christianity7748 3 года назад

I so love this video. Feels like want to go and just have some peaceful time with friends and families. And ejoying the majestic rain early in the morning.

@pol6398 Год назад

if i win the ticket to japan, this is in the top of my list, id come here at four in the morning, look at the view, feel my heartache for some reason(prolly coz the scenery is just divine) cry, then have my cofee

@adaligogh4049 Год назад

I'm a big city guy so I think I'm going to mostly spend my time in Tokyo and Kyoto but these post towns seem so peaceful. Especially in the rain.

@amiqai 3 года назад

4:51 I suppose this 'Totoro Street' is a symbolic reference to Totoro's place in Studio Ghibli's/Hayao Miyazaki's film "My Neighbour Totoro" which also featured a very lush, rural landscape of Japan and a similar hideout of Totoro (a mythical spirit I suppose) that had a secret route through dark, dense and lush bushes and undergrowth just like here.

@llallewashere 3 года назад

I can't wait to be able to travel again. I need some more Japan exploring in my life.

@kristinedetorres1323 3 года назад

My heart is full just by watching this video..

@flamuralaj3302 3 года назад

Places, like these, in Japan are one of the reasons why I'd absolutely love to visit.

@artfromtheheart4391 Год назад

I've always believed that life isn't short it's pretty long. It's the unpredictability of life itself that can make it short. Oh Japan! Beautiful in any weather and in any season. Please don't ever change. This world needs you.

@Ren_Brands 11 месяцев назад

This is definetly a iconic Part off japan i would Love to visit one day

@haruharu4344 3 года назад

That was very nice souvenir. Thanka for waking up so early to capture this.

@VancityCarsen Год назад

After watching your latest video and returning to the binge I started years ago when my Japan fascination started this was by far my favorite video and one that I have always remembered on your channel. It's short and sweet but something about the quietness mixed with the compact old town and the rain falling sure makes it something special. You captured it beautifully, but I can't imagine how much better it would be in person.

@SyrianSoaper 3 года назад

oooo takes the crazy stairs.... ends up in the land of the youkai. idk if its the music or just the scenery but i just see anime flashing in my head cuz the landscapes and housing art in anime art is so dead on. omg this is so beautiful!

@nikoolix 3 года назад

Mushishi, Natsume yuujinchou and Spirited away vibes 😊

@SyrianSoaper 3 года назад

@@nikoolix very natsume

@elishka5865 2 года назад

1:01 the view of the street with all those roofs kinda in a chaos, it's just so beautiful, looks like your on a painting

@HitomiRemino 2 года назад

I love everything in japan

@roninmusashi 3 года назад

My partner and I walked from Magome to Tsumago a couple of years. Wonderful experience. Just for the logistics, they have a courier service between towns so you don't have to carry all your luggage. And you can stay in lovely ryokan at either end too.

@thebestboys8154 3 года назад

The sound of rain and your video then following with soothing piano soundtrack made a peaceful video

@babysophie102 3 года назад

Watching this really made my day. Thank you Tokyo Lens for capturing something so beautiful and sharing it with us!

@user-lx7ul5ft7y 3 года назад

This was very interesting. I always welcome rain. Nothing worse than being in a very hot country,where everything is barren and very dry. Luckily living in Switzerland, if the country is not covered in snow, everything is lush and green. We have a lot of fine soft rain.

@IchigoNoShoujo 3 года назад

Wow, I've never heard of post towns. This is absolutely beautiful. The rain makes it even prettier.

@joyriingen3242 3 года назад

Yes, 'it doesn't matter where you point the camera' everything is just amazing❤️

@Jonathan-ob7oy 3 года назад

I am once again amazed not only by the beautiful scenery of this place but also by the amazing video quality, your videos never stop taking my breath away, the beautiful shots, melancholic music, everything just makes for an amazing experience that makes rejoice everytime you post a video. Seriously man keep it up

@codyzean1 3 года назад

We need to go back to living in tiny towns like this.

@musicguy20 3 года назад

The world is full of tiny places. Take your pick.

@jant4741 3 года назад

@@musicguy20 I grew up with Japan alps and found nearly impossible to find same level of isolation state side,always someone upstream seems

@ToneyCrimson 3 года назад

Eh..its nice for a time, but big cities are more convenient.

@coosummer 3 года назад

With Covid-19, we can’t travel out of Country! And your video couldn’t come at a better timing! I miss Japan so much!! You bring traveling to us! Thank you!

@SundaiLove 3 года назад

Wow so glad this popped up awesome video!

@anne8896 3 года назад

Hi sundai!

@sumitbhoye9672 3 года назад

Every place is beautiful if you take care of cleanliness and good planning like this town here

@adamslim4937 3 года назад

2nd comment, the pittter patter of the rain on the hard smooth wood accompanied by the melodic piano track just sounds so serene. It really adds life to the monotone colour pallett. Beautiful, thanks for taking the shots you do Norm

@abelgerli 3 года назад

Actually I visited Japan three times next time I plan to use a and the postal service to send my luggage from hotel to the next. The post town from Kyoto to Edo are for months very high on my list. Even if my heart always bring me back to Izumo Taisha and the place just behind the main shrine where the main Kami is enshirned. Being there very early in the morning when the birds are singing and the stone rabbits admire the shrine just makes me smile every time. But the post town and the small villages define preserved the beauty of the country. Just love it.