The Old City | Kurashiki 

Damn, and the list of places I need to visit in Japan grows even longer.

That's really beautiful! I'm sure I've been to Kurashiki but I don't remember because I was too young.

WAAAT I didn't even realize you made this video! This is where I exchanged! Well, I was in the capital city Okayama-shi which was like a 10-15 minute train ride away, so I went here all the time.

Kurashiki was used as a shooting place for a movie "Rurouni Kenshin".

somehow even japan's insects look charming

This looks like a place that would be seen in a Studio Ghibli movie. All the spirits come out at night, I'm sure. :)

Here's the promotional video I was in!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mR83_A2ye4k.html So this project was commissioned by Earth Cube Japan, a non-profit organization that promotes the preservation of historic Japanese structures and travel across the country. They created guest houses like Yurinan in this video, which have been reformatted from traditional houses that are more than 100 years old. (More info: goo.gl/DgDXHp) I was NOT paid to promote them in this video! But given its mission and NPO status I'm a big fan of what they do and give them all my support. ♥ They were really fantastic to work with and the promotional video we shot was honestly one of the best experiences I've had in Japan. We filmed over a total of four days, waking up at 6am and finishing between 10-11 at night (3am one night for our celebration party), but I never felt tired or impatient because it was all SO fun and everyone was just hilarious and great to hang around! I wanna go back to Kurashiki! ~(° ▽ °)~

this is so beautiful...definitely need to go. thanks for always introducing us to new places, rachel and jun!

"We also climbed a mountain" - I like how that was just casually mentioned between the offering ritual and the pastoral boat ride. Kinda like saying "we went for a stroll down the street with a cool lamp, had a lovely boat ride down the canal tha-- oh, we also defeated a cyborg dinosaur in a dance-off in jet packs over a cliff... not sure how safe that was, but then we got to try some weaving, so..." - thumbs up for the casual mountain-conquest.

This is why I would totally go to the smaller towns over the big cities in Japan when I finally visit

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This was soo beautiful you do such a wonderful job showing Japan! All the history culture nature and people in this video made me want to cry it was all so beautiful. I hope I am lucky enough to visit Kurashiki one day!

These are my favorite kind of videos that you make! I really love them because they show the many different places to see in Japan. A lot times when you consider traveling to foreign countries, you only think of going to the capital or the most popular tourist spot. These videos are very interesting insights into places I have never heard of before. Thank you for all the hard work you put into making them!

What a great video! Relaxing AND awakening, I was so sad when it came to the end. 😭 Full of beautiful sites and warm feeling, please create more videos like this. ありがとう！

All the places looks absolutely stunning. I have always thought that my sweet home country (Finland) is the most beautiful place on this earth, but now I have to say that the most beautiful place on earth is Japan. Thank you for making this great video. =)

Love this video so much ! Looks amazing ! People, places, food = awesome ! Thank you !

Yay thank you Rachel and Jun:) My partner Hiromi is from Kurashiki, we were there earlier this year, this brings back some lovely memories. Out of all the places we visited Kurashiki was probably my fave, at night walking around the canal area was just wonderful :)

素晴らしい町ですね。これからも、昔ながらの良さを残していって欲しいですね。

Watching your videos sometimes makes me want to cry. I can't wait to be able to visit Japan someday. So many beautiful places, delicious food and new people to meet. It's been my dream to visit one day.

This video is so cool. I want to visit Kurashiki now, it seems like a pretty awesome city. Thanks for show all those things.

every time I see another one of your videos, it makes me want to visit Japan even more. thank you for sharing your wonderful experiences with us. 😊

Rachel's laugh is the most adorable thing I swear, this city is a close second! Great video guys!

Thank you for sharing this with us! It looks wonderful. ✌🏽️

Wow! I'll be heading to Okayama and actually staying at Igusa in March during my trip! This vid just got me so excited. Thanks for the vid!

Omg it all looks so beautiful!

Your videos are amazing! I'm so in love with the more outdoor videos you've been making lately. Thankyou!!!

Great video. I'm interested more in this kind of tourist visits than big cities in Japan. Lovely!

i love the way you say things rachel :) you choose very nice things to share, thank you

Beautiful place, very cool and unique architecture. I was able to visit this when I went to my brother who lived in Okayama.

OMG I NEED TO GO THERE RN!! Thanks for the amazing video!!! :)

Wow. I really enjoyed this video :). It looks so nice. thank you for sharing that experience with us

I always wanted to visit Japan. These videos give me a little bit of that dream. I love these videos, they are so awesome. Thanks for sharing Japan with the rest of us.

Thank you so much for this video. I kid you not, but your channel really is the channel that inspired me to go to Japan 100%. I've already been once, yet I was unable to visit any places like this (I was in Shibuya and Urayasu.) I've been watching your videos for about 4 years now, and each time you upload, it gives me more inspiration and motivation to become a vlogger just like you and pursue my dreams. Your videos really help me get through my rough times. Whenever I fall into a depressed state, I always watch one of your videos. They help me remember my goal of returning to Japan and experience it just like you do. And because of your videos, I want to become a vlogger like you two so I can inspire others like you two do for me. This sounds exaggerating, but your videos did help me get through some tough times in my life. Especially when I was even thinking about suicide. But if I was to do something like that, I couldn't become someone as inspiring and caring as you and your husband. Thank you so much for being such a supportive RU-vidr, even to a small channel and person like me! I hope to one day meet you and film a video together! Haha - Amber / HanamiDango

Brother lived in Japan over 20 plus years, got to visit and saw alot of the country, I loved Kurashiki.

It looks so beautiful!!!

The promo looked great. I hope that you both have a great Christmas and a happy new year.

All the food looks so wonderful!

Waw the city looks gorgeous !!!

you have some amazing videos and must have a great job!! These are videos I love about Japan and Merry Christmas!!

I have friends who live in Kurashiki right now but am moving to Tokyo next month. They say they will miss Kurashiki and I can see why it is so beautiful.

can't wait to vist japan. I'm defenetly checking this place out love your videos especially the ones where y'all go paces like Fox village... 😃

this is so beautiful. definitely want to visit

I love how you guys edit and shoot these videos, they're always so beautiful!

Wow, there are so many beautiful spots

This is so HD and professional holy crap!

I love these videos! I want to go to all the places you guys show us

Kurashiki looks so peaceful and serene. I love historical places that feel untouched by urbanism. Thank you for sharing this!

Awesome! You two are the best!

I'm so excited for Simon and Martina's experiences like this in Japan. You guys should do more collaborations once they get there!

A very beautiful video of a magnificent place! Thank you for sharing such a wonderful town, I WILL go there. One day, oh yes, one day.😄

What a wonder it would be to actually live there! awesome video, thanks for showing us such a beautiful place :)

It looks like a great place where the people are just as wonderfull as the city looks. I'd still like to learn more about Japanese history because media can give the wrong idea about it.

I'm currently studying in Yamaguchi-Ken and I came across Kurashiki completely by accident! I'm so happy you guys featured it on here! It's a great place.

Congratulations! You did a wonderful job with this video!!

in 2015 i spend a year in Soja as a high school exchange student. many of my school friends took me to Kurashiki and so did some of my host families. i loved the style of this place, i was just in aw every time i went. i don't think i'll ever find a place quite like that again, definitely on my "to visit again" list

Thank you so much for your amazing videos they are a blessing from God! I love how informative and the quality is amazing!

My goodness, you guys just go to more and more awesome places!

WOW! What a beautiful place!!

You're so pretty, Rachel!! I watched the video and you look really beautiful 🌸 so does the city, of course! I must visit it someday 😊

This place looks really amazing! Definitely will have to put it on my travel bucket list now :D

Kurashiki looks gorgeous-- and your narration commentary was amazing!

Great video..Looks very peaceful there.. I'd love to visit.

Thank you so much for making videos like these that show the sides of Japan that we usually wouldn't know about! I have many places on my to-go list for Japan thanks to you guys! I love all the beautiful scenery 😊

Just finished the promo! Wow! Really beautifully shot. Rachel, you look simply lovely! Thanks for sharing it with us. :)

Looking at this video I cried I've been to every single place you mentioned, watching this video made me nostalgic

my homestay lived there, and this made me miss it so much.

I really want to go there ❤ it looks so beautiful nothing like any other place.

Going to school in Okayama starting September, can;t wait to visit this place.

Great video and I am going to add Kurashiki onto my list of places to visit whilst in Okayama prefecture. I love these old Japanese towns & cities for all the reasons that you mentioned. Beautiful, friendly people & great food, a real taste of a more traditional Japan. And not a tourist trap that's swamped with tourists!

Brilliantly edited as always. Lots of really cool shots, even if those creepy crawlies make my skin crawl! I'll consider checking out Kurashiki next time I'm in Japan!

Wow your video quality is unreal! Looks like an amazing place!

Amazing! Definitely gonna check this place out! すごいです！！

You have convinced me to visit this city for a day or 2. Thank you.

Wooow, how beautiful!!

Out of all the RU-vidrs I watch, you and Jun's camera is THE BEST. Seriously, it just makes your videos much more amazing, if that's even possible! ^_^

This is so gorgeous ...I gatta remember to go here someday. I don't know how you find all these beautiful places to go to. I'm so jealous, I hope I can get the money to visit Japan someday.

日本はこういう所をもっとアピールするべき。

if I ever go to this is summer I'd love to visit!

OOOh I LOVE Kurashiki!!! one of my mandatory Stop Point whenever I'm in Japan :D!!!

wow i lived in Okayama Saidaiji for about a year back in 2006 - 2007 i wish knew it had such amazing places so close to my apartment with my ex-gf at the time :(

Kurashiki looks so beautiful omg🌸

What a beautiful place.

I think I cried watching this... No, I definitely legitimately cried. I want to go, so badly. I love these communities and areas, so thank you so much for filming these kinds of areas. It helps me figure out my scheduling for when I want to go to Japan for my first visit, and the places I want to go to the most. This is so beautiful, and I definitely will be eating at that izakaya!

Oh my gosh! I lived in Okayama for awhile when I did my student teaching practicum for Kindergarten there. This brings back so many memories! Thank you so much for reminding me of those great memories. Okayama is such an amazing place, and not much can be found about it online in English, at least not a few years back. There are so many cool things there though! I still miss the pastries from Mozart Bakery and the cat cafe there is hands down, THE BEST one I've ever been to.

Wow! That place looks so beautiful! If I ever get to go to Japan, I hope I'll be able to visit here. As much as I'd love to go to Tokyo, I'd love to see the rural areas too. Thanks for the video! Can't wait for more.

Japan is very lucky, the way they have presented themselves has caused for many positive opinions and stereotypes from outsiders. The people there must feel proud of where they were born.

Hi, love the video!! I live here, it's great to see your perspective. ^_^ Actually, you showed me about new places I don't know!

Gorgeous!

Wow.. just wow.

Love how dramatic you were when talking about food haha

I have been there 😍 and it was such a peaceful place!

It's breathtakingly beautiful

The dresses you're wearing are so cute ! Nice video !

Sounds awesome. Thanks again for the recommendations Rachel. That's one more place to see in Japan :)

Love you guys so much! Thank you for showing us your awesome adventures in Japan! Can't wait to visit there someday! >w

I have been following Rachel & Jun's channel for a long time now, since near the beginning and I can honestly say that their channel is by far still my favourite one to visit. I love Japan and I love being able to hear about it. Just watching the videos makes me want to pack a bag and hop of a plane right over to Japan! Keep up the good work Rachel & Jun! You guys are amazing! :D

Aww Japan is so beautiful and incredible! Your videos are amazing! Love Japan and your videos XD

beautiful!

Even tho i am from India I have a thing for JAPAN,SOUTH KOREA and CHINA ever since i was small. Their monuments and scenery alwayzz attracted me. I want to visit these 3 countries before i die hehe. I will try my best💖

Another reason why I love Japan. The people are so nice, and so kind to others. They are truly human!!