The Water City | Gujo Hachiman　名水の町・郡上八幡 

Damn. If fish are living in street gutters, you know that place is clean!

man...this village looks straight out of studio ghibli's movie... so beautiful

I love how Japan managed to integrate human civilization and natural wildlife so harmoniously.

wow if Koi fishes can live in the gutter, the water must be crazy clean and safe! Koi fishes needs a very high maintainance for their ponds

You're living such a fulfilling life...this is literally a fantasy RPG village...

So far this is my favorite city I've been to in Japan!! You absolutely have to go if you can! :D

I'm from Egypt and the Nile River is our source of life. It kept our civilization alive for thousands of years, and yet the government puts little effort into cleaning it and people pollute it like it's a rubbish bin. Seeing videos like these makes me admire Japan, a role model in keeping your country clean.

Finally! After 6 years I am here!! I just ate at the Lawson down the street that's open 24 hours. The night sky here is filled with a lot stars!! Thank you for showing me this place!

In the Pokemon world, this would be a city where a water type gym is found.

The turtle guy at 4:46 has made my freaking day

it feels like I'm being healed just my watching this; anything about Japan actually. I love how they maintain their culture and nature with the help of modern technology at the same time.

Many years ago I went here with my school group from the USA as a part of our exchange. We stayed in the hostel next to the temple and met with local students. I remember it as such a beautiful city would love to return some day!

This looks like one of those pretty fantasy towns in a comic book that someone made up to look so beautiful that it looks like it could be real, but seems to good to be true. I definitely need to place this on my list of places to go when I finally visit Japan.

We have rivers too. With garbage floating in them...... Respect to Japanese people.

oh wow, I did that bridge jump in 1998 when I visited Japan (from England), took me 30mins before I finally got the courage... Good memories, give anything to go back there one day. Stayed at a hotel and had dinner on the river on a boat eating fish off a stick. In the evening was some kind of Japanese festival where we all wore wooden shoes with slates in. The nostalgia, can't believe how long ago it was

I'm super relaxed after watching that too. What an amazing process.

*HIGH QUALITY ANIME*

I wish all rivers in the world becomes like this. I think after industrial revolution rivers are getting polluted.

even the gutter look clean...japan is amazing..i just cant stop admiring this country

I visited Gujo Hachiman during the summer of 2002. It was my very first exposure to rural (or, say, semi-rural) Japan and I cannot forget its beauty!

I was born in Gujo Hachiman & grew up. Introduce my home town, thank you.

In my country, Koy fish are release to river and they died after 4 hours. Respect Japanese people.

Don't know about the reality but when seeing in videos japan is different from rest of the world so clean ...it's like heaven ...seems so peacefull!!

Japan is so clean, even their gutters are the cleanest on the planet. I'd love to go there and feed the koi.

Even the fishes in other countries be like I wish I was born in Japan

This city reminds me so much of Spirited Away

この街の自然なデザインは本当に素晴らしいです。この街は、誰にとっても真のインスピレーションです。 それは本当に楽園の小さな部分です。 郡上八幡の美の維持に多大な貢献をされた方々に敬意を表したいと思います。 どうもありがとうございました ネパールからの愛

Can't believe still watching this video over and over each year. definitely my top list to do in Japan

This place looks amazing!!!!

You can't believe this river is beside many houses. How they made it still so clean like rivers on the forest. Amazing people in japan so much descipline 😍😍

The beautiful thing about Japanese. their harmony with nature.

Swimming in a clean river in countryside is one of the best childhood memories most Japanese has with their own families. You can't go wrong with the places with those unmanned manual vending machines with argurably the most advanced technology on earth. lol

its obvious, the fish were paid actors

omg. how clean does it have to be to have fishes in the gutter!!! Ive never seen anything like that...

私は日本人ですが東京在住で、郡上八幡に行ったことがありません。この動画をもう10回以上見て、水とともに生きる郡上八幡の人々の生活の素晴らしさに感動しています。動画の美しさ、すぐれた編集、英語のナレーションと日本語の字幕も完璧です。これからも繰り返して見るでしょう。ありがとうございました。

I just want to let you know I saw this video when you guys published it 8 years ago, and I'm finally visiting Gujo today!!! It wouldn't have happened if it weren't for you ❤ A hug and best wishes from an Argentinian visiting Japan!

These cities should hire you to do tourist promotion videos.

Hi Rachel & Jun Do you know the story of Mr Ryoji Sato who was the bus conductor between Nagoya and Kanazawa and devoted to planting the cherry blossom trees along his bus route from Nagoya to Kanazawa by his own expenses. He had planted almost 2000 cherryblossom trees for his short life(he died 47 years old). His dream was A Tunnel of Cherry Blossom from Pacific Ocean to The Sea of Japan. Sakura-Michi Nature Run 250km takes place respecting Mr Ryoji Sato´s spirit every year in April. It starts from Nagoya Castle, Gifu, Seki, Gujo Hachiman, Shirotori, Shougawa-Sakura, Shirakawa Go, Gokayama, and goal is Kenrokuen-Kanazawa, time limit is 36 hours. Running route is amazingly beautiful and gorgeous, very clean water of Nagara River, small mountain towns, villages and of course mountains. And Shirakawago which is Unesco Heritage site! And Takaya which is very famous of Takayama Festival is not far from Shirakawago. I participated to Sakura-Michi Nature Run 250km in April butin this year I couldn´t finish it, I had to retire at 241 km because of my back problem and I couldn´t run at all anymore(I have finished it three times within 36 hours). I´ll revenge it next time. So I really recommend to Mr Ryoji Sato´s route from Nagoya to Kenrokuen Kanazawa via Shirakawago. The route is really gorgeous.

Its been years and I still can't get this city out of my head.

I realize this is an older video but the idea of koi being in the street under the grates feels like a dream I’d have. I’d love to visit someday!

I would say japan is the most discipline country, very clean and neat, salute to Japanese people👏👏👏👍👍👍

I think people of Japan have so much awareness about environment and it's important. They work together for make heaven in world, Loving from India.🤗🙏

Thank you very much. I was there. I loved that place.

I am a Japanese living in Tokyo. Thank you for introducing Japan nice place. I have not yet been to Gujo Hachiman. If I have a chance, I will go there.

I love 🇯🇵.....there are beautiful places and are clean...💕💕💕

I have fallen in love with this city at first sight, thanks for showing such a beautiful place I would otherwise never even know it exists

Im from Bali, i donesia. But I love japan. Clean place, nice people & friendly, rich of cultur also. Someday i'll going there..

Japan🇯🇵 are just different level.. Wish I was born there too..

Thank you very much for your video. It's so beautiful like others. "Gujo Hachiman" is where my parents were born. When I was a child, I spend almost all of the Summer Vacation there. One thing I was surprised was that no one locked the doors of the houses. I said "It's dangerous !", but Hachiman people (Hachimanian?) said "Why? no one take anything". It's so safe at that time. Also, one impressive dialect is "DASHIKAN" meaing "NO". I wonder if it is still used in daily life, but senior people may recognize it, and say "How did you know that?" Hope all the people visiting "Gujo Hachiman" have a Good Time there.

Wow! The water is so clean. I always want to visit Japan. I love the whole video😍😍😍 thank you for sharing😊👍

Seriously, nobody's talking about the giant dancing turtle?

コロナが収束して、こういう日常が一日でも早く戻ってきますように

I admire the discipline of these people. I hope other countries could also adapt.

日本語字幕はＣＣ/設定からお願いします！ English subs are available! (Click "CC" or the gear button)

About 15 years ago, I did a homestay in Japan and had a host family in Gifu, they took me here and I totally forgot how awesome this was. Strange nostalgia!!

I really wanna visit Japan once in my lifetime. For their hospitality and their nature. An awesome place to be there.

Woaaaaahhh. This looks so pretty :D

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Beautiful Japan...

this is why i love japan

It´s amazing how professional this videos are. You´re doing a great job!

Fresh. Clean . clear. .long life staying in the small town like that

This reminds me of what I imagine when I see the drawings/sketches (depicts peaceful river and ponds in mountain areas) in our old school textbooks.

the water is so clean, and fishes everywhere, just needs really good internet, and thts it my DREAM PLACE.

This place is gorgeous. Being from a small town myself I'm jealous of how beautiful it is. The shops, the architecture, fish just swimming nearby the streets. It's like this place is out of a storybook.

very nice place, gonna move there when america falls apart.

Amazingly clean water running through a Village in Japan! We all should learn from this >>> Respecting & Taking Good Care of Mother Nature , Mother Nature will repay in Good Natural Resources & Weather to live in for All in that Place! 🙏 Arigato Gozaimasu! / Thank You So Much! 🕯🌷🌿🌍💖🕊🇯🇵

I wish, God willing, to travel to this beautiful city some day.

The river just remind me to one of scene in "you lie in April" 😍

Japan is literally perfect in terms of beauty

This Japanese town reminds me of a place in the county of Somerset here in the UK. Like the town in the video, it has a couple of rivers running through it, though it is situated in a steep valley cut into the Exmoor moorland rather than sited in mountains, and is on the coast. The place is called Lynmouth, with a sister town called Lynton above it on the valley ridge. I think it is one of the most beautiful places in England. But for the fact the Water City has Japanese architecture and all those fish, the two places are almost identical. Tragically, in 1952, a massive flood rushed down the river Lyn, washing a number of bankside homes away, inumdating the town and killing a number of people. I hope the Water City avoids such a disaster!

郡上に行くなら夏、浴衣を忘れずにね。郡上踊りで踊りまくろう！

Japan is so clean we need to learn discipline from them

All i could think about was "this must be where the people of the water tribe originated" also, I really like your outfit Rachel :3

No puedo creer que limpio están las calles ... ¡¡y los peces viven en la cuneta !! ¡Esta ciudad está locamente limpia! ✨ 🧼

郡上八幡の夏は、これぞ正しい日本の夏、という気がするな。 憧れの町です。

My cousin and I are travelling for a month in Japan and right now we are in Gujo Hachiman staying in a Ryokan by the river. It's absolutely divine, so serene and traditional. Unfortunately it's pretty cold here at the moment so we don't fancy swimming in the water but at least the sun shining is still making everything look amazing :) we also keep seeing koi fish in the grates too haha!

it looks like a Studio Ghibli place

I salute how the Japanese is so clean and disciplined, their culture is truly amazing.

This is my favourite video of Rachel & Jun....soothing music with aesthetic scenes and your beautiful background voice with cicadas,Koi fishes, river sound😊💓✌👌

I am Japanese Thank you for your video I live in this prefecture Gujohatiman is very very beautiful place in Japan I love it 🥰

Oh man, I wish I can visit this place before I die smh

日本人だけど行ったことないわ、となりの下呂温泉は何回かあるんだけどいつも素通り。この動画取り方うまいからみてたらめっちゃ行きたくなる😅

Best video of 6 minutes I have ever seen

India should learn from Japan how to maintain harmony with nature and concrete jungles

The most disciplined city because of disciplined people living on that area..it's hard to maintain ecosystem if it is populated by human being

It’s amazing to see even canal water so clean that you can see ground below and even fishes , I can’t imagine here this

The water is unbelievable clear and clean. Such a nice place!

My favorite country in Asia! Climate, Nature, Cleanliness, Culture, Foods, Houses, Ambiance, People, ugghhh everything is just so superb! Love from Ph🇵🇭

i want to live here! my god the place is so clean that even kois can be found in the canals.

This is true sign of intelligence living +conserving nature.

I paused the video half way just to post this. It's amazing how they can keep a river that runs through a town so clean. The water is so clean that freshwater fishes can thrive in. How do they deal with drainage from the residents? Or the sewerage? In many parts of the world, such rivers would be so contaminated, you wouldn't dare put your toes into them, let alone swim in them. I wish society can study these models and one day perhaps, everyone can just have a dip in a nearby river, just like them.

Rachel: "This!! is Japan!" Jun: (focuses on ladies' legs)

rachel your like a friggen porcelain doll! your skin is whiter than snow

What a beautiful city.

このビデオ見ていて久しぶりに郡上八幡に行ってみたくなりました。

Every time Rachel visits somewhere in Japan, she always say, "This is my favourite place *so far* "

Wait, you’re telling me fish are even in the gutter!? Welp, going to live there when California falls apart.

Wow, I didn't know that there's a city like this..Such an amazing place. I wanna go in this place soon.

The natural design of this city is really amazing. This city is a true inspiration for everyone. It's really a small part of paradise. We have to pay tribute to those who have made a great contribution to maintaining the beauty of Gujo Hachiman.