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A Fast Tour of Seven Amazing Places!

Uploaded a short, fast paced video yesterday featuring seven of our favorite cities with things to do in them.  Most of them are little known places in these areas, while a couple are very popular spots.  Nice thing about most of these is that they are not overrun...

A walk through a Japanese Post Town

After several months, I've uploaded another video.  This time I'm documenting our visit to the historic post town of Ouchijuku.   A "post town" in Japan refers to a town that during the Edo Period from the mid 1600's to the late 1800's served as a stopping point along...

Channel Update

Been a while since our last video upload (Glimpses of Japan) and our One Year Anniversary video.  Doesn't mean we're not researching and planning for future videos.  However, after a solid 15 months of travelling throughout Japan, creating around 70 videos and...
Visiting An Authentic Japanese Post Town

Visiting An Authentic Japanese Post Town

Many years ago, there were numerous villages along the route from Kyoto to what was then called Edo, today being Tokyo.  They were called “Post Towns”, and were generally used as stopping points for travelers to rest and resupply.  They were also checkpoints whereby...

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We Stayed In A 300 Year Old Samurai Village

We Stayed In A 300 Year Old Samurai Village

Check out our latest video from Maruyama Village, absolutely the most amazing experience we've had in Japan.  Maruyama Village was built to manage the water supply to the nearby Sasayama Castle and town of Tamba-Sasayama.  Situated at the end of a lush valley adorned...

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Nagoya Video Debut!

Nagoya Video Debut!

We just uploaded our latest video.  This one features the amazing city of Nagoya.  Nagoya is an overlooked city that you simply must visit.  It sits between Tokyo and Osaka on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, however very few foreign visitors stop there.  One reason is...

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Escape The Crowds of Kyoto!

Escape The Crowds of Kyoto!

We just uploaded our latest video:  "Escape the crowds of Kyoto!"  Its a timely video because Kyoto has become so crowded with tourists that the city has imposed several restrictions in some parts of the historic city.  Therefore, in this video we take you to several...

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We’ve Passed 100!

We’ve Passed 100!

Sometime around 6 AM this morning, we reached "100 Subscribers" on our YouTube Channel!  Though it pales in comparison to so many other channels, that is a HUGE deal to celebrate!  Each morning I log on to my YT dashboard eagerly awaiting to see the number.  Its like...

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We Are Official!

We Are Official!

This past Saturday, we uploaded our fourth video on our YouTube Channel after doing a "soft launch" the three prior Saturdays with videos on Takayama, Sasayama and Kanazawa.  It has involved a lot of baby steps as we've been working out the kinks, but with Saturday's...

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