Boating through Geibikei River Gorge

Geibikei is a scenic river gorge in the northern prefecture of Iwate where people can take flat-bottom boats piloted by singing boatmen. The boatmen guide the boats along with poles much with the gondaliers of Venice.

I was back up in Iwate again for festivals (in case you can't tell I have a thing for festivals). One of them was rescheduled later on the weekend so I had to extend my trip.

With my extra time, I decided to go to Geibikei, a place I visited on a whim 3 years ago with my folks when we were touring the Tohoku area.

It costs about 1500Yen for a 90-minute trip there and back. At the half-way point, you can walk around a bit. On the way back, the boatmen sings traditional songs.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Japan
• river
• boats
• nature
• gorge
• boating
• Tohoku
• Iwate
• Geibikei
• singing

[Auron710]

sorry to comment twice guys but i forgot to say, nice throw!

[RoninDave]

when i was in Army basic training, I got an expert medal in throwing grenades. Couldn't shoot worth shit though.

[rtwfreak]

Got to remember to visit Geibiki too when I am in Japan again...hopefully longer then 3 weeks.

It looks gorgeous.

[RoninDave]

yeah you need a bit of time to go up north to places like Geibikei. I plan to dig up my old photos from my first trip and post them to my blog and maybe do a photo montage here.

[r12kyyudha]

I went to exact place and the same men were still singing while sailing the boat, a really nice place though I couldn't see any fishes in the river it was end of february and still really winter cold...

[ltlocus]

lol that's great!

[runnyrunny999]

This is really good quality. More people should watch this video.

[Auron710]

awesome video again! looked like a really peacefull day out with some really pretty scenery! i'll have to check that out =)

[marlowgum]

fantastic video... i'm really liking this one.

[MicknFumi]

Great vid mate, definately gonna do that some time & whacked it in faves to remember...cheers : )

[theuglyninja]

good vid ronin l, beautiful place , and great first shot .lol