Chiiori House (篪庵) - Iya Valley, Tokushima (祖谷渓谷, 徳島)

During a (ridiculously hot) trip to Tokushima over summer vacation, Jordan took us to an old farmhouse in the mountains of the Iya Valley, a very very remote part of Tokushima prefecture on the island of Shikoku. After over an hour of driving, we found ourselves at Chiiori House, a 300+ year old farmhouse with a real thatched roof. Jordan was giving a running narrative, but in the end it was inaudible because of the stupid cicadas.

Did I mention that August in Japan = deafening cicadas and unbearable heat?

Shameless plug time! Check out http://www.chiiori.org/ to find out more about the NPO and the projects they are working on.

Music: "Cattails" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• chiiori
• tokushima
• shikoku
• japan
• farmhouse
• thatched roof
• outdoors
• 篪庵
• 祖谷渓谷
• 徳島
• 日本
• 四国

[Ciaela]

I'm not exactly the best at making travel videos myself, but that's what I strive for, (without putting too much effort into it), flow, and some sort of personal involvement so viewers can identify with a person.

[shortnsuite3]

@Ciaela Thanks! Your comments mean alot. ^_^ My next video is definitely going to have more dialog in it, and it's not going to be nearly as serious (or boring) as my most recent videos have been!

[Ciaela]

This is really cool, the photos were really nice, and I actually downloaded this incompetech song too and I was wondering "WHERE HAVE I HEARD THIS WHAT IS THIS FROM." until I read the description. Now it makes sense.

As for tips, I think for future videos it would be nice if there were some dialogue (I understand that sometimes outside is too noisy and it messes with the sound) but narration or even just tiny bits of talk throughout the video, helps keep the viewer informed about what's up.