Obon Yasumi, Part 3a: Visiting Shirakawa Go

Yesterday we drove deep into the mountains to visit a 500 year old village that has been maintained and continues to be lived in. It is a National Heritage World Protected Site and worth visiting.

This is the first of a four part series.

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Travel & Events

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• Shirakawa
• Go
• japan
• cam
• switzer
• summer
• family
• friendship

[0wnedby1337]

I really Wanna Visit this place :) (higurashi fan) << anime

Nice Filming Made me wanna go there even more XD really an interesting place

The thing is i dont know how much it would cost me to go there and come back.. from akihabara or shibuya. Could you tell me how much? and what methode to travel (car/bus/train <<doubt so)  and another random question XD how much are taxi in japan ?

[camswitzer]

@0wnedby1337 It takes about 6hrs one way and costs about 17,000 yen by train. Taxis start at about 700 yen as the basic fare, and go up from there as you move, of course. "One meter" is about 600m I think.

[pentherapy]

I visited this place in September last year. I fell in love with it. This video was actually quite painful to watch because it makes me want to go there so badly. I don't think it's something that people who haven't been there can fully understand. At least for me, it set the bar so, so high that I'm not sure anywhere else will do, now.

[camswitzer]

@pentherapy It is a beautiful place.

[0wnedby1337]

@camswitzer  Thnk you very much :D

[4CzNs]

Or is it art that imitates life? >.>

[camswitzer]

Thanks for the update, and the mention of complete chance. Funny how sometimes life imitates art!

[BlaakeChicaBoomBoom]

wow you know that water wheel is actually in the anime and the characters stand there

[pentherapy]

Argh, don't remind me. That and the sound of the cicadas are two things I'll certainly never forget.

Glad to see someone else knows the beauty of that little place.

[camswitzer]

I hope you enjoy them! There is a lot of silliness in my many videos, but my main goal is to bring entertainment and my life, and a slice of Japan through me to the world. Not for everyone, and things need to be taken with a grain of salt (I am after all Canadian with canadian humour). Thank you for your visit!

[camswitzer]

Pen - My guess is that you could suddenly smell all of the straw again... Am I wrong?