Thank you for watching from the Netherlands! There are many more tourist trains like the one in the video. Trains specializing in local food, trains specializing in local drinks, trains specializing in sweets, etc. All of them have great hospitality and you will surely enjoy them. If you have a chance, please take a ride! Thank you very much for your message of support.

Thank you for watching! We introduced spring in Japan and popular sightseeing trains. There is an interesting history and good old-fashioned scenery left here. If you have a chance, please experience it.

いつもご視聴ありがとうございます😊 秩父は初めて訪れましたが、日本にはまだこんな良いところが残されていたのかと感動しました。 私のビデオで日本を思い出して頂けたら嬉しく思います🇯🇵 いつも温かいメッセージをありがとうございます😉 とても励みになります🍀

Thank you for watching! Is this a Nishikigoi farm, I had no experience with it. I will look into it. When I visited Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan once, I saw many beautiful Nishikigoi in a pond in a famous park. I remember being impressed by their truly beautiful and graceful swimming. I am posting the URL of the video below. It is a video on my sub-channel. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLilqdWQnpnIopc.htmlsi=izTbaktQwv9b6oou

いつもご視聴ありがとうございます😊 心温まる応援メッセージは、いつも私の原動力になっています！ 日本はまだまだ秘めたポテンシャルがたくさんあります。 それらを私の視点で動画にしてお届けしたいなと考えています😀 いつでも戻ってきてくださいね🍀 日本の良いところをたくさん発掘してください👍

こんにちは😊 いつもご視聴ありがとうございます。 ネモフィラ美しいですよね🌸 秋にはあの花畑がコキアになります🍁 コキアの時期にまた行ってみようと思います。 いつも応援してくれて嬉しいです😊

Thank you for watching! I am so glad you liked my video. Your words are my pleasure. Please check my channel again as I will be making more videos of Japan's natural scenery! Have a nice day to you too.

Thank you for watching! I came across a good voice reading software and I used it. I will be making more videos in this form, so please come back and watch again!

Thank you for watching! These poached eggs and toast were surely the best match. This hot spring resort has good hot springs with abundant hot water and high efficacy, but it is a pity that they are now in decline and not being fully utilized. I am sure it will be more exciting when more foreign visitors come to visit. There are also many dishes that make beer taste good. I made this video in the hope that it can be restored again.

Thank you for watching! I love your memories of your pen pal, so wonderful! I think Shimizu has changed in many ways. As a tourist destination, I felt that they are seriously thinking about how to convey its charm. Please visit Shizuoka Prefecture again! I am sure you will discover a different kind of fun.

Thank you for watching. You had a connection to Takachiho. I am glad you enjoyed the video. Takachiho is the land of God. The beauty of nature speaks for itself. Please visit Takachiho again sometime!

Thank you for watching from California! Your comments help me a lot. Please come back and visit my channel!

Thank you for watching! Thanks to the long lines, I could take my time to watch the cherry blossom walkway. In this case, the queue may have been a meaningful queue.

Thank you for watching. Wisteria flowers are at their best from the end of April to the beginning of May, but I think the earliest place to see them is in Shikoku or southern Kyushu. I recommend Rengeji Pond Park in Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture. This park is located in a warmer part of Honshu, so you can see the wisteria flowers in mid-April. www.at-s.com/event/article/flower/120613.html

Thank you for watching! I am very concerned about her illness... Please come and see the cherry blossoms with us when she recovers! I am sure the cherry blossoms and natural scenery in spring will heal both of you. I hope you will make it in time, as the beauty of spring in Japan really begins in March.

Thank you for watching! Takayama is a favorite spot for Japanese people to watch the good old scenery. Cat cafes are rather common in urban areas. Not only cat cafes, but also rabbit cafes and owl cafes are available.

Thank you for watching! We are very happy you liked it. Currently, this line is the only regularly operated sleeper train in existence in Japan. And the carriages are nearing the end of their useful life, and it seems that the company is in the midst of discussions about whether to renew them or scrap the line itself. This line is a loss-making line to begin with, and it is rumored to be more likely to be scrapped than not. Please take a ride before the line is scrapped.

@@japansolotravel2022It would be a pity that such great line would be scrapped. I wish someday I might get a chance to experience it. Wish you a great time!

Thank you for watching! It would be fun if my grandson started SOLO SOLO TRAVEL. I can collaborate with my grandson. Thanks for the interesting idea! I am a little worried about the Japanese railroad fans, they are a bit fanatical lol.

Thank you for watching! My grandson seems to have learned how to spend time on the train, probably because he usually goes to daycare by train. Thank you for your message from Belgium. I would like to visit Belgium once before I die. I am happy to receive your message from the country of my dreams! I am 53 years old and single lol.

@japansolotravel2022 I send you an e-mail with some photo's. I hope you got it.😉

@@japansolotravel2022 I send you an e-mail with some photo's. I hope you got it.😉

Thank you for watching! You are right. We believe that children need as much knowledge as possible and the experience to be able to use it. A mix of these will turn into an education. We hope to help with such accumulation.

Thank you for watching! I am delighted to hear from you from Michigan. Japanese food is no longer only the ancient Japanese food, but there are even dishes from foreign countries that have been adapted into Japanese style and made original. I am proud to say that we can boast to other countries only about our food culture. In future videos, I will introduce in detail such interesting aspects of Japanese food. Thank you for your good advice!

Thank you for watching! Living a primitive life requires time and effort, but I felt there's a luxury in deliberately experiencing it. It feels like a good reset for the mind. Of course, I also believe that it's enjoyable precisely because it's done occasionally.

Thank you for watching! Kanazawa is another quaint city like little Kyoto. I like this place very much too. Is the open cafe on the second floor Bill's Cafe? It's in a great location overlooking Shichirigahama. Thanks for sharing your memories!

Thank you for watching! Your comments are a great help to me. I am very happy. Please continue to support me!

Hello! Thank you for watching. This is mid-February. This year was milder than usual and they did not get any snow. Hopefully we will get some snow this year.

¡Hola! Gracias por mirar. No es necesario reservar para este restaurante de carne Hida. Fui al restaurante sin reserva. Sin embargo, los fines de semana, tanto el almuerzo como la cena son muy populares y hay lista de espera. Sería mejor reservar si fuera posible. ¡Buen viaje!

ありがとうございます！ 楽しんで頂けて嬉しく思います。

Thank you for watching! Japanese bullet trains and express trains always have space for luggage. There is almost no worry about luggage being stolen on Japanese trains. There are surveillance cameras on board and in Japan, if you leave your bag to get a seat at Starbucks Coffee, you rarely have to worry about it being stolen. At least I have never had an unfortunate experience. However, you want to reduce the risk to zero on your trip, so I will show you how to reserve your seat. If there is room for luggage in the front and back of each car, and you want to reserve a seat in the vicinity of that space, please designate your seat when you make your reservation. If you are making your reservation online, you will see a diagram of the seats, and you can select the seats in the front and rear. www.eki-net.com/Personal/reserve/wb/RouteSearchConditionInput/Index If you are at a manned counter, ask the attendant if you would like to reserve a seat in the front or back of the car. Incidentally, I believe that the Hida Limited Express has a wire key in the luggage compartment that can be secured. Please check at the manned counter. Have a nice trip!

Thanks for your comment! Enjoy the spectacular views of Japan's highest peaks and unexplored areas.

Thanks for watching my video so early in the morning. I wish you a wonderful day today!

@@japansolotravel2022no thank YOU for the video 🙏 Gotta get out West here!

Seriously G...gotta ranch too over here! Selling calves and got some extra dough. Building a scoot too....🙏💪

Hello! Thank you for watching. I am glad you are interested in my videos. Your advice about the subtitle setting time being too short is very useful to me. I am baking and finishing this video and will reflect your advice in my next video. As for this video, I would be happy if you could solve the problem by repeatedly watching it! (*‘∀‘)

Hello. Thank you for watching. I think the greatest attraction of Japanese local trains is the luxury of spending time. I dare you to spend time and enjoy the inconvenience. What you can see from that inconvenience is the scenery and atmosphere that you cannot experience on a vehicle that focuses on speed. But perhaps that is the nostalgia of a generation that knows analog before it evolved. There are many videos that introduce evolution, but I dare to convey a retrograde nostalgia.

@@japansolotravel2022 Funny how inconvenient can be so scenic, kind of like taking a long ferry lasting 2-3 days of transit instead of just taking a 2hrs plane ride. if i can spare the time, i'm having the long train ride, the slow ferry. this world moves way too fast sometimes.

Hello, I am a member of the board of directors of the company! Thank you for watching & commenting. Your comments are an encouragement to me. Please come back and visit my channel.

Thank you for watching & commenting. I see that you felt the music was unnecessary, that is helpful! I started putting it on because many Japanese prefer that kind of music. I will try to change the way to make it for foreign and domestic audiences.

just tone it down in the editing and use single long melody with some beats...... good luck✌@@japansolotravel2022

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Hello! Thank you for watching & commenting. We appreciate your in-depth explanation of the origins and history of Japan.

@@japansolotravel2022 Thanks for your reply. The reason why the spirit of harmony has been inherited in the island nation of Japan since ancient times is because the living environment on the islands was a harsh natural environment for individuals to live freely. In an age without scientific knowledge and technology like today, it was impossible to recover from natural disasters and maintain a peaceful daily life without the cooperation of a group of people who had to suppress their individual selfishness in order to survive peacefully in this environment. In order to avoid death and maintain the tribe, they chose to live collectively. And to live collectively, we needed harmony with others. This interdependence required a spirit of give-and-take equality and discipline in order to maintain relationships. This was the starting point from which Japan's unique culture of "wa" harmony, in which people avoid conflict and respect each other, was born. Once this point is taken care of, the island nation of Japan was a heavenly environment blessed with mellow water and food suitable for human habitation, and it is this natural environment that has allowed people to settle on the island for 30,000 years. However, light and shadow, heaven and hell, coexisted in this mellow island nation. This is where the unique culture of Japan, an island nation different from the continental Asian culture based on aridity and stable plains, was born. Therefore, foreigners who come Japan to visit should always be aware that you are stepping into a dangerous island, and should realize that it is very dangerous to stay idle in Japan with your own sense of upbringing. They are not behaving maturely and politely by nature because they like to, because that is a necessary condition for survival in this island environment. There is a definite reason and cause for every human behavior.

Hello. Thank you very much for your reply. I was deeply convinced by your story as I read it. You have a deeper understanding of Japanese characteristics than the average Japanese. It is really as you said. As you explained, even I, as a Japanese, think that the characteristics of Japanese people are both extremes of light and shadow. I think it is alarming that the thinking from the period of isolation still remains at the DNA level, especially that the ethnicity is still strongly influenced even after 80 years since the end of the war. Unlike the meaning of the word itself, "wa" is an ostensible meaning, and its real meaning is a strong check against the surroundings. Harmony" means "I am doing this, so you should do the same. It would be nice if it meant, "Please share good things," but in many cases it is the opposite: sharing. It is only in the Japanese that the idea of "be pure and poor" is respected. Until 30 years ago, when Japanese companies were well known around the world, Japanese "wa" was a good thing, but now it is having a negative impact on the world. Especially with the disasters of the past three years, it is having an accelerating negative impact. However, many Japanese are unaware of this crisis. It is unfortunate.

@@japansolotravel2022 Thank you. Don't be so pessimistic. The light and shadow of Japan is simply that people have lived in a land where the natural environment of the island nation of Japan has a duality of light and shadow. It means that while the environment is suitable for humans, plants, and animals to thrive, on the other hand, people have lived in a land where severe natural disasters such as typhoons, volcanic activity and earthquakes, and wind and flood damage occur regularly due to its location. It is precisely because the environment is both heaven and hell that the Japanese people living there, even in an age without scientific knowledge, have been able to use their wisdom and ingenuity to create various disaster countermeasures, technologies, and organizations. This is the origin of Japanese culture, which is common to these days. And people from other countries who live in places where there is no need to do so environmentally have not learned to think this. I believe that the experience of being trained for 30,000 years in the harshness of the environment is the traditional treasure and property of the Japanese people. And I believe that Japanese have developed a way of building relationships and avoiding conflict that is different from the way people from other countries on the continent think. Japanese people dislike individual selfishness, respect harmony, and prioritize "mutual help" over individual selfishness. This is because the restoration of the current situation after a catastrophe caused by the fury of nature cannot be completed by an individual even if it takes a lifetime to repair the damage, but if all the residents work together, a quick recovery can be achieved in a few years. If you want to recover from a disaster as quickly as possible, it is better to suppress individual ego and work together for restoration first, because the sooner you can recover, the better it will be for everyone. This is a very rational, efficiency-oriented, and intelligent way of thinking about collective action. In addition, the abundance of nature in the past must have enriched the spirit of the people who lived there. Many old photos from the late Edo period show people smiling despite their poverty. Japanese totalitarianism is not the same as Western totalitarianism or continental Asian totalitarianism, nor is it the same as Western individualism, which is a collectivism based on mutual cooperation among individuals. What I find very interesting is that Japanese people act as a whole only in public places where many people gather, and in private places they celebrate individual freedom. In public, they do not bother others, they do not bother each other, they take the form of conforming to the will of the many, and they mutually avoid bothering others. However, once in their own homes or in their own sphere of work, they do not interfere with others and maintain their own free spheres of life. This relationship between people's views on human relations has not changed much since the Edo period . I believe this is why various cultures, arts, and technological developments blossomed in each period of Japan's past.　 This is a hybrid way of life, which can be called Japanese-style "collectivism based on individualism," another way of thinking that is neither Western individualism nor totalitarianism. In the 21st century, the clash of individual and national egos around the world has not disappeared, but rather has escalated to the point of ruin. I believe that the Japanese hybridism, "rational and mutually beneficial collectivism to make the most of the individual," which has been inherited since ancient times and was born from the harsh natural environment of this island nation, is a hint of the way of thinking that is needed in today's world. I believe that this is a hint of the way of thinking necessary for the future of mankind. In this sense, I do not want Japan's ancient traditions and wisdom to be crushed as something from the ancient past, and I do not want them to be destroyed.

Hello! Thank you for watching & commenting. I am glad you remember me. Your comments have cheered me up! I will do my best to share more good videos in the future.

​@@japansolotravel2022 Glad i could cheer you up a bit, i don't mind waiting a little for a great video. Keep up your good work.

I sincerely appreciate your words. Thank you very much!

Hello! Thank you for watching & commenting. I am so glad you liked this video. I like to visit often because I like local scenery better than city streets. I will try my best to share more good videos in the future. Please visit my channel again.

Hello from Japan to Norway! Thank you for watching. I also subscribed to your channel! I am happy to watch your videos of your beautiful nature walks in Norway.

@@japansolotravel2022 wow, you are so nice. Thank you so much. You are very kind. I am happy that you like Norway. It is also very beautiful nature here.

@@japansolotravel2022 best wishes to You

Hello! Thank you for watching & commenting. As you mentioned, the Joshinetsu area is popular among many foreigners for its natural beauty. Currently, the Japanese people are struggling with a declining population, and the aging population is having to move to the cities to receive social infrastructure, and local cities are struggling with depopulation. We believe that having as many foreigners as possible immigrate and enjoy life in our country is a very important factor in maintaining our national identity.

Hello! Thank you for watching. Tsuchiai station is a popular tourist attraction with a distinctive station that appears in the mountains. The area around it is very natural and attractions such as canyoning are popular among foreigners. Because of the good water and air quality, the agricultural products from the surrounding area are very tasty. It is a highly recommended tourist destination.

Hello! Thank you for watching. Japanese railroad companies are very kind. If you are in a wheelchair, you can ask the station staff at the ticket gate and they will give you full support from boarding to alighting. The station in the video is unmanned, so you may be referred to a station where you can receive assistance, or they may be able to help you tour the station (get off the train and tour the underground platforms).