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Great Buddha Hall in Nara, Japan
Good afternoon from the Great Buddha Hall in #Nara, #Japan. This used to be the capital of the country about 1300 years ago. Inside is a 15 meter tall #Buddha from about the year 700. This used to be the largest wooden building in the world and it’s still one of them. It’s burned down…
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Kyoto, Japan: Temple of the Buddha’s Light (Bukkō-ji)
Bukkō-ji, the Temple of the Buddha’s Light, is a quiet, secluded temple right in the middle of busy #Kyoto. Its roots go back more than 800 years. In this video I’m wearing a men’s kimono – traditional formal wear here, similar in role to a suit and tie. Men’s #kimono are usually dark and understated,…
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Kyoto, Japan: Catching Ninjas at Nijo Castle
We are here in Kyoto, which is the old capital of Japan. The samurai used to rule from here with the Shogun government until they handed power over in 1867. This place is about 400 years old and something really cool about it is the singing floors. They used to catch ninjas by making the…
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Japan: Mt Fuji is an active volcano
Mount Fuji is an active volcano. Its cone is almost perfectly symmetrical because repeated eruptions built up smooth layers of lava, ash, and cinders. You can see Fuji only about one in three mornings. Winter air gives the best visibility. Climbing season runs from July to early September.
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Japan’s Owakudani volcano valley: wake up and smell the sulphur
Owakudani is a volcanic valley here in Hakone. You can see behind me steam vents that smell strongly like sulfur. Locals like to boil eggs in those vents and they say it adds seven years to your life. Sometimes the smell of sulfur is so strong that they have to close down everything. On a…
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Chūreitō pagoda (Mount Fuji lookout point)
Chūreitō is a pagoda built in 1963 as a peace monument honoring Fujiyoshida’s war dead. You’ve got to walk up 400 steps to get here as a reminder that perspective isn’t free. You may see Mount Fuji if it is not covered by clouds.
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Mount Fuji and Lake Kawaguchi
This lake here at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan is well known because on a clear day when there’s no clouds and no wind, you can sometimes see the reflection of Mount Fuji in the water.
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Itoku Inari Shrine in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Here at Itoku Inari Shrine in the middle of Shinjuku. You offer a coin, bow, clap, then make your prayer. The red torii form a narrow tunnel that feels like a portal.
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Shibuya Scramble Crossing: World’s Busiest Crosswalk
Shibuya Scramble Crossing is the busiset crosswalk in the world, with around 1,000 to 2,500 traversing at once.
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Tori no Ichi in Shinjuku: Raking in Good Luck
Here in Tokyo, Japan in the Shinjuku neighborhood it’s Tori no Ichi, which is a festival known in English as the Rooster Market. It happens on the rooster zodiac days. And people come here and they buy ceremonial rakes to rake in the good luck, so to speak. Businessmen treat this as a serious investment…
