Wow! That's so beautiful. I just randomly landed on Ogano, Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture. So much culture and beauty. Really cool video!

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the lovely comment and for watching! It really is a beautiful area 😊

I think your Japanese is most impressive Aimee!! Love the vlog, soososo good - I wanna go camping now

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thank you, it’s one big work in progress. Yeah do it! 😃

It is great idea camping around city and introduce city. I got some idea when I PCS to Korea

The information is so direct and the trip is repeatable. This would help many people plan their countryside camping.

@RoyandAimee

4 жыл бұрын

We are so glad you think so, Grant! We took your advice onboard and really wanted to make a video that was enjoyable and repeatable. Thank you again! 😀

Thank you for information

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

No problem! Thanks for watching 😊

Hello! This region of Japan is very beautiful. We haven't had the opportunity to visit it yet, but it is certainly already on our camping list! We like it! 😉👍

@RoyandAimee

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! We're glad you liked it and that we could share this area with you. It really is beautiful! Good luck on your camping adventures! 😀

Thanks for sharing! Lovely

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

No worries! Thank you for watching and commenting! It means a lot 😊

I enjoy this video very much, it’s informative and you guys are so respectful and warm, more adventures to come! ☺️☺️❤️

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this comment, it made us feel very happy! 😊

Awesome video! I enjoyed it very much. Chichibu is an amazing area. Thanks for sharing, Roy and Aimee!

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! We can definitely agree that it’s a beautiful area 😊

aw man! sorry you missed the bus, but that's awesome you are able to communicate to find your way! what an amazing campground!! wow! i would love to visit the mountains west of Tokyo :D that shaved ice looks pretty amazing too. thanks for virtually taking us with you!

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! There are many amazing outdoor spots around Japan, it would be great if you could visit one day 😊 It looks like you guys are really in to being outside, hope you're able to get out and about at the moment!

It’s a very nice video. You guys show us a beautiful sight in Japan.

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Very glad that you enjoyed it 😊

I hope someday can goes to japan.. Love from indonesia..

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

We hope you can make it here one day! Thank you for commenting 😊

@jun1349

Жыл бұрын

Semoga bang 🤝

This video in particular blew up. Nice

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking back in on us! It's really great to hear from you 😊

@HotdogSosage

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoyandAimee my pleasure :) I hope things are well over there!

Nice, we love camping too, hello from indonesia

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for watching! 😀 I just saw one of your camping videos and the scenery looked beautiful. Camping can be really fun, hey!

I enjoyed this video. Thanks for making it.

@RoyandAimee

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! We're glad you enjoyed it 😀

After 2 seconds, I liked the video haha The quality is just amazing !!!!

@RoyandAimee

4 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks Ray!

I lived in Chichibu 20 years ago. Thanks for the upload. loved the drone footage!

@RoyandAimee

4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, I wonder if it has changed much since then. Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

@gordonbgraham

4 жыл бұрын

@@RoyandAimee They didn't have the onsen at Seibu-Chichibu Station, and the express train from Ikebukuro is new, but other than that it looked the same. We used to dive off the rocks into the Ara River in Nagatoro...after seeing some local kids do it...a little further upstream in Kami-Nagatoro, away from the tourists. Anyway, loved your video. Thanks

@RoyandAimee

4 жыл бұрын

The express train was definitely nice, it made the trip go pretty fast. That sounds like a great time! We saw a couple of kids swimming at Nagatoro when we were there, it definitely looked like a good summer time activity. Thanks again for watching! 😊

Such a cool trip! Makes me want to camp haha

@RoyandAimee

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha we're going to hold you to that!

i love this thank you for this so interesting

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching 😊

I loved that phone call. Imagine someone calling you and they just say "Hello i am australian"

@RoyandAimee

10 ай бұрын

Haha and somehow it worked 😆🤷‍♀️ It was definitely not the most eloquent phone call I've made in my life 😅

THIS IS AWESOME! We have a couple of camping cars down here in Okinawa and would love to take them to this region. What beautiful documentation

@RoyandAimee

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment! Really glad you liked it 😊 Chichibu is a beautiful part of Saitama. Ooh Okinawa! We’ve always wanted to travel there and travelling around by RV sounds perfect 👌

Amazing and beautiful video!

@RoyandAimee

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! Your border collie is super cute! It looks like you live in a beautiful part of Japan 😊

you guys are so underrated. keep it up!

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

😭 Thank you so much! This comment has made our day!

nice...

welcome hashidategawa!!!👍

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Hey there! We are Matt and Ann and we just recently came across your channel. Your videos are very nice to watch! They are very interesting and the scenes are really pretty :) Thanks for sharing, Keep up the great work!

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! It’s really lovely to read such a nice comment, thanks so much! ☺️

Thank you - enjoyed that; we are planning a 3-month cycling & camping trip to Japan from May - Aug 2023 and wanted to see how viable camping would be. PS Great vid.

@RoyandAimee

Жыл бұрын

That sounds like an amazing trip! Cycling and camping is definitely doable in Japan. It might be a bit wet in the rainy season though around mid June - July but there's lots of guest houses if you need a place to stay dry. Have a great time!

Hi . By chance I came from hello talk ☺︎ i’m surprised your edit is really awesome ☺︎ I subscribed your channel . 👍

@RoyandAimee

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and subscribing! We are glad that you enjoyed the video! 😀

Nice video. It seemed like you guys had a wonderful time there in Saitama.

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Yeah we would definitely recommend Chichibu, it’s a beautiful area!

@MarkQuijano

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoyandAimee My pleasure. I live in Saga and I go camping around here once in a while.

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! We watched your latest video of kayaking around the islands, it was beautiful! We hope we're able to travel to Kyushu at some point, it looks amazing! 😊

@MarkQuijano

3 жыл бұрын

Roy and Aimee Thank you very much for watching my video. And yes, you guys should come down here and enjoy Kyushu’s beautiful spots.

New subscriber here😊hope to see more travel videos from u guys thanks ! Ganbatte ne🥰

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your lovely comment and for subscribing! We'll definitely be putting out more travel videos in the future 😊

Thank you for sharing your take on Chichibu and Nagatoro. I have an upcoming project with the Saitama Prefectural Tourism Bureau and so I like to see other content creators videos to see what I can what inspiration I can draw. You're amazing!

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Saitama has some beautiful spots, glad to hear you'll have the opportunity to show it off 😊

@theglobalcitizenship

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoyandAimee > Thank you so much. You're too kind. I get these sorts of projects on the regular due to Sponsorship arrangements. Lost them all last year but slowly regaining them back, including this. Thank you so much for making this guide!

nice video! love from Indonesia

@RoyandAimee

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and subscribing! It means a lot! 😀

$14 for the limited express train is such a good deal!!

Happy to find your channel. :) You guys seem to do a lot of camping. Do you know some camp sites that don't require booking? Looking for somewhere to go but a lot of the places I checked in Chichibu Nagatoro were fully booked!

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! Hmm I just had a quick search and I can’t seem to find any that don’t require booking sorry! It seems most want you to book because of coronavirus. If you are able to call and check that might be your best option 😊

Our Timberland, tent did not leak one bit, that is in California.

🔥🎌🔥

Nice vid, well done!

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! 😊

Hello!! Very nice video. I wanted to go to that campsite as well. Did you advance booking at the website or you can just go directly to the campsite without any reservation?

@RoyandAimee

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! We booked over the phone (in very broken Japanese) two days before we went. It might be fine though to go without a reservation in non-peak times (during the week, non-holidays) as it was a fairly easy-going and quiet campsite. We hope you have a great time if you make it there! 😀

nice to go on camping in japan. thank u for sharing. stay happy and nice. lets be friends see u.

@RoyandAimee

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! 😀

Japan is fairly metropolitan. Hey! I thought this was about camping?

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

True! There are a lot of big cities but there’s also some beautiful countryside and rural life 😊

Hello. Nice video. I’m planning to go camping in Hashitachikawa campsite too this October. (I got the idea from your video by the way) Do you mind telling if they have shower rooms? And if they have rentals of camping stuff for example, tables and chairs? Thanks for sharing 🙂🙂🙂

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! So glad to hear our video inspired you to go there. Unfortunately, they don’t have showers at the campsite. We went to the Seibuchichibu Ekimae onsen, next to Seibu Chichibu Station to get clean. It was a little bothersome to go there at night because the trains don’t run that often but if you have a car, it’s only a 10 minute drive away. I don’t believe they did rent camping stuff like that, sorry!

@nj3313

3 жыл бұрын

Roy and Aimee thanks a lot. Looking forward to more of your travel trips. Keep safe ;)

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You too! Have a great camping trip 😊

Superwoman👍

If I took a day trip do you think there's places to swim in the river without going through a camp ground ect?

@RoyandAimee

4 жыл бұрын

There were a few people swimming in the Arakawa river at Nagatoro, so I think that's definitely possible! You could also probably get off at a different stop along the Chichibu Main Line like Nogami and swim in the river there. I hope that helps!

Very cool... is Japan a camping friendly country? is there a website for camp site location and open hours ? ありがとうございます

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

We definitely think it is! There are a lot of really great campsites all around Japan, including free sites. There's no official website for this campsite unfortunately. We put a link to an unofficial site in the video description and if you google hashitachikawa campsite you can see the phone number.

how do you go from chichibu to nagatoro also from nagatoro to river and the mountain

@RoyandAimee

11 ай бұрын

You can catch the train from Ohanabatake Station in Chichibu to Nagatoro Station - it takes about 25 mins. The river is a pretty short walk from Nagatoro Station and the start of the trail up the mountain or the ropeway is about a 15 min walk from Nagatoro Station. Hope that helps 😊

Good 👍

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! 😊

It was a great video. Do you mind telling us the name of the camping ground and website to check the contact info? Also, did you bring your own tent or you just rented it?

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Ted, thanks for watching! It's a very small campsite operated by an older Japanese lady - so the campground doesn't actually have a website. If you Google 'Hashitachikawa Camping Ground' it will be the first result and it has a mobile number to contact. You can call that number to create a booking - Although the lady doesn't speak any english so the conversation will have to be entirely in Japanese. We took our own tent because I don't believe they have tents there available for hire :)

@thetourguide3614

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoyandAimee thanks vm! 😊😊😊

What was the name of the spot where you can get a bath?

@RoyandAimee

Ай бұрын

It's called Seibuchichibu Ekimae Onsen: maps.app.goo.gl/4ZMTovsoSXLreveX8

can you tell me how to rent camping gear in okutama 😃😃

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for stopping by! We've actually never rented camping gear in Okutama before so we can't give you any first-hand information but it seems that some of the campgrounds in the area rent gear (chairs, BBQ etc., not sure about tents though). It may be best to take a look at the website of some of the campsites in the area 😊

Any fees for camping there? If yes, how much do it cost?

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for watching! From memory, it’s ¥600 per tent, per night.

Do we need to reserve a spot for camping?

@RoyandAimee

11 ай бұрын

We phoned up and reserved a spot both times we went camping there but it seemed pretty informal. Plus there were vacant spots both times we were there so you'd probably be fine to just show up on the day as long as it's not a busy holiday period.

What’s the name of the music? I like that music.

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Oh do you mean the music at the start of the video? If so, it’s called Mountain Spring High by Gabriel Lewis.

@sungwen6804

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoyandAimee Sorry, the song from 04:24

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

No worries that one is called Figure It Out by Volcan Peaks 😊

Is it safe over there. ?

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for watching! Do you mean in terms of the pandemic or camping?

4:55 what is the song name please? It is so peacefull.😁

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

It's called Figure It Out by Volcan Peaks. Thanks for watching! 😊

@aryasurya2332

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoyandAimee thank you.

新潟にもいいところあるよ。

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

冬に新潟に行ったことがあるけど、また行きたいです！新潟に住んでいますか？

@ricoibuki06070419

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoyandAimee はい、私は新潟県に住んでいます。

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

いいですね！新潟でやることのお勧めがありますか？

@ricoibuki06070419

3 жыл бұрын

First of all, please forgive my poor English. Your video is great. I haven't seen all of them yet, but it's a lot of fun. I enjoy camping with my friends as a break from work. It would be great if you could camp together when you come to Niigata. The summer in Niigata is short, but there is a beautiful sea. In winter, it snows and Niigata becomes white. There is delicious rice in Niigata. I think vegetables and fruits are also delicious. Oh, there may be no fruits in winter.

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Your English is great! Way better than our Japanese haha. We would love to come to Niigata in summer and see the ocean and eat all the delicious food! And of course do some camping 😉 Thank you for sharing so much about your home with us! Hopefully we'll visit there in the next year some time 😊

hey mam love u

Only about 5 % is about camping, why?

@RoyandAimee

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s true. Honestly, when we made this video we didn’t expect so many people to be interested in the camping side of things. We’d like to make a video in the future that’s solely about camping. Either way, thanks for taking a look! 😊

@danielmitchell5814

3 жыл бұрын

@@RoyandAimee thanks, very nice video, waiting fir your complete camping video.