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Hidden Gems In The Japanese Countryside

If you're looking to visit a city other than the main ones like Tokyo, Kyoto, or Osaka - check out Tottori Prefecture in the Japanese countryside!
The big cities are great, but the countryside is where you can truly experience the 'real' Japanese culture (in my opinion).
I hope this travel guide encourages you to travel and explore just a little bit deeper than the average tourist and I hope you can meet all the kind people and see the amazing places in the countryside!
Credits:
Video shot and edited by my talented friend!
/ @mariwash9854
❐ P L A C E S M E N T I O N E D ❏
📍Mitaki-en (Restaurant in the woods)
📍Tottori Sand Dunes
📍Mt Mitoku
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  • @internationallyME
    @internationallyME Жыл бұрын

    In the past few years, I've had the privilege of holding events in Japan and around the world - feeling very grateful for all the lovely friends I've met along the way! I love meeting new people, hearing their stories, and learning about different cultures, so in 2023, I want to travel abroad more and connect with more of you! Let me know down below what country you're from and I might just hold my next event there!!

  • @shirleyan3246

    @shirleyan3246

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi this is Shirley from Syndey , I just had a japan trip earlier this year , and let me know your next event and love to be part of it ❤️

  • @Asteraceaei

    @Asteraceaei

    Жыл бұрын

    Taiwan!! So underrated but best country ever! ♡

  • @Lightiningtoofast999

    @Lightiningtoofast999

    7 ай бұрын

    Come and visit New York City! Unlimited things to do see eat and explore :D By the way, thank you for your previous tottori videos, you really helped me out with my trip I just took to japan last month. Indigo Dyed in Chizu town, Paraglided in the sand dunes, made paper lanturns and had shabu shabu in the spot where it was invented all thanks to you! Cheers and keep up the great videos!

  • @nukichaplin3042

    @nukichaplin3042

    5 ай бұрын

    I’m from Melbourne. Love your videos. Would also like to join if your holding another similar event 😊

  • @pointguardd

    @pointguardd

    4 ай бұрын

    will you ever be hosting these events again in the near future?

  • @davidcollier9528
    @davidcollier95286 күн бұрын

    Hi, I’m from British Columbia Canada . I hope you are well and just taking a break . I enjoy your presentations and unique perspectives. Also I enjoy your sense of humour . Sending love

  • @cheronroggen9638
    @cheronroggen9638 Жыл бұрын

    Those stops looked very interesting and jam packed with traditional Japanese culture. Looks really like great fun!

  • @collaborativelearning1

    @collaborativelearning1

    Жыл бұрын

    agreed, looks really fun to me too.

  • @LiquidFlower
    @LiquidFlower9 ай бұрын

    Hi Angela, I saw your channel and patreon has slowly stopped which is a shame! I’ve just spend the day turning your Kyushu video into a trip and I’m amazed at your attention to detail. I’ve also found your website in the process of trying to locate the farm stay at Arita. Your work trying to find the off the beaten path places of Japan is really great and I hope that you might someday come back to making such content ❤

  • @WayanSam

    @WayanSam

    5 ай бұрын

    yes, its totally bizarre. Angela was #1 for Japan travel content before covid. was the best content and still can make a huge comeback. 🙌🏻🔥🙏❤️

  • @aniketverma8774
    @aniketverma8774 Жыл бұрын

    Tottori looks so relaxing with sprawling countryside and it's heavenly greenery. I'm glad we got over the pandemic, and we get to see more of your vlogs. コニチワ from India

  • @johnd1710
    @johnd1710 Жыл бұрын

    Ahh, it was such a fun trip!! Thanks for hosting, the video reminded me of all the memories!

  • @internationallyME

    @internationallyME

    Жыл бұрын

    Johnnnn come back to Japan!

  • @damienchiew4074
    @damienchiew4074 Жыл бұрын

    It's up! 🎉 Oh my god such unforgettable memories! It was such a wonderful adventure!

  • @internationallyME

    @internationallyME

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for joining Damien! and you're always so quick to comment haha

  • @Taiyaki4Me
    @Taiyaki4Me Жыл бұрын

    This looked like so much fun! Luv your videos, your positivity and your smiling face. Thank you for sharing the beauty of Nihon away from the big city. Blessings! 🌸

  • @paulccrimmins
    @paulccrimmins Жыл бұрын

    Aloha 🤙 from Honolulu! Really happy to see you're posting more videos lately. We all missed you for a couple of years. Great video. Mahalo!

  • @XYoukaiX
    @XYoukaiX Жыл бұрын

    I really like it when youtuber do some kind of meet and greet with their fans and even take the time to show them around as you did ! I personaly wouldn't drive around or an hour or more only to get some food at a special place (and I am not much of a group tour guy anyways) but yeah awesome, thank you for doing this :)

  • @AmbientWalking
    @AmbientWalking Жыл бұрын

    Super amazing! I've been watching your videos from beginning to end. Thanks so much for the experience! :)

  • @lycanerf6885
    @lycanerf6885 Жыл бұрын

    The fall views were beautiful!

  • @johnbanyan134
    @johnbanyan134 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing angela 👏, you started to reach new heights.

  • @daan6424
    @daan6424 Жыл бұрын

    What an amazing, cleansing video

  • @rachit.anurag
    @rachit.anurag Жыл бұрын

    Loved seeing Tottori again however this time with new friends ❤

  • @ArchAngel149
    @ArchAngel149 Жыл бұрын

    Always love your videos Angela. They are relaxing to watch! Love from Singapore :)

  • @whyisthisathingnow...
    @whyisthisathingnow... Жыл бұрын

    This looks like it would have been a blast to be on! I've always wanted to go to Tottori, so I hope I can get the chance to go there in the near future ☺

  • @internationallyME

    @internationallyME

    Жыл бұрын

    It was truly a full-circle moment!! From first discovering the place 5 years ago and making videos about it, to then being able to actually take a group to the places I liked was ... 😵

  • @huntressfantravels6725
    @huntressfantravels6725 Жыл бұрын

    Great video as always!! During my last visit to Japan I was able to spend a few days in early December visiting Tottori. Unfortunately the weather that week wasn’t so good and I wasn’t able to go out as much as I’d hope😅 Visited Conan Town in Hokuei, Mizuki Shigeru Museum in Sakaiminato and Uradome Coast at Iwami. But seeing Tottori Station brought back good memories 😊 I do want to go back and visit again and do the hike!

  • @carlvincent12
    @carlvincent123 ай бұрын

    I miss your videos

  • @user-dy4qn4eu8u
    @user-dy4qn4eu8u Жыл бұрын

    I am surprised with your visit to such a deep spot of Japan.l think you are the master of traveling.I hope your visit to my home town Yamagata City of Yamagata Prefecture someday too.

  • @user-dy4qn4eu8u

    @user-dy4qn4eu8u

    10 ай бұрын

    Tokyo🗼 is certainly the greatest metropolis in the world, and everyone in the world should know that fact. But it's so famous that it's not a hidden gem.

  • @d3n0tz_
    @d3n0tz_ Жыл бұрын

    This looks so fun! And that guy standing up as you were just talking about him is 🤣🤣🤣

  • @commentarytalk1446
    @commentarytalk1446 Жыл бұрын

    Warm wishes to the group who enjoyed this excursion: May it live long in your memories! Thank you for sharing.

  • @Babadubab12
    @Babadubab12 Жыл бұрын

    thank you for sharing all these gems! i love the countryside !

  • @nakashimafumio8850
    @nakashimafumio8850 Жыл бұрын

    You’re a nice guide. And a great Tottori ambassador .

  • @duhtroit
    @duhtroit Жыл бұрын

    Mt. Mitoku seems like an amazing experience, wow.

  • @tiagozilliosoares7988
    @tiagozilliosoares7988 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome and wholesome video, thank you so much!

  • @johnnyong2341
    @johnnyong2341 Жыл бұрын

    thanks for sharing your vlog 😊👍☕..

  • @AkiCamp
    @AkiCamp7 ай бұрын

    Exploring the hidden gems of Tottori Prefecture in the Japanese countryside sounds like a fantastic adventure! 🏞 💫Wishing you continued joy in your exploration of the beautiful Japanese countryside! 🇯🇵🌿

  • @elly9413
    @elly9413 Жыл бұрын

    I saw my son in your video😊

  • @bijitghosh7937
    @bijitghosh7937 Жыл бұрын

    Hii I am from India and I love your blogs you are just wonderful😊😊

  • @govindsharma8698

    @govindsharma8698

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm from India as well.

  • @bijitghosh7937

    @bijitghosh7937

    Жыл бұрын

    @@govindsharma8698 wow

  • @WalkInsider
    @WalkInsider Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for a beautiful great trips 😊

  • @ModernPeasant
    @ModernPeasant8 ай бұрын

    Awesome video and awesome idea

  • @larryteslaspacexboringlawr739
    @larryteslaspacexboringlawr739 Жыл бұрын

    the mountains and rivers so amazing

  • @manavjeetsingh106
    @manavjeetsingh106 Жыл бұрын

    I love your content I just love exploring the country side specially of Japan would be visiting Japan in the next 5 years

  • @nerscabersh
    @nerscabersh Жыл бұрын

    Tottori is really on my bucket list 😍

  • @XTACB4
    @XTACB4 Жыл бұрын

    Nice. Best regards from Argentina.

  • @sck7458
    @sck7458 Жыл бұрын

    This looked like alot fun👏👏

  • @nitinbhosage5840
    @nitinbhosage5840 Жыл бұрын

    It's a very fun trip you people had. Currently I'm living in Japan. I hope I will join your group in explore more in Japan.😍

  • @TorontoAtiny
    @TorontoAtiny Жыл бұрын

    This looked soooo relaxing. What a fun trip I’ll have to stay in the countryside one day.

  • @collaborativelearning1

    @collaborativelearning1

    Жыл бұрын

    it looks very relaxing!

  • @aragmarverilian8238
    @aragmarverilian8238 Жыл бұрын

    Glorious countryside and lovely places :D

  • @xDebilPandax
    @xDebilPandax Жыл бұрын

    Yay a new upload!! :D

  • @SpacedogD
    @SpacedogD Жыл бұрын

    beautiful location! I'd love to visit some day!

  • @DeaThpackRicK
    @DeaThpackRicK19 күн бұрын

    We MISS YOUR VIDEOS INTERNATIONALLY ME. . I HOPE YOU WILL UPLOAD NEW CONTENT.. FROM YOUR FANS IN PHILIPPINES 🇵🇭

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    @okomeomochi3819 Жыл бұрын

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  • @andrewgamez7973
    @andrewgamez7973 Жыл бұрын

    Great video. Making plans to go back to Japan next year with a 2 week stop in Vietnam as well. I'm so excited. I would love to meet you and other people I've have followed years before covid and still follow but that would be a lot to ask lol. Oh well love the video please keep them coming.

  • @piotraugustyniak6591
    @piotraugustyniak6591 Жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @ahjuice0
    @ahjuice0 Жыл бұрын

    You all look like you had a great experience! Jealous of these folks who got to meet you though 😂 if you ever do a meetup in or around the NYC area, I'm totally in, and would be happy to recommend a few of my favorite spots!

  • @Cinetyk
    @Cinetyk Жыл бұрын

    This is wonderful stuff. I hope I'm able at least once in my life to come to Japan and do something like this. BTW, I'm from Portugal, I'm 39 right now, it's just so cool you make stuff like this happen where you get people to experience all this in first person. Cheers! :)

  • @Imjustacatlady
    @Imjustacatlady Жыл бұрын

    You make such good videos! I hope you upload a new one soon! :)

  • @adityabanerjeee585
    @adityabanerjeee5852 ай бұрын

    Hii Angela !! 2hy didn't you post any videos , why no updates on channel!! Are you ok?

  • @kayteeflick
    @kayteeflick Жыл бұрын

    So amazing! I am coming back to Japan in June and besides landing in Tokyo and staying to get my hair done - I want to spend my whole three weeks in less traveled areas. I will be working remotely for some of the trip(on US hours), so I hope to take it slow and stay in areas where I can enjoy the local activities and nature after work. Since its June, I am thinking to go north to avoid the rains - not sure how much of my trip to base on this.

  • @vexiamarionette2401
    @vexiamarionette2401 Жыл бұрын

    oooo this place looks soo good, I want to go now

  • @Aintnobodygottimetodomath
    @Aintnobodygottimetodomath Жыл бұрын

    Hi Angela, Thanks for showing us Totori again ! By the way, do you think one can rent a car and have English GPS to drive in Totori ? (Following all the places you shared here hihi...)

  • @freemasonry666
    @freemasonry666 Жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @ZapRowsdower47
    @ZapRowsdower473 ай бұрын

    Cool, i wanna visit Japan so bad😢😊

  • @Tw1st3rFat3
    @Tw1st3rFat3 Жыл бұрын

    If only we can visit this place during winter

  • @rahilinjapan
    @rahilinjapan Жыл бұрын

    Hi @internationallyme! Me and my girlfriend bumped into you and a group in Tottori-en (Misaki-en to be exact) last autumn. We were just reminiscing about this! We were wondering if you have that group photo to share :)

  • @ajadrew
    @ajadrew Жыл бұрын

    I love the Mountains & nature in Japan - have you read Water, Wood & Wild Things by Hannah Kirshner? She's an American writer who spent time in Yamanaka immersed in many old Japanese cultures - It's a beauiful book! Great video as well!

  • @lyhthegreat
    @lyhthegreat Жыл бұрын

    10:59 man imagine falling off from that ledge...i dont understand why don't they build some kinda fencing around the shrine?

  • @oohkaay7259
    @oohkaay7259 Жыл бұрын

    Welcome back

  • @yippie6862
    @yippie686211 ай бұрын

    Nice video. Come back to KZread soon ;)

  • @RedRhino49
    @RedRhino49 Жыл бұрын

    Whoa two videos in one week!

  • @akiyajapan
    @akiyajapan Жыл бұрын

    Hi Angela, what would you say is the most interesting aspect of Japan's countryside for you? I've been living in and renovating an old kominka for a while now and I'm always interested to know what others in Japan find most interesting or intriguing about it. Greetings from Hiroshima 😊

  • @dinewalton
    @dinewalton Жыл бұрын

    I'm going to Tokyo in December. I don't like skiing, but what is a good town to go to if you want to do some snow sight seeing near Tokyo?

  • @rsinari47
    @rsinari47 Жыл бұрын

    The thumbnail looks familiar eh😊

  • @remokonyogurt
    @remokonyogurt Жыл бұрын

    We've been wanting to go to Tottori since planning our March trip to Japan back in 2020 (fail 😢), but now that we can only manage to come in August we feel like it'd be way too hot in that period...any recommendations about it? Is the heat/humidity actually bearable? Watching this video gave me some nostalgic feel although I've never even been there 🥲

  • @Pantera2738
    @Pantera2738 Жыл бұрын

    im not sure what is the problem but i put the bell in order to receive notification when you upload videos in youtube and for at least 8 months nothing happend. KZread is not colaborating at all.

  • @ArnoldPranks
    @ArnoldPranks Жыл бұрын

    2:51 are those Ramune Bottles/litter in the water??? I can't believe it.. Japan is the cleanest country in the world. Maybe it's something else.

  • @damienchiew4074

    @damienchiew4074

    Жыл бұрын

    Japanese people have a habit of rinsing out their bottles before recycling them.

  • @juandenz2008

    @juandenz2008

    Жыл бұрын

    I expect they have been deliberately placed there to be kept cool.

  • @davideporcu7461
    @davideporcu7461 Жыл бұрын

    Thank u for the video!!

  • @YuseiYGO1
    @YuseiYGO1 Жыл бұрын

    How do we register for your tour?

  • @markespley8740
    @markespley8740 Жыл бұрын

    Good stuff Angerah ! 😅 Good to see you doin your thing. 👏🐨🦘😎

  • @govindsharma8698
    @govindsharma8698 Жыл бұрын

    11:50 this scene reminds of Tamako chan 💓

  • @keysburntgucci9016
    @keysburntgucci9016 Жыл бұрын

    My kind of trip 😭

  • @shadowkissHou
    @shadowkissHou7 ай бұрын

    cool

  • @garrytuohy9267
    @garrytuohy9267 Жыл бұрын

    Did you get to keep the sandles?

  • @hermionegranger2995
    @hermionegranger29954 ай бұрын

    The village name pls

  • @kerri-annkumar5752
    @kerri-annkumar575211 ай бұрын

    Where do you operate out of?

  • @cartier2312
    @cartier2312 Жыл бұрын

  • @dy5767
    @dy57674 ай бұрын

    .how to approach your channel for tour packages

  • @aisuluutalipbekkyzy2889
    @aisuluutalipbekkyzy28899 ай бұрын

    I wanted too

  • @linjeremy8260
    @linjeremy82608 ай бұрын

    8只月唔忝更新視頻矣哦

  • @aragmarverilian8238
    @aragmarverilian8238 Жыл бұрын

    As far as international travel goes, may I ask if Japan is still enforcing mask wearing?

  • @govindsharma8698
    @govindsharma8698 Жыл бұрын

    You do love Totori don't you?

  • @internationallyME

    @internationallyME

    Жыл бұрын

    lol yeah it's easy to access from Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto etc and it has a lot to offer! I love the people there and the natureeeeeee!!

  • @govindsharma8698

    @govindsharma8698

    Жыл бұрын

    @@internationallyME yaa that's amazing. I myself can't resist for keep on watching. 👏

  • @Memore18
    @Memore186 ай бұрын

    I like everything except the whole “sacred” idolatry things they always come up in Japan. I would like to do that hike without all that idolatry info, just a hike up and down and enjoy nature no more to it. That restaurant looks good, will be added to my bucket list! Thanks for the video

  • @jayroi1814
    @jayroi1814 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Angela, how can we find out about these group tours you organize? Sorry if it was in the video and I missed it lol

  • @internationallyME

    @internationallyME

    Жыл бұрын

    I announce them on my Instagram 😅

  • @jayroi1814

    @jayroi1814

    Жыл бұрын

    @@internationallyME Thanks! :D

  • @rachit.anurag
    @rachit.anurag Жыл бұрын

    Loved seeing Tottori again however this time with new friends ❤