Very true. Also recommended in summer.

Glad you like it!

They are pretty cute. :)

街中（の緑地）でも割とどこにもいることがうれしい！

可愛いですよね！

That it was. :)

That's awesome! Hope you didn't mind the spoilers then. :) It was great in spring but next time I'd like to go in early summer maybe, just before the tsuyu season. Autumn seems nice too.

その年はまだコロナ禍ムード真っ最中でしたね。 ゴリラ岩、下も上もゴリラに見えるけど、私は上ゴリラ派です。🦍

ほんとそれ。水草の鮮明な緑とかきれいすぎる。

ゆず味噌だんご食べずには戦場ヶ原への進入が許されませんのでご注意を。😎

中禅寺湖までは想像を絶するほど人は多かったが・・・秋の日光恐るべし！

それは言えるね。日本の団地もこれくらい凝っていたら面白いのに。笑

坂のきつさと運動不足が伝わってしまう・・・。😅

I'm happy you think so. Much appreciated!

確かに、ゴマモンもそうだし、他のモンガラ類も決して負けてない気がする・・・ 個人的にほぼ逆さになってるところが魚の動きに見えず面白い！

ムラサメモンガラってやつだと思われる！

地蔵の衣替えか！全然気付かなかった。👍

自然に触れにくいのは都会暮らしの呪いですね・・・ ボーンホルム島の景色、とても癒しになります。自転車の自由度の高さもまたいい。

The darkness is very typical for Japanese rural areas, even tourist spots, as most shops and restaurants tend to close early - but I imagine there's much more light when it's not off season. I went on a weekday in late January, so the darkness is to be expected. The 9 free semi-public hot springs are open 24 hours (except possibly for cleaning I guess), but you might have to unlock yourself to get in. Most lodgings will lend you a key to the baths. Other than those most lodgings also have their own onsen baths, and there are some notable pay baths as well (I don't know their closing hours but I think it was quite late). Some of the pay baths are quite popular and may require a reservation.

No thank you sir for a really nice piece of music! Happy you liked the video. :)

そう、渋温泉がいい感じに渋い！笑 ここに限らず街並みは大切にしてほしいです・・・

ありがとうございます！😊

残念ながら轢かれることが多いと思われます。カメやヤマネコの天敵といえば自動車です・・・

@@olle7498 ですね。 それでも、彼が1日でも長く生きることを願います。西表でセマルハコガメ見たことないんですよ。他の人は、民宿の庭を歩いていたとか、デンサーターミナルの前にいたとかの情報はあるんですが、自分は見たことないんです。

私は上原付近～白浜港のエリアの道端でよく見かけます。自転車で回ると遭遇率が高いようで、この間はほぼ毎日見ました。雨上がりだと出てくる確率が高くなるのかな？（←あくまでも推測です。） 船浮の森や集落内にも何回か見つけたことがあります。

Thank you, glad you liked it!

この微妙な色合いでも魅力が伝わったようで嬉しいです！（雲のない凪の日にまた行きたい・・・） 網取湾へのツアーを主催する業者は複数あり、イダの浜や崎山湾とセットになることが多いです。検索してみて好みの内容で組んでいるところを選ぶといいと思います。 ちなみに私たちが参加したのは船浮の集落から出る「ふね家」主催のツアーで、網取湾＋崎山湾＋集落の歴史案内がセットでした。 ＊イダの浜は自力でも行きやすいから、あえてツアーで行かなくてもいい気がします。

コンドイビーチはもはや温泉のような感覚です！ 竹富島はほんと夕方～夜と早朝がいい。日帰りなんてもったいない！

ありがとうございます！ 森や川の音最高ですよね。

@@olle7498 西表島2度訪れましたが、凄く好きなところです😊

それ、100%同感です。西表島良すぎます！ これまでは４回行ったことあるのですが、もう住みたいくらいです。笑

Thanks a lot! Really appreciate you dropping by. It was a great walk and there are longer videos of it as well if you're interested (without music though). The camera is a simple GoPro Hero 8. It has its flaws but in general is pretty easy to use.

Thanks! I was actually quite disappointed by the amount of motion blur going on in this one. Seemed at the time it was definitely bright enough for the GoPro to keep up, but oh well.

After a quick peek at your channel, I thought you might also enjoy this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5qzfnSphNeWmpI (Although the sound gets distorted in slow motion and also by water entering the camera microphone.)

@@olle7498 wow

Hey, nice of you to drop by! Yeah I'm still filming stuff. The backlog is getting rather weighty and it's not easy keeping up. Hopefully I can get around to doing something with an OCR track again soon too. :)

いいでしょ！笑 （思いついたのは一緒にいた友達だったが・・・）

ありがとうございます！

Nice! Unfortunately I didn't have enough footage for the whole piece in my Hoshizuna video, but "Colours of the Winter Sky" is a fantastic song isn't it. :) "Eternal Beginnings" as well, which is what I used for the sunset video. As for "Aquatic Ambience", you'd think the Internet would be crawling with pro-level underwater videos using the song, but instead you get my amateur one. Happy you liked it! :) (Doesn't mean there aren't any other videos using the song. In fact I'd be surprised if I was actually first, and I'd love to find some more.) That is indeed one positive. Unfortunately travel plans are also much less certain - you don't really know if you can go to a place until you're actually there.

Any tips on good instrumental OCR songs by the way? I'm thinking I want to make a 5-or-so minute traditional Japanese townscape collage video in the not too far-off future.

Not sure, since I haven't listened to everything on their channel and I don't know if it would fit the tone of the video footage. It's also a bit hard to keep oversight with this many songs. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5myfYSnbNZskKs I come back to this one pretty regularly. The instruments and melody could fit, but it might be a bit too up-beat. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5qWl5qOfaqfl5o More somber medley. Could be interesting for editing. Good luck with whatever you may find and decide on.

On a side note, here is a different kind of recommendation you might appreciate. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpmym2WriLejmrM kzbin.info/www/bejne/kF6viJ-Mhcejick They are the only two of their kind from that channel, so enjoy.

Hey, thanks for the recommendations! The Myanmar video brought me back to a trip I made a few years back, when things still seemed to be progressing sort of in the right direction over there.