Day in the Japanese Countryside - NAGANO

Take it slow in the mountains in the Japanese countryside for a weekend with me! I'll be taking you around a small city called Ina, located in a valley in Nagano Prefecture.
Locations featured:
Ina City: bit.ly/InaCityOfficial
Takato Joshi Park: bit.ly/TakatoJoshiPark
Shichimentei (Soba Restaurant): bit.ly/Shichimentei_Soba
Supermarket: bit.ly/BellShine_LocalSuperma...
Mountain Cabin mökki: bit.ly/mokki_airbnb
Takazuya Mountain View: bit.ly/TakazuyaMountainView
Matsunoeda Terraces (Local Cafe): bit.ly/MatsunoedaTerraces_Loc...
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - 1:55 Castle Park
1:56 - 4:25 Lunch
4:26 - 4:55 Local Supermarket
4:56 - 7:23 Mountain Cabin Room Tour
7:24 - 8:35 Wood Chopping & Bath
8:36 - 13:13 Dinner
13:14 - 13:50 Winding down
13:51 - 15:56 Breakfast
15:57 - 16:39 Meeting the owner
16:40 - 17:33 Mountain View
17:34 - 20:27 Local Cafe

[@seerasan]

I'm SO excited to share journey to Ina in Nagano with you guys! Which spot was your favourite?? 😍 Also ready to book a trip back to mökki ASAP!

[@thewuwu]

cabin....the sights and sounds are so soothing & relaxing

[@danopticon]

The CAT!!! :3

[@fan0911]

Lovely Mi ちゃん for sure!!

[@K-M0]

I could spend an age in that bath, just watching nature.

[@AntonioMartinez-hp1gh]

Cool

[@leelahland]

Oh wow, that little cabin and the owner taking you mushroom picking was super sweet! I also love that there was a stand for cutting wood, never seen one of those before. That's nice and accessible for the uncoordinated folk like me haha.

[@DannyJapanny]

Great video as someone who lives in Nagano it is awesome to see someone checking out this wonderful prefecture! Thank you and I agree the leaves are so pretty

[@seerasan]

I loveee Nagano so much! Always happy to go back :)

[@MiddleAgedSwedeGoesForAWalk]

The cabin seems really nice! I do enjoy spending time in nature, but prefer doing so in moderate amounts, having a cabin with a proper bed and running water is, in my opinion, a far superior way of spending time surrounded by nature compared to sleeping in a tent or similar. 😀

[@halcyonandon]

The cabin looked so gorgeous and relaxing with the outdoor bath. The cafe was also super cute!

[@amandahayward]

I loved the whole area and the cabin was so beautiful. I bet that you felt so relaxed after this trip ☺️. I love nature 😍

[@SabishiiOokami]

I love seeing a quieter side of a big busy town/city. Thank you for sharing your experience!

[@salade99]

Nagano is my favorite prefecture next to Hokkaido. it's known for mountains and I love nature there.

[@HoJSimpson]

I never visited Japan yet, but I love Mountains. I think a Nice little mountainy Vacation Home in this Area would be a dream. With a small adjacent Wood Workshop...one can dream lol

[@chelseacarpenter2302]

This is the Japanese trip I want! I did the cities last time but next time I go, since it will be in autumn, I want to go to the country side and go camping! Thank you for showing the beauty of Japan and the nature! I'm so excited to get back! Much love from Arizona 💜💜

[@scloh1]

That view of the mountain range was stunning. Would definitely love to stay somewhere like that with the wood fire stove and no distractions. Pizza would be on the menu often.

[@Chuck8541]

Was waiting for Tom Nook, and Isabelle to come over and congratulate you on your cooking. haha Looks like an awesome place - so much fun!

[@tweet2999]

Looks like a nice place to unwind and decompress for a few days... I'm a introvert this place is heaven on earth for someone like me. 😌

[@daimus]

That cat was spicy. My favourite kind.. how they like disapprovingly meow at you like "why aren't you patting me, ok you're patting me now, but don't forget you need to pat me". haha!

[@Highwind2013]

I love the tour of the mountain cabin!, reminds me of my scout days where my group would travel from one bnb to another in the country side where we learned how to read a map and basic survival skills. doing these types of trips really teaches you what is the most value in life and a great way reset your mindset and relax, thank you for sharing this with us!

[@RolandoNispiros]

How beautiful! Would love to visit and try all the wonderful food.

[@byghostlight1]

Well I was having a stressy and hot day in Sydney but this was a perfect way to chill.

[@seerasan]

I heard it was 40 degrees there today! 💦 Stay cool & hydrated...!!

[@Del-Lebo]

Literally!!! 🥰❄🏔

[@isaacplaysbass8568]

Fab travel video Sarah(& Daichi) RE Chillies; the seeds themselves aren't spicy, it's the whitish tissue that they're attached to, and any chilli oil/juice that may /may not be on the seed that is spiciest. But the seeds themselves are not spicy. I think that a lot of chefs and cookbook authors regurgitate the "exclude seeds because they're spicy" myth simply becuase they haven't tested/experimented. Fab pizza too. I'm envious of your hot tub etc. Thank you for sharing.

[@thatnerdykid1]

can confirm as someone from north east usa that camping is indeed life

[@wanderingjadah]

That cabin looks so cool. I love that outdoor bath, sauna and that round cooking set-up looked interesting.

[@charlesstorey8425]

Such a beautiful place. Thanks so much for showing us around. Mi chan wa kawaii 🙂

[@garrytuohy9267]

That view of the Alps was worth the trip alone. But the Curry Soup was a feast for the eyes.

[@MajorAddiction]

great storytelling and editing

[@hollythea7819]

This whole video made me feel like I was watching a Ghibli movie - lovely 🥰

[@seerasan]

Honestly felt like I was transported into the Ghibli universe!

[@ajk.659]

Another awesome video - love that you were able to get a veggie curry - rare in Japan but seeing a little more veggie options than in the past - lots of fun to watch!

[@esce69]

Your bright-eyed enthusiasm always makes me smile inside.

[@shimi_raikkonen]

Nagano…possibly my favorite area of Japan, equal with the green tea fields around Mishima. Loved how your eyes lit up for Ra-yu. 🤣 The sauna is always a game changer for me… Clever that they provide a way to chop wood without an axe. Nice cross chop skills Great travel vlog 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@seerasan]

Thank you for watching 😊

[@Del-Lebo]

Thank you so much for sharing the wonder!!! @@seerasan

[@nagasako7]

So many people are traveling to Nagano this 2023 Winter

[@seerasan]

Worth travelling to!

[@Del-Lebo]

Oh my goodness!!! The natural beauty of Japan's countryside is just brilliant and awe inspiring!!! Camping in that are would be so amazing!!! 🥰😝💞

[@Dddddddassss]

Awesome video 😊 keep it up

[@createddyrin]

Wow your camera looks amazing!! The experience at the mountain cabin looks so tanoshisou too!!

[@firedox365]

Great video Sarah. That cabin in the woods look like a nice and relaxing place.

[@kellyscott5675]

This looked so nice and cozy. I have lived in a home heated with wood, so appreciate the work and the chilly mornings. Beautiful video, thanks for sharing.

[@theDWshow]

Looking forward to this. You’re smashing it lately!

[@seerasan]

Thank you for watching! 😊 Appreciate it so much!

[@Sabrina96]

Love nature and that place is so beautiful and relaxing. The sounds of nature and the fresh air, trees, woodland creatures...ahhh! And pizza too! Lovely places and kitty

[@88divinegrace]

More of this content please and thank you for sharing.

[@angelad7445]

The leaves are so pretty

[@ooen]

Looove how enthousiastic you get about things!! Omg!! SO makes your day!! ❤

[@jensebu78]

I love the idea of the bells. So the bear always knows where the food is 😂 Nice video. Looks like a good place to stay!

[@mistersmith158]

seerasan I just recently discovered your channel & love it. You are so cute and have great energy. I love Japan. Arigato!

[@jorgesaki7849]

Thanks a lot Sarah, I enjoyed your video!😊😊😊😊😊

[@seerasan]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@wasabigirl2004]

Loved your video, Sarah. A great addition to my list of 'must visit' places in Japan.

[@f.lopezjmz]

Yay!! another episode of my favorite anime! I mean!! My favorite channel haha!!

[@BertLensch]

The cabin in the forest is definitely my vibe.

[@seerasan]

Me too 😍

[@skywarrior1004]

Wow this place is sooo pretty 😍😍😍!!!

[@Del-Lebo]

The wood chopping is easier if you use a heavy log instead of a hammer!!! Wider surface to contact the chunk you need to chop! LOL!!! I love this video SO Much!!! Amazing!!!!!

[@ulomeli079]

What a great episode! So beautiful

[@vonplus00]

the soup curry looked amazing!!! Really cool to see the forests ofJapan, it would also be cool to see you explore the rural landscape more, like old towns and something like that.

[@seerasan]

Definitely keen to keep exploring small rural towns in future!

[@leer.2137]

b e a u t I f u l l ✨️ one of these days I hope to finally travel and go too Japan ~ thank you for all the beautiful stuff ! note; yeah...you have to spin those pizzas whilst' cooking, and drizzle some oil over them, when they're just vegetables and cheese/sauce 👍

[@aaron_333]

Really enjoyed your video! I've been to Japan many times but stayed mostly in the cities, so I'm enjoying your videos of all the more remote towns/cities which give a very different and rustic experience! Putting together a new travel itinerary for my next trip!

[@seerasan]

Thank you so much :) Good luck with your travel plans!

[@moonfisherman]

That first pizza was only a little burnt?! Joking aside, that place looks really fun! It’s inspiring me to look up some cabins around my area and enjoy the outdoors.

[@kankun123]

i look forward to your videos. like the presentation and the general tone. cabin was the most interesting part in the video imo.

[@gilh8569]

OH MY that place is amazing 🙂

[@kinone4299]

I live in ina city! But, I have never visited to Shitimentei , mokki , and Takazuya maintain. Your video made me want to go to those areas!! I go glossary shopping to bell shine. The supper market is my favorite 🥰 They carry a lot of fresh and organic veggies ✨ I can’t wait to Watch your next trip in Ina city!!

[@seerasan]

Can't wait to travel back to Ina again, you're lucky to live there! Hope you can check out those spots sometime :)

[@user-rk9uj4qe7d]

So nice

[@kimmossige263]

This is really great!! I was in Japan for the first time in November 2023, and it was the best 18 days of my life. I want to chase that feeling, I want to learn Japanese and travel to more remote places, like you do. May I ask, what's your back story with Japan? Do you live there, or do you only travel there? Did you learn Japanese before starting to explore Japan properly? I want to go back in a few years, and I wonder how much Japanese I should learn before my second run. Anyways, great to watch and experience these trips with you on video. All the best!! 😊

[@MakiM-xt6mk]

The all places you shared to us looked amazing! I definitely wanna check the cafe and hot spring 😍😍

[@christianknight9669]

This is so relaxing 😎

[@jrcool01]

Love it!

[@TheNin-Jedi]

This video is such a treat. That outside bath looked great. Besides the threat of bears of course. =P

[@ehmmmjay9907]

Lol at 5:44, that's a wood stove!

[@seerasan]

lmao I totally forgot the english word for it 😂

[@VerhoevenSimon]

Thank you for sharing the journey.

[@seerasan]

Thanks for watching!

[@BenfromBrilliantSide]

Love this video! That bread looks nice and thick 15:50. And that cabin is amazing!

[@beckyairey6219]

Sarah your videos are my faves! So chill to watch 😊

[@incognito_tk2424]

So nice Vlog ❣️ & it’s awesome interesting ❗️ Thanks for introducing a beautiful Japanese scenery & foods , it looks so delicious and yummy ✌️🍁 I’d love to ‼️🥰 i had fun with this video 👍 And also i’m looking forward to seeing the new content ‼️Ciao🫶🇯🇵

[@K-M0]

Looks so nice there, I was in Japan for a while recently and I never made it over to Nagano. Will have to come back asap!!

[@seerasan]

Yesss! So worth a trip out that! 😍

[@a-un7952]

全てが素敵でした。 自分が実体験してる気分になれました。

[@flavorhostage]

That looks like a relaxing trip!

[@seerasan]

Sooo relaxing! 😍

[@user-yi2gp8wr2s]

Thank you for your posting🍁🍂 投稿、ありがとうございます🍁🍂 I had lived in Nagano (Matsumoto-City) for 3 years🏠 私は、３年間、長野県（松本市）に住んでいました🏠

[@roccodemaro4305]

I like your energy, Seerasan :)

[@ymatsun70]

Thank you very much for providing a lot of tips for enjoying Japan as well as your great insights with us Japanese as well!! I could rediscover unnoticed values through your videos and comments. Hope more and more people watch your videos and visit Japan. Looking forward to your next journey !!

[@SammichParty]

bro you had me at that BREAKFAST 😍

[@seerasan]

was SO GOOD!

[@Filhelm]

Hi! Love your channel. Fun fact! Mökki is the word for cabin in Finnish and that cabin looked heavily inspired by Finnish cabins. ;)

[@sm-do8nm]

Looks incredible 😍

[@MegaBeePrimeSupreme]

I don't know because it's your latest video but i think it might be my favourite, as someone who has lived in Brisbane his whole life and done nore enjoyed camping, i want to experience everything you have just done.! Can not wait for the return trip. All the best from back home.

[@seerasan]

Thank you so much! Hope you can experience this in Ina someday! :)

[@ravenslight31]

Reminds me of our backyard here in rockies mountains 😊

[@raphaeldejesus5013]

Whoa, I’ve gotta check these out the next time I’m here :) nice vid as always!

[@seerasan]

Highly recommend visiting! Thanks for always watching :))

[@KGC210]

I was beginning to think you were trying to chop wood solely with a hammer at first 😅 The countryside is beautiful though.

[@megatrons5187]

im loving your channel....its one of my favourites....please keep going

[@seerasan]

Thank you for watching! :)

[@leevitalone]

Thanks!

[@seerasan]

Thank you so much again! 😊

[@jimwoodworth9130]

Hi Sara. Great video. Thanks for going to the trouble of adding links to the places featured in your videos. Ina looks so idyllic.

[@seerasan]

Hope you get the chance to visit, such a lovely area!

[@genchan1224able]

信州・長野といえばやっぱりお蕎麦ですよね。めっちゃ美味しそう。啜る(すする)のも上手い✨

[@user-gz2oq6cv1b]

郷土料理と温泉♨️ 自分へのご褒美ですね。💯

[@user-el7kt9uo2s]

12:04 チーズが溶けて落ちるピザを美味しそうに頬張る　幸せすぎる！！

[@bork0992]

Was great running into you at the Chureito Pagoda! Your videos helped with my trip planning :) keep up the great work! -Kayla

[@seerasan]

HI!! Thanks for saying hello! Hope you enjoyed your Fuji trip 🥰

[@ob1quixote]

Lots of people wants to see the cities of Japan, but give me the mountains and forests, please.

[@user-binten]

If you take the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Tokyo Station, it will take less than 2 hours to get to Nagano Prefecture. Nagano hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics. Due to its mountainous geographical characteristics, it is unsuitable for rice cultivation, but is famous for growing soba noodles and fruit trees. Japanese soba, wine, sake, and dairy products are very delicious. Rich nature, historic townscape.

[@user-ct8tv5lg4e]

What an absolute dream fall destination!!! 🍁🍳✨

[@seerasan]

Perfect autumn getaway location!!

[@seebastian5834]

I hear it's easy to tell if Japanese bears are in the vicinity due to their droppings. They are easy to distinguish from other animal droppings because they tend to contain a lot of bells... 🤪

[@techytube7764]

the crazy thing is according to official data Tokyo is 9.2% cheaper than Dublin Ireland is insanely expensive

[@janusu]

Great video! Nagano in autumn looks wonderful! I hope Daichi got to enjoy the pizza with you after working so hard on the firewood! Have you been to Koya-san? It's about an hour train ride south of Osaka. Would love it if you did some research on it and made a video about it. It's home to many buddhist monks, and very rustic and relaxing. There's a cemetery there that has many famous people and goes back over a thousand years! I went there on several weekend trips while living in the Kansai area.

[@seerasan]

Yess Daichi also enjoyed his own pizza afterwards :) I have been to Koya-san before, would love to go back there to film a video next time!

[@baurochs2283]

This looks amazing and looks like an amazing vacation/retreat, but as an american idk if i can call this countryside, but putting into perspective countryside means in other countries

[@nagasako7]

Thumbnail is Christian Bale Sigma Male relaxing meme 😂 but Seera in Japanese rural forest

[@LinksRoyal]

thank you for sharing your experience with us! japan is such a wonderful place with its culture and nature! Warm regards and Christmas greetings from Singapore!

[@robertsmithshair4199]

Absolute chaos 😂 “I have one of these long things…”

[@brianchar-bow3273]

Japan's original country name "NIPPON” means "the land under the sun" , but another name is "YAMATO(WA)” , meaning “Peacefully Harmony among People and Nature”.　 So Japan's name means “the Land under the Sun” and” the Land of "Great Harmony of People and Nature,” The history of Japan is very old, about 2,000 years since the Emperor's reign, but humans began to live in villages and communities in this island nation about 14,000 years ago, during “the JOMON pottery” culture. (That's 30,000 years ago, if you count the Neolithic period.) Surrounded on all sides by the sea and geographically isolated from the Eurasian continent in the Pacific Ocean, this island nation has a warm and humid climate and is blessed with abundant underground clear water resources, diverse vegetation, and fishery resources. For this reason, people have lived here for tens of thousands of years, enjoying nature and living in peace with it. However, while the natural environment of this island nation is rich, it is also harsh, with both light and dark sides. Since ancient times, the people of this land have lived in peace by respecting human harmony and working together as a group, and have shared and enjoyed the blessings of nature by overcoming many harsh and severe natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and typhoons by sharing wisdom and working together as a group. This is because this island nation has a harsh natural environment that cannot be overcome by the power of one individual. The ancient Japanese name of the country, "YAMATO (DAI-WA)" or "WA" (Great Harmony of People and Nature)、 represents the desire and reality of people trying to survive in the unique natural environment of an island nation, which is different from the dry and stable land of the Eurasian continent. And it is in this ancient Japanese country name that the essence of Japanese culture and the source and secret of the emergence of a unique Japanese culture different from the cultures of other Asian countries on the continent are hidden.

[@artorius_856]

Is the cabin name Finnish inspired because ”Mökki” literally means cabin/cottage in Finnish?

[@seerasan]

Ooo could be! Especially since they have a sauna too!

[@tiinah-b2326]

@@seerasanI’m Australian but my parents came here from Finland and as soon as I saw the word, I stopped the video to come here to say the same. I would definitely say they chose the Finnish word for cottage because many Japanese love Marimekko (Finnish fabric company), Moomin (Finnish cartoon character) and Iittala cups with Moomin on them, and all things Finnish! There are many Japanese here in Sydney that shop in the Marimekko store. I’ll continue to watch the rest of your video now. 🥰

[@suzukigui]

❤

[@MattJP2024]

こんなにいい宿を、どうやって見つけたの⁉️

[@xXMasterChrizXx]

Your outfits are cute and your excitement is infectious!!! This video is also incredibly beautiful 🥺 have you ever thought about doing a video with Norm (tokyolens)? Your energies are so similar in your videos I love it