Trip to Shirakawa-go "Winter wonderland" 〜白川郷〜 Japan Vlog | easy Japanese home cooking recipe

[@JkMccandless]

I have watched many videos of this village but, you are the first one to show the souvenir shops! I love the miniature houses with real straw roofs. You took many good shots of the houses too. Thank you from New Mexico, USA.

[@taijiskitchen]

oh really? I did see some other video, just to review, but I didnt realize that. yes, I try to give new perspectives to my viewers.

[@Celeste77789]

Love watching your video's, Your English is so fluent and You went to such a beautiful place 😊You explained about it so well. You're the best! Thank you so much Taji-san for an amazing trip. Be safe and God bless 🙏🏻❤️

[@taijiskitchen]

thank you so much!!

[@veggiegirl3848]

So glad you were able to go on such a nice trip! Just lovely!

[@taijiskitchen]

thanx!!

[@Jasmine_breeze]

I'm writing this from Poland (Chopin's country) because I'm shocked at how similar our architecture is! Mountain villages in Poland once looked identical! Unfortunately, people replace old houses with new ones, and only in some places (e.g. the Bieszczady Mountains) have entire towns of this kind been preserved. We have a huge tourist town with similar architecture called Zakopane (literally: buried in the snow). If you ever want to see Chopin's places, maybe you will find time to see a mountain village? Zakopane is already very touristy - it is a resort with hotels, but smaller towns have their old charm 😊❤

[@krakowian]

What a wonderful trip, thank you for taking us with you. The views are dreamy! It is also very nice that you show recording of people speaking Japanese. I'm learning the language so hearing it here gives me another opportunity to hear native speakers in real situations.

[@Canada-life-nature]

Thanks 🙏 for sharing your experience with us appreciate ❤

[@777-To-Inspire.]

I'd love to come to Japan 💖 Beautiful landscapes😊✨

[@taijiskitchen]

hope you get the chance!

[@Nemure.]

Your vids are so relaxing to watch!

[@taijiskitchen]

relaxing?! really? glad to hear!

[@cheriebargery]

What a beautiful village! I haven't lived in a place with snow for over 25 years, so I like to look at it, but that's it! haha! Very interesting the different aspects of Japan, as you said, from beaches to snow. And your meal looked interesting how you cooked it at your table. I really enjoy these types of videos Taiji, so thank you for letting me experience a bit of your home country. 🙂

[@analizasaclote1400]

Wow..literally wonderland

[@taijiskitchen]

ya right?!

[@patriciastark7292]

Stunning village! Thank you for taking us along on your day trip! 👍💜

[@svetlanakhodachenko3841]

очень понравилось, красивая деревня. Моей бабушки в деревне тоже были такие крыши из камыша.

[@marthakjolsrud2660]

That was fun! Thank you.

[@taijiskitchen]

my pleasure!!

[@andreaknibbs9328]

I love how you show how much you enjoy the food! I don’t mind the slurping at all

[@taijiskitchen]

well, its a cooking channel, so my vlog has to contain some food, right?

[@RaquelS1983]

Can't wait to go to Japan. I need to save because I will lose my mind with food, the places to visit and the souvenirs

[@ira._.]

looks quite peaceful, will definitely be part of my bucket list ^---^

[@taijiskitchen]

its def. worth it!!

[@laurene2586]

Really enjoyed this video. It's so beautiful in the winter! Thanks for this very informative video!

[@taijiskitchen]

so glad to hear you like it!!

[@eclairkiet9196]

Nice! They have not much snow in winter wonderland hehe!

[@rahilaadnan369]

Wow beautiful place 👍💞

[@jo78633]

These are such interesting videos. Do more!

[@taijiskitchen]

i will!!

[@budgetbuyoutmisc.4916]

I just discovered your channel I watched the video about Japanese table manners and the video about miso udon your channel is great thank you

[@stefimandi186]

Thank you for sharing! Such a beautiful place! The structure of that roof is amazing. All those logs are tied together, that must require not only craftmanship but knowledge too! What is the life expectancy of such a roof? Here we also have some traditional roofs made of reed, they last surprisingly long.

[@taijiskitchen]

yes, most defiantly! as I read, the roofs need to be redone every 20-30 years.

[@putridione]

I like your video’s, insha Allah i will go to shirakawago at feb 2024 and i cant wait for the amazing view of snow in shirakawago

[@tomithot261]

Like traveling with you ... memories from places I've been and new spots to visit when I come back.

[@FeAngay-d2x]

Its beautiful place and i wish someday i go there.

[@Robug44]

I loved it there, in autumn. Thanks for showing your trip. 🍁🍁

[@Gizgirl70]

Thank you so much what a brilliant channel, I love the way you film and the Japanese tutorials! And the fish cam! :) So useful to have the Japanese grammar going along with the vlogs.

[@bernadetteb176]

My son was just explaining how energy to heat homes in Japan is incredibly expensive so I must prepare myself with lots of wool clothing to stay warm .

[@gumerzambrano]

Thank you so much for the informative and we'll shot video! I should be going late January

[@senseiksan9721]

Thank you for the tour in winter snow. I've been to Japan twice but in spring and always wish to go in winter to this place. Happy holidays.😁

[@taijiskitchen]

hope you get the chance. also if you come to Japan in the winter, skiing is also very nice!

[@mariagraziamanfrin]

Grazie! è davvero tutto molto bello!.....thank you, everything is really beautiful

[@skyesnow5857]

Konnichiwa iloveyour winter snow videos💙💙💙 I've been in Japan but only in Foukouka Oita City. Hope to visit some other places in Japan again soon👍 Thanks for sharing this video😘 New Subscriber here😍

[@xhareonxharein531]

really enjoy watching your video, keep it up!

[@shandichau4376]

Taiji, we've been there twice in Summer for day trip (from Nagoya, and Tayama) Shirakawago is very very beautiful in snow! Thank you!

[@MeowNguyen1802]

So beautiful!!!

[@taijiskitchen]

ummm, quiet... actually not so much bc of the tourists, but beautiful, yes!

[@dwalker6868]

Lovely thank you for sharing

[@justjan147]

Excellent video! Thank you for sharing your trip. 😊🌻❤️

[@taijiskitchen]

thank you for your comment!!

[@tarienbezuidenhout9101]

Love your videos. Very informative. Thank you for taking us along on your trip!

[@thirithein5099]

What a beautiful place! Thanks for sharing this. 😇

[@angelicamason1650]

What a beautiful village. Thanks for the video Taiji-san

[@schnipsischnips5719]

Wunderschön - danke! 😀

[@the-chipette]

Thank you for producing this very informative video. I found it educational and inspiring source to use in a fiction writing exercise (small family living in a Japanese village). 😊

[@budgetbuyoutmisc.4916]

All I can say about this is WOW

[@Gigiridgway]

Thank you for sharing Japanese videos, my name is Gigi and I was married to a second generation of Japanese man in Brazil, I have a daughter who’s mixed and 2 grandkids. I love the Japanese culture food and art, I’m an art teacher here in Florida and my favor subject are the ikebana flowers. When you can, can you share Japanese art. Thank you

[@barnazes]

Merci beaucoup Taiji San pour cette magnifique ballade en votre compagnie. c'est vraiment génial d'être avec vous plongé dans cette atmosphère unique tout en découvrant les us et coutumes. Salutations du Cosmos 💛💫🌠🛸

[@angelvides432]

Beautiful and wonderful ❤❤

[@DarylSauerwald-g7n]

The roof seem to be put to installed as they are in the west although thatch is more common then straw. Thank you from Idaho,USA.

[@serobboshnakyan1048]

wonderland

[@MEME-nm8mh]

WOW .... Like it a lot ... Thank you very much ... Waiting for more ...

[@taijiskitchen]

glad you like it! thanx! i have one more vlog coming up!

[@technoforever888]

What a wonderful tour! Thank you for sharing!

[@taijiskitchen]

glad you like it!!

[@colleenmcaleer9357]

Wow! What a place. Thanks for sharing.

[@taijiskitchen]

you are welcome! glad you like it!!

[@miriammanolov9135]

We got -16 celcius temperature in Michigan, USA. This video was fun to watch, perfect timing 😊

[@taijiskitchen]

wow, compare to that, its of course not that cold, lol.

[@Zombie_Spaceman]

This was so interesting! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@taijiskitchen]

glad you found it interesting!!

[@annemackey1512]

What a great video! Such a beautiful place to visit and that meal you had looked awesome!😄

[@taijiskitchen]

it was as delicious as it looked.

[@budgetbuyoutmisc.4916]

I really want to visit

[@linalau9824]

Love this video, thank you! I was there couple of years ago in summer! Very impressive views!

[@taijiskitchen]

yes, summer in Shirakawago is also beautiful.

[@hpoornimarao]

Wht a beautiful place

[@taijiskitchen]

yup, it sure was!

[@maequin31]

Yapari nipon ga ei I'm living in Japan before in Shinjuku Gunma ken and Nagoya,たのし方です。ありがとうございます🙏💖

[@taijiskitchen]

you mean, yapper Nippon ga ii, no? oh, you were in Nagoya? thats where I am originally from! どういたしまして〜〜！

[@katerinak4164]

So beautiful ! Thank you for sharing ! 👍

[@taijiskitchen]

my pleasure!!

[@edenespaldon6468]

I’m going there in May, Taiji.

[@taijiskitchen]

wow, thats soooo cool!!

[@moon2shadow]

Your videos are very helpful and thoroughly enjoyable. Once you are home would you consider doing some lessons about how to combine different containers to create a pleasant presentation of Japanese food? Learning to enhance the visual presentation is difficult for people raised in western art. Thank you again for such lovely videos.

[@faithwalker5196]

From the US. I love this video, it’s one of your best! 😊 I like how you explain how to get to the destination. I like how you show us around and show us some of the historical artifacts, including the houses. I love the scenery. No need to apologize for slurping! I do have one question: could you please explain what you were doing at the shrine? What is Shintoism? I hope you keep making videos. You are a gifted creator.

[@taijiskitchen]

Hi and thanx for your compliment!! to answer your question, pls wait for 2 weeks or so, I am making a video exactly on that topic, Japanese religion!! you'll get all you need to know about Shintoism!!

[@NekoArts]

Shirakawa-go is on my list of places I wanted to visit. Unfortunately, I'm not a fan of snow (it's nice to look at, but I don't want to be out walking around in it - I guess being a Swede and having to deal with Swedish winter has turned me off, haha) which is one of the reasons why I keep putting it off. One good thing to come out of covid though is the realization that life is short and that I need to stop putting things off until "later" so I will definitely make sure to visit in the near future.

[@taijiskitchen]

well, Shirakawago is also beautiful, whatever season you visit. i do agree about covid. thats also the reason I am making these videos now!!

[@rothschildianum]

Your look reminded me to those of Japanese soldiers who came to South East Asia in the 40s.

[@colleenrodamer9497]

What a beautiful view omg that food yummy thanks for sharing this with us ❤❤❤❤❤

[@taijiskitchen]

glad you like it!!

[@franciscinho]

well that is bloody lovely

[@taijiskitchen]

yes, it was!

[@appleknocker4245]

How very interesting, as well as educational. I love learning new things from around the world and from many different cultures. Love and respect, this was very lovely to watch~

[@taijiskitchen]

nice to hear you like it!

[@raymondmumford6255]

Just beautiful

[@taijiskitchen]

thanx!

[@emanarham6443]

Wowww beautiful 😍

[@waterjade4198]

Wow! This was a beautiful video! Thank you for the experience of the journey to this village through your eyes! Though I laughed when you said it was cold. It doesn't look like it could be that much colder then -5C. The sidewalk was slushy so to me that's quite warm. I'm from Canada; last weekend was about -29C with the windchill, now that's what I call cold!

[@taijiskitchen]

well, ya, compare to Canada, its not that cold at all, lol.

[@herlinamabeza9310]

Thank you so much for this content

[@taijiskitchen]

glad you like it!!

[@EmileDorvan]

amazing!

[@katalinhajdu6393]

ありがとう ❤

[@taijiskitchen]

どういたしまして〜〜！

[@michelemaio8399]

Perfect English! Great

[@milagrosabrendavillamor9705]

I wish I could come to Japan this year 🙏😍🥰💖

[@taijiskitchen]

I wish you good luck!

[@morenaonthemove]

When was this? We are going to Takayama after Christmas and would like to make a side trip to Shirakawago, but not if there's no snow.

[@taijiskitchen]

this was Jan 1st 2023. here you can check out the live camera: www.vill.shirakawa.lg.jp/1495.htm

[@morenaonthemove]

@@taijiskitchen wow thanks for the link to the live cam, that really helps!

[@mahantayyapatil6040]

ಹಳ್ಳಿ ತುಂಬಾ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿದೆ, ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು 🙏

[@arlene1212]

Great video! I enjoyed see the homes, what is their heating system?

[@taijiskitchen]

thanx! the heating is the fire in the middle, called Irori. but nowadays of course normal electric or gas heater.

[@kimsherlock8969]

Yukihero Ishikawa My friend came from the mountains and the snow.

[@darwinkius]

Taiji, do you know how the houses were heated traditionally or how they are heated now? Thanks for another excellent episode!

[@taijiskitchen]

in the old days, it was done by the fire in the middle, called Irori. but nowadays of course normal electric or gas heater as well.

[@IceCream-hp7mm]

Do you think it would be easy to get off at Suganuma and then continue to Shirakawa-go? Or would it be hard to get a bus from Suganuma?

[@jupha]

Which month we can see the snow fall here?

[@riaconradt2554]

Ich werde in April ein paar Stunden in Shirakawa-go verbringen. Es ist Teil unseres Japan-Tours. Leider kann ich nich dort übernachten. Wäre schön gewesen. Ich hoffe, die Zeit, die ich dort verbringe, reicht um mindestens das Ort gut zu erkunden. But, otherwise, I can always come back by myself. I‘d love to see that night sky.

[@taijiskitchen]

ja ein paar stunden würde eigentlich reichen, es ist schon kleine Dorf. ich war da nur 5 stunden.

[@zhonzhonzhon]

Hi, is Early April still snowing? or already melt? thanks in advance.

[@mekagoten]

Thank you for the video. Very informative. I had a question: Did you go there just for the day, or did you rent a hotel to spend the night ?

[@gitahp6621]

Hi, what a beautiful video of shirakawa go… may i asked you, what month exactly when you go there?cause i’m planning to go on 20s February, thank you in advance ☺️

[@yummyfoodtravel4776]

Hi love your video ! I will going on late February 24 will there be snow ?

[@taijiskitchen]

I cannot guarantee it, but in most years, yes. skiing season goes usually in this area until mid or sometimes late March.

[@aneZzz90]

Hello, what name the restaurant you get lunch? i want to search in google maps.. thank you

[@taijiskitchen]

I think it was a restaurant called Shirao: www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g1119912-d7076048-Reviews-Shiraogi-Shirakawa_mura_Ono_gun_Gifu_Prefecture_Tokai_Chubu.html

[@aneZzz90]

Thank you for the info..

[@greccomartinez1324]

Hi!may i know your exact date you were in Shirakawago?thank you!

[@taijiskitchen]

I think January 2nd. you can actually see the date at 00:02.

[@dhanopolmusicschool]

Hello ! I miss Japan! I've seen snow in Niigata.. I've been to Tokyo but the snow is not much..Where were you born?;)

[@taijiskitchen]

i was born and raised in Nagoya. also not much snow, but we have several good ski resorts with 2 hours.

[@Linqian-z4y]

👍

[@dagmarluttgen3894]

Omoshiroi desu

[@taijiskitchen]

arigato--!

[@ЖаннаАракелян-г2щ]

🥰🌄🏡

[@babloosony]

Hi Taiji... how to contact you ? email-id ?

[@taijiskitchen]

you can write a DM to me on IG account.

[@kinkstou]

amazing!