Wow I’m getting goosebumps when Kanae mentioned about Oshin. I used to watch it with my mum and aunt when I was young! It was really popular in Singapore!
I was really sad to miss this one -- I've wanted to travel to Yamagata for years. Yamagata prefecture is Colorado's Sister State, and Yamagata city is Boulder's Sister City. Lots of connections between Colorado and Yamagata, and I've come to know some great people from Yamagata. Thanks for the fun look at the onsen area, John and Kanae!
Thank you Gill for that wonderful information. If we had a traditional Salon things like this could be shared. I miss that, sharing of each other's history and knowledge. take care friend.
When I was a kid visiting my mother's village near Ginzan Onsen, hardly anyone outside of Yamagata had heard of that place. Then came that TV show (Oshin), and Ginzan was discovered. Still, other than that one nutty modernized 'F' ryokan, they have done a decent job of keeping the area simple and rustic.
btw is that true that Oshin shooting was in this area? and when I was there, it seems like the ryokan guy said that one of the hotel own by Oshin :) not sure of the info because the guy speaks in Japanese and i can't really understand everything...
@@kurniawatyirwan9065 Yes, Ginzan was one of the shooting locations of that show. Oshin's mother worked at one of the onsen inns there as an 'entertainer.' The very first episode shows an old-lady Oshin at Ginzan before the story travels back in time.
@@jacksan1 woww.. an interesting fact, i not really remember the whole story. Oshin tv show is very famous back then. I've watched it till finish. I think I have to watch again. Wish to go back to Ginzan Onsen again one day. One night stay is actually too short to enjoy the ambience, but the ryokan is pretty expensive :(
I stayed in Ginzan Onsen last month. Travel by train all the way from Hakodate up to Oishida and we were being picked up by hotel shuttle bus in the Oishida Station. It is a really wonderful experience that have been in my travel list since long time, and finally I made it to Ginzan Onsen!
Hi! I'm watching from Brazil and I love your videos, specially when you walk around the streets and show us the real life, the japanese culture, small cities, temples, the buildings, the ordinary life! Thank you, John! I've been in Japan twice and I love this coutry! I wish to be there in november, 2021! 🙌
We're having a bad heat wave here in Dallas, TX right now. I decided to watch snow videos from your collection to help beat the heat. It's nice to see.
In case anyone was wondering, "Oshin" is an early 1980s historical drama set in the Meiji to Showa periods, based on a fictional person modelled after the founder of Yaohan, a now defunct department store.
Yes, I watch it in Singapore when I was a little girl. I used to admire the character who overcame so much hardship and became successful but still remain humble.
Thanks John and Kanae for this streaming. Ginzan Onsen is an amazing place to be there. I am definite is visiting this place one day. With the lights on in the evening you're on a romantic date with a beautiful woman.
Nice and thanks for your vlogs. Happy birthday Kanae. We will explore places outside Tokyo next time we visit Japan. We were in Tokyo 2 months ago. Hopefully this year end. Jess from NZ
Just watched this video. Thanks for sharing. Hope we can go there the nxt time we visit Japan. My husband works in Osaka tho, maybe that place is too far from there. - from the Philippines 😊
I hope to get there someday. But first i hope my illness goes away. It really isn’t really a nice couple of years for me but hopefully this year would go smoother. And will be the first time i’m visit this beautiful country
Nice video and scenery. I am glad that you have your wife in the video but I wish there was a way to have both of you in the same frame more often. She has good insights too. I think that you know what I mean. It looks like a nice trip and your food critiques are always neat. As always thanks for sharing Japan with me and the rest of the world.
I don’t have my wide angle lens with me. She speaks when she wants to :) I don’t push her. I try to ask her questions. She doesn’t want to be a youtuber so I’m glad for the effort. Always best to get info from someone who grew up here in Japan!
vote4freedom i was so surprised! Maybe because the population is low - or the older generation doesn’t check their phones 10 times a day 😂 (i’d better put my phone away!)
Beautiful! Kanaguya ryokan in Shibu Onsen outside Nagano is also said to be a major inspiration for the bath house in Spirited Away. I stayed there in 2009. It was magic! Highly recommended! :)
Unbelievable, right? The compact cars get the luggage to the hotels but the transport bus stops at the big bridge and we walk the 200 meters to the hotel.
Hi John and Kanae, Watching you from Noboribetsu, Hokkaido., another Onsen town in Japan. John was there a couple of years ago. Have a good one. Dennis
On the subject of old school Japanese trust. I visited Tokyo 20+ years ago and when our local bank contacts took us out to lunch or dinner they paid using their business cards! No cash or credit cards just a small square of fancy paper - amazing!
Gorgeous scenery. Hope you and Kanae celebrate her birthday dining on fine kaiseki cuisine and enjoying the furo. Did you know that the Fujiya Inn (about three ryokan away from yours) was designed by Kengo Kuma?
John Snow is fun since I have never been in a place full of snow *-* Have an amazing day and maybe hike up the mountains when the weather's good? Looking forward to the room tour stream ^ Today's street food share is 70/30 and 70 for Kanae since it's her birthday week u-u
No hiking 🥾 but we will be back in warmer weather :) haha! Yes, Kanae gets to have more this week (and anytime she wants) for her birthday 🎂 now we have to go find a cake!!
$130 a night with 2 kaiseki is an affordable price. I would totally make plans to stay in Ginzan Onsen on my next Japan trip. I heard you can use all the onsen in town if you stay at one of the ryokans.
I really want to go here or anywhere in Japan with an onsen, also I live in the UK and one of the hotels in the village where I grew up charges upwards of 700 usd per night to stay in some of the expensive rooms!
This place is gorgeous! And I’m surprised how warm it is to you both. Kanae, is John saying Yokan, not ryokan...just so those non-Japanese speaking know the difference. It is difficult.🤔🥰
You have to plan well, traveling ANYWHERE, you are competing for the more popular places - first come, first served 😉 … with that said, always worth calling to see if someone cancelled.
I have been in Yamadera last july, i guess it is near Yamagata. what a wonderful place! have you already been in Kurobe Gorge (next Toyama)? what a spetacular and amazing place! Highly recommended!!!
Gewglesux it’s micro 4/3 so 20mm is a 40mm full frame lens. It’s a sweet spot for a street camera. Good bokeh but also super sharp with landscapes and wide enough to get a lot in.
@@onlyinjapanGO Ahh... M43!! That is indeed the sweet spot!! I just got into Street Stuff.. I like a good sharp lens while street shooting. Thanks for the reply.
Hello, Just joined a couple of weeks ago. I started watching Anime a few years ago and got interested in Japan. I really Wish you could send me some snacks and sweets. the Waterfall was Beautiful. Happy Belated Birthday!!
Hi Lisa, I do send gift boxes to supporters in Patreon in the DAIMYO level, snacks from locals areas I visit while travel to shoot the videos. I think there may be one open spot but it’s often sold out. patreon.com/onlyinjapan I also send a monthly postcard with nice stamp to all Daimyo. There’s a kITkAT Givaway now for followers on Instagram IG: onlyinjapantv
I happened to reread the book "Kiri no mukou no fushigina machi" today. People say "Spirited Away" is inspired by this book. You know what, the village the main character "Rina" went to is "Ginzan Mura" or 銀山村 . I bet the author of "Kiri no mukou no fushigina machi" was inspired by Ginzan Onsen. Must be!
Thank you both for showing this, looking forward to going back to Japan with my wife and kids. Love the Kansai area.
Wow I’m getting goosebumps when Kanae mentioned about Oshin. I used to watch it with my mum and aunt when I was young! It was really popular in Singapore!
Thanks for making us dreaming with such great vlogs on Japan. What a beautiful country!
Happy Birthday to your wonderful wife!
Kinda reminds me of a rural Swiss landscape. Beautiful snow roof tops!
I was really sad to miss this one -- I've wanted to travel to Yamagata for years. Yamagata prefecture is Colorado's Sister State, and Yamagata city is Boulder's Sister City. Lots of connections between Colorado and Yamagata, and I've come to know some great people from Yamagata. Thanks for the fun look at the onsen area, John and Kanae!
Thank you Gill for that wonderful information. If we had a traditional Salon things like this could be shared. I miss that, sharing of each other's history and knowledge. take care friend.
That entire town is so beautiful. The stores and storefronts, super relaxing.
Happy Birthday, Kanae!
Happy birthday Kanae! Hi John I'm enjoying watching your videos showing around Japan.
Oh, that's so beautiful. And the snow just adds to it's beauty.
We went there on December 30. Hey the pile of snow that my daugther put on next to Hyaku Gin engraving stone is still there at 33:16!!!
This place looks so beautiful!
When I was a kid visiting my mother's village near Ginzan Onsen, hardly anyone outside of Yamagata had heard of that place. Then came that TV show (Oshin), and Ginzan was discovered. Still, other than that one nutty modernized 'F' ryokan, they have done a decent job of keeping the area simple and rustic.
btw is that true that Oshin shooting was in this area? and when I was there, it seems like the ryokan guy said that one of the hotel own by Oshin :) not sure of the info because the guy speaks in Japanese and i can't really understand everything...
@@kurniawatyirwan9065 Yes, Ginzan was one of the shooting locations of that show. Oshin's mother worked at one of the onsen inns there as an 'entertainer.' The very first episode shows an old-lady Oshin at Ginzan before the story travels back in time.
@@jacksan1 woww.. an interesting fact, i not really remember the whole story. Oshin tv show is very famous back then. I've watched it till finish. I think I have to watch again. Wish to go back to Ginzan Onsen again one day. One night stay is actually too short to enjoy the ambience, but the ryokan is pretty expensive :(
awesome waterfall love that, thanks for showing that
I stayed in Ginzan Onsen last month. Travel by train all the way from Hakodate up to Oishida and we were being picked up by hotel shuttle bus in the Oishida Station. It is a really wonderful experience that have been in my travel list since long time, and finally I made it to Ginzan Onsen!
Great stream! I really like the views. お疲れ様です!
Hi! I'm watching from Brazil and I love your videos, specially when you walk around the streets and show us the real life, the japanese culture, small cities, temples, the buildings, the ordinary life! Thank you, John! I've been in Japan twice and I love this coutry! I wish to be there in november, 2021! 🙌
Yap. He makes sense doing all that work. I loved his videos when he was in the other channel before leaving it and now love this too.
Belated happy birthday Kanai! Great looking onsen town! Reminds me of Naboribetsu.
Reminds me of mountain town Colorado. Very beautiful place.
Beautiful place on earth.
Love the old style onsen...the paintings are very historical
Japan is so cool
We're having a bad heat wave here in Dallas, TX right now. I decided to watch snow videos from your collection to help beat the heat. It's nice to see.
That’ll cool you down a bit 😅❄️
Beutifull town, it looks so calm and relaxed. Enjoy the birthday trip.
Enjoying your videos, visited Yamagata prefecture in 1999. Best greetings from Finland.
Pretty good watching this.
Such stunning scenery! I still think you should have stood under that hot waterfall! 😜👍
Hi John, great video. Haven't been to japan in about 15 years. Makes me want to visit again. Miss the snow and cold.
thansk for showing me your trip.
Thanks John for the video. It gives us another place to visit. Kazue says thank you to Kanae-San for your sweet reply.
It’s so much fun when you make your videos with Kanai
Such yummy foods there the traditional ways!!!!!
@7:20 beautiful!!! ♥️
Love tofu also!!!!
Good times guys!!!! ✌️
That looked awesome place to visit.
I have been there in 2017. It was good place to visit I must say that.
Hi i'm watching from Malaysia, where its hot and humid all year round. really envious seeing you guys amidst snowy background, its really cool
beautiful
Was there mid Dec. Looks liken the snow fall is still in jan. Wld n even more beautiful with loads of snow
I'd like to go to kinosaki onsen on my next Japan trip, I hear they have good crab in the winter
A belated Happy birthday to Kanae!!!!
(Oshin fan here!!!!)
beautiful thanks Ralph...
Wax on, wax off
Love you guys
In case anyone was wondering, "Oshin" is an early 1980s historical drama set in the Meiji to Showa periods, based on a fictional person modelled after the founder of Yaohan, a now defunct department store.
Yes, I watch it in Singapore when I was a little girl. I used to admire the character who overcame so much hardship and became successful but still remain humble.
Thanks John and Kanae for this streaming. Ginzan Onsen is an amazing place to be there. I am definite is visiting this place one day. With the lights on in the evening you're on a romantic date with a beautiful woman.
Nice and thanks for your vlogs. Happy birthday Kanae. We will explore places outside Tokyo next time we visit Japan. We were in Tokyo 2 months ago. Hopefully this year end. Jess from NZ
Happy birthday Kanae 💟
Good fortune and good health to you. Happy new year , the year of the OX. 🙋☕🌅🌴🙏💝 From Puerto Rico 🌴🌴🌴🌴🙏🌅☕🙋💝
Hi from NY. Interesting place. Like small places, so much more fun.
Second that! Love getting to know an area and it’s easier when it’s small and friendly.
Just watched this video. Thanks for sharing. Hope we can go there the nxt time we visit Japan. My husband works in Osaka tho, maybe that place is too far from there.
- from the Philippines 😊
i wish we had snow as well.. I live in Finland. It's a crazy winter.
I hope to get there someday. But first i hope my illness goes away. It really isn’t really a nice couple of years for me but hopefully this year would go smoother. And will be the first time i’m visit this beautiful country
Yes bonne idée le train pour arrivé dans des endroits comme ça 😍
J'ai hâte de voir la suite du super long cadeaux d'anniversaire de madame 😉😅🎂🎑✨
Nice video and scenery. I am glad that you have your wife in the video but I wish there was a way to have both of you in the same frame more often. She has good insights too. I think that you know what I mean. It looks like a nice trip and your food critiques are always neat. As always thanks for sharing Japan with me and the rest of the world.
I don’t have my wide angle lens with me. She speaks when she wants to :) I don’t push her. I try to ask her questions. She doesn’t want to be a youtuber so I’m glad for the effort. Always best to get info from someone who grew up here in Japan!
This town must look really cool at night, with all that steam.
Happy birthday, Kanae!
Hi John Hi Kanae, Happy Birthday Kanae. I am watching from Queensland Australia. Ginzan Onsen looks really inviting.
Happy Birthday Kanae! The stream signal was excellent, John.
vote4freedom i was so surprised! Maybe because the population is low - or the older generation doesn’t check their phones 10 times a day 😂 (i’d better put my phone away!)
So beautiful place😍😍😍 greetings from sultanate of oman🖐🏻😊
Fatma Almahdhuri I’m honored - thank you for watching and please come visit Japan 🇯🇵 🇴🇲 ✌️😁 stay safe
Happy Birthday!
I was there in November and yes, i keep on nodding 😀😀😀
Beautiful! Kanaguya ryokan in Shibu Onsen outside Nagano is also said to be a major inspiration for the bath house in Spirited Away. I stayed there in 2009. It was magic! Highly recommended! :)
Happy Birthday Kanae!!! I just had mine last week!!
love to live there
i can't believe i saw a bus driving on this closely street :-). nice chanel, thank you for share
Unbelievable, right? The compact cars get the luggage to the hotels but the transport bus stops at the big bridge and we walk the 200 meters to the hotel.
Hi John and Kanae, Watching you from Noboribetsu, Hokkaido., another Onsen town in Japan. John was there a couple of years ago. Have a good one. Dennis
Hey Dennis - will you be there for the onsen festival next month? Im planning to go (and participate if I can!)
On the subject of old school Japanese trust. I visited Tokyo 20+ years ago and when our local bank contacts took us out to lunch or dinner they paid using their business cards! No cash or credit cards just a small square of fancy paper - amazing!
Gorgeous scenery. Hope you and Kanae celebrate her birthday dining on fine kaiseki cuisine and enjoying the furo. Did you know that the Fujiya Inn (about three ryokan away from yours) was designed by Kengo Kuma?
14:20 ryokan, bridge, river all reminiscent of Spirited Away. :) :)
R Cruz totally a Spirited Away feeling here! Now you’ve got me wanting to watch it again when we get back to Tokyo!
Same feeling bro🥴
@@onlyinjapanGO it was an inspiration for spirited away
John Snow is fun since I have never been in a place full of snow *-*
Have an amazing day and maybe hike up the mountains when the weather's good? Looking forward to the room tour stream ^
Today's street food share is 70/30 and 70 for Kanae since it's her birthday week u-u
No hiking 🥾 but we will be back in warmer weather :) haha! Yes, Kanae gets to have more this week (and anytime she wants) for her birthday 🎂 now we have to go find a cake!!
I see what you did there haha
@@onlyinjapanGO cool a cake will be awesome 😋 (Especially if it's a chocolate cake with hot chocolate inside as filling✨ )
@@sierah. damn that was fast but you got the reference lul
From the land of promise, DAVAO CITY, Philippines, happiest birthday kanae -san, stay safe guys♥️🙏🌈👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I am going to Ginzan Onsen on Feb 7th! I hope there would be more snow than this!
Happy Birthday and best wishes to Kanae from Armed Forces of Ukraine! Be safe and take care of each other.
"I'll give you $5 if you go in there". I laughed hard at that one John. lol You guys are so cute.
Tohoku area is so underrated, I wish to live there or in Hokkaido
Happbirthday khaini have nice day
$130 a night with 2 kaiseki is an affordable price. I would totally make plans to stay in Ginzan Onsen on my next Japan trip. I heard you can use all the onsen in town if you stay at one of the ryokans.
Is Tsurunoyu not too far from there? I have seen a video a few years ago, looked very nice surrounded by autumnal foliage and milky Onsen water.
Which TV series made Ginzan Onsen famous? Was it "Tokyo Love Story"? Haven't watched that many Japanese TV series, but I totally love that TV show.
I really want to go here or anywhere in Japan with an onsen, also I live in the UK and one of the hotels in the village where I grew up charges upwards of 700 usd per night to stay in some of the expensive rooms!
Hi from Ireland
happy birthday Kanae
I can’t believe I know about Oshin.... my grandmother used to watch the show when I was like 7 years old... in the cultural channel 😆
I know oshin from my mom and it's recently air on my country tv channel, can't bear to watch it tho, too sad
Nice
This place is gorgeous! And I’m surprised how warm it is to you both. Kanae, is John saying Yokan, not ryokan...just so those non-Japanese speaking know the difference. It is difficult.🤔🥰
I used to live in obanazawa. Fond memories of sitting in the onsen at ginzan on a wooden veranda, smoking cigarettes and watching the snow monkeys
I was here on 1/7!
Watching from Wisconsin: ))
sorry i thought you guys wer going to ginza near hakone.
This looks like the onsen where the film YEARNING was filmed 1964, with Hideko Takamine.
Really beautiful, too bad have to reserve three months, we are coming soon, not enough time
You have to plan well, traveling ANYWHERE, you are competing for the more popular places - first come, first served 😉 … with that said, always worth calling to see if someone cancelled.
I have been in Yamadera last july, i guess it is near Yamagata. what a wonderful place! have you already been in Kurobe Gorge (next Toyama)? what a spetacular and amazing place! Highly recommended!!!
Claudinhabm i have live streams at the Kurobe Tateyama Pass in Winter. Beautiful!
@@onlyinjapanGO great! I will watch!
John and Kanae❤
How will this place be in March 2nd week , planning to visit in March 2020 !
Probably cold and snowy ❄️
@@onlyinjapanGO Thanks for your response , any advice best place to catch cherry blossom in osaka or tokyo around 18th-19th march 2020 ?
Hey you two!! I loved the stream! Can you ask Kanae what kind of Camera she's Carrying? It looks similar to one of mine!
Thanks for all you two do!
Gewglesux Olympus OMD EM10 mk2 I think?! I love the Panasonic 20mm pancake lens which is what she typically uses.
@@onlyinjapanGO Thank you.... I was curious!! 20mm is a great choice too!!
Gewglesux it’s micro 4/3 so 20mm is a 40mm full frame lens. It’s a sweet spot for a street camera. Good bokeh but also super sharp with landscapes and wide enough to get a lot in.
@@onlyinjapanGO Ahh... M43!! That is indeed the sweet spot!! I just got into Street Stuff.. I like a good sharp lens while street shooting. Thanks for the reply.
We got to see onsen town bcoz of Kanae's birthday.
last year i guess Abashiri on yours
next month again which cold place john? waiting... .
is a fishing village?
Hello, Just joined a couple of weeks ago. I started watching Anime a few years ago and got interested in Japan. I really Wish you could send me some snacks and sweets. the Waterfall was Beautiful. Happy Belated Birthday!!
Hi Lisa, I do send gift boxes to supporters in Patreon in the DAIMYO level, snacks from locals areas I visit while travel to shoot the videos.
I think there may be one open spot but it’s often sold out. patreon.com/onlyinjapan I also send a monthly postcard with nice stamp to all Daimyo.
There’s a kITkAT Givaway now for followers on Instagram IG: onlyinjapantv
How did you two meet? And happy birthday Kanae!
In New York. Kanae says thank you 👩🏻
Girlfriend? Wife?
D Sellers 😂 I’ll let you figure it out. Check the live streams here from April 2018.
I happened to reread the book "Kiri no mukou no fushigina machi" today. People say "Spirited Away" is inspired by this book. You know what, the village the main character "Rina" went to is "Ginzan Mura" or 銀山村 . I bet the author of "Kiri no mukou no fushigina machi" was inspired by Ginzan Onsen. Must be!
A Google search showed the bridge crossing the water at the exact location you were in the video
Are you using pocket WiFi or Sim?
Where is this and where can I make a reservation?
Elsa couldn't keep the snow there for long
Austin, Texas.