River Valley Walk in Beautiful Mountain Village | Kamikawa, Japan 4K

A late afternoon walk through a river valley and fields in a small farming village in the mountains of Hyogo, Japan. This little farming village along the Ichi River is one I've passed many times but had yet to explore. Initially the bridge caught my eye, so I stopped to walk across it and noticed there were a few traditional houses and flooded rice fields with freshly planted rice seedlings. I also noticed there were more houses on the hillside on the opposite side of the river, so I thought I'd spend an hour or so walking through.

I walked across the bridge to the east side of the river by the train tracks, and almost immediately a short little train passed by. A good sign for the walk ahead I thought. From there I walked along the rice fields with flowing water in the irrigation canals, reflections of the mountains on the still water, and traditional houses. As I walked up the hill to check out a waterfall it started to rain, I'd left my umbrella in the car so I ran back to grab it.

After grabbing the umbrella I walked up and down the hill on the western side of the village with a a bit of rain, which was nice, and some strong wind gusts. Up on the hill I was just about to turn around and head down when suddenly a giant bright rainbow appeared. I felt this was a really nice walk with a lot of nice elements, river, train, rice field reflections, rain, streams, waterfalls, traditional houses, mountain scenery, and then a rainbow to finish it off. It is one of my favorite walks I have filmed to date, I hope you enjoy it and are having some nice explorations out wherever you are : )

May, 2024

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