1 Hour Wandering Japan | Biei to Jigokudani (美瑛〜地獄谷) Silent Walking Tour

1 Hour Wandering Japan | Biei to Jigokudani (美瑛〜地獄谷) Silent Walking Tour

Summer in Hokkaido, taken slowly.

One man, one camera. From the flower fields of Biei and Kamifurano, through the impossible blue of Shirogane’s Blue Pond and the quiet of Kamikawa, into Sapporo’s ordinary afternoons — and down, finally, into the smoking earth of Noboribetsu’s Jigokudani, the valley the Japanese call “Hell.”

No narration. No music. Just the sound of a place breathing, and time moving at the speed it was always meant to.

A film in the “Unhurried Hours” series.

🗺️ Travel Guide:
• Biei (美瑛) — rolling hills and summer farmland
• Kamifurano (上富良野) — lavender country
• Shirogane Blue Pond (青い池) — the blue that shouldn’t be possible
• Kamikawa (上川) — a quiet mountain town
• Sapporo (札幌) — a city, unhurried
• Noboribetsu Jigokudani (登別地獄谷) — Hell Valley, steaming
🎧 Best experienced with headphones

🕒 Timestamps:
00:00 — Silent walking tour through Hokkaido
00:30 — Biei (美瑛) — rolling hills and summer farmland
06:00 — Kamifurano (上富良野) — lavender country
08:00 — Farm Tomita ファーム富田
13:10 — Shirogane Blue Pond (青い池) — the blue that shouldn’t be possible
15:10 — Kamikawa (上川) — a quiet mountain town
19:45 — Daisetsuzan National Park (大雪山国立公園)
22:00 — Sapporo (札幌) — a city, unhurried
35:20 — Mt Moiwa Ropeway (藻岩山)
37:40 — Noboribetsu Jigokudani (登別地獄谷) — Hell Valley, steaming
51:40 — Ōyu-numa Pond 大湯沼

🎥 Filmed in 4K. One man, one camera. Moving yukkuri (ゆっくり) — slowly.

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