What Happened After Japan’s Worst Wildfire / Along Japan’s Longest Coastal Trail
In this special episode, we’ve created
“Ryotaro’s Japan Exclusive: A Special Custom-Made Tour with Isabelle.”
Together with Isabelle, a French guide who fell in love with Japan’s northern coastline, we explore Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, a key point along the Michinoku Coastal Trail, one of Japan’s longest and most scenic trails stretching over 1,000 km.
✨ Learn more or book your own tour here:
https://sanrikutours.com/tour/ryotarosjapan-isabelle-en/
Surrounded by stunning nature and rich seafood culture, Ofunato is a place of beauty, warmth, and resilience. In February 2025, a large wildfire struck part of this trail, but the local community continues to rebuild with strength and hope, just as they did after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
This special collaboration offers a customizable tour designed exclusively for Ryotaro’s Japan viewers, inviting you to walk these same paths, meet the people, and experience the spirit of Tohoku.
Reference footages provided by Masayuki Abe, YAMAUMIHATAKE Co., Ltd.
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Do you like walking while immersing yourself in Japan’s majestic nature?
In this episode, Isabelle and I explore Ofunato in Iwate Prefecture. A place of stunning beauty, rich seafood, and incredible resilience. Watch until the end to see how this community continues to rise stronger after the Great East Japan Earthquake and the wildfire in February 2025.
Don’t forget to check the exclusive tour made just for Ryotaro’s Japan viewers
https://sanrikutours.com/tour/ryotarosjapan-isabelle-en/
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A lovely video! It's heartwarming to see how even something as severe as a disaster can bring people together and bring out the best in them.
Yeah you don't want to just make a video about a place being miserable. You're not Chris Broad.
I think we saw Isabelle on a vid with Quinlan on "Go North Japan"!
At around 6:20, the shrine in the mountain for the sea is because the weathering on the mountain releases nutrients in the rocks that fertilize the ocean life. The indigenous people new this and formed the basis of land conservation instigated and administered by fishermen.
I was like, huh, is Ryotaro a guest on someone else’s channel. The different channel name completely threw me off.
Morning ryotaro nice to see you back ❤❤
Great Doc video, I want to visit it!
Lovely people! I will visit Ofunato next March. Thanks to Ryotaro san!
Hi Ryotaro! Would love to visit the sanriku coastline and places like kesenumma, ofunato. Whats the best way that i can support the locals? Thanks in advance 😊
Ryotaro, I have to say, you're becoming my no. 1 favorite Japan content creator, from a previous no. 2 😉
good to see Ryotaro making interesting content showing parts of Japan not seen by most
ryotaro best youtuber
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Ryotaro, I really enjoyed this very moving, but joyful video. I so want to try the stewed tuna head.. yummy. Cheers, Muffy from Australia.
These are the kinds of videos on Japan worth watching. Definitely keeping this one in mind when planning trip to Japan next year and thank you Ryotaro, for showing us their stories and resilience.
Keep up the good work!
Brilliant. I hope everything works out for them all!
That seafood platter looks delicious!
Thanks for the update. Nice video.
The algorithm blessed me by putting this channel in my feed. Now our kids are mostly gone, we are looking for a place away from Tokyo. Nice to see places like these.
12:26 Ryotaro!😂