{"id":1033899,"date":"2026-07-09T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/1033899\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T09:00:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:00:02","slug":"hidden-japan-%f0%9f%87%af%f0%9f%87%b5-3-days-in-rural-okayama-exploring-villages-frozen-in-time-japan-vlog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/1033899\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Japan \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 | 3 Days in Rural Okayama exploring Villages Frozen in Time | JAPAN VLOG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Hidden Japan \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 | 3 Days in Rural Okayama exploring Villages Frozen in Time | JAPAN VLOG\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jYNSkU21oBY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nHidden Japan \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 | 3 Days in Rural Okayama exploring Villages Frozen in Time | JAPAN VLOG<\/p>\n<p>3 days exploring countryside Japan in the Okayama prefecture. We\u2019ll visit waterfalls, riverside cherry blossom, cozy cafes, villages frozen in time, the samurai town of Takahashi, and the whimsical Fukiya Furusato Village where \u2018Japan Red\u2019 originated from (it\u2019s my favourite location of the trip!).<\/p>\n<p>Captions in different languages available (click on CC)<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf1Follow me on instagram: @daysof.riri<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/daysof.riri<\/p>\n<p>\u2615 If you&#8217;d like to buy me a coffee<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/ko-fi.com\/ririregine<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5 Travel date: 13th April 2026 (full bloom in Mikamo \ud83c\udf38)<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcf7 Filmed with iPhone 16 Pro<\/p>\n<p>Timeline<br \/>\n(01:01) Breakfast at Ohana bakery<br \/>\n(02:04) Fudou Waterfalls<br \/>\n(05:03) Mikamo post town<br \/>\n(07:26) Katsuyama preserved streets<br \/>\n(09:50) GREENable HIRUZEN by Kengo Kuma<br \/>\n(11:10) Fluffy pancakes at Kayabe<br \/>\n(12:50) Shiogama cold spring<br \/>\n(13:32) Rashomonsakura Park + tea room<br \/>\n(14:40) Fav breakfast spot in a forest<br \/>\n(17:11) Takahashi town (samurai district)<br \/>\n(21:56) Fukiya Furusato Village<\/p>\n<p>Places visited<br \/>\nOhana bakery https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/DyAM9iP5bktVt2Eu7<br \/>\nFudou Waterfalls https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/82fms67o5m3NJ5vE6<br \/>\nRyosui-tei\u00a0https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/MoGErtm4pKyL1ReQ6<br \/>\nMikamo&#8217;s Cherry Blossoms https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/4jg22RQvMJg8pLbG9<br \/>\nRomantei https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/QPqhZCnTqtakeKSq9<br \/>\nHishio Cafe https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/76bKUpvuJnYhtPfF8<br \/>\nGREENable HIRUZEN https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/Vq5SerDgacG5Uhs3A<br \/>\nKAYABE https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/SZJHqh5h3EmAv2VX6<br \/>\nShiogama Cold Spring https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/qwX4X7w6mwjGmtz78<br \/>\nRashomonsakura Park https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/QJtq7wbjugqN4U6J9<br \/>\nMorikurasu \u68ee\u306e\u4e2d\u306e\u55ab\u8336\u3068\u304a\u5bbf\u3082\u308a\u304f\u3089\u3059 https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/HfVVaeXMtBKMFV5y5, https:\/\/morikurasu.com\/<br \/>\nTakahashi https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/AVFwWLHssZz5Y6Zc8<br \/>\nRaiky\u016b-ji https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/rB36BwM1CB55KozE6<br \/>\nKonyagawa Bikan historical quarter https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/S89aP77rGzSs3unn8<br \/>\nCafe + Rest Chateau https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/533wxA5n7Lsab25N6<br \/>\nFukiya Furusato Village https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/5Lqa2Q7hjcnFYJ2w5 <\/p>\n<p>Music from<br \/>\n\u2022 Artlist: Get 2 months free https:\/\/artlist.io\/referral\/b38638ac-06f1-4c2c-9e82-49407f4a37fc<br \/>\n\u2022 Epidemic Sounds: Free trial https:\/\/share.epidemicsound.com\/3c6yfc<br \/>\n(above are affiliate links, if you choose to purchase through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Filmed and edited by Riri Travels<\/p>\n<p>#ruraljapan #japanvlog #japancountryside #okayama<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hidden Japan \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 | 3 Days in Rural Okayama exploring Villages Frozen in Time | JAPAN VLOG 3 days exploring coun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1033900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[144576],"tags":[443,677,1081,147374],"class_list":["post-1033899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hokkaido","tag-443","tag-677","tag-1081","tag-147374"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/wakoka.com\/@tour\/116891808214611643","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1033899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1033900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1033899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1033899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1033899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}