From Japan’s North East Coast to the Core Western Coast, this Chapter 4 will detail the Tsunami Region, some ancient Temple Town, Halloween in Sendai, a Mountain Hike – plus a special sight to never mind for the moment.
Once again huge thanks to the amazing electronic music artist Pridon for letting me use some of his tracks of his upcoming album “Coiling”. Check it out!
pridon.bandcamp.com
soundcloud.com/pridon
facebook.com/pridonmusic
Here’s the facebook page for Pushing Japan:
facebook.com/pushingjapan
What all of this is about:
Pushing Japan is a Longboard video documentary series of a long distance skate adventure taking place in Japan, featuring stories from the road as well as a closer look at the culture, history and people of this great asian nation. The route covered in several chapters will goes from the northest part of the main island Honshu down to Shikoku, the smallest of the main islands. Of course, the exciting major cities like Osaka, Kyoto, Nara and Tokyo are all going to be covered.
Next to big cities, lots of time will be spent skateboarding distant country roads, up some mountains, through large forests boasting with beautiful autumn foliage, along the coast lines, and through remote valleys and tiny villages. Of course, some serious downhills are also part of the picture.
The road trip took 6 weeks to complete. Naturally, with so many sights to cover, not every travelled kilometer took place on a skateboard. Roughly estimated, around 1000km were skated however.
The guy on board and behind the series has been keenly interested in everything japanese. This passion started with Manga, Anime and Movies, but seen extended to wider range of cultural topics and backgrounds, all in favor to wrap the head around this highly complex society. That’s the story of me then. Call me Nout. Rest assured, this is not going to be an ego trip. I just want to share an adventure story spiced with cultural insights. On a rolling plank of wood.
Welcome aboard!
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