Hiroshima Trip, With Fuji GW690 III Kodak Gold 200

Hiroshima Trip, With Fuji GW690 III Kodak Gold 200

[Music] Hey, so how’s it going guys? This is Aren Matafer based in Tokyo. So, last month I actually went on a short trip to Hiroshima. And if you guys probably know, I currently live in Tokyo, Japan. And I still don’t travel outside my comfort zone because I don’t have that much time, unfortunately. But one of the goals that I had was travel somewhere outside my comfort zone. And one of the locations was actually traveling to Hiroshima actually and which you guys probably know was sort of like the location where the day X happened, the end of the World War II and a famous bomb site exist in that area and I never had an opportunity to go to Hiroshima. Personally, I thought it would be nice to sort of like learn about the historical background of the western part of Japan. And also not being critical, but as a Japanese, I guess it’s a sort of like a essential to understand the past. And also because there’s were a lots of famous like what you call documentary photographers who basically documented the scene after you know the World War II. I thought it would be nice to sort of like learn from the past the predecessors of the field of the field of the people who basically documented shooting black and white which is kind of out of my field but it’s something essential you know as a photographer as an artist. So I basically went to Hiroshima and not being a sat on that field. But uh what was rather intriguing was that in order to get to like Hiroshima you have like two options. Uh either by flying through air or taking the Shinkansen and honestly after going to there and coming back I realized I didn’t make that much of difference. Honestly, if you want to go to Hiroshima, from Tokyo to Hiroshima, on the Shinkansen, it takes roughly 4 hours. By air, it takes just 1 hour and a half or so. But when you consider the timing of the checking in, baggage clam, which I had to do, uh checking in your precious films and also uh getting your bags out from the baggage clam and also transportation, which took like 50 minutes or so from the airport. Uh it didn’t make that much of difference when you compare with Shinkansen. So either way is okay. But I chose air because it’s been a it’s been what 10 years since I rode the airplane. So yeah, let’s get the film rolling. And I forgot to add that for this trip I shot only with my main film camera, my Fuji GW690, which I’ve still used nowadays, and it’s like still going strong. And obviously exactly the same phone stock Kodako 200 shot with that throughout the day. But was kind of unfortunate to see that although I only had two days for this trip, the first and the second day was like rainy unfortunately. So I basically went to the bomb site X on the first day, the atomic bomb area and basically went to the memorial sort of like area or museum actually which were filled with foreigners. unfortunately. But it was like one of those scenes where I don’t know. I didn’t take that much of photos because it might have been the weather it might have been the temperature but might have been the scene but deep down I thought I wasn’t in that zone where I’m like cranking eight frames per second. I only took like less than five if I’m right in that area. [Music] [Music] The bus down Thank [Music] you. [Music] Oh, wait. [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Come on. [Music] Come on. So after sort of like walking down the sort of like the staircase face or sort of like the how should I say the building of the orizu tower basically walked around the sort of like the atomic bomb site which everyone knows which was crowded with a lot of foreigners and tourists but it’s kind of hard to say but it might have been the weather might have been the atmospheric pressure or it might have been those area in particular but I couldn’t get into the zone of photographing a bunch of like photos it didn’t feel ethically right in that sense but unfortunately I also went to the what you call the memorial museum which were also bombarded by so many people. It didn’t feel right to photograph. It’s more like a location where you should as an individual visit understand the historical background and also be demolished physically and mental and mentally actually of looking at the true nature of war and stuff like that. So, unfortunately, I did not take that much of photo during this day. I basically shot only footage of the fire burning and also a little bit of a shot from the inside out. And basically after that, feeling demolished, I just went back to the hotel that I and checked in and basically called it a day and sort of like recharged for the next day to come. Okay, so speaking of recharging, there’s a brand that I would like to give a shout out to. And unfortunately, this video, the whole video is not being sponsored by any company or any entity or individual or corporation. This is because I love using it. But from this year on, I’ve been starting to use CIO products. And if you guys do not know, CIO is a Japanese company that makes or specializes in charging devices. So constantly in order to like deliver contents to you guys, I basically had to constantly charge my phone. I have to constantly charge my video camera, my Pocket 3. I constantly had to charge my uh camera, my XT5 during this sort. So I thought it would be nice to like shout out to them. If you guys do not know, CIO is a Japanese company based in Osaka Prefecture if I’m right. And they make mobile batteries, mobile chargers, and various other accessories such as cables specifically to charge up our lives in particularly. And interesting enough, uh I’ve previously been using Ankor products. Ankor like widely known throughout the world. However, CIO unfortunately are based in Japan and if I’m right, they do not have a footprint outside Japan or any kind of sort of like insurance or kind kind of like how should I say uh footprint outside Japan. So, if you’re ever in Tokyo or if you’re ever in Japan, most like electronics distributors have a small section within their power sort of like source type of aisle. Actually, you can basically find them in Yodabash camera or big camera. And the reason why I use them is functionality. They’re really small, compact, easy to carry around. And also, not to mention, I just like the design aspect of their series of chargers and mobile devices. And one of my friends is actually visiting to Tokyo, and I’m obviously going to bombard him with their products, unfortunately. So, yeah. Uh, big shout out to CIO because they are really unique in that sense. If you’re ever in Japan, you should pick at least their charger because they’re like really tiny and small. So yeah, I digressed. Okay, so on the second day, I basically went to Onomichi, which is on the far east part of sort of like Hiroshima. And I guess Hiroshima is like the largest capital city. Then I guess it’s Kur city, then Fukuyama, Mihara, then Horumi, which is a smaller sort of like city. But I just wanted to go there in particular since a bunch of my friends said that if you go to Hiroshima, you should go to Onomichi because not of the ramen but more of the scenic uh area. It is known to be famous for its like port city look actually. So I basically went there, got off from the Shinkansen, took a local train and basically started shooting around that area. [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] You are running away. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] So after shooting around Senko temple, I basically instead of riding the so like the uh rope way down, I basically sort of descended the mountain just walking. Actually, it was rainy and it was super slippery. So you have to be careful when it’s rains. It’s actually really dangerous. You have to be careful with your steps. And I basically was they had there was this sort of like a shopping district or like a road actually which you can basically walk towards the station. And I found a toy shop in particular which was closed that had a yeah Shikica TLR for some reason. I wanted to know why they had that there, but yeah, it wasn’t for sale. But yeah, it was a really interesting location to actually walk around in particular because it has this port type of atmosphere and also it’s not too crowded like here’s Uma capital, but it’s really nice in the sense that it has a sort of like a retro feel to it. After that, I basically hopped on a local train towards Fukuyama actually, which is another sort of like large city. And from there on, I basically hopped onto a bus towards Tomora, which is basically where I really wanted to go for this trip. Uh, Tomora is another port city. It’s a smaller port city actually on the far east of Hiroshima. This area in particular is famous for Sakamoto, who is a samurai. not the last samurai actually, but he actually lived around this area in particular before picking up the fight against the central government which was the in the Edeto period actually and interesting enough he was a rebel. He basically crashed his ship with the government officials of the main government actually and he was able to like get enough fundings from the compensation to win the war against the central government and unfortunately to say if I’m right he got assassinated later in the years but he was the main character figure of the major restoration which basically propelled Japan into a sort of like a modernized economy. Yeah, [Music] down. [Music] Hello. [Music] Oh. [Music] Hey. Hey. [Music] Mhm. [Music] [Music] And also something to note is that there’s a ship called Hiroha Maru which is basically the ship that Sakamat Dema apparently apparently crashed into the cover. I don’t know why they’ve named it like that, but you can basically take that ship and also go across the ocean to a sort of like a inhabitant sort of like island actually and you can basically wander around, hike around that area. But unfortunately, I later realized that the hiking trail was actually closed off, so I couldn’t get that much of a photo of a scene of that area. There is a beach actually that no one goes to. Thought that will be interesting. There was actually a crane actually like situated on the right side and there was sort of like something bobbing against the sort of the surface of the ocean actually. So I basically took a photo of that and that was basically it. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anything particularly interesting on that island and came back to the Tomora area. [Music] my mother. Hey, hey, hey. [Music] Hey. [Music] Hey. Hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey. [Music] Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Okay, so on the last day I was actually returning back to Tokyo. go in the afternoon actually in the afternoon so I had time. However, I wanted to go to Itskiishima Ginga which is like the pinnacle of shrines in Hiroshima actually uh it’s roughly 20 minutes away on the train from Hiroshima station and there and you have to take a ferry roughly 15 minutes or so to cross the ocean. It’s basically an island actually. And what was like really shocking was that there was 2,000 yen actually being thrown out on the ground. Actually, once I purchased my ticket and I was basically walking towards my ship actually, which was departing in like 5 to 10 minutes or so, I had two cameras, my film camera and my XT5 actually. And I was like, I want to take a photo, but I see 2,000 yen chucked on the ground. Actually, I picked it up and basically had to deliver it back to them. I lost like two, three minutes of that and I only had two minutes and I wanted to take three photos but I was only able to get one and also I had to shoot video for you guys which was sad in a sense but I have to admit this was really worth it. However, there were some kind of like glare coming in from the right side. I’m not sure what that is. Maybe light leaks or No, it doesn’t look like light leaks. The shape looks like a the aperture ring actually. So, it was a not well love at first sight, but more like something that caught me off guard. But that event happened and I safely rode the ship across the ocean. It did not sink like Titanic, but yeah. And started shooting with my GW 690 again. [Music] Welcome back. [Music] Whatever. [Music] [Music] Come in. Yeah. [Applause] [Music] ah ah a ah [Music] ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah Heat. Heat. [Music] You know, basically, uh, you guys probably know that my trip videos, I try to make it not too long or not too short. Like, I try to make it less than 25 minutes or so. So, it’s kind of hard to sort of like jam all the contents, video, and also photos for you guys. I I think I only put in like onethird or one fourth of the photos that I actually shot. I shot like 70 exposures or so. 60 70 exposures or so. And out that and within that only shot, I only put in like 20 photos if I’m right. Uh and it was hectic because there’s far more things to showcase to you guys. And honestly there Hiroshima is a really fascinating location because there’s like so many things to see, so many things to like showcase. However, because time is my life is limited. I thought might might as well show you guys the best photos that I got from the trip and I’ll stick in some photos in this part of area because there were a couple that I wanted to share with you guys such as the interior of the ship especially when every when the sort of like the tourists were getting off the ship and also a couple of shots of sort of like the Kushima some of the areas that I wasn’t able to put incorporate into this video might as well allocate into this art, but it was a really nice experience just going there, walking around, being immensed in a location where there’s not much people. I really enjoyed it. Would love to actually revisit this location when I have more time at my spare hands. But yeah, hope you guys enjoyed this video. Found it informative. And um yeah, this might be my first time shooting with Kodak Gold 200, especially in the rain first two days or so. Not a pleasant experience because you have to hold an umbrella, you have to meter with a light meter, and then you basically have to grab your main film camera, shoot exposure, and then after that, you had to shoot a video. So that was chaos in a sense, but it was well worth it. So yeah, I would love to see you guys if you ever go to like Hiroshima. I would love to hear what you thought of visiting those like scenic locations. Oh yeah, hope you guys enjoyed this video, found informative. If you have any questions, I’m happy to reply. And yeah, we will see you next time. Peace out.

***FYI was able to get away with scanning everything with GTX 830 Scanner before it became corrupt.

and alot of countryside hotels have adult service cough cough video programs 😂

Its been a while, a while to go on a trip. This time I went further probably the furthest west so far in my life to Hiroshima roughly 2/3 days.

Why you may ask since probably every single Japone Ppl should at least be there once in a lifetime yes the location where everything started. As in D Day in Europe. The location where WWII ended. Although I never experienced it alot of photographers back in the days put their soul into their work as documenting the horrors shot in black and white. Thanks to many who committed their work in recording the aftermath of the 1945. I should at least visit there to not forget the works of the masters.

To be honest I couldn’t get into the zone of photographing on the first day. Might have been the weather, but interestingly I wonder what the outcome would of been if I visited on a sunny day?

Because I arrived rather late on the first day I only visited the Site, and the Memorial Museum and that just destroyed my Mentality as in being in Bikini Bottom stuck at the bottom of the ocean.

I wasnt able to include it in this video but during my visit to Orizuru Tower
majority of people skipped reading the panel right beside the cafe sumamrized

One of the largest company in Hiroshima is Mazda (Automobile)
“Hiroshima Mazda was established 1933 after X day 1945 all of our entire staff passed away and the grounds said not even plants could grow, we have grown along with the rest of Hiroshima, to this day”

After this event the logo changed to wings which was the flow of the river in Hiroshima soaring new heights in innovation.

I was reluctant that my camera did not break down during this trip since it was raining for the first 1-2 days…
The Second Day things cleared out when I headed toward East to Onomichi/Tomonoura was happy to see the sun set I think it was worth staying their till the last moment.

Last day visiting Miyajima/Itsukushima Jinja epic location thats already bombarded by toursits…it felt really similar to Hakone in a sense where Tourists start flooding in at 12pm in the afternoon.

Highly suggest morning 6am-11am which is the epic timeframe for shooting isolated subjects that match my taste.
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